So my name is Amanda and I am a lifelong rockhound and agate picker, who grew up partially on Lake Superior.

And that's where I found my first love of agates beaches that have a lot of smooth and rounded stone, the agate, I think, is actually kind of harder to see.

Because it's almost, if you think of it as glass that gets sandblasted kind of like sea glasses.

But rocky beaches that have a little bit more jagged rock.

Those agates might be easier to see because they're not as sanded down.

if you try agate picking and you don't succeed, don't don't give up, because you just have to try different places.

Erosion is our is our great friend.

So if you're coming to the lake, try to hit the beach after big wave, that kind of mixed stuff up.

If you're in a farm field or if you're in places like that and we get good rain, that's when to go out.

And so there are a lot of different variables.

So don't, don't swing and miss and, and give up.

So you got to just kind of keep trying and if nothing else here at this beautiful place and take advantage of it.

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