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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!

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sep 7, 2021 · Greetings, I’ve recently gotten back into prospecting fossils and I’m looking for some suggestions on sites to visit in western Pennsylvania. I frequently visit Ambridge PA to find fern and …

Feb 19, 2015 · HI All, I have a bit of news I guess..and hopefully it will spur some interest in some fossil trips to Africa! I went to Madagascar in 2013 and went looking for fossils..I only had a few days after …

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 …