I didn't expect to find this |
I didn't expect to find this |
Oct 1 2014, 09:12 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 9-November 13 Member No.: 108,311 |
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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Oct 23 2014, 06:41 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Members Posts: 1,301 Joined: 17-February 12 From: Central CO Member No.: 41,357 |
Well, that happens. Still, you did find one and a half, and some jasper - and even though you are down $20, it's still a win! You also know that agates are in the immediate area of where you fond them. I would keep looking.
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