Mr. Wonderful sent me to the Fort Drum Crystal Mine for my birthday. Most of my samples are soaking now, but here are a few small ones. I have two five-gallon buckets full. Will post more if any turn out to be epic.

Frank and Kendyll are amazing hosts and very helpful. There is definitely plenty of excellent material left at the site!

Whenever I go to the beach, I usually look around for ammonites & a cone shape shell (forgot what it is) and I have found a few but I'd like to start hunting for a hobby. I tried finding some tools as I heard was recommended but can't find any. Is there a better starting point than where I am? I already live near a lot of coasts and dig sites so I'm in a pretty good location.

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How is Florida when it comes to fossil hunting? Given its geographic layout, and how it is excellent for (modern) shelling, I imagine the same is true for hunting seashell fossils? Or is the swampy environment detrimental to fossil formation?

What areas of Florida have you had success hunting for fossils? Any beds or formations that are available for the public to hunt?

Overtime I’ve seen so many pics of people that will see a construction site, if not just a pile of dirt, and pull over, walk up and find fossils (shark teeth).

Don’t even start with “it’s trespassing” and all that. I’m just looking for knowledge on spotting the right soil and areas that could possibly produce fossils. Especially the fly lol. It’s like a super power.

I’ve known of a few land sites over the years from friends but was never able to make it there, and they’re all long gone.

I’m in Northeast Florida and have my local spots around town but no true “land sites” like some people have. I occasionally do a St Mary’s River dive for teeth but haven’t gotten anything crazy yet. I know there’s some guided land sites you can do, bone valley comes to mind.

But I am more interested in how you go about finding some!

I’m not asking for your spots, but will happily accept them for my wife and I 😉, just help finding new ones!

Thanks again!

I have looked it up and I can’t find anywhere relatively close to here that seems like a good fossil hunting spot. Are there any good spots relatively close that might be good?

I have not found a fossil before, but I split a rock open the other day on a hike and it got me thinking about fossils. Any information is appreciated! Including what kind of rock is photographed! The aforementioned hiking rock. Took a lot of work to split that stone open.

Location: Ontario, Canada

I’m starting to collect fossils to create a display in my home. I want to go to a location that’s known to be a hot spot for fossils laying around (beach shores, rivers, mud mounds, etc.). Anyone know of popular search sites? Maybe even sites where you can pay to go fossil hunting? Thankyou for any information you can give 😊

Anybody know the best place to search for Fossils?