Fossil Hunting
Split rock and meet a creature that died a hundred million years ago.
~$72Cost to start
ModerateDifficulty
1–3 hrTime / session
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Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 1–3 hr at a time, $72 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
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
Collect crystals and gems straight out of the earth.
Search the desert for rocks that fell from space.
Mudlarking$40
Comb a tidal foreshore at low water for centuries of history: clay pipes, pottery, coins, and lost things.
Entomology$69
Get close to the insect world, and collect, identify, and understand it.