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...
Author: NC Fossil Club
NCFC Meeting January 2013
The meeting began with a presentation by Dr. Andy Heckert from the Department of Geology at Appalachian State University. He discussed his work, A Diverse New Microvertebrate Assemblage from the Upper Triassic Formation of...
Onslow 11-2012
Eighteen collectors attended the fossil trip to Onslow Quarry on November 30. After signing in and watching the required safety video we were escorted to the collecting area. The collecting area was small but...
NCFC Meeting/Fossil Fair November 2012
The annual election of NC Fossil Club Officers and Board Members was held at the 2012 Fossil Fair and Annual meeting held at the NC Museum of Forestry in Whiteville on November 3. Linda...
Texas Trip 10-28-2012
Day 4 consisted of several Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation sites around Ft Worth where we searched for (and found) large Macraster echinoids, and a few ammonites, then on to a couple more Cretaceous Goodland...
Texas Trip 10-25-2012
Eleven hardy North Carolinians headed to Texas for 6 days of non-stop collecting. The group consisted of: James Bain, Earl Guertin, Joy Herrington, Rufus Johnson, Ramona Krailler, Linda McCall, George Oliver and Diane and...
Rocky Point 10-2012
Twelve club members showed up with beautiful weather for the Fall trip to Rocky Point. Unfortunately the quarry had scheduled a shot (dynamite blast) at 12:30 so we were restricted in hunting area until...
Castle Hayne 9-2012
Thirty one members participated in the Fall Castle Hayne club trip. Sunny skies and warm temperatures greeted the group. We were lucky that no shot (dynamite blast) occurred so we had the whole day...
Rankin Museum Fossil Fair 9-2012
Ruffin Tucker, Richard Chandler, Joy Herrington, James Bain and Mary Boulton visited the Rankin Museum’s during their annual fossil fair. Ruffin Tucker is shown with one of four groups that had “reservations” to dig...
Greens Mill Run 9-2012
On September 22, 2012 at least 17 club members explored Green’s Mill Run (GMR) in Greenville. It was a perfect 70 degree sunny day. We all met at the Green Springs Park, but a...
Catawba Science Center Dinosaur Days 8-2012
Ruffin Tucker took his collection of fossils to the Catawba Science Center in Hickory, NC on August 18, 2012 as a guest collection for their Dinosaur Days special presentation for the public and had...
NCFC Meeting July 2012
The July 15, 2012 NC Fossil Club meeting was held at the NC Museum of Life and Science in conjunction with the Museum’s Dinosaurs Rock event. Linda McCall, Research Fellow, University of Texas at...
Dinosaurs Rock – NC Museum of Life and Science 7-2012
Trish Kohler organized the NCFC participation in the Dinosaur Rocks event held at the NC Museum of Life and Science in Durham. The NC Fossilc Club had 10 exhibitors, 13 tables, and 9 floaters....
Olds Elementary School 6/2012
Jeff Butterworth visited Ms. Boisvert’s fifth grade class at Olds Elemenary School in Raleigh. He talked about fossils in NC and how they got there. After learning about fossils, the Kids got to search...
NCFC Meeting May 2012
Trish Weaver and the “Big Squid Hunt.”
Rocky Point 4-2012
On April 27, 2012 thirty-eight members took part in the recent collecting trip to Martin Marietta Limestone Quarry at Rocky Point. Warm sunny weather greeted everyone with recent rains uncovering some nice fossils. Both...
Castle Hayne 3-2012
On March 30, 2012 thirty-five members of the North Carolina Fossil Club took part in the annual spring collecting trip to Castle Hayne. This was the largest turn-out for the Castle Hayne trip ever!...
NCFC Meeting March 2012
A presentation by Dr. Lindsay Zanno on “Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs of Utah: New Frontiers of Paleontological Research at the Nature Research Center” was followed by a short business meeting.
Marine Mammal Day 3-2012
Several members of the NC Fossil Club set up exhibits at the Museum of Life and Science Marine Mammal Day.
Montessori Community School 2/2012
Several Fossil Cub Members (Trish Kohler, Joy Herrington, Diane Willis) set up displays at the Montessori Commuity School in Durham.
NC Fossil Fair November 2011
The 2011 NC Fossil Fair was held at the NC Museum of Forestry in Whiteville, NC. It was well attended with over 2500 visitors and was held in conjunction with the reopening of the...
Castle Hayne 10-2011
On October 21, 2011 nineteen members of the North Carolina Fossil Club met at Martin Marietta Limestone Quarry at Castle Hayne, NC for the annual fall collecting trip. The weather forecast included mid-seventies with...
Tar River 10-2011
The Tar River is one of my favorite hunting grounds for petrified wood. I probably have 50 pieces or more from here, with some of them weighing hundreds of pounds. Most of the wood...
Rocky Point 9-2011
Eighteen members of the North Carolina Fossil Club gathered on September 23, 2011 for the annual Fall collecting trip to Martin Marietta Limestone Quarry at Rocky Point, NC. Many members had trouble driving to...
Belgrade 5-2011
The Belgrade fossil trip began with for me with an ominous start. Halfway from my home in Raleigh to the quarry, my tire decided to shred, leaving pieces of rubber along Highway 70. After...
Rocky Point 4-2011
Seventeen club members met on April 29th for the trip into Rocky Point. We had great weather and the heat was not a big factor this year. We were limited in the morning where...
Castle Hayne 4-2011
Twenty one club members attended the trip to Castle Hayne on April 8th. We hunted the usual area allowed by the quarry and had sunny and cool weather the whole day. A good mix...
Castle Hayne 10-2010
Nineteen members were present for the trip to Castle Hayne. We were very fortunate to have John join the hunt. John had hosted this trip for years and we want to thank him for...
Rocky Point 9-2010
Nine club members met on September 24th for another trip into the Martin Marietta Rocky Point quarry where we were fortunate to be able to hunt the entire mine. We started at ten in...
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