Heartland Gem Hunter

01/29/2025

I've found 10 x as many agates during Mahomes career as compared to Brady's career. Mahomes wins.

01/28/2025

Agate hunting forecast and current snow cover. The melt has begun.

01/28/2025

I think it's time to get out for a field check this Sunday.

01/24/2025

"Hole in one on the 18th hole." A couple friends can figure that one out.

01/24/2025

Tumbled snow white sagenite from the Fringe Field.

01/24/2025

Tumbled Meramec. It's just landscape gravel. It's not rocket "scientry." 🤪🤣
Oh I wanted to mention we're still getting the big load of Meramec gravel at the homestead. We're going to let some people pick through it and load up buckets at cost. Pick all the agate. We just want the junk chert that remains for the landscape. I'll keep you all posted. Right now I'm on layoff until about March 1st.

01/09/2025

Another snow event tonight. No plowing this time. This compensates for all my time off. Hell on my body but after a couple days of recovery, I'm always happy I pushed through. 🤟

01/08/2025

Ordering 12 lb of grit today. Crisp eyes are just underneath the skin. Quartz fill, so I don't want to tumble it too long on the coarse grit.
Several years ago, a friend wanted me to tumble one of the largest eye agates I've seen picked here in Kansas. It was a learning experience. Tumble it too long with the quartz fill agates and your left without eyes and mostly quartz lol

01/06/2025

We were lucky to make it here. We got stuck 6 x. Had to dig the truck out 4 x. 18 hours of hell digging through 5' drifts with snowblowers and shovels at Mars. Good $ but I'm dead. I keep saying next year I'll skip it, but I always volunteer. Sometimes I think I probably open my mouth a bit too much! 😆

If anyone is interested in a job on my crew, I'd just like to say you're nuts lol but it does pay really good to be on call. Message me if you're nuts lol

01/05/2025

Waiting for the call. Not excited about this one. Visibility is no more than 1/8 mile right now in southwest Topeka and It's going to get worse when the wind kicks in.

01/03/2025

This nodule was just lying on the grass. If it had thumbs, it had been twiddling them for quite a while. lol

01/03/2025

Never stop hunting. Always look around your car where you parked and when you go hide to take a restroom break. You would not believe how many agates have been found in those two exact situations.
I added my favorite story. The sheriff's deputy and the LSA. You can see her tire track where she parked in conjunction with the LSA. I found it when she left. 😁

01/02/2025

01/01/2025

Make it count today. 5" to 8" of snow forecast Sunday.

12/24/2024

Bleached honey

This portion of a field hasn't been hunted in 5 years. A 50' stretch of terrace.

12/09/2024

Everyone scored a beaut! Here's mine waiting to be picked.