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Southwest, New Mexico

Deming NM

Big Diggins thunderegg beds

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GeodesGeodes
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0), Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: classic Deming-area agate and thunderegg diggings southwest of town, historically worked for fee

Aggregator-documented as a fee agate dig via County Road C018; current on-the-ground access not independently confirmed

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

unmaintained desert roadsOld pits, heat

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