FINDING FOSSILS IN FLORIDA

Posted on April 19, 2015 Updated on May 5, 2015

The Peace River is one of the premiere fossil hunting spots in the country. We were camping here for 2 weeks in Wauchula at the Thousand Trails RV Park and I kept seeing people sifting for fossils in the Alligator infested waters. I didn’t understand how awesome it was until one of my neighbors came over and shared with me that within just 2 hours they found around 50 fossils! They found shark teeth, camel bones, and even a Megladon fossil from the ice age! Then he offered to lend us their equipment. Game on!! Read the rest of this entry »