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Hi guys! I am looking for new areas to hunt for rocks and fossils around the KC area. I have been to the Blue river, Kansas river, Cedar creek, Tuttle creek, Perry Lake, Mill creek, and abandoned quarry areas. Anyone have any general locations of where I can find some stuff? I am an avid hunter for all sorts of fossils and rocks (rockhounding is my favorite past time)! I've had the most luck at the Kansas river and Perry lake. Some of my finds include cow skulls, cone coral, shells, agates, vertebrae, and a bunch of druzy quartz geodes and chalcedony. I ha
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Hi all, So normally, the weekend of 19-20-21 May I was gonna go with my family to Cap-Blanc-Nez (in France) with the WTKG, but unfortunately that excursion got canceled because, aside from me, only one other person applied! Luckily, as it is the place where my dad proposed to my mom (and therefore this area means a lot to them), and they would like to go back, we decided to go there next week (7-8-9 May)! We already booked a B&B in Wissant for the 3 nights. I am looking forward to it! So, as preparation for the upcoming trip, I am turning towards the most experien
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I am by no means an experienced outcropping and roadcut fossil hunter but I have been scrounging around a few spots the last month or so and thought I would pass on just a few things I have learned "the hard way". I'm sure none of these tips will be new news to any of you seasoned hunters but if I can help another noob not make the same mistakes I have, it's worth it! okay, here goes..... 1. When approaching the desired location, closely inspect the ground ahead of you and leading up to the outcropping. The 'debris slope' generally contains fossils from any fossil laden strata exposed above.