- Rockport Quarry, Alpena, MI, USA - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum
Alpena, Michigan, USA Rockport Quarry: Devonian, Traverse Group: Bell Shale|Rockport Quarry Limestone|Ferron Point Formation Partridge Point: Devonian, Traverse Group, Thunder Bay Limestone, Partridge Point Formation 18-19 August 2025 On Monday 18th we (myself 36F, husband 40M, daughter 5F, dad 6
- 2023 summer collecting at Langs quarry! - The Fossil Forum
Recently, I spent 5 days at Lang’s quarry collecting fossils and hanging out with some friends We broke large blocks in the quarry searching for Eurypterids and Pterygotids, of which we found many including a multi-plate Are best find was a small incomplete Proscorpius, pictured below After ta
- My Hunting trip to Eben Emael (Maastrichtian of Belgium)
Hi everyone, From now on I will post my hunting trip reports to Eben Emael as I often forget to make separate posts for them I visit the Romontbos Quarry in Eben Emael multiple times a year with our fossil club, the BVP (Belgische vereniging voor Paleontologie) It's one of the last active locat
- Fantastic Florissant Fossil Hunt - The Fossil Forum
My first fossil hunt post Yesterday (May 29 2022), I went down to the Florissant Fossil Quarry in Florissant Colorado Its about a 45 minute drive west of Colorado Springs Its a very well know site partly because of the very well preserved fossils and relative abundance but also because of how
- BVP Fieldtrip to Solnhofen Limestone (Jurassic of Germany) + Museum . . .
Hi Everyone! A couple of days ago I returned from a fieldtrip to the Solnhofen region in Germany The trip was organized by my fossilclub the BVP as well as my friend and professional paleontologist Jonathan Wallaard who led the trip During our 4 day stay we visited 3 different quarries and the
- Fossil hunting trip to Piesberg (Carboniferous of Germany)
Hi everyone, last month our fossil club the BVP alongside with a Dutch fossil club (GVMN) which was guided by Carboniferous expert @paleoflor visited the famous Piesberg in Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany The fossil rich coal layers in the quarry date back to the Westphalian D which correspond
- Two days in the famed Holzmaden quarry, Germany
To sum up, this two-days trip in the Kromer quarry was highly succesfull and rewarding, despite a slow start in the first day and the hot temperatures The trunk of the car was fully loaded by the end of the second day! I highly suggest to anyone visiting southern Germany to stop at this place, you won't be disappointed
- Trilobite City - Lake Cayuga, Ny - The Fossil Forum
Trilobite City - Trip Report - Lake Cayuga, NY Nan and I wanted to combine fossils and fishing at Lake Cayuga, one of the finger lakes and one of our favorite places in New York but we didn't know if there were any fossils there A little Google research revealed that there are a dozen gorges (we
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