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robynahawk
robynahawk
Fossicking in Dec. - Only in SoCal!
Jan 4 2008, 2:36 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 4 2008, 2:36 PM EST
The sky was cloudy and threatening all the way out of the Los Angeles Basin but as we hit I-5N heading for the Bakersfield area the clouds got whiter and blue sky shown thru!!!

We met Shep & the group and following a talk on Shep's great displays of teeth, whale vertabrae and a cast of the sea lion brain he has found on previous trips, we caravaned up the road to Ant Hill.

The 3/4 of a mile - up hill hike to the site almost did me in, but once you are up there it's all sit down work!

We found a hole we liked on the front side and the rest of the group went around to the other side. After explaining the difference in digging fossils and rock to my construction worker boyfriend - we went to work. Bobby knocked down the overhang (in some of the trenches you can almost crawl under the overhang it's so deep) and shoveled it over to my waiting screen. Bobby went to work on the wall - it was a perfect bit of teamwork - when he got cramped working the wall he shoveled loads to me.

We found an assortment of hooked Mako, Straight Shark and whale (?) teeth. Lots of bone from rib bone sections to large chunks that we decided to break up at home....about 3pm our side of the hill was in the shade and we were ready to go!

We packed up everthing, vacated our trench and took a walk to say GoodBye! The wisdom of digging on the other side became apparent when we saw how sunny the otherside of the hill still was. There was a "concretion mission" going on and one woman found a complete whale vertebrae. A good portion of the group (especially the kids) were exploring agate and rock down the wash and along the old creek bed.

We walked to the end of the trench on the sunny side and Bobby picked up the largest Shark Tooth of our collection laying in the loose dirt in the bottom of a trench! Well - just over 2 dozen teeth and half a coffee can of bone was enough for us so we said our Goodbyes and headed down the hill. 4  out of 4 found this valuable. Do you?    

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