Report on the October 18th DMC trip to
LeFarge Quarry
hosted by the Columbia Gem, Mineral and Fossil
Society
of Aiken South Carolina.
A good turn-out was greeted at the quarry with
lots of mud (the kind you can't get off your shoes!) due to heavy rains
that occurred the night before. Undaunted, fossil collecters
hit the pit for what turned out to be a beautiful day with an abundance
of fossils. The mine was actively removing alot of overburden from
a new pit area and spreading the material across the pit flloor.
This exposed many fossils with good specimens of giant white shark and
archecheate whale teeth found. My finds included one whale tooth in matrix,
several whale vertebra, a bill fish rostrum in matrix
and a hand full of shark teeth and shark vertebra.
Some of the different sharks teeth represented included sand shark, lemon
shark, tiger shark, mako, snaggle tooth and great white shark. As
I wondered around the pit, I meet with some folks and got pictures of their
finds (see attached pictures). One of the shark teeth pictured was
found only a few feet away from me and the collector called me over so
I could see it in the ground the way he found it. It was very impressive.
All in all, it was a really nice day and alot of fossils were found.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ron Ahle
Columbia Gem and Mineral Society
You must make a reservation, the trips are set for the third
Saturday in January, April, July, and October. Reservations are taken
starting at 7:00 a.m. on the first day of the month preceeding the dig, eg:
call at 7:00 a.m. on December 1st to make reservatuions for the January dig,
there is a limited number of people allowed to attend these digs and many
clubs try to get all the positions, so if you are an independent collector
you will need to call asap to get a reservation.
Located at the intersection
of I-26 and road 453 at exit 177.
Call: 843-462-7651 ext. 3200, ask
for Nell to schedule a trip.
