Rock Hound Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) After much consideration; I decided to allow someone else, to introduce me to their local fossil rich area. At the Bone Valley Fossil Farm; the owners have used heavy equipment to remove the upper 12 feet of sandy topsoil. Doing so, exposes Megalodon era fossil layers. The fossil layer is then dug out with heavy equipment, and is piled up at wet screening wash stations on the owner's property. This is a paid access fossil site, and all necessary wet screening equipment is furnished for you. I found a good variety of fossils; during 6 1/2 hours of frantic, almost non-stop fossil hunting. You can go at your own pace. You can do it your way. If you finish your pile, before the 6 1/2 hour timeframe is up; the owners will quickly replenish your pile, with more fossil rich soil. They are very friendly, and they cater to you well. I had a great experience, and I believe it was well worth the access fee I paid. They are good people. Now, some fossils!!! Edited May 9, 2023 by Rock Hound 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Nice group of specimens. Just curious if you can take home what you screened and washed. It is vey easy to miss specimens in a screen. Also, can you take home what fell through the screen which may contain micro specimens? Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, MarcoSr said: Nice group of specimens. Just curious if you can take home what you screened and washed. It is vey easy to miss specimens in a screen. Also, can you take home what fell through the screen which may contain micro specimens? Marco Sr. I don't really know? I didn't notice anyone doing so. You should probably check with the owners, to find out. I just added a closeup pic; of the Meg tooth I found, and a whale ear bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Fun Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I’ve been to the site twice and I’m not sure either if you can take any home, but I would say that is gets pretty muddy with the clay in the mixture of material. I’m hoping to go back in the few weeks, I’ll inquire and let you know their response. Rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Family Fun said: I’ve been to the site twice and I’m not sure either if you can take any home, but I would say that is gets pretty muddy with the clay in the mixture of material. I’m hoping to go back in the few weeks, I’ll inquire and let you know their response. Rick Unfortunately; the Fossil Farm is a 10 1/2 hour drive, one way for me. But it was a lot of fun!!! You are instantly inserted, into an active fossil dig site. They put you on the spot, for a fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Oh, wow, that was a long drive! Glad you enjoyed it! 1 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 6 hours ago, MarcoSr said: Nice group of specimens. Just curious if you can take home what you screened and washed. It is vey easy to miss specimens in a screen. Also, can you take home what fell through the screen which may contain micro specimens? Marco Sr. You can indeed! @Done Drillin and @Nimravis have both done so. I need to myself as well… I know there’s lots of goodies. 2 2 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Meganeura said: You can indeed! @Done Drillin and @Nimravis have both done so. I need to myself as well… I know there’s lots of goodies. That's cool. The guys at The Bone Valley Fossil Farm, sincerely want you to have a good time, and find lots of fossils. They were very friendly and helpful. They were checking in with me every 30 minutes to an hour, to see how i was doing. They were making helpful suggestions, but also telling me that my way was the best way. They were like instant friends, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) Some people there found more, or larger shark teeth, than I did; but i found a nice variety of fossils, and I came away happy. It was just fine, the way it turned out. Straight into the fossils. Edited May 9, 2023 by Rock Hound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Fun Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 My first trip was with Daniel, and lucky me found a nice 3.4 inch meg. And you are right, the staff was very accommodating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 10 hours ago, MarcoSr said: Nice group of specimens. Just curious if you can take home what you screened and washed. It is vey easy to miss specimens in a screen. Also, can you take home what fell through the screen which may contain micro specimens? Marco Sr. As @Meganeura said, you can take home your screened matrix. I visited this site one time, and though I was looking for big stuff, I was really interested in the micros. I brought graduated sifters and a 5 gallon bucket. I would shovel in material and rinse it down with the hose. I then went through the different sifters picking out the fossils and I would take the last sifter and dump it into two large trays so the matrix could dry in the sun. At the end of the day I put the matrix into a large container and went through it over the Winter. There were plenty of nice teeth to be found, but not as many as I would find in the yearly box full of micro matrix from Shark Tooth Hill, that Doren @caldigger would send me, that stuff was unbelievable. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Rock Hound said: That's cool. The guys at The Bone Valley Fossil Farm, sincerely want you to have a good time, and find lots of fossils. They were very friendly and helpful. They were checking in with me every 30 minutes to an hour, to see how i was doing. They were making helpful suggestions, but also telling me that my way was the best way. They were like instant friends, to me. Oh yeah, Desmond and Chris are awesome! I need to go back soon - I miss it! 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) I found 7 different types of shark teeth: Megalodon Snaggletooth Tiger False Tiger / Contortus Sand Tiger Bull Shark Lemon Shark Edited May 11, 2023 by Rock Hound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblackston Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Do you find anything other than shark teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Dblackston said: Do you find anything other than shark teeth? Oh yes. I found 2 Pygmy Sperm Whale Teeth, 1 Whale Ear Bone plus a little piece of a 2nd one, lots of Dugong Rib Bone, a Porpoise Tooth, a Barracuda Tooth, various pieces of Bone, a few pieces of Turtle Shell, Ray Teeth, 2 little pieces of Gompothere Tooth Enamel, (plus a double handful of Shark Teeth), etc. Edited June 7, 2023 by Rock Hound 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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