CURT Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Has anyone ever heard of a book called Fossil Collecting in the Mid Atlantic States? If so, are the sites mentioned within still accessible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 A friend of mine has that book. According to him about half of the sites are still accessible. Other than that I don't have any more info as to which ones are still open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbstedman Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Most of the sites offering shark teeth are accessible, though some, even when he described them (in 1994?), were accessible only by going through private property. The specific sites he describes on the Chesapeake (Locality 44 = Matoaka, Calvert Cliffs, and Flag Ponds) are pretty overworked, and the last 2 aren't open during the winter months. I've hunted those and others he describes with different results. Elsewhere on this forum, someone described searching some of the invertebrate sites (the West Virginia ones, I think) and it sounded like they might be worth doing. The book is a place to start and, frankly, I think worth getting for the drawings alone. Besides fossils, I collect roadcuts, Stream beds, Winter beaches: Places of pilgrimage. Jasper Burns, Fossil Dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Paleo Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Brownie's Beach (aka Chesapeake Beach) features occasional large megs and makos, plus assorted marine mammal verts. Once in a great while someone will find a horse, camel, tapir part. I'd recommend a trip to Purse State Park on the Potomac as an excellent site for Paleocene/Eocene shark's teeth (Otodus obliquus, Paleocarcharodon orientalis, striataloma sp.) crocodile teeth, turtle parts, indian pottery, arrowheads, plus eagle and osprey nesting sites. A great place for solitude. The beach stretches almost a mile. Bring some waders. I've found a three inch Otodus and a complete upper eagle ray plate, plus numerous inch plus croc teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFossilHunter Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I have that book and Ive checked out some of those sites (but not the ones that are too far away from me). Which area are you interested in? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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