Do your most concentrated hunting with the sun at your back.ģ. Morning and late afternoon hunting can be better than the middle of the day. Learn what these husks look like because when you spot one, it may be worth turning it over where it might show its agate nature.Ģ. Often times the agate will have at least part of it disguised by a rough brownish, pitted husk that is not at all attractive. Here's just a few tips from successful agate hunters.ġ.
Karen Brzys, curator of the Gitche Gumee museum, also has an interesting CD tutorial that she maintains will "train your eye" to finding agates. Lower down this page are some recommended books on Agate and Rock Collecting that contain some tips for finding agates and for identifying their charactertistics. We've omitted beaches in Ontario because most of the best beaches are in their provincial parks where the official policy is "no rock picking." The US National Parks are also off-limits for rock picking. Our rock picking beach guide and reviews are organized into four regions. But next year, we may find an agate at a previously less favored beach and declare it as our new favorite, for there are so many beaches that we've only touched upon briefly. Grand Marais is also home to the Gitche Gumee Agate Museum, a must see stop for any agate fan. The Woodland Park campground is adjacent to the beach. Grand Marais Michigan is another favorite, offering an extensive beach with lots of variety of rocks and a reputation for some huge agate finds. Jo has a soft spot for the beach at Muskallonge State Park because there she found her first four agates in two days of beach combing.
#Paradise beach agate plus#
Another plus is it has several lakeside RV campsites which if you are lucky enough to reserve one means the beach is right outside your back door. It has perhaps more rocks per foot than any other we've encountered around Lake Superior and it has a decent variety of rocks as well. Little Girls Point near Ironwood, Michigan is one of our favorites.
We've got a few favorite beaches, some where we have had good luck, but also we like some better than others for the scenery or the variety of rocks and stones that litter the shoreline. We stick to beaches, not because the chances of finding an agate are better, but because there is something unique about being close to Big Gitche Gumee (Lake Superior), listening to the waves lapping the shoreline, feeling the crisp breeze coming of the lake, breathing the fresh air, and getting some exercise walking along the shoreline. Veteran Agate Hunters will troll gravel pits, riversides, hiking trails, roadsides, as well as beaches looking for agates. SuperiorTrails Agate Hunting & Rock Picking Directory (Pictures and Guides to Identifying Lake Superior Beach Rocks, Minerals, and Agates) See our Agate Hunting Tips lower down this page
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