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Fossil Hunting Trips This is the place to share your fossil collecting adventures or see what other members of the community have been finding lately.

Jul 31, 2025 · Can't figure out what that fossil is? Share bright, sharp images in .JPG format, and general location info here for identification!

May 27, 2013 · Saturday the Paleontological Society of Austin visited the "Waco Pit". For those of you who are not familiar this is a very large borrow pit from which the US Army Corp of Engineers dug …

Feb 1, 2023 · Since last year I’ve been to a commercial Bone Valley fossil operation in Wauchula for the best fossil hunting in Florida. They bring rich dirt from Bone Valley to Wauchula for people to find …

Sep 28, 2012 · Fossil Hunting Trips This is the place to share your fossil collecting adventures or see what other members of the community have been finding lately. PLEASE be circumspect about …

Jan 1, 2017 · Going back several decades I have attempted to have an annual extended field trip; call it a fossil collecting vacation. Some years this happens, some it doesn't but this past November I had …

Jul 2, 2023 · Recently, I spent 5 days at Lang’s quarry collecting fossils and hanging out with some friends. We broke large blocks in the quarry searching for Eurypterids and Pterygotids, of which we …

Jun 23, 2025 · I mainly collect fossil plates, so I created an Excel spreadsheet to catalog my collection. It includes fields for formation, period, location, plate dimensions, fossil types (e.g., trilobites, crinoids), …

Jul 6, 2014 · In addition, fossil rock from the Devonian and earlier indicates the land was submerged in water. Curiosity, Mike. I always wonder about the fossils I find. About 3 years ago, in the Peace …