mommabetts Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I hope you post some pics soon. Glad you had a good trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 .....they, I don't know if its the county or the town, wants to turn the area loaded with fossils into a garbage dump.... Who owns the land? Sounds like someone stands to make money, and you can probably track it back to some politician... ...Oh by the way I found some amazing specimens. PICS! PICS! (You didn't think you could get away with that, did you?) "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...
Fossil22 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I live in alliance, OH and am studying geology. If someone lives near st.claire Pa. and goes there often I would like to maybe take a trip there with them and they can show me around and so I dont get lost. I see that it's fairly close to me and there isnt alot of places around here to dig. Thanks and I hope someone replys. email me if you are up to an early morning of digging lol. Thanks and hope to hear from someone. Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama23kids Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hi all, I took a trip with Hubby and the kids up to St Clair yesterday (President's Day). It was a 2.5 hour trip for us. When we got to the location with the directions above. (they were great THANKS) We found about 10 guys out there shooting into the pits. YES SHOOTING. They said they go out there regularly and that it's legal for them to be there?? So there was no way we could go down there and do any sort of collecting. This was pretty disappointing for all of us. I guess we could have started heading down and they would have had to stop shooting, but they did have the guns I am also concerned about going in the future. How well do these folk check to be sure there isn't a six year old down there digging in the dirt? The mall mentioned above has a Lowes up behind it now. We stopped and banged on some rocks but didn't find anything. We drove over to Deer Lake but couldn't find anywhere that looked good for collecting. I just wanted the kids to bring something home after such a LONG trip. There did seem to be lots of shale cliffs and stuff all through the hills there but I wouldn't know which had anything in it to save my life. We would like to make another trip up but during a business day. Can someone give me better directions to the Deer Lake collection location? I tried googling with no luck. Found some photos but no directions. Thanks so much for your help. My kids would be very happy if could come back with something next time. Thanks, mama23kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFossilHunter Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hi all,I took a trip with Hubby and the kids up to St Clair yesterday (President's Day). It was a 2.5 hour trip for us. When we got to the location with the directions above. (they were great THANKS) We found about 10 guys out there shooting into the pits. YES SHOOTING. They said they go out there regularly and that it's legal for them to be there?? So there was no way we could go down there and do any sort of collecting. This was pretty disappointing for all of us. I guess we could have started heading down and they would have had to stop shooting, but they did have the guns I am also concerned about going in the future. How well do these folk check to be sure there isn't a six year old down there digging in the dirt? The mall mentioned above has a Lowes up behind it now. We stopped and banged on some rocks but didn't find anything. We drove over to Deer Lake but couldn't find anywhere that looked good for collecting. I just wanted the kids to bring something home after such a LONG trip. There did seem to be lots of shale cliffs and stuff all through the hills there but I wouldn't know which had anything in it to save my life. We would like to make another trip up but during a business day. Can someone give me better directions to the Deer Lake collection location? I tried googling with no luck. Found some photos but no directions. Thanks so much for your help. My kids would be very happy if could come back with something next time. Thanks, mama23kids Hi I will give you directions. Don't worry, you will get there. There will be no shooting where you will be going. Please email me at tell_mike@hotmail.com Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdairyboy Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Ok Great place it was our first Fossil hunt. I Used to find sharks teeth as a kid in Goose Creek SC. This place in Saint Clair was great. Just as described Fossils every where. you see them scattered all over the ground. we brought back some that were just tossed to the side. Great thing is we only live 10 minutes from it. There is an old strip mine just behind our house we're going to go up there and check it out as I know there is shale there. There a Couple of boot leg mines that go in vein of coal and there is a layer of shale above the coal vein. Will check it out who knows. brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 ...There is an old strip mine just behind our house we're going to go up there and check it out as I know there is shale there. There a Couple of boot leg mines that go in vein of coal and there is a layer of shale above the coal vein. Will check it out who knows. brian Let us know how you do, and post pics if you can! (Mind the snakes, ya' hear?) "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...
hitekmastr Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Planning a trip to St. Clair - concerned about the notes about sites being closed, mining folks stopping collecting and so forth. Any suggestions on how to make sure we don't go there and get evicted or prevented from collecting? Any specific directions to "permitted" sites that would narrow our search? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapins Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I would like to go to St. Clair this friday or saturday (aug 10th or 11th), does anyone want to meet up there? I'd love to meet you and have some company while looking for fossils. Let me know what day is better for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Sadly, this site is now closed to fossil collecting, except by special permission from Reading Anthracite. See This Thread. Apparently, they are only allowing school groups in to collect at this time. Contact Reading Anthracite via the provided link above, for any questions. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 At least they're allowing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrilobiteLou Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I heard someone was caught using a rock saw to take slabs out for reselling. It only takes one person to screw it up for everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 hours ago, TrilobiteLou said: ... It only takes one person to screw it up for everybody. Unfortunately that is always true, and so the onus is on us to present the best possible face to represent the fossil collecting community, as well as to speak up when we see something inappropriate going on. Don 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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