28 agates in 8 hours sounds like a lot. It’s not.
Over a four day period I legit spent a little over 8 hours sitting on this beach, searching for the elusive agate. (note there’s something like 7 miles of rocks on this beach.)
And I really DID find 28 of them.
But from that beach, I gathered all of these that I thought MIGHT be agates…toted them back to our campsite in a bucket and checked them with a magnifier and a light.
And THIS is the big take.
It should be noted that I’ve been looking for agates on this beach for ELEVEN YEARS, and I’ve never found one. Last year, I bought the Agate Lady’s book (she’s a fixture in Grand Marais). I studied it backwards and forwards and this year, I finally broke the code.
Or, well, I sort of did. I realized that I’m better at finding them in the dry rocks – whereas my daughter can spot them easily when they are wet.
And obviously, I thought a whole lot of rocks (like probably a thousand or so) were maybe, possibly, could-be agates…and I ended up with 28.
I think there is some big life lesson in there…but that’s for another blog.
Even 28 is neat. Where is this, I’ve never hear of agate beach before.
Wow this sounds great. Sounds like a mission but also an adventure. Outcomes aren’t bad!
Wow! What a haul!!
I collect agates with my daughter too! It is a lot of fun. She loves to make what she calls fairy houses with them when we get home.
you have so much patience to spend all that time looking for them, I love genstones and have various ones around the house, do you know what qualities Argate is supposed to have? I would love to know.
Very pretty! Sounds like your perseverance paid off.
Wow! Amazing! I’d love to take my boys somewhere like this. They collect rocks like crazy and this is unbelievable! Thanks for sharing!
That’s awesome! Didn’t even know there was a place like this.
Laura ¦ http://www.laurahasablog.co.uk
I would have no idea how to tell which stones were agates. I think it is so cool that your research and persistence had such a wonderful result!