Found 3 patches in a total of 8294 chunks. All three were small, and at same x & z coordinate. http://imgur.com/a/92COB
quote: Notch
Yeah, that would explain that.. Is it worth doing a 1.6.7 tomorrow?
Annoyingly, we *almost* have a coastline running along the x=z line, but it's just a bit out, so we have very little sand actually crossing the line, and no visible clay (though I didn't check the bay in the bottom left corner).
It is possible for clay to be underneath sand - so digging around the bottom left corner might reveal some, but probably makes far more sense for Notch to release a fix (though I doubt that will add clay to existing blocks, so it'll require exploring, particularly to the places Xen hasn't already prevented clay from being in. :P
There is something that is keeping me from connecting. It must call home first or something, which is shit. I should be allowed to steal whatever I want! :-/
It's an old sticking point, but is there any chance of getting kits that give you a diamond spade and pick, but nothing else? I hate having to constantly stop what I'm doing to go and find the components for new tools.