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Post by superioragates on Oct 18, 2010 17:55:41 GMT -5
;D ;D GOTTA love a day when you can come up with a haul like this for a few hours of hounding!!!! This strainer has tons of quarter sized agates in it...and tons of whole agates I'll only get 1 cab outta this one...maybe Tube Agate...dont find too many of these This one will gimme a nice 1 1/2" or better cab This is a beauty!!! This is the WEIRD lookin agate find today...will sit on the shelf me thinks This is the sweetest find today...was layin ON THE FLOOR (Ehem...Steve hahaha), in a place I have hunted a hundred times weighs 7 ounces - a shelfer This next one is just too funny....I SWEAR to you I MUST have walked right by this agate countless times. We were comin outta the pit today, and this is the very last thing I found, just sittin there pretty as she pleases, plain site, and not hidden in the least. We even walked by it when we went IN to the pit today!!!! Hahahahaha... And just look at it laughin at me!!!! Thats all folks......hope ya enjoyed the pics!! I had fun today for about 4 hours.....gotta love a productive agate day!!! Marie
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dbrealityrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Oct 18, 2010 19:02:10 GMT -5
Must be really nice to live where you can go hounding easily. I really like that tube agate, gives new meaning to going tubing!!
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SteveHolmes
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by SteveHolmes on Oct 18, 2010 20:54:33 GMT -5
Man Alive Marie! You makin me so jealous!!!! :^) That Tubey one looks phenomenal. I'll bet it will have some very unique slabs if you decide to slice it. Your gonna have some neat cabs and very nice display pieces. Congratz. Glad it was a successful hunt. Steve
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Post by superioragates on Oct 18, 2010 21:25:41 GMT -5
Needles to say, I will be doin some cuttin here pretty soon!! I have a 1/2 bucket (4 lb) full of bigger agates I need to get cut for cabbing this winter!!!! The tube agate will be cut, and I cannot wait to put it to the wheels. What's funny is, it has not been that long since we hunted this same exact area, and found hardly anything at all. Then today....every time we turned around...bam bam bam bam...so funny how one day you will see them, and others you wont. Today was a good haul, probably 3-4 lbs of small agates, and then the bigger cutters, plus that big one. The big one was an accident really. Last year I found a 4 ouncer by flipping over what i thought was just a chunk of quartz, but looked anyways, nice agate then, today I did the same thing, bent over to look at what I thought was just a chunk of quartz, and there she was!! It IS nice to be able to hunt agates any time, any day I wanna, no permission needed, just go. Need to get all the huntin in I can right now.......winter is fast approaching, and tho I love my agates, I am not gonna brave -30 degrees to hunt them!! hahahahaha they will be there in the spring!!! lol I got enough to keep me busy for quite some time!!!
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Post by rockrookie on Oct 19, 2010 9:44:27 GMT -5
Awesome finds !! --paul
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Post by superioragates on Oct 19, 2010 14:03:28 GMT -5
Just cut that Tube agate................................
HAS COPPER TUBES IN IT!!!!!
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NDK
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
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Post by NDK on Oct 19, 2010 15:44:52 GMT -5
PIX PIX PIX Marie! It's a lie unless you show us lol. These are great finds. Keep on huntin'.
So when are ya having the 1st annual Marie's Mid-Minnesota Rock Hounding Bonanza?!? LOL
Nate
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Post by superioragates on Oct 19, 2010 18:02:32 GMT -5
Nate....ya know I dont mind if anyone wants to come see me and do a little houndin'....always up for a day in the pit!!! LOL Not sure about havin' a whole buncha rock freaks runnin' around out here tho.....1 of ya might find MY MY MY MY agate!!!! LOLOL MINE!!! I want 1 over a pound so bad I can taste it!!! hahahahaha It's out here somewhere....
Was told today by the rock shop in Princeton, that if I am finding that many agates in a single rock hound trip of a few hours, I have a very "rich" area to hunt...hmmmm....me thinks Friday is gonna be a purty day to hound!!! hahahahaha
I'll take some individual pics of that tuber in a little while for ya...that baby is awesome!!!!
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Post by tanyafrench on Oct 19, 2010 18:10:49 GMT -5
Marie, Those are stunning. What a wonderful Agate hunting trip. Maybe one day I can head up your way. I would be like a child at Christmas.
Tanya
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Post by drocknut on Oct 20, 2010 23:06:30 GMT -5
That's a nice haul for a day of hounding. Those look so cool. Lakers are beautiful and it is great that you found a good location to hunt.
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