600 Agates and 15 Gallons of Sap

  • B-man
    Posts: 5985
    February 21, 2024 at 6:21 pm #2255645

    Took the boys to a gravel pit my employer owns today after work/school. We picked up 600 Agates in two hours (mostly pea to grape size) but a handful of bigger ones mixed in grin

    When we got home some of our jugs were overflowing with sap.

    It was a fun and busy evening enjoying the outdoors toast

    The grill is lit and burgers are going on shortly, love this nice weather. Loading a few pics up in a minute

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    Pailofperch
    Central Mn North of the smiley water tower
    Posts: 2962
    February 21, 2024 at 6:47 pm #2255653

    How are them little agates ever gonna grow into big ones if you harvest them so young!? jester

    Sounds like a pretty awesome day. Any time I can mix some agate picking into my days, it just makes everything better!

    Gonna try to flavor any of your syrup? Adding a vanilla or cinnamon stick into the jars can be pretty tasty.

    IceNEyes1986
    Harris, MN
    Posts: 1310
    February 22, 2024 at 5:33 am #2255680

    Sounds like a great afternoon B-man!!

    Pailofperch wrote:

    Gonna try to flavor any of your syrup? Adding a vanilla or cinnamon stick into the jars can be pretty tasty.

    I can attest to this. It gives it an amazing flavor! We usually do a gallon with the added goodies. Half a cinnamon stick and a teaspoon or 2 of vanilla per pint. You wont regret it!

    Fife
    Ramsey, MN
    Posts: 4058
    February 22, 2024 at 7:02 am #2255686

    Sounds like a great day.

    fishthumper
    Sartell, MN.
    Posts: 12131
    February 22, 2024 at 8:13 am #2255706

    Another fun outing with you and the boy. Can’t remember if you got a tumbler for those agates or not. If you don’t have one and would like some of those agents polished, let me know. I’d be more than happy to tumble them for you. Have not fired up the tumbler in awhile now.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22548
    February 22, 2024 at 8:58 am #2255737

    Love the moon shot !!! waytogo woot cool

    B-man
    Posts: 5985
    February 22, 2024 at 8:53 pm #2255863

    Thanks guys, it was fun.

    Ben got a kick out of your comment Pailofperch! He laughed and said, “Dad, technically they will just be getting smaller from erosion” mrgreen

    We hit the pit again today, got another 2 quarts of Agates and a lot more sap when we got home.

    The vanilla/cinnamon idea sounds interesting? Never heard of that before

    Fishthumper, thanks for the offer, but they have a pair tumblers waytogo

    fishthumper
    Sartell, MN.
    Posts: 12131
    February 22, 2024 at 10:01 pm #2255868
    B-man wrote:

    Fishthumper, thanks for the offer, but they have a pair tumblers waytogo

    I thought in a past post you said they did. I need to get online and buy some rough material and get my tumbler back up and running.

    OG Net_Man
    Posts: 608
    February 23, 2024 at 9:13 am #2255905

    Did the owner of the gravel pit tell you where to move the pile as you pick for agates? grin

    rmartin
    United States
    Posts: 1434
    February 24, 2024 at 8:04 am #2256044

    sounds like the making of a country song.

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