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[montanajohn]

 :blob1:Does anyone know if there are still fire agates to be found in the Arizona Deer Creek/Black Hills/Round Mountain (or other) digs?  I am planning a trip this winter and can always stop at Tuscon to buy more but would a whole lot rather find them/dig them.
  If any of you fellow addicts are up this way next summer let me show you some Montana agate country.

[Slabbercabber]

We have visited the Black Hills collecting area many times over the years.  It seems the more times we go the easier it is to find great material.  On one occasion the state had plowed a large area exposing hundreds of pounds of new material to the surface.  Be sure to look anywhere that the surface has been disturbed.  A digging fork can also he helpful.

[montanajohn]

Thank you very much for your help.  If you are down that way mid-late January and see a Montana pickup/camper please stop by and visit.  I am excited about the trip.  Fire Agates!!!

[jerrysg]

We were at Round Mountain earlier this year on a club field trip and did find some stuff. The majority of the folks stopped at a parking area but our quartet continued around the loop.  Best and worst time to go is after a good rain. More stuff exposed but road gets torn up. Good high clearance/4wd vehicle best. Better material is found the further from the road you go.

Jerry

[Phishisgroovin]

man that round mountain materials are nice when you find a honey hole (good spot) that hasnt been picked over by everyone.
I have some old stock from the 80's i was given, VERY very good stuff.

[montanajohn]

 Thanks for the help guys.  If you're up my way I'll return the favor
John

[ChristopherAnthony]

David Penney offers a fee dig at his Deer Creek Dig in late February/March. It runs about $1400 an hour

[Orrum]

Well if a hundred people go it's $10 each right?

[Glenn]

I have a friend that went down in fire agate area to a place that has been reported picked clean... its all picked over... if you can see it from your car.  Walk a few miles 1 direction, you will find stuff.

[montanajohn]

Thanks.  That is the case with all of it these days, more people and fewer rocks.  As long as we know there is a chance of finding something worthwhile, the walk seems short

[Phishisgroovin]

Thanks.  That is the case with all of it these days, more people and fewer rocks.  As long as we know there is a chance of finding something worthwhile, the walk seems short

mountain bike!!
just wear some snake proof leggings lol!

[montanajohn]

Snakeproof indeed, my dog required an after snakebite shot last year, 850$.  Where there's rocks, there's snakes

[jerrysg]

We had our dog rattlesnake avoidance trained at the local kennel.  Cost $60 with periodic $30 retest/retrain cost.  Dog has successfully herded me away from a wild bungee cord in a parking lot.  Could have been tragic if that bungee cord had attacked.

See now it was very cost effective.

Sorry about the pain the dog had to go through!

Jerry

[montanajohn]

Cool!  This dog was supposed to be helping move cows but elected to chase a rabbit into a rock pile (agates?) where a rattlesnake lived. I'll try him out on a bungy

[fossilman]

Snakeproof indeed, my dog required an after snakebite shot last year, 850$.  Where there's rocks, there's snakes

Many of those critters around the fossil sites south of Glendive and east of Melstone area....I see them a lot!!
Most of the time I walk away or around them,a few times,I had to kill them,but very few!