This huge trophy agate was brought in to Wesley's Trading Post by Valerie from Portland Saturday May 7th. She said her husband found it sticking out of the sand and had to dig it out and they were amazed at how big it was 46.8 pounds. From a beach on the coast near an RV park. You can see some the bruising that I have described in the past as looking like fingernail indentations in the rind and exposed patches of the agate and drusy crystal – quartz looking patches so not sure what is inside. 

EDITORIAL NOTE: Sorry I took so long to open the photos that Patty Bullock supplied.


Close-up exhibits the fingernail marks

Presentation - Beach combing 101

Tuesday Evening May 26^th will be the last in this years series of talks on Coastal Encounters. 

Lincoln County author of Agates of the Oregon Coast Kay Myers will present Beach combing 101, finding agates on the Central Oregon Coast.  This presentation with video will be held at the Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM.

Possibly a Blue Agate of the Oregon Coast

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Sorry I have been out of touch...

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Yachats 3rd Annual Agate Festival

We look forward to seeing all of you Saturday and Sunday, January 18 - 19 at the Yachats Commons.  K. Myers, author of the pocket guide Agates of the Oregon Coast will be doing identification of rocks found along the Pacific coastline.  Sunday, the Oregon Fossil Guy will join us for Fossil identification.

Back to back Agate events on the Central Oregon Coast

DiTorrice and Myers after Lincoln City event

Yesterday's Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau's  Agate and Fossil trip was moved indoors to the Lincoln City Cultural Center out of concern for the safety for all attending beachcombers.  This was a standing room only event and put on by two long time members of the Oregon Coast Agate Club, Guy DiTorrice known as the Oregon Fossil Guy, and K. Myers, author of Agates of the Oregon Coast a pocket guide.  

If you missed this event DiTorrice (Sunday only for fossil ID) and Myers will also be assisting with identification of local agates during the 3rd annual Agate Festival in Yachats, next Saturday and Sunday, January 18th and 19th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Yachats Commons. The event is free.

Featured speaker this year is William Orr, emeritus professor of geology at the University of Oregon and director of the Condon collection at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University. Orr will speak at the Commons Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. and his topic will be “How geologists use fossils.”

Rock Out at the beach!

This is a trial trip that we are putting together for Lincoln City visitors & tourism development.  We are hoping for gravel to be exposed but so far not many storms with wind out of the SW.  We will meet as the article states at the D-River Wayside State Park beach access on Highway 101 in the center of Lincoln City at 1:00pm. Rubber boots are recommended to cross streams of water. The beaches to be visited during the field trip depends on the local gravel bed conditions found that day and we will announce where we are headed after we meet everyone in the parking lot. 

We are very fortunate to have the Oregon Fossil Guy with us as he has just returned to the Oregon coast from living in Colorado for the last four years. On any other day the Oregon Fossil Guy (this is his actual business) charges for his tours so this is a one time field trip without a fee.  Naturally there is no guarantee of where nature will uncover the gravel for this date so we will do the best we can with local information that we get that day.

If you do not have a pocket guide of Agates of the Oregon Coast you can check with the merchants in your area or Lincoln City to get your copy. This guide featuring agates to zeolites is in true color and you will be able to lay your dry specimens on the guide to identify your finds.

We look forward to seeing you folks for this fun day of beach combing in Lincoln City.

It's calendar season again

Agates and Jasper of the Oregon Coast Calendar

It's calendar season again, and this year we have a beautifully spiral bound 8.5" x 11" full-color wall calendar designed by Patrick. This local beach comber and brilliant photographer has captured the beauty of these agates nicely with these full color, images that are suitable for framing. These calendars will make great gifts for your rock-hound, rock club members, and geo society members! You can pick them up in Newport from Wesley's Trading Post.

Status: Sold Out

Agates are really showing up!

Bonnie's booty for the day

Nice collection there girl friend. Local resident beachcombers Bonnie and her husband each came home with about 6 pounds of agates to fill their tumblers.

A Beautiful Weekend on the Oregon Coast for a Festival!

2nd Annual Yachats Agate Festival This Weekend

Sheri of Waldport found these nice fossils

Join us this Saturday and Sunday, January 19^th and 20^th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the 2nd annual Yachats Agate Festival at the Yachats Commons. This free event will feature spectacular displays as well as family friendly learning opportunities for all ages. 

