Leave no stone unturned on the Oregon coast, where treasure is hidden in the sand

As the wintertime surf floods and then ebbs along the Oregon coast, beachcombers wander about and seek secrets from the tides.
Oregonian

How true rockhounds comb Oregon beaches for agates and other treasures

The Oregon coast is known for all kinds of natural beauty. Seashells, however, are not one of them. But that doesn’t stop crowds from coming to the coast to search the sand for that one special ...
Willamette Week

Many of Oregon’s Beaches Abound With Agates

Agates are rocks. More specifically, they’re a form of chalcedony typically semi-transparent to translucent. Size-wise, more often than not, agates range somewhere between a jelly bean and a ...
Rapid City Journal

Fairburn agate collectors to swap stories, stones

He has been agate hunting for nearly 50 years. Some of the Fairburn agates that Tom Woodden has collected are displayed in his home in Rapid Valley. The Fairburn agate is named for the town of ...