How to find AGATES at the beach.
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2023
- Some of my favorite rockstars join me at Oceanside Oregon to hound and share the top 5 tips for finding agates on the beach. Whether you here in the pacific northwest, or seaside somewhere else in the world, keep these tips in mind. All of us get super lucky and have an amazing day of finds: carnelian, chalcedony, some great jasper pieces, and some gorgeous-rare blue agates!
In addition to the beautiful Oregon setting and stones, you'll also note some of our gear. When hounding in waters, I recommend a good pair of rain boots, and a scooper can come in handy, especially if you spot something just out of reach, at a depth, or you just need to stop bending over so much as you go for something you've spotted.
There are lots of "How to" tips, but these are the top 5 I suggest you start with. Thanks for joining us here in Oregon, and hope these tips help you on your rockhounding journey.
This trip to Oceanside Oregon made the perfect opportunity to share my top tips for rockhounders. My narration is drowned a little bit at the end, but I promise you won't want to miss the "show'n'tell" of all our finds after the best day of agate hunting we've ever had! Hope you enjoy it!
Fantastic tips!!!
You guys sure did have a great day out and your finds are gorgeous, great video!! Thanks for sharing 😁
Much appreciated!
best video friends, how to find agate on the beach, usually on the beach there are lots of beautiful agate. good luck finding friends.
I count myself very lucky to have a group of friends/family that enjoy rock hounding as much as I do. Thanks for commenting!
Wow very beautiful beach beautiful finds thanks for beautiful sharing 👍
Thank you so much for watching! Hope to share more soon.
Good pointers. And I'm all for taking a sick day to go!
Thank you! Just don't tell your employer I said so. Lol
@@rockstarsmediachannel hahaaaa!
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Wow what stunning rocks! Love the tips very helpful!
Thanks, so glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome tips and tricks!
Hope they help! Thanks for watching!
This year I'm finding agates and jade , fossils and all kind of killer stuff. I'm scoring stuff where there not supposed to be found or not even known to be. This is because of the huge storms we had out in Cali on the coast. The rivers swelled and emptied tons of rock debre . You can find agates on pretty much every beach from so cal to Oregon and Washington. It's going off this year out hear. I wish I knew when I was in Michigan about the gems out there on the lakes. Now I know
That makes a lot of sense. I have been collecting for years. but really got into it extra this year. I think it was a result of so many great finds over the winter. I definitely have an itch to explore the whole continent now. I would love to find, an a collect a gemstone from each state if possible.
Do you think we're making a difference in taking the agates from the beach. Like taking diamonds and deepleting them. Or the earth is consistently making them so it doesn't make a difference
I was just think about this question when responding to your last comment. I definitely think there is a limited supply of "ripe" rocks for obtaining in our epoch of life. However, the same forces that formed the gems, millions of years ago, are still happening right now, and will produce more in another age. I just try to appreciate what I find, and maybe in my last leg of life, I will disperse them back to the beaches and rivers from which they came. Who knows? :)
Where did you find your scoops? I can't find any that look like yours and I'm thinking of asking my neighbor to build me one. LOL, I've been looking for these for 3 weeks and searched many times on Amazon. My neighbor asked me to send him links on what I was looking for. I sent him your video and then I went to Amazon to send him ones that you can't expand or collapse as an example, but wanting one I could reduce down smaller to make it easier to travel with. I think I found yours then. Is that where you guys bought them?
Its been awhile since we got these, but I would bet it was on Amazon. We have had to zip-tie, and duct tap them at certain points, but they do the trick. Telescoping is great for travel, but if your sifting through a lot of gravel, or trying to pull up a big one, its nice to have something more substantial. Either way, we don't usually pay a lot for our tools, so if they wear-out, its not such hard burn to replace them. Let me know if you get one that really makes you happy. I'll probably be in the market for a new one soon.
My years of collecting agates . I used to think there wouldn't be nice ones in the big debree. Like in the hand size rocks. In those piles u will find the big ones , in the little pebbles you will mostly find the smaller ones
We took visiting family(from out of state) to rockhound with us last weekend, and they found most of their keepers in the hand-sized stones. I was down at the waters edge the whole time, and kind of regretted my choice after seeing their finds. I'm happy they were lucky though. I will have lots more days out there to explore. I keep all sizes still, even though I have plenty of littler ones.
@@rockstarsmediachannel that's cool. Sometimes I like the smaller ones because there usually more finely polished and super clear. But the big ones get you really exited. It's a fun thing and I don't see how everyone is not fascinated with it.
Fort kronkhite beach in Marin county has the best cornelian on the west coast. You wouldn't believe it. No agates just cornelian.
I'm surprised there are still rocks to find in such a densely populated area, but I believe it. There often lots of people at some of my favorite beaches, and yet plenty of finds, year after year.
@@rockstarsmediachannel I say the same thing but there always being produced and burried and exposed. Doesn't make a difference really I think. Maybe I tiny bit.