It just goes to show -  that ya never know what you’ll find during a walk on the beach.

It was high tide, the waves were up to the sea wall in spots, and we needed to wear out the pup on a half hour walk before our expected company arrived.

The whole family danced with fancy footwork on the rocks to escape the tragedy of wet tennis shoes.

Suddenly, Nate ran out to the water and then back screaming and wailing,  “A Blue Agate. A Blue Agate, I found a Blue Agate!”. I thought he was making it up and would hold up a piece of hard blue plastic smoothed by the waves, but low and behold it was a huge blue geode!

Does it only come to rock hounds? The sure and utter joy of discovery? The overwhelming joy for those who find a rare item?  He said that only the tip was out of the sand, and that he thought it was just a sugar agate but something sparkled on it and he was curious, then went to the water to wash it off and came unglued with excitement.

Trying to show how the light shows through.
Measures 6.5 mm /2.5 inches from widest points long,
26mm/1.75 inches tall.

Here is another find from about 2 weeks ago in the same area, we are not sure what it is, but it sure glistens in the sun!

Could this be a black banded agate?
This is about 3 inches long, 1.75 inches wide.

If you know anything about agates and have any tips of identification, let us know!  We went to Bob’s Books in Lincoln City yesterday to pick up a great Agate book.   It was just over $5.00.  We want to get down to the Facet’s Shop in Newport to have them look at the geode.  We are really enjoying looking for the Agates in the Central Oregon Coast – I can’t wait to see what the ocean churns up as the storms move here for the winter!