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A Very Quick Stop At Hogtown Creek


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This evening I made a very quick stop at the Alfred Ring Park in Gainesville, Florida to do about 20 minutes of collecting in the Hogtown Creek. I did not find much of anything ( bone fragments, small turtle shell portion and ray and shark teeth), but it was fun. Below are a few pics of the area and my finds.

 

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Yum.  Try some of the creeks around lake Sante Fe, in Melrose.  Melrose coral looks like Tampa Bay specimens.

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41 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Not bad for a 20 minute hunt! Cool!

I dont do that well pounding sandstone for 2 hours!.  Looks like the Ray plates really took a shine to you. 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, caldigger said:

dont do that well pounding sandstone for 2 hours!.  Looks like the Ray plates really took a shine to you. 

Yes they did, and to be honest with you, I thought that I would have done better. I did not go into the creek since they have an  E. coli warning- I believe that is what it was. I think if I went into the creek, I would have done very well.

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Sure beats the freezing cold wind and snow here in Michigan.  Looking forward to seeing the rest of your spoils as you continue on your fossil vacation tour.:popcorn:

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1 hour ago, Peat Burns said:

Sure beats the freezing cold wind and snow here in Michigan.  Looking forward to seeing the rest of your spoils as you continue on your fossil vacation tour.:popcorn:

Thanks Tony, it was a nice 77 degrees out.

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Maybe next time you could take some boots and take a plunge! Wonder what can be found doing that! :meg:

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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3 hours ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

Maybe next time you could take some boots and take a plunge! Wonder what can be found doing that! :meg:

I was thinking the same thing- heck growing up in Chicago we were always in Lake Michigan and that water was bad and you do not want to know how some of the water that I have to drink on some backpacking trips looks like. I should just walk in that creek, I think I am immune. :)

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I think that's pretty good for a half hour search. 

Lovely photos of a beautiful area as well. :)

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Just don't lick any fossils.

 

As long as you don't have any open cuts, and you can wash your hands before eating/drinking, and you don't step on broken glass, I think the risk is fairly minimal.

 

Don

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29 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

Just don't lick any fossils.

 

As long as you don't have any open cuts, and you can wash your hands before eating/drinking, and you don't step on broken glass, I think the risk is fairly minimal.

 

Don

Thanks Don, that is what I was thinking.

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Technically it is illegal to fossil hunt at Alfred Ring Park. Any area on a google map that is green colored is considered a protected area. Just an fyi

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45 minutes ago, KaptinKari352 said:

Technically it is illegal to fossil hunt at Alfred Ring Park. Any area on a google map that is green colored is considered a protected area. Just an fyi

 

Only if you're using tools. It is not presently illegal to surface collect on state and federal land, you just can't use powered tools.

 

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=7b7796f0ea8fbf9aa22cf76da4fb5d09&mc=true&node=pt36.2.291&rgn=div5

 

"A paleontological resource may only be collected from National Forest System lands in accordance with the casual collecting provisions in §§291.11 and 291.12, or in accordance with a permit issued by the Authorized Officer as identified in §291.13."

 

§291.5 - "Casual collecting means the collecting of a reasonable amount of common invertebrate and plant paleontological resources for non-commercial personal use, either by surface collection or the use of non-powered hand tools, resulting in only negligible disturbance to the Earth's surface and other resources."

 

State, county, and city parks may impose their own restrictions, but most places in the US fall under this same general set of rules and regulations. You should always check with the local regulations, but to make the statement that is simply illegal is not correct.

Jay A. Wollin

Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve

Hamburg, New York, USA

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I'm guessing Ralph has a Florida fossil hunting permit from the FMNH for state waterways.  And shark and ray teeth are not restricted vertebrate remains, anyway, IIRC

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16 minutes ago, Peat Burns said:

I'm guessing Ralph has a Florida fossil hunting permit from the FMNH for state waterways.  And shark and ray teeth are not restricted vertebrate remains, anyway, IIRC

You are correct Tony, I get one every year.

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