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Terry F - 29/04/2007 |
After a couple of false starts we finally found the Radstock site. It is a very pleasant wood in which to take a walk. It is obviously well used by the locals, judging by the amount of litter.
The ground is very overgrown and you have to search around for suitable rocks. Most of the rocks I found were not too big, however on examination and/or splitting almost always produced a specimen of some kind. I am no expert but I managed to find quite a few fossils in my hour walk.
There was obviously another fossil hunter at work as I could hear another person splitting rocks as I am sure they could hear me!
A quick trip to the Rastock museum is also recomended. they have a few good specimens, as well as some interesting exhibits. |
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Good collecting |
A fantastic site for plant fossils. An hour or so and you'll have dozens. take a little time and spilt down a few lumps and you'll soon be throwing away the first ones you found. Even looking on the path on the way up is rewarding. Few people go collecting there and you can leave partially split stones and go back days later and they'll still be there. I found some superb fern leaves and fairly large slabs covered in leaves. you can also find 3D stalks/branches. As usual once you find a block with fossils in, keep hammering at it, there will be more. The best stuff is in the dark grey shale. Avoid anything that falls apart too easilty and the stones that don't want to split at all with lots of iron in them. What you want is the blocks of nice uniform layered shale with little obvious coal or iron, find a suitable lump about the size of a shoebox and get splitting. It is in these that you find the complete leaves. Some fossils are fragile and the shale has a habit of splitting across fossils. If you want some decent plant fossils in your collection then an afternoon here should be enough to provide plenty. |
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