Belgrade 10-2014
This was an awesome meeting for everyone! Such a delight to get all of us together and visit too! We could not have asked for a better weather day with a light breeze which...
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Oklahoma 10-2014
Just a few hardy souls made the trek from North Carolina to Oklahoma in October for the 4 day hunt (Linda McCall, Lynn Moore, Diane Willis, Carl Willis and Earl Guertin making up the...
Rankin Museum Fossil Fair 9-2014
The Rankin Museum Fossil Fair was held Saturday, September 27, 2014. The staff and volunteers with the museum were ready and waiting for us to help unload our fossils and had buckets of Aurora material ready...
Hanson 9-2014
Seven crazy NC Fossil Club members showed up to hunt Hanson Quarry after it rained several inches the day before. The road in was a slippery, sloggy mess. We had to ditch all the...
NCFC Meeting September 2014
Volume II (Mollusks), by John Timmerman and Richard Chandler was officially rolled out at the meeting. It was reviewed by Lyle and David Campbell who provided extensive and thorough reviews. The main speaker for...
NCFC Meeting July 2014
The July meeting included a behind-the-scenes tour of the NCMNS Paleontology Lab led by Vince Schneider and a short report from James Bain on the Utah trip.
Belgrade 6-2014
Members of the NCFC met on June 27, 2014 at the Belgrade, Martin Marietta quarry in Maysville, NC. This was a much anticipated trip due to the fact that hunting fossils had been limited...
Sikh Temple Summer Camp June 2014
On June 20, the Sikh Temple in Durham had it’s summer camp program. I was invited to give a fossil program along with Prithijit Chatrath, the former curator of the Duke Lemur Center, Division...
Aurora Cook Out June 2014
The June 15th Aurora Cook-Out (and Auction) was a big success. The new load of dirt delivered for the Aurora Fossil Festival a few weeks earlier had been mauled nicely and only needed...
World Ocean Day – Discovery Place 6-2014
Discovery Place in Charlotte celebrated World Ocean Day Saturday, June 7, 2014. The North Carolina Fossil Club was invited and were prominently mentioned as part of the day’s program. Dr. Alton Dooley, Virginia State...
Hanson 5-2014
This trip to Hanson Quarry was just a week after the previous one with no rain in between. I was a little worried that it might be a bust but I did...
Utah Trip 5-2014
Paleozoic invertebrates of Millard County Utah, May 28th-31st, 2014. NCFC Vice President, JB Bain, led a trip that included Brian and Brigid Kram and three of their young children (Kolbe, Aidan, and Agnes); Pam...
Aurora Fossil Festival 5-2014
The 21st Annual Aurora Fossil Festival had folks showing up from all over the United States and everyone worked hard to make it a success. This is the NCFCs second largest outreach activity of...
Tar River 5-2014
The initial scout trip to Rocky Mount proved so successful that David Sanderson secured two more trips there, one on May 23th and the next on May 30th (still looking at the fact that...
Castle Hayne 5-2014
Twenty five members met on May 2nd for the second trip into Castle Hayne this Spring. Again, great weather greeted the group where some great specimens were found. It reminded me of the old...
Greens Mill Run 4-2014
The trip went fairly well…the abundant rains of the previous days did cause the river water level to be 1ft higher than normal collecting conditions. It was however a warm and sunny day and...
Norwood Arbor Day and Fossil Fair 4-2014
Ruffin Tucker, Jonathan Fain, Richard Chandler, and Joy Herrington set up displays under a tent near the door at City Hall where Vince Schneider and Patricia Weaver, Paleontologists at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, explained their...
Smithsonian Trip 4-2014
The cherry blossoms were done blooming, but even so – eleven members of the North Carolina Fossil Club journeyed to Washington DC on Good Friday to visit the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History...
Hanson 4-2014
The Tar Heel Gem and Mineral Club obtained access to the Hanson Quarry in Rocky Mount the weekend of April 12th. Mary Harbison, a member of their club and ours, told us after their...
