CSTsurgical1005 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I recently got into fossil collecting and am HOOKED!!!! Up until now I have only been fossil hunting on beaches for sharks teeth, however after reading the posts on this forum I want to get serious about collecting fossils of all kinds, though I still have a passion for sharks teeth. I have seen Green Mill Run in Greenville, NC mentioned multiple times on here for a great place in NC to fossil hunt. However, I would not even know how to begin on how to go about collecting fossils from a river environment. I live in Wilson, NC at this time but am not familiar with Green Mill Run in the slightest. Can someone give me some pointers on best places to access this area to avoid overpicked areas, best ways to search (digging, walking along using eyes only?), etc.? I am hungry for knowledge! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Hate to say it but Green Mill run due to all it's Internet fame is extremely over picked. Digging and sifting will give you the best chance to find something but it would be a good idea to go I with low expectations. If you're going to walk it, get there after a big storm/flood after the water goes down. Green Springs or Elm St park is the best place for access. DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSTsurgical1005 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 It seems that a lot of places these days are overpicked. I have a kayak I was thinking about taking down so I can access various other parts of the river that may be less accessible to the general public and hopefully less picked over. If I put in at Green Springs, can you suggest some areas to go, upstream/downstream? I plan to do digging and sifting as you suggested. Is there a particular way to do this, or simply find a relatively shallow area and start digging and sifting in random places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 GMR, or Greens Mill Run is a small creek (more like a ditch) that joins the Tar River at Greenville. To shallow to float a kayak and to full of downed trees, limbs, rock, trash and various other stuff anyways. You walk and search gravel bars after storms when the water goes down, or dig into gravel areas under the sand and sift. any where you find gravel is a good place to start. You just have to move and find a decent area, and the decent areas change constantly with the water level. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSTsurgical1005 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Sixgill, Thank you VERY much for the info! Greatly appreciated! Hope to get some free time in a couple of weeks to head out there. This is probably an entirely different topic to bring up, but are there places to buy sifters or is it easier to simply construct your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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