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Let's Rock => Rockhounding Tips, Maps, Trips Etc. => Topic started by: Kaljaia on August 08, 2016, 09:52:50 PM
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Drove out to a local old reservoir and hiked around it for a while two evenings ago. Light was fading so didn't do a ton, and also didn't find much, but there are some small agate deposits in the area. Just mostly enjoyed the scenery (and a random, unexpected picnic dinner by the lake with some neighbors! I crashed their party by accident and they had extra food. :)
(https://67.media.tumblr.com/56686c6f177183cf441b64244479a009/tumblr_obml8ijNxO1spns93o5_1280.jpg)
This was in a wash behind the reservoir, on top of a pile of rock, all covered in moss and lichen and bearing zero resemblance to the rock around it. Dunno where it came from, but not where I found it!
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Small agate pieces. Lots of the teardrop and wedge-shaped agate nodules in a bank near the reservoir.
(https://65.media.tumblr.com/b6d41c8f5e0bda085782be38be57e65f/tumblr_obml8ijNxO1spns93o1_1280.jpg)
(https://67.media.tumblr.com/1ba81c7078481645c3e428aeec16a4de/tumblr_obml8ijNxO1spns93o2_1280.jpg)
And a cool sage brush trunk.
(https://67.media.tumblr.com/9afec7fb8d79c7cc2bbd20b92ec8d618/tumblr_obml8ijNxO1spns93o4_1280.jpg)
Will go back with more daylight and poke around for bigger agates. Picked up some interesting-looking jasper/agate chunks there too but they photographed badly and I'll wait till I have something cut.
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Sounds like a nice evening, with surprise dinner - what a treat!
Thanks for sharing your explorations
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How did I miss this one? I always like reading about your adventures and seeing your excellent photos. Thanks!
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Driftwood looks like a seahorse. Sounds like a fun outing.
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That second one looks like a nice piece of plume agate. Reminds me of Stinkingwater on the outside. Love to see what the inside looks like...
Bill
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I was just down there for a few days. I spent my daughter's inheritance at Richardson's and found a great clay deposit about 15 miles north of Antelope. It seems like a cool summer down there.
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That second one looks like a nice piece of plume agate. Reminds me of Stinkingwater on the outside. Love to see what the inside looks like...
Bill
That's what I thought too. Soon! Counting down the days 'till I get the saw. The area where I found it has been used as a campsite for 100+ years (was the end point in a sheep route to the reservoir). So it very well could be Stinkingwater with anthropogenic placement.
I was just down there for a few days. I spent my daughter's inheritance at Richardson's and found a great clay deposit about 15 miles north of Antelope. It seems like a cool summer down there.
Nice! I'm glad you found the clay. (I thought Richardsons looked a little busier than usual...) It has been a cool summer, only a few days of over 100 and a lot of cool, overcast days. Water budget is doing well too, both with less heat and a lot more conservation. Both spring-fed reservoirs are much higher than they were last summer at this time.
This is from a road cut near the reservoir. tiny gravelly baby agates.
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/15d72f86a8a498212608a8f9a3a7b0cf/tumblr_obr2nu7Lzj1spns93o1_1280.jpg)
Some come in the weirdest fun shapes
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/cd021aa1be83ae6c39e920451cba48e0/tumblr_obr2nu7Lzj1spns93o2_1280.jpg)
And some of them are nice inside, if just the common banding.
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/92e55ad28e9e7116e6e1e6a771d6c3fb/tumblr_obr2nu7Lzj1spns93o3_r1_1280.jpg)