FACETS Gem & Mineral Gallery will have K.T. Myers the author of the Pocket Guide Agates of the Oregon Coast there with the books, plus locally made agate jewelry and more. 

< - - Beachcomber Sheri of Waldport, will be speaking and sharing some of her tips to successful beachcombing on the Central Oregon Coast. 

Blue Black Beach Agates From the Oregon Coast!

Photo taken of dry blue/black beach agates.

Uh oh the boss is cleaning out the warehouse again!  Just uncovering a large stash from an old collection we bought years ago of nice natural blueblack beach agate specimens perfect for tumbling!    These are small enough and naturally surf tumbled by the sea, gem quality agates that should make great gemstones for your jewelry or crafts. 

Packaged in 2 quart containers containing just the right size agates for any tumbler to polish and enhance their natural beauty.  These will be sold for $89.00 a container, well under the going price of over $120+ a container (when you can get them) and will have a special recipe enclosed on how to tumble polish them in just 10 days in a rotary tumbler.  *Buy 2 containers and they will ship free by USPS flat rate any where within the 50 states.

Overstock Blowout SALE...Shop early and SAVE! We would normally offer this exquisite quality by the pound but due to lack of space we are offering these in 2 quart lots, while they last. Quantities are limited to available stock on hand once they are gone that's it! In Stock and ships immediately. Shipping weight  8 lbs. Buy it NOW and SAVE!  Just $89.00 for each 2 quart container.  

*anywhere in the U.S. or  APO as one  shipment or domestic parcel to one address for the free freight offer,

2013 Agate Calendars are now available!

It's calendar season again, and this year we have  not just one but two wall calendar designs by Patrick a local beach comber and excellent photographer  whose camera has captured the beauty of these agates well in these presented images. "Agates and Jasper of the Oregon Coast", and "The Agate Hunter Blues". 

Available from FACETS Gem & Mineral Gallery in Newport, OR.  Just $14.95 each.

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.

Kansas beachcombers find agates on the Oregon Coast

Agates found this last week by Bob & Toni

This was just a small selection of rocks found by our cousins.  More photos to follow.

Agates just found May 19, 2012

Viki of Newport just found these spectacular agates Saturday

Beautiful fancy agates the large one weighing just under ¼lb. is a fancy sard agate the smaller one is a black agate with a spectacular pattern embossed into the stone was found Saturday.

Agate found just yesterday!

Sandy's trophy agate for yesterday weighs just under 1 pound!

Jane showed me two beautiful agates last night that she had just found on the beach, I will try and get photos of those to share with you when she gets back in.  Sandy found the rest of these pretty agates and 2 pieces of sea glass Saturday while beachcombing on the Oregon Coast.

News from the Oregon Coast...

Entered December 10, 2010... It is beginning to look a lot like beachcombing season again!  Frank was just in yesterday with a few trophies he wanted to share with everyone.  He found what we all believe could be a fossilized sea turtle scull, (yet to get this photo ) a very well defined fossilized Crepidula praerupta shell.  Frank has also been very busy educating our upcoming pebble pups by doing geological presentations for classes in our Lincoln County School District. Good job Frank!

The Oregon Coast Agate Club Christmas party was last night, great food and a fun gift exchange was had by all in attendance.  We have elected new leadership and hope to see the club continue to grow.  Visitors are always welcome to join us for the meetings held the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm in the Central Lincoln P.U.D.(across the Hwy from Safeway) meeting room in Newport.  The annual show will be held June 18 & 19 at the Yaquina View School, multi-purpose room.

This photo to the right was found earlier last spring by  Roscoe. & Billy of Tillamook  What is it?  Looks like a crepidula...but developed the wrong direction.

November beachcombing finds...

Lucky Spike, a local beachcomber was just in with these beauties he has found over the last week or so.  The fossilized crab claw (rarely ever found) is really quite impressive.   The agates are very nice sized  sard (brownish one), blue-black, and the bottom one is a cloud agate.


Considering that the beaches are not gravely yet, this just goes to show you, that you too can find some goodies during our "Discovery season" which is the value season here on the Oregon coast.

Agatized Marine Gastropods

Would you have recognized the white specimen as being an agatized snail? Many folks do not look before tossing their finds into the rock polisher.

The top specimen was found by Frank and the white one was found by Scott both are beachcomber residents of Agate Beach.