Colorado Thundereggs Options

[Denise]

Here is what I found for Thundereggs that day. Isn't it cute?!!



Its probably all shell with no agate, but sure is cute! We did find pieces of Thundereggs all over the place though.
Here is a small broken piece I found on the ground. I cleaned it up so you could see the small plume inside a little better.
Cool bands around it!

[chadrack]

That second picture is an awfully pretty indian artifact - probably a scraper of sorts. Don't cab it, it has already been cabbed! C

[CP]

Thanks chadrack, it is a neat little piece for sure.
Don't think it's an indian artifact though......it's size is just a little bigger around than a quarter and the area it was found in has many nodule pieces that have weather out of their natural host material.
If it were a bit larger then it could have possibly been used as a scraper but it just seems to small to be held onto at this size.

CP

[Denise]

It is a beautiful piece chadrack! I have it sitting on the table as is on display.

We went out yesterday, and the weather was great! We were finding large pieces of eggs all over the place.
Timmy sure has the eye for Thundereggs. Here is a huge piece of one that was sticking out of the ground. I helped him dig it out, and wow what a find!!


The whole bottom half of it is crystals below the bands. This one is sure going to clean up nicely!
Pictures of it cleaned up coming soon.



Good eye Timmy!

[Denise]

Amazing the broken pieces of Thunderegg all over the place. Here are a couple examples of some broken ones on the ground.





Colorado Thundereggs are known for having alot of shell. Whats inside them will just blow you away though!

[CP]

That's a very cool spot to visit for sure! The crystal piece Timmy found and Mom helped dig out is very cool! Nice find Timmy!
Be prepared to carry some weight if you visit this spot though, these pieces can get rather big. This one we left behind, that's alot of weight!
Mostly shell though as you can see with a small agate star in the center. Was found just like this, probably cracked by freezing water.



We also found some nice weathered out chunks with awesome agate and a couple whole eggs. More pics of those coming soon, but I can tell you that one of the whole eggs is 15 pounds and the second one weighs almost 8, Hopefully they have some purties' inside when cut. Stay tuned for updates.

CP

[Denise]

Be prepared to carry some weight if you visit this spot though, these pieces can get rather big.

Definately big pieces Dan! Not all the pieces found were big though.
Here is a cool little piece that I thought was a keeper.



Several small broken pieces we found had crystal pockets like this lower one in my hand.

[Denise]

Timmy sure scored though!
Here is another of his bigger finds. Weighs about 10 pounds, and the agate seams are about 2 inches wide, and about 4-6 inches long.
Whats inside is definately worth keeping!



Here is a view of whats inside. Several spots with this Dendritic agate.



Sweet find Timmy!

[jim]

WOW! The dendrites in that piece is really cool. Yep! Timmy is most definately a chip off the ol rock. Uh uh I mean rocks.

[Denise]

Hes definately a little rockhound.....almost literally!
Hes kind of cute to watch. He slightly bends over walking around staring at the ground like a hound looking for a bone.
With him knowing the snakes arent out right now, he moves a little faster too.
He finds what hes looking for too!!! He loves prospecting!

[CP]

Thanks Jim, he really is into prospecting for his age.
Here are a few family X-mas presents that were made from that last one pictured. Each of the guys in the family now will have a piece made from Timmy's first t-egg cuts, all the way from Grandpa, me, his brother and him all got one. Grandpa gets the keychain since he's not a jewelry wearing person, brother gets the teardrop pendant, and he got the hexagon pendant.
He thought that it was very neat to have these going to the family for presents this year that were made from his finds.
I'm getting a very cool thin guitar pick for my piece which isn't in the picture. All the pieces cut so far look to have the iris effect but we haven't caught an actual iris rainbow yet.......more cuts to come though, these were some large pieces to cut.



Here is another pic of two whole eggs (grade AA mediums) that we found that same day. Can't wait to see what's inside them too, but a bigger saw will be needed.

[Denise]

You did a fantastic job on those Dan!
Timmy was extremely proud to be able to give that kind of gift to his brother, dad and his grandpa.
The look on his face when he saw the one for him was priceless!! Im sure he will cherish it and the memories forever.

[Denise]

We went out yesterday, and the weather was great! We were finding large pieces of eggs all over the place.
Timmy sure has the eye for Thundereggs. Here is a huge piece of one that was sticking out of the ground. I helped him dig it out, and wow what a find!!


The whole bottom half of it is crystals below the bands. This one is sure going to clean up nicely!
Pictures of it cleaned up coming soon.



Good eye Timmy!

Here is a picture of the piece cleaned up a bit. Looks like large yellow calcite crystals on top of the brown and clear agate bands.
Being a surface find sticking out of the hillside, lots of the crystals are damaged, but he loves it!



He likes it so much it ended up in his room. All 17 pounds of it!

Good thing hes cute. We need to make sure we balance out the weight of these rocks in the house anyways.

[CP]

Gotta' watch your toes walking around this house in the dark for sure.

Thanks for the compliment honey, I am very proud of Timmy's rockhounding and being able to make something for the guys.

Here is a pic of what Denise made for my piece to go with the "guys family set" right after the holiday, a sweet thin guitar pick. Nice work on my piece from Timmy's Colorado thunderegg Denise. All the guys will cherish these pieces, especially me.

[Denise]

Here is a cool keychain that Timmy's grandpa (my dad) will get from the thunderegg piece he found. Dan wrapped it.
Im sure he will love it!



I know the pieces were going to the "guys family set" , but I snuck in a beautiful small heart from a piece trimmed off.
I couldnt help myself!