taylorcold Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Visited family in Williamsburg. Had a chance to visit Fossil Beach. Here is a picture of the area taken on December 24th, 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Looks like a beautiful location! Did you find anything whilst there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life 42 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Would be very interested to know what you or others may have found here. Its not to far from me and I have been wanting to visit! ...I'd rather be digging...Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Bushel baskets of Miocene Era scallop shells, some other shell species and very,very rarely a vertebrate fossil like a small shark tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life 42 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 A complete scallop shell would look great on display I think. I will certainly add this to the list of Spring day trips! ...I'd rather be digging...Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trempie4 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) I used to live close to this site and had the opportunity to visit there many many many times. Its a very public spot, hit or miss with regard to what is there, a state park where collecting is frowned upon and publically posted. I believe the motto is "leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but pictures" An understandable but disheartening motto when I could stand by the beach in winter and watch the river waves crash and break fossil material into scree within an hours time. That being said, I did collect the following great display pieces before the crackdown here years ago. Mind you this is a vey easily accessible spot, a bit muddy sandy and or wet in winter. Well picked over due to its easy access of school groups, 4H, boy and girl scouts. Success is largely dependent on timing, tides, and weather. Nice Fossil Clam Plate - 35 lbs of pure torture to get out in my backpack. Internal Clam Molds - Some agatized, many pure sandstone HEAVILY encrusted Chesapectan jeffersonius - VA State Fossil Over the years I found 3 most fully encrusted scallops in situ in a recently exposed death bed. That was 20 years ago..... These last two are one of the completes scallops, fully encrusted on one side with a little bonues junk on the back!! I also found one of my favorite pieces ever there and Iv'e found a fistful meg teeth over the years...... Can't find it right now, but it is a approx 10"x14" piece of sandstone littered with internal turritella molds. Stunning! Good luck. Watch out for wardens..... My apologies for poor pics. Cell phone, 3 beers, and a poorly lit room...... Edited January 22, 2012 by trempie4 Joe... (evolution ROCKS....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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