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2024 Fossil Hunts!
FUN, fast paced, outdoor learning adventure! Guaranteed to find fossils older than the dinosaurs! Amateur paleontologist and expert fossil hunter, Beverly Sandlin, will lead you on a 3 hour, 7 site hunt starting with the Fossil Gardens at Whispering Winds, Spring Valley, MN. The “caveman cave” that you can enter and explore is seen by … Continue reading
2022 Fossil Hunts!
Fun! Educational! Guaranteed to Find Fossils Older than the Dinosaurs! Booking for next year’s hunts! 😀 I do a fast moving 3 hr. introductory hunt suitable for everyone including families with small children. No one gets bored, and many people even circle back after the hunt is over to continue hunting favorite spots on their … Continue reading
Birthday Dino Hunt!
Seven year old Declan wanted to go dinosaur fossil hunting for his birthday. We don’t have dinosaur fossils in Minnesota, but we do have fossils older than the dinosaurs. His Mom and Uncle made a reservation for a hunt and also booked the Garden Cottage to stay in for the night. What an adventure! It … Continue reading
Minnesota Bound: Cops ‘N Kids/Fossil Hunting
http://mnbound.com/watch-mn-bound Minnesota Bound is an outdoor adventure TV series produced in Minnesota. Fossil hunting at Whispering Winds is featured on episode #903 Cops ‘N Kids, second segment about four minutes and thirty seconds into the episode. Such FUN! 😀 Yes, I do private hunts for individuals and families! $10 per person per hour for adults, … Continue reading
Eagle Bluff Hunt with RARE Trilobite Find!
These images are from a wonderful family friendly hunt put on by the Eagle Bluff Skills School on June 1st, 2019. We had eight adults and I believe seven children ranging in ages from three and up. We started out familiarizing everyone with the fossils we would be hunting in the fossil gardens in the … Continue reading
Homemade Fossil Sluice!
Sometimes your fossil finds need washing. Brent and I were out fossil hunting this spring and he sent me these pictures of a fossil sluice he made. How innovative! An old ladder, some sawhorses and screen and you have a comfortable way to wash your fossils! Thanks Brent for sharing!
Wonderful Fall Hunt!
YES I am still alive and still fossil hunting and giving fossil tours! What a year! Sooooo many fossil hunts and just no time to record them! Soooo many AWESOME finds and maybe this winter I will have time to share! But just so you know there are LOTS of fossils here in Fillmore County, … Continue reading
Educational! Fun! FREE DOWNLOADS!
All of these thanks to FRUITBAT – thefossilforum.com foremost knowledge gathering member! Want a dino coloring book for the kids Free? FREE educational resources for the classroom? Have an Allosaurus obsession? THANKÂ Fruitbat – he gathered it all for us to access & enjoy! http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/48228-free-dowloadable-fossil-activities-for-kids-of-all-ages/?p=519472
A Geodized Cephalopod is the Prize for this Hunt on Fillmore Cty. 110
Here’s a nice hunt right off of Cty. 14! Again, I was lost wondering the back roads and found this nice road cut. I’m thinking a very layered Galena, maybe Prosser. I pulled a beautiful little geodized cephalopod out of it!
FUN Fossil Hunting!
WONDERFUL HUNTS IN THE GALENA! So, Bill from the Cities (read Minneapolis or St. Paul) and his sons, 9 & 11, came down to SE MN to hunt the Galena formation. SCORE! Wow! And, yes, I went out hunting too… A WOW Weekend in … Continue reading
