Weather: Overcast, bit windy, but dry
Total Finds: 262
Quite an interesting pair of Easter visits for a number of reasons.
First and foremost, I finally met Nick, who's a regular commenter on this blog. He's a very knowledgeable bloke - I learnt quite a bit from him. He also loaned me some of his finds from previous visits so that I could add them to the website. Cheers, mate.
There were a lot of people fossil hunting on the 2 days I was there. 30 on the first and 20 on the second. Everybody seemed to be getting plenty of finds. Of course, the downside of so many people in such a limited area is that you may end up going to spots that have been cleared out! Ah well.
On the second day, there was a passer-by who asked me if we were fossil hunting, and told me she was determined to find at least one shark tooth. I assured here she would (because we were standing in a really good spot). 10 minutes later she shouted that she'd got one. Much congratulations from the people around her.
It got me to thinking: When you're a beginner, the only teeth you see are in 'plain sight' i.e. very obvious and you can see the classic 'Y' shape. The rest are either on their sides, or partly buried. So when you're more experienced, what proportion of your finds are in plain sight? For me, it's probably 50/50 at the moment. Having said that, I seem to have a blind spot when it comes to Otodus - I only ever seem to see ones in plain sight and consequently find very few complete(ish) ones. Got to work on that.
Finds: S.macrota x171 (14 complete), C.hopei x67 (1 complete), O.winkleri x1, P.rutoti x11, Eagle ray bars x2, rabbit fish mouthparts x2, fish vert x1, turtle carapace x1, S.teretidens x2, 1 mystery fish tooth, I.affinis x2, Squatina prima x1.