Fossil Hunting
Split rock and meet a creature that died a hundred million years ago.
~$71Cost to start
ModerateDifficulty
1–3 hrTime / session
3 setup steps, ~$71 all in. Nothing to buy until you say so.
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 1–3 hr at a time, $71 to find out whether it sticks.
SpaceOpen area
The path16 quests
ASetting up3 things to sort, in any order$39
- Find a site where collecting is allowed
- Get safety glasses, and only then a hammer
- Check the tide times before every trip
Then the quests
- Go to a known fossil site
- Find a fossil still in the rock rather than loose
- Search the loose scree and foreshore first
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