My sons

[scepter1]

My son's

Our (adult) son came to visit for a few days. He was interested in seeing what I had found on the beach (Puget Sound), so I took him out hunting The first day we walked 2-3 miles of beach without finding anything worth keeping. He wanted to go again the next afternoon, so with old fatherly habits still in place, i was letting him lead the way (be first) on a narrow strech of beach. He suddenly stopped 12-15 feet ahead of me, and pointed down....

 

[jackflashz]

WOW! And awfully nice of you to let your son go walk ahead of you.

 

[vpnavy]

Outstanding scepter - you built some nice memories. Thanks for sharing...

 

[Jon Stewart]

Very nice, Is that made out of petrified wood?

 

[Americus]

Very nice point and story.

 

[GaRebel1861]

That is some great looking material. Nice find!

 

[smalltowngirl13]

That is really cool! Sounds like a couple of great days for both of ya ...

 

[rock]

Agate isnt it? Same type of stone as your avatar.

 

[dlos]

Very pretty point! How big is it?

 

[Mekong Mike]

Thanks for posting from the pacific northwest.

I used to hang out at Ivars dock and watch the seals playing in the morning. Beautiful country.

 

[scepter1]

Agate isnt it? Same type of stone as your avatar.

Agate similar to my avator, and it was found about 1/4 mile away from the one in my avator. His is better quality though, mine is a bit smaller and has a natural cavity in the base. His is 1 3/8 inches long. A special point and a special day !

 

[unclemac]

Thanks for posting from the pacific northwest.

I used to hang out at Ivars dock and watch the seals playing in the morning. Beautiful country.

I am eating there tonite!

 

[unclemac]

I have that exact point in green jasper... it was my second found point! ....a heck of a long time ago.....

 

[monsterrack]

A super nice point, he made a great find

 

[rock]

I dont find any made from Agate but I would like too. Mostly black flint and quartz, just a small bit made from Jasper found here in Ga. where I hunt at.

 

[NC field hunter]

Agate isnt it? Same type of stone as your avatar.

I'm not sure about that rock. Look at gators agatized coral. Looks pretty close. Agate can mineralized wood. Much of what we call pet wood is actually agatized wood instead. I think! Not saying this with 100% certainty. However, I'm pretty sure. If I'm wrong, I apologize and would love to know where I got mixed up. If I'm not too far off track.

 

[scepter1]

Getting technical, this one is actually chalcedony. Agate is a variation of chalcedony that has lines/bands of different colors/materials in it. Yes, a lot of petrified wood is "agatized", but does not look like this -> Note how clear this one is, while agatized wood is more cloudy as it is a replacement of the wood. And most so called agatized wood doesn't actually have bands per se, rather replacement of the wood rings.

There's a lot of great quality "agatized" and opalized wood in Eastern Washington, a lot less on our Western side of the mountains and the quality usually isn't real good either.

An archy would say that this one was probably brought in from the Columbia River area, well known for it's Gem Chalcedony/Agate Points.

 

[NC field hunter]

Getting technical, this one is actually chalcedony. Agate is a variation of chalcedony that has lines/bands of different colors/materials in it. Yes, a lot of petrified wood is "agatized", but does not look like this -> Note how clear this one is, while agatized wood is more cloudy as it is a replacement of the wood. And most so called agatized wood doesn't actually have bands per se, rather replacement of the wood rings.

There's a lot of great quality "agatized" and opalized wood in Eastern Washington, a lot less on our Western side of the mountains and the quality usually isn't real good either.

An archy would say that this one was probably brought in from the Columbia River area, well known for it's Gem Chalcedony/Agate Points.

Thanks for the explanation! Rock and I both held a diluted version of the correct answer.

 

[mangum]

Beautiful!

 

[scepter1]

Thanks for the explanation! Rock and I both held a diluted version of the correct answer.

I should also have pointed out that the backgound that my son's point is laying on is a piece of agatized wood - you can readily see the huge difference between these "agates".
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