I didn't expect to find this Options

[400ltz]

Last weekend I went out riding my atv and found some strange looking rocks when I got off my atv to take a walk. I really wasn't looking for anything, just trying to loosen up my back. As I was walking around these strange looking rocks caught my eye. So I picked one up and looked at it and it looked like a flint nodule. I decided to pick a couple of them up and took them home with me when we finished riding atv's. Since I didn't have a rock saw I took a hammer and broke one up to see what it looked like inside. Well, it looked funny so I pulled out my tile saw and cut one of the small pieces. I noticed right away it was a banded agate, yeah I just busted it up into 20 pieces...ooops. The next one I decided I din't want to destroy it so I took it to a rock shop and he cut it for me. Well I was surprised by this one two, I have a picture of it. These are the first agates I ever found, never even knew what they were, now I know what to look out for.

This is just a raw cut and is not polished.

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[Denise]

Very cool looking agates and good job on the finds! Rock saws are handy especially if you like to collect things like agates. You will find it's a chain reaction though...once you cut the rock you will then want to polish it out. What state are you finding these in if you don't mind me asking?

[400ltz]

Very cool looking agates and good job on the finds! Rock saws are handy especially if you like to collect things like agates. You will find it's a chain reaction though...once you cut the rock you will then want to polish it out. What state are you finding these in if you don't mind me asking?

I am just itching to cut these open. I broke another one to pieces by accident by hitting it with a rock hammer, doh. We are finding them in Fremont County Colorado in the middle of a atv trail.