TERRA IMPRESSIONS

A planned field trip to coal mine spