Sometimes You're The Windshield... Sometimes The Bug
Nov 7, 2020 20:44:16 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 7, 2020 20:44:16 GMT -5
Today I was the windshield. 
My wife hasn't wanted to go rockhounding much this summer, so I've been going out lately by myself, mostly down to Fairburn since she doesn't like going there. Last night she expressed some interest in going out today, so I said I'd go to Railroad Buttes if she wanted to go out. I've had tons of luck finding prairie agates out there, but no real luck finding Fairburn Agates, so I've stayed away.
We had some decent snowfall within the last few weeks, and it was pretty evident there had been some erosion out there since I'd been there around two months ago.
We got back to our usual spot...a spot that just kept calling me and telling me there were Fairburns back there. My wife found a chip of one earlier this year, but never any other indication other than what my gut was telling me. She acquiesced to the direction I wanted to head...ten minutes into the day I found my first Fairburn. I walked over to show my wife and then headed back to where I left my backpack. Before I got back to it, I found the second one of the day. We couldn't believe it. Finding two Fairburns within five minutes of each other and within 30 feet of each other!
I found a total of six Fairburns today. A couple are really nice, and the others...well, I get to call them Fairburns. LOL
My wife was happy for me...but disappointed she was skunked with the exception of finding an amazing bubble gum agate.
These aren't in order of the find... they're "smallest" to "largest". Some of the smaller banded ones were really hard to get pics of the banding...
In this first one, the banding is just inside that pocket and I had a hard time getting the camera at the right angle to get a pic of it.
My wife hasn't wanted to go rockhounding much this summer, so I've been going out lately by myself, mostly down to Fairburn since she doesn't like going there. Last night she expressed some interest in going out today, so I said I'd go to Railroad Buttes if she wanted to go out. I've had tons of luck finding prairie agates out there, but no real luck finding Fairburn Agates, so I've stayed away.
We had some decent snowfall within the last few weeks, and it was pretty evident there had been some erosion out there since I'd been there around two months ago.
We got back to our usual spot...a spot that just kept calling me and telling me there were Fairburns back there. My wife found a chip of one earlier this year, but never any other indication other than what my gut was telling me. She acquiesced to the direction I wanted to head...ten minutes into the day I found my first Fairburn. I walked over to show my wife and then headed back to where I left my backpack. Before I got back to it, I found the second one of the day. We couldn't believe it. Finding two Fairburns within five minutes of each other and within 30 feet of each other!
I found a total of six Fairburns today. A couple are really nice, and the others...well, I get to call them Fairburns. LOL
My wife was happy for me...but disappointed she was skunked with the exception of finding an amazing bubble gum agate.
These aren't in order of the find... they're "smallest" to "largest". Some of the smaller banded ones were really hard to get pics of the banding...
In this first one, the banding is just inside that pocket and I had a hard time getting the camera at the right angle to get a pic of it.
