Head bent, eyes fixed on the ground, Doug True prowled along the river’s edge. After a few moments, he clawed at a rock embedded in the sandy soil, lifting it out of the ground with the curved metal ...

Two women were moving rocks on a beach along the Yellowstone River the other day. “Did you lose something?” I asked. “No,” they replied. They were looking for agates. You may have seen agates in gift ...

Agatized Coral hunting is becoming one of my absolute favorite things to do... beautiful colors, geodes, bubbly botryoidal agate... what else could you ask for?! Finding a fossil/gem/mineral all in ...

Thanks to fire and ice, treasures abound. This summer, agate collectors are on the hunt in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, searching for rocks that can fetch as much as thousands of dollars ...

Agate hunting on the St. Croix River, forest therapy and Huellas Latinas. This episode of Prairie Sportsman features agate hunting on the St. Croix River, forest therapy and the nonprofit Huellas ...

Along with the ancient volcanic gems they seek, Oregon’s agate-hunters can be spotted year-round across the state’s shores and watersheds. “Only look right in front of you,” Seana Sutton said, her ...

Jaspers and cherts are the rocks most often confused with Lake Superior agates Lakers formed when mineral-infused solutions seeped into the gas bubbles of volcanic rocks Lake Superior agates are ...