12 years ago, before I lived in the sunshine state, before I became a fossil-hunting tour guide, I called the Florida Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontology dept. and asked a question- “Where can I go to find Megalodon teeth?” I remember being...
Fossil hunting is different from many other hobbies or activities in that interest ranges widely among different ages and genders. In our experience on our fossil hunting tours, we see a 50-50 mix between genders participating and age ranges from 5 to 80. It’s...
Florida is well-known as an excellent location to find fossils. There are a wealth of sites for both vertebrate and invertebrate fossils from the last 44 million years of earth history at or near (within 50 ft) the surface. Most of these localities are of marine...
Many people travel to Florida every year and are perfectly happy spending their time on the beaches or in the theme parks of Orlando. Those are some of the attractions Florida is famous for- and for good reason. There’s also a world of outdoor activities a...
Fossils are the remains of ancient life. These remains can be from virtually anything that ever lived- bacteria, plants, dinosaurs or humans just to name a few. Fossils can be mineralized remains of actual living things such as bones or teeth or can even be just...
Many people contact us and ask what types of fossils they could expect to find on a tour here in Florida. Percentage wise, it’s invariably shark teeth by a wide margin. While there are many types of fossils to be found from a variety of prehistoric animals,...
