Some agates from winter/spring

[EricTheCat]

I thought I would share some agate finds from earlier this year that I hadn't gotten around to posting before. I hope you enjoy.

These first ones were found by a lake not too far from where I live. I learned something interesting about this lake. In May I went to the lake and the lake level was so high that it was much harder to search as many of the rocks were under water. I went back a few weeks later expecting the water level to have come back down again but it hadn't. The lake is part of a river and has a dam and so I wondered if they decided to increase the level of the lake. I did some research and found out that in May the lake level is slowly brought up 3 feet and in October the lake level is brought back down 3 feet. This is done every year. The most detailed explanation I found was that it was done for agricultural reasons. Hopefully in the next couple weeks the lake level should be back down and ready to be searched again.










This next one was found near the Mississippi river.


These next two were found up on the north shore of Lake Superior.




Happy hunting,
Eric

 

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[rocksnsilver]

Those are some very nice ones! Thanks for sharing!

 

[austin]

Really super agates. It is almost 400 miles from where I am out to Woodward's Agate Ranch. Desolate and can get expensive with gas, food, drinks and paying to search. The agates aren't as pretty as yours.

 

[EricTheCat]

I am glad you like them. I feel really lucky that I live in an area where there are agates to be found.

Austin, that ranch looks like a beautiful place. I hope you have fun and find something good.

 

[Gemsniffer]

Love your agates mate, very nice, these are some agates & carnelian from down under about a 2hr dive from where we live in NSW. This was our only part of what we found in about 5hrs of sniffing.

 

[marinedad]

eric, do you polish them up after you find them? those are nice.

gemsiffer, those are nice too, wheres the opals?

 

[Bum Luck]

Great Lakers, Eric!

Despite my looking for hours, I've never found any decent ones. Lots of Leaverite though.

Of course, it pays to look somewhere besides Keweenaw - that's picked over pretty well.

 

[EricTheCat]

Gemsnifer, that's pretty good for 5 hrs! You have some nice pieces there. They have some good color like the lake superior agates we find here.

marinedad, I have polished some agates. Some with a dremel tool and I am currently working on my 2nd tumble which has been on coarse grit for a little over a month now. Though none of the agates I posted in this thread so far are polished the 3rd one down and the 5th one down are tumbling right now.

Bum Luck, don't give up. Eventually you will find the one that makes it worth it. Keweenaw, MI? That looks like a nice spot to look! So far I have only searched the North shore of Lake Superior. I am hoping the weather will cooperate when I have some time off coming up and I will try to make one more trip to the North shore before winter sets in.

 

[StoneWhisper]

Nice colors and shapes.. Great finds.