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Hello all! I'm from Maryland and after discovering a few sites in Southern Maryland earlier this year I am hooked on fossil hunting! With the summer rolling around paired with the crazy rains we've been getting I honestly am excited for winter again! I stumbled across Onslow Beach last year accidentally and also was able to pull out some teeth... but with much more experience and more beach time I'm hoping this trip will yield much more sweet finds! I was curious if anyone had any must see spots along the way or in general around Camp Lejeune? Public spots are okay, I know how guarded some of the more lesser known spots need to be! I've seen quite a bit about the Aurora Fossil Museum and a few other places as well. Unfortunately (kinda kidding but not) I'll have our puppy with us... but if anyone wants to meet up and check out Onslow or anywhere near by let me know! The beach is amazing in itself with how relatively private it is. I'll be headed out next week and staying for 4 days (I think). Thanks!

Hey gang! Im on location at the C2T ranch. I’ll be updating this thread over the weekend as I stumble on new stuff. base camp is set. Snow melted. Rain quit. 3 hours before dark. already a bonanza. this is the fire pit at my campsite:

Hello everyone, I’ve always had a website, Fossilforkids, (although it is no longer interactive it still has good stuff on it), and have done hundreds of fossil programs for kids. I’ve been away from that for awhile but since my wife died in June I am pursuing a dream of hers and fossils play a part of that. While she was on hospice they told us they have a bereavement program for kids and thought my farm with its goats, horses, chickens, mini- horses and chickens would be a great escape for the kids to visit while someone they love is on hospice. We will also will have fishing horse shoes, roping classes, and archery My wife also had a vision of turning our place into a day camp for kids that couldn’t go to bible camp or other camps. We are both devote Christians and have a passion for fossils as well so I’m combing all of those concepts. Since I have Horses and a mini I am going to focus the natural selection process and advancement of horses as the fossil class/demonstration. I, for one, do not believe what I have studied in the Bible and paleontology are mutually exclusive and I think this is a great way to break through some barriers and just let the kids enjoy the incredible word of fossils. To do this I need some help. I have the animals, space, facilities and games to make this a fantastic(and free) experience for the kids. What I need are horse fossils in any condition and from any body part. The more poor to moderate quality is for giveaways to the campers and a few quality pieces would make a great display for the classes. I have already invested a great bit of time and money plus they is a lot more of hard work to be done but any fossils you could provide would be a great help. Just send me a message if you can help. Thank You! John