Help with fossil hunt, SE USA
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Help with fossil hunt, SE USA
Recently we have gotten into looking for fossils. I know good places to look are tightly held secrets, but are there any sites near the SC/GA coast that you can recommend?
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I doubt anyone is going to post their favorite/secret collecting spot, but anywhere with shale in the SE will be likely. However, try the library (or the web, of course) for the "Roadside Guide to Geology" series for your area. And be sure to follow the law and do it where it's allowed--you can't just trot around chipping at rocks anymore.
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Sylvia3, I tried typing in that search request and I didn't find the good site you did. However I did find a college professor who live 20 miles a way who had his fossil hunting expedition on the web.
If you find that good site again, if you could copy the web address and paste it in this page?
In the meantime, I will watch road cuts for shale.
If you find that good site again, if you could copy the web address and paste it in this page?
In the meantime, I will watch road cuts for shale.
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palmettoprincess:
Try this: http://home.att.net/~cochrans/geosit01.htm
Try this: http://home.att.net/~cochrans/geosit01.htm
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This place isn't close to the SC/GA coast, but since this thread will be read by everyone interested in fossils http://www.keystonegallery.com/ has fossil tours in Kansas.
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Thanks to all for the links. I think to find what we are looking for, mounds of dirt for the kids to sort through we are going to have to go to Aurora, NC. (That is where the dirt that got us started on this search came from.) I was hoping to find something closer, but after researching several leads, fossil hunting in SC and GA means getting permission from skitish mine owners, wading through brackish rivers or dodging cars at highway road cuts.
Visiting Aurora means at least a weekend trip. What else is there for a family to do in the New Bern area?
Visiting Aurora means at least a weekend trip. What else is there for a family to do in the New Bern area?
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I just got back from vacation at Topsail Beach, NC ten days ago-- sunny and 60-75 degrees all week. Topsail is about an hour south of New Bern. Closer to Aurora would be Morehead City and Emerald Island. Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina, is just across the Pamlico River from Aurora.