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I started fossil hunting around June last year, and this forum has been really helpful in learning about the process, so I thought I'd make a post and contribute! I want to catalog some of the best of my backlogged trips and update on my latest trips. The majority (4 or 5) of my trips have been c...
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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.
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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 material for the building of the Lake Waco Dam here in Central Texas. The pit exposes the Del Rio clay which is...
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 posting maps or coordinates to areas you hunt. Only share generalized location info!
I’m looking for fossil collecting sites within 3 hours’ drive from Seattle to visit and do a little hobby collecting while I’m in WA for work. I’m most interested in fossil plants, mollusks, or arthropods. Can anyone give me recommendations of where to go?