Castle Hayne 3-2014
Twenty seven members of the NCFC met on March 28th for the first trip of the year into Castle Hayne. Rains earlier in the week left muddy roads but provided fresh hunting areas. Most...
Science Olympiad 3-2014
The NCSO Fossil Frenzy competition lived up to its name; it was truly a frenzy, as first-time events tend to be. Not only was this the first year that the test was being given,...
NCFC Meeting March 2014
At the March meeting, the newest NCFC publication, Fossil Volume I: Invertebrates and Plants was introduced. Richard Chandler recognized the authors of each section.
Jacobs Creek 3-2014
The heavy rain of Thursday and Friday resulted in delaying our trip until Sunday, March 9th. Some NCFC members had to cancel due to storm damage caused or other commitments. Therefore, some on the...
Jacobs Creek 2-2014
The Jacobs Creek Quarry Trip took place on February 9th due to rain. We had 16 club members attend. Ediacaran material is from the Cid Formation, the unnamed mudstone member. It dates from 542 million years ago in North Carolina. ...
NC Fossil Fair November 2013
The 2013 NC Fossil Fair was held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. The Fair drew just under 6,000 attendees (up about 4,000 from their normal Saturday of about 2,000.)...
Aurora Cook Out 2013
The second Aurora Cook-Out of the year was again a big hit. What turned out to be a very pleasant November day saw 25 club members turning out for another round of fossils, food...
Castle Hayne 10-2013
Twenty-eight members of the North Carolina Fossil Club were greeted by cold and dreary weather on Friday, October 25th to try their luck fossil hunting at Castle Hayne. By 10 AM we had the...
Rankin Museum Fossil Fair 9-2013
North Carolina Fossil Club members, Ruffin Tucker, Richard Chandler, Joy Herrington, James Bain and Mary Boulton visited the Rankin Museum’s during their annual fossil fair in Ellerbe, NC on September 21, 2013 to assist...
Greens Mill Run 9-2013
It was definitely a nice but wet trip!! On September 21st, 2013 we met at 9am at the Ball Park on S. Elm Street in Greenville to fossil hunt in Greens Mill Run (GMR)....
NCFC Meeting September 2013
The NCFC held their September 2013 meeting at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Vince Schneider from the Museum talked about “A Dinosaur Named Nancy Takes Up Residence in NC”. “Nancy” is a Duck...
Aurora Cook Out 6-2013
The Aurora Cook-Out was a great success. 20+ club members turned out for a day of fun, food and fossils! With the recent rains, the piles were freshly washed, and while some folks collected,...
Onslow 6-2013
We had about 20 adults and 3 children attend the Onslow quarry field trip. It was a warm day but not too hot. I was expecting the weather to be fairly hot as we were only a week away...
Archdale Public Library “Dig into Reading”! 6-2013
On Wednesday June 12, 2013, Charlie and Pam Causey gave a fossil presentation for the Archdale Public Library near High Point. It was at the Archdale Recreation Center and was part of their summer...
What is the NC State Fossil?
The NC State Fossil is the Fossilized Teeth of the Megalodon Shark. It was adopted in 2013. Session Law 2013-189 reads as follows: ” Whereas, the megalodon shark is an extinct shark species that...
Shark Tooth Hunt 5-2013
The Museum of Life & Science invited members of the NCFC to help out with their Shark Tooth Hunt for 3 weekends in April and early May. Twelve club members volunteered many hours of...
Norwood Arbor Day and Fossil Festival April 2013
Norwood is in Stanly County, NC. The town advertises itself as a quiet community at least an hour away from any metropolitan area but on April 27,2013, it was not so quiet. Music, food,...
Greens Mill Run 4-2013
On April 13, 2012 at least 14 club members explored Green’s Mill Run (GMR) in Greenville. It was a a little cool, but the weather was good enough for splashing around in the creek...
Castle Hayne 4-2013
After two cancellations for this trip due to bad weather, the third attempt was finally a success. At the last minute, this trip was changed from a Friday to a Thursday (again due to...
