Spectacular Large Agates Found on the Oregon Coast!

Nice finds by Steve and Lisa.

Yesterday we had a couple of beachcombing guest bringing in their trophy finds. These spectacular large agates were found on the Central Oregon Coast by 2 lucky Lincoln Co. residents.  Lisa of Newport found the top sard agate measuring 8" and weighing in at over 11 pounds. Steve of north county found the lower two little beauties  of fancy agate weighing in at almost ½ lb. and the larger one over 1¼ pounds. Congratulations to both of you on your spectacular large finds.

Minus Tides for Beachcombing during Winter Break

Slogan and logo by the Oregon State Parks

Lots of reports of gravel showing intermittently within the 6 hour tide cycle changing around the Newport area both north and south of town! We will be experiencing minus tides in the afternoons starting on the 26th, just be remember to be careful out there. Here is the link for our local December tides: http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/weather/tides/2012/sbdec2012.html

Fossilized Nautilus Found at Newport...

Sorry I don't have the finders name to give credit

Craig's unique beachcombing find...

Craig, a Yachats Beachcomber found this unique stone.

At first glance this one pound specimen looks like a  root-base of a sea weed clump.  The strange outer surface features a bubbly sard or carnelian agate area protruding through a thin skin.  There is also a small area of green agate present.

Nice find Craig!

Large Agate just found!

Cheryl's trophy agates

The discover season brought beachcomber Cheryl of Pinehurst, Idaho in yesterday to share this 4" agate with us weighing over 1 pound.  The smaller black agate is also a very nice sized find.

Thank you again Cheryl, for the heads up on the notice of the book Agates: Treasures of the Earth, By Roger Pabian.  I agree this is a great book is for agates of Lake Superior, or Brazilian agates but fails to impart the info you need for the Agates of the Oregon Coast.  I just found the misleading website tonight that is representing Brazilian agates and this book for Oregon Agates. 

Congratulations Cheryl, these are both very memorable trophy's to take home to Idaho.

Beautiful Oregon Agates...

Handcrafted wire wrap pendants

Handcrafted agate jewelry, wire wrapped and designed by FACETS Gem & Mineral Gallery in Newport, Oregon.  Beautiful agate earrings as well as pendants are also available.

Not your usual jewelry store, FACETS established in 1987 does fine jewelry repair of 14K gold, sterling silver, bead design and repair.  FACETS also buys scrap gold and silver daily.

Moolack Beach at Newport

A Steve Power's photo

Summer vacation time has arrived in Newport as seen in this picturesque  photo of Moolack Beach.

Agate Geode found on the Oregon Coast

Lucky beachcomber Vicki of Newport found this ¾ pound geode that  is 2¾" long.

5 Pound Agate Found on the Oregon Coast

Our buddy Rascal of Tillamook Oregon, found this 5 pound agate recently on the north coast.  The outside was a typical gray agate with some basalt but when cut open it exposed some exceptional color for an Oregon coast agate and was just as nice as some of the best Brazilian Agate.

Nice find Roscoe!

Lower view exposes the exceptional banding hidden within.

Agates are rock'n the coast at Newport!

6 Treasures found in just 10 minutes!

Lucky beachcomber and local resident  Scott brought in 1 jasper and 5 agates  Friday to share with you.  Sorry I was not able to back lite these beauties for you to really enjoy their true translucency and colors.

Did you get to enjoy our beautiful weather this weekend?  Couldn't ask for anything better as it was better than summer, being in the 60 degree range and no wind!

Trophies found on Oregon's Central Coast

Treasures found by 4 beachcombers

After many seasonal storms last Saturday we noticed the beaches were scrubbed down to the bed rock leaving gravel showing from Newport to  Taft in Lincoln City.  These are just a few of the beauties that have been found here in the area.  I will put more up as time permits.  #1. Fortification Agate found by Steve of Lincoln County, 2. Fancy Jasper found by beachcomber Terry of Gleneden Beach. #3 is a fancy jasp-agate weighing over 2 pounds  and #4. is a possible blue agate weighing ¾ pound found by our Oregon Fossil Guy last week. #5. are two views of a  massive grouping of Crepidula, fornicata.

Yachats Agate Festival this weekend...

Fortification Agate found by Steve of Lincoln Co.

Sorry I could not make it to the Agate Festival this Saturday and Sunday.

Beach Comber finds Desmostlus Tooth

Local gal Shelly found this wonderful specimen of a Desmostlus tooth.

Fortification Agate Found

Lucky beachcomber Scott found this little beauty!

Man finds 48-pound agate

Photo Buck Henderson by Larry Coonrod

We have been waiting to see this agate, it is now featured in the Newport News Times. Buck Henderson is pictured with some of the agates he’s collected near Yachats. He found the large rough agate on the right in December. It weighs 48 pounds. The stone on the left is a 15-pound black agate. Both will be on display at the Yachats Agate Festival Jan. 21-22.

Editorial notes: Posted: Friday, Jan 13th, 2012 BY: Larry Coonrod For the complete article see the Newport News Times 01-13-2012 issue.