Agate Hunting Made Easy
Find Lake Superior Agates with confidence using Jim Magnuson’s step-by-step guide.
You admire Lake Superior agates for their color and beauty—and you’d love to go home with a treasured discovery. But the truth is these stunning stones can be hard to find. Even along the shores of Lake Superior in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, you need the right system to succeed. Jim Magnuson is here to help! The experienced collector has spent decades perfecting the best techniques for finding and identifying this storied gemstone, and he’s sharing his proven strategies with you.
Make agate hunting easier and more rewarding. With full-color photographs and step-by-step guidance, you’ll learn what rough agates really look like in the field. Find out how to recognize agate imposters that can fool inexperienced collectors. Discover how to hunt in a variety of locations, from gravel pits to lakeshore. Utilize Jim’s rating scale to help you estimate the value of your finds. Agate Hunting Made Easy gives you the confidence and insights to turn frustrating outings into successful treasure hunts.
- What to look for? Learn to recognize agates’ common features, appearance in the rough, and agate imposters.
- Where to look? Get expert advice on the best places to search and how to identify Lake Superior gravel.
- How to hunt? Follow Jim’s tips for searching pits, streams, beaches, and more—plus how to use weather to your advantage.
- How to care for agates? Clean, display, buy, and sell with confidence using Jim’s tried-and-true techniques.
Whether you are just getting started or are ready to level up your skills, this book gives you everything you need to make agate hunting more productive—and even more fun!
Jim Magnuson has been an avid hunter of various gems, minerals, and fossils since childhood. Because of his in-depth knowledge, he is frequently called upon to present to groups such as rock and mineral clubs, geological societies, and educational institutions that focus on outdoor and environmental interests. He likes to perform various lapidary arts with the stones that he finds, and he has a small business making and selling custom-polished stones and jewelry pieces. He lives in central Minnesota.