| I want to tell you about a weekend fossil hunting | | | | This particular Saturday was before Christmas |
| trip I took a few weeks ago. It was a cold, but | | | | and the weather forecast was for a clear, sunny |
| sunny Saturday in December. I live about three | | | | and cold day. I imagined this would be an excellent |
| and one half hours from the beach I was planning | | | | time to hunt fossils. I was right! We arrived |
| on visiting, so I started out rather early, about | | | | around 8:30am and bundled ourselves to protect |
| 4:30am. I was going to Edisto Beach State Park in | | | | against the cold and began our expedition! I was |
| South Carolina. | | | | really happy to see the many shell beds up and |
| This was a trip I had been anticipating for quite | | | | down the coast! I have pictures at my website. |
| some time. Because I live in South Carolina, most | | | | We began walking up the beach toward the |
| of my fossil hunting trips have been limited to the | | | | campground. There was no one on the beach and |
| beaches of my state. I had not visited Edisto | | | | we soon started finding sharks teeth and some |
| Beach before this. The majority of my trips have | | | | petrified wood. There was also an abundance of |
| been to the beaches of Myrtle Beach and Hunting | | | | shells some of which I couldn't pass up. |
| Island. I had read that Edisto Beach State Park | | | | As the morning turned into afternoon, the |
| was an excellent beach to hunt fossils so naturally | | | | temperature rose enough that we were able to |
| I was eager to visit. | | | | shed our heavy coats and stocking hats. We |
| First, a little history about my fossil hunting. Some | | | | were now beachcombing in light jackets under |
| twenty years ago or so I was invited to go to | | | | beautiful blue skies. By now, other people were |
| the beach with an aunt. During the trip, Aunt Nita | | | | coming to the beach, probably from the |
| introduced me to hunting sharks teeth. Maybe I | | | | campground. We left the beach heading home |
| was a little young, but I did not enjoy this past | | | | about 3:30pm. |
| time. Several years later, I was walking along the | | | | We had a great experience at Edisto. We found |
| beach and happened to look down and see a | | | | many fine specimens to add to our collection. I |
| sharks tooth. I reached to pick it up and suddenly | | | | have had good luck finding sharks teeth and |
| remembered the excitement my Aunt Nita | | | | petrified wood at both Myrtle Beach and Hunting |
| displayed upon finding a sharks tooth. I must have | | | | Island. Now I can add Edisto Beach State Park to |
| been about 20. That was 23 years ago. Today, I | | | | my list of great beaches to find fossils. |
| don't miss an opportunity to go fossil hunting. | | | | |