For beginners, like Bel and me, spotting an agate is hard. Taylor recommends hunting right after a storm, as the waves from ...

While thousands scour the Lake Superior shore for the banded ... wave action," Opatz said. The best agate-hunting spots in Minnesota are apparent on a map — a map of the path glaciers took ...

The elusive Lake Superior agate. Rockhounds scour Lake Superior’s shoreline for these rare banded beauties—from the western reaches of the Keweenaw Peninsula to the U.P.’s easternmost ...

We knew he would be an excellent guide on our agate hunting adventure. We met up with him at a secluded beach on Lake Superior right outside Duluth and started sifting through the rocky shore.

Size: Lake Superior agates range from about the size of a pea up to 20 pounds. Color: Red, orange and yellow, all caused by iron, are the main colors. Formation: Agates go back about a billion years.

Hunting for Lake Superior Agate has been a bucket list item of mine for a LONG time. Michigan's Great Lakes are full of incredible treasures, and in my opinion the Lake Superior Agate is one of the ...

No one makes eye contact. They're too intent on the ground, searching for one of Central Minnesota's oldest buried treasures: Lake Superior agates. Butch Goldenstein figures he's found hundreds ...

The most obvious place to find agates — Lake Superior — is actually the least favorite of most expert rockhounds. "I've hunted on the beaches many times, but so have 3 billion people from ...

Considering big Lake Superior agates can fetch thousands of dollars, Alcala can only imagine how much his rock could be worth. Not so fast, said Scott Wolter, Minnesota's leading expert on Lake ...