Lake Superior Agates

dougger222 · October 27, 2014

Nice big nodule!!!

I'm a fan of keeping them whole but if you wouldn't have discovered it more than likely it would have been crushed.

Some guys cut them in half and some will cut a little off one side.

Personally, I'd more than likely keep it as is.

DARK30 · October 27, 2014

I think that would be a good candidate to play with...either polish or cab..or both.

You got more pics of that hog dougger? Who saved it from the crusher you?

dougger222 · October 28, 2014

I'll try to post some more pics. I wished I saved that one! Its posted on fb agate collectors page. Best offer so far $1,500!

technorocket · November 11, 2014

Found this one earlier in the year. I was pleasantly surprised on how the inside looked. Weighed in at 1 pound.

Zelmsdawg · November 11, 2014

Techno, I've always been curious. I love the pics shared of the rock before its picked, but in these cases are they usually coming from a pit, or a beach, maybe landscapping? Always find myself wondering what the general background of the pictures is.

Thanks and nice rock

dougger222 · November 14, 2014

Techno, that's a real nice agate, nice find!

Most bigger agates will be found in gravel pits and farm fields. This Spring with all the rain was great for most people who got in the fields to look. This Fall produced some nice field agates but with the early snow it shut down the agate season a bit early. On a social media site a lucky hound found a 2lb 15oz bander in a farm field and within two weeks got $575 for it on that really big online auction site.

Some people like techno have what I like to call an agate eye meaning they have a special ability to see agates that others will walk right by. The only other thing I can think of is he invented some sort of agate detector (like a metal detector) and he simply waves it around and finds agates up to a foot down!!! Known Techno for over 25 years super nice guy!!!

Oh, most avid agate hunters will keep most of there hot spots top secret, the same is true of morel mushroom hunters. A friend of mine will take me to all his fishing hot spots and even his secret smelt spot in Ashland that can yield over 2,000 lbs of smelt in a couple hours but HE WILL NEVER TAKE ME MOREL MUSHROOM HUNTING!!!

DARK30 · November 15, 2014

Picksbigshovel

I have a few agates from this year that still need photos taken...I'll work on that.

technorocket · November 24, 2014

God blessed me with some great agates this wknd. Like the agate in my last posting, i was surprised at how awesome the other side of an agate can be. Also, in the last set of pics, i found that agate sitting in its own puddle of melted ice on a lake (first time that has ever happened to me)! If u zoom in and look close, u can just see the blue of the agate in the bottom right side. The first agate is 5.5oz, the second is 4.3oz and the true "laker" is 13.5oz

dougger222 · November 27, 2014

Those are killers techno!!!

Could be last weekend to pick for a while.

technorocket · December 3, 2014

Here are a couple cleaned up pics of the last agate. The first two are top and bottom, the third pic is the side that was face down, and the last two pics are the side that was face up covered in mud.

technorocket · December 17, 2014

Went out this past wknd and God blessed me again with some more nice ones. This is the best and biggest of the bunch. I love the husk on it because it the limonite looks kind of like gold flake and whats cooler is that the whole husk is made up of small eyes joined together. If u can zoom in, u will see what i am talking about. Weighed 15.5oz

technorocket · December 23, 2014

Here is a couple cleaned up and oiled pics of the 4.3oz from a couple posts ago. After picking it up intially my first thought was that it didnt have much character, but after i turned it over i was floored by its beauty and detail.

BartmanMN · December 23, 2014

WOW! Beautiful.

ConnorMN · February 26, 2015

Starting to get the itch to get back out... finally getting a change to run through some of the finds from last year...

No polish or oil on either... not sure what you'd call the one on the right, never seen anything like it.

Sorry - Bad lighting on the photos. I gotta work on that.

http://hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/file/userpics/2015/02/full-14618-53379-ag01.jpg]

DARK30 · February 27, 2015

Nice little stone on the left! Won't be long now

DARK30 · March 7, 2015

Put the grab on about a pound and a half today (I wish it was one stone)

Included my first eye of 2015...

technorocket · March 7, 2015

Its a good start Dark! Nice eye agate. Got any pics of the rest?

DARK30 · March 8, 2015

A few decent banders in there. Gonna be a coffee table someday

technorocket · March 10, 2015

Got blessed this past wknd with some nice small ones and three nice sized ones. Here are two of the three. I will post the third after its cleaned and oiled. First one is 8.9oz and the crazy second one is 5.1oz