A agate I cut last night - Trapperman Forums

No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter

Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum

~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~

Minnesota Trapline Products

Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products

Register Log In Home Forums Trapper Talk A agate I cut last night

Print Thread

Hop To

Page 1 of 2

1

2

A agate I cut last night #7865447 05/14/23 02:37 PM 05/14/23 02:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,194 MN M Mark K OP trapper
Mark K OP trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,194 MN	Some of us on here are not only trappers, but also rockhounds as well. I really dig cool rocks. Check this one out. The pics show the slabs as they came off of the saw.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865450 05/14/23 02:41 PM 05/14/23 02:41 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,527 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,527 james bay frontierOnt.	Those are beautiful. How big are they Be nice to have a masonary fireplace faced with those. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865451 05/14/23 02:41 PM 05/14/23 02:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 383 Pennsy E Ed Patrick trapper
Ed Patrick trapper E Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 383 Pennsy	That is neat. What kind is it?

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865453 05/14/23 02:43 PM 05/14/23 02:43 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,415 east central WI K k snow trapper
k snow trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,415 east central WI	Very beautiful rock there. Those are really cool.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865459 05/14/23 02:45 PM 05/14/23 02:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,744 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,744 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	Some real beauties! Great find. The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865465 05/14/23 02:51 PM 05/14/23 02:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,136 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,136 Minnesota	Amazing NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865475 05/14/23 03:03 PM 05/14/23 03:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,325 Northern MN O Osky trapper
Osky trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,325 Northern MN	Terrific. Mother Nature really is something. Osky "A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Ed Patrick] #7865518 05/14/23 04:23 PM 05/14/23 04:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,194 MN M Mark K OP trapper
Mark K OP trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,194 MN	Originally Posted by Ed Patrick That is neat. What kind is it? It is a brazil agate. Same thing as those cheap blue or pink dyed agates you see in rip-off stores. Only much higher quality. Largest slab is about the size of a softball.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865526 05/14/23 04:32 PM 05/14/23 04:32 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,370 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,370 W NY	Those are fantastic to look at. I get sucked into staring at them just like a campfire NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865598 05/14/23 07:22 PM 05/14/23 07:22 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 7,396 western mn B bucksnbears trapper
bucksnbears trapper B Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 7,396 western mn	Beautiful. swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865600 05/14/23 07:26 PM 05/14/23 07:26 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 12,414 South Ga - Almost Florida S Swamp Wolf trapper
Swamp Wolf trapper S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 12,414 South Ga - Almost Florida	Mark K, I should ship u some of this red agate coral we have in the rivers down here. Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything! Resource Protection Service

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865738 05/14/23 10:13 PM 05/14/23 10:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,912 east central Minnesota M Maddog47 trapper
Maddog47 trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,912 east central Minnesota	Beautiful. You have many talents, Mark. Peace is that brief glorious moment when everybody stands around reloading Thomas Jefferson

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865745 05/14/23 10:23 PM 05/14/23 10:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,382 Iowa ~ADC~ The Count
~ADC~ The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,382 Iowa	Almost looks like you're looking down into one of them fancy sissy coffees they make these days. I've always liked pretty rocks.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865760 05/14/23 10:33 PM 05/14/23 10:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,404 MT	That is a good one. What are your plans for those slabs?? Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865762 05/14/23 10:38 PM 05/14/23 10:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4,040 ND grumley701 trapper
grumley701 trapper Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 4,040 ND	Nice, I’ll be hounding the shores of Superior in a few days for just the such.. Pure Blood

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Osky] #7865821 05/15/23 03:18 AM 05/15/23 03:18 AM
Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 4,518 illinois J jalstat trapper
jalstat trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 4,518 illinois	Originally Posted by Osky Terrific. Mother Nature really is something. Osky Took the words out of my mouth

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865822 05/15/23 04:05 AM 05/15/23 04:05 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,209 AR T TurkeyWrangler trapper
TurkeyWrangler trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,209 AR	Wonder how it would knap. Can you imagine having an arrowhead made out of that. Poor people have poor ways.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7865832 05/15/23 05:31 AM 05/15/23 05:31 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan	nice !!!!

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: snowy] #7866233 05/15/23 07:30 PM 05/15/23 07:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,194 MN M Mark K OP trapper
Mark K OP trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,194 MN	Originally Posted by snowy That is a good one. What are your plans for those slabs?? Straight up display. They are way too cool to cut up into cabs. Swamp Wolf, that would be cool. Let me know if you have any to sell.

Re: A agate I cut last night [Re: Mark K] #7866235 05/15/23 07:34 PM 05/15/23 07:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 8,974 Indiana P Providence Farm trapper
Providence Farm trapper P Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 8,974 Indiana	I find them on my farm but don't have a way to cut them.

Page 1 of 2

1

2

Moderated by 330-Trapper, Bogmaster, Cindy, cotton, Drifter, Maddog47, Paul Dobbins, USMC47 🦫, Wolfdog91

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1