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Hi, I'm Vee from Massachusetts. I've always had a fascination towards shiny and interesting looking rocks since I was little. I still pick up rocks at the beach and admire them before putting them back. I've always found it fun to figure out their composition and the stories they have to tell. I have also been interested in fossils and love looking at them at museums but I found out recently that one could actually go find them. So I am coming up with a plan to go on my first fossil hunting trip. I would really appreciate any tips or suggestions. I'm planning to visit North Attelborough and Cory's lane in Rhode Island as I've heard it's easy to access. I hope to find atleast a couple of fossils. Wish me luck!!

Hi TFF friends, how are you? I am great, thank you for asking Yesterday I had I went to my favorite late cretaceous spot after an almost 3 month long forced break. So I decided to hunt all day long and went to few different spots with quite a good haul ( for me at least). First I went to an old Quarry in Kumamoto were the middle part of the Himenoura formation is visible. I hunted there few times in the past years and found a lot of ammonite's aptichii, Inoceramus and plants fossils. One year ago, the site was black and there was no sign of vegetation but as time goes, vegetation grows and I had to go through a meter tall vegetation to access to the place. It was a good occasion to have a look flowers : and struggle with "バカ”'s seed, litterally meaning idiot in japanese (called beggar's ticks in english). Here is a picture of the formation at the quarry. I have been able to find there nice Glycymeris amakusensis and a very unusual plant fossil.