elementary
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Post by elementary on Nov 23, 2011 15:42:55 GMT -5
I'm putting together a box today for another member of RTH and shot some photos of what he is receiving. Just thought I'd drop the photos here so show the variety of material found in the Hausers. I'm hoping to get down there Christmas time for some Winter digging. All were self-dug except the polished piece. For scale - the lid these sit on is a little larger than a shoe-box. Left side: Right Side: Polished Piece: From the Classic Southern Hauser Bed location: From the Classic site - the eggs I most enjoy cutting are darker green on the outside, as they contain bluer agate in fortification patterns. From a short valley across from that site to the east: not the prettiest, but it shows the tillage lines: From just over the hill to the right of the Southern Hauser Digs. There is a place where I found a bunch of t-egg cores - mostly small - and some eggs still with matrix. The material if primarily white, but it can have stronger banding. Here is the one included: From the Middle Hauser Beds: Farther north (not the Black Agate Thunderegg mine, but on the road to the Hidden Saddle Beds) is a patch of black agate t-eggs. The interiors are not as well defined the the Bl.Ag. Tegg Mine, but the matrix is redder which contrasts well with the black interior: A solid nodule from the Cinnamon Beds: A smaller T-egg from a place near the Straw Beds: examples of pieces I've kept from over the years. This is an example of the best green skinned egg I've cut from the S. Hauser Beds: Another green skin (my nickname - not a general term) Rainey's Well: Middle Hauser: White agate cores on left side. (Other side some banded material found near the Cinnamon Bed) thanks for looking. Lowell
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 23, 2011 16:14:22 GMT -5
Nice batch of eggs Lowell. But What ? No Potato Patch nodules ?
Don
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jason12x12
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Post by jason12x12 on Nov 23, 2011 16:23:22 GMT -5
very nice eggs
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Post by Toad on Nov 23, 2011 16:38:37 GMT -5
Great eggs. Thanks for the pics.
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Post by johnjsgems on Nov 23, 2011 17:01:27 GMT -5
Those sure bring back a lot of good memories. When we lived a few hours away we went every Thanksgiving weekend.
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Nov 23, 2011 17:22:52 GMT -5
Per request - Potato Patch Material I've only dug extensively at one place here. It was on the lip of one of the hills. The eggs I found I uncovered by digging down a few feet. I loved them. This place produced more crystal lined geodes than anywhere else I dug - including batches that looked to be filled with zeolites. I'd dig there again, but every year I'd go back and find people dug INTO the hill rather than DOWN into the proper strata. My hole would be covered with 5 to 10 extra feet of dirt. It just didn't seem worth the effort with so many other easier places to place a shovel. Still, if I want some more, I know where they are. Here's the material: And some from the Black Agate Thunderegg Mine off the Bradshaw Trail: And just for happiness and grins, here's some of the nodules you can find in the 'Corn Field' on the flats between the Cinnamon Beds and the road leading into the Middle Hauser Beds: Thanks for looking, Lowell
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2011 19:17:24 GMT -5
That rainy's well is sweet and the white found in the corn field is awesome. A lot of white agate here but hard to find anything that nice. Jim
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