FossilForKids Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Hi Everybody! I need your help. I have a website, www.fossilsforkids.com, which focuses on kids and the beginner collector. I have a section called X marks the spot that shows some links to some collecting spot. What i would like to do is get some locations from you guys of places from all over the country. I would make a page on each location to include location, direction, and a description of what's found there. Of course I am not talking about your super secret primo spots. I'm talking about easy collecting known spots that would be great for a kid or a beginner. Examples are: Westmoreland, Va, Capitola, Ca Aurora, NC (museum tailings) etc. If you could include a photo or two that would be great as well. I will also recognize you as the person that provided the information. You can either post it here or send me a PM. I really appreciate all the help any of you could provide. Thanks, John If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 On your "Places I Dig" page, you reference the "Bardtown Reef Fm" in Kentucky. The Bardstown Reef is an archaic reference referring to the base of the Liberty Fm. As it is not a true reef(and never was a formation), I am not aware of any modern writers that refer to the base of the Liberty as such. The Falls of the Ohio State Park in Jeffersonville In. usually has a spoils pile that kids can pick through. The few times that I have seen the pile, it was Waldron Sh... from which I once pulled a nice crinoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here is a link to three spots along Chesapeake Bay. http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/fs/fs10.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 On your "Places I Dig" page, you reference the "Bardtown Reef Fm" in Kentucky. The Bardstown Reef is an archaic reference referring to the base of the Liberty Fm. As it is not a true reef(and never was a formation), I am not aware of any modern writers that refer to the base of the Liberty as such.The Falls of the Ohio State Park in Jeffersonville In. usually has a spoils pile that kids can pick through. The few times that I have seen the pile, it was Waldron Sh... from which I once pulled a nice crinoid. Thanks! So should I refer it to as the liberty formation? If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here is a link to three spots along Chesapeake Bay.http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/fs/fs10.html That's awesome! Thanks PaleoRon If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 On your "Places I Dig" page, you reference the "Bardtown Reef Fm" in Kentucky. The Bardstown Reef is an archaic reference referring to the base of the Liberty Fm. As it is not a true reef(and never was a formation), I am not aware of any modern writers that refer to the base of the Liberty as such.The Falls of the Ohio State Park in Jeffersonville In. usually has a spoils pile that kids can pick through. The few times that I have seen the pile, it was Waldron Sh... from which I once pulled a nice crinoid. I think I have to dispute the fact it was never a reef by the very large coral fossils I have found there (1 mile down the road from the site I describe. Additionally UCSB references it as the Bardstown reef. Bardstown Reef USCB If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Thanks! So should I refer it to as the liberty formation? I have never been to the outcrop, but I am somewhat familiar with it. The nomenclature has been reworked several times, so I would call it Upper Ordovician limestones and shales. It is now part of the Drakes Fm(Bardstown mb???). The attachments below are from a 7.5min GQ of the area, and its legend. The highway now continues on to the SE; the outcrop is within the oval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here is a link to the Aurora Fossil Museum. It has spoil piles just outside that are great for kids and adults. www.idigaurora.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here is a link to the Aurora Fossil Museum. It has spoil piles just outside that are great for kids and adults.www.idigaurora.org Thanks Obsessed! I will post than on my site. John If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here's a link for a fantastic free spot in Iowa where you are guaranteed to find Devonian fossils by the bucket full. I've taken my kids and my friends' kids and they all had a blast! Fossil and Prairie Center If you believe everything you read, perhaps it's time for you to stop reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Go to www.hgms.org , click on the "Field Trips" button, scroll to the bottom of the page and check out the Whiskey Bridge section. It has locality info, a collecting guide, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 Go to www.hgms.org , click on the "Field Trips" button, scroll to the bottom of the page and check out the Whiskey Bridge section. It has locality info, a collecting guide, etc. Thanks Mike! If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 some other great places in maryland are: purse state park- http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/purse.html flag ponds- http://www.calvertparks.org/Parks/FlagPonds/FPhome.htm im sure there are more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 some other great places in maryland are:purse state park- http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/purse.html flag ponds- http://www.calvertparks.org/Parks/FlagPonds/FPhome.htm im sure there are more Thanks! If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hey John, the sand dollar and shark teeth localities in Scotts Valley are probably useful for ya - let me know if you can't remember the directions off the top of your head, and i can message them to you. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 "Collecting Spots For Kids, Locations for Kids all over USA" Some people will collect just about anything! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilover Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 "Collecting Spots For Kids, Locations for Kids all over USA"Some people will collect just about anything! Haha. I Think Angelina Jolie started that trend, Auspex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 "Collecting Spots For Kids, Locations for Kids all over USA"Some people will collect just about anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 "Collecting Spots For Kids, Locations for Kids all over USA"Some people will collect just about anything! You are a SICK Man!! :durr: If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilForKids Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hey John,the sand dollar and shark teeth localities in Scotts Valley are probably useful for ya - let me know if you can't remember the directions off the top of your head, and i can message them to you. Bobby Thanks Bobby! I have Scotts Valley Sand Dollar and Capitola listed on my sites under "Places I like to dig. John If only my teeth are so prized a million years from now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbstedman Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Too bad we haven't been feeding our Locations Map so you could have just gone there to pick up a bunch of sites. Might still be worth checking it out, if you haven't already (in the list of links under the Fossil Forum title at the top of the page). 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...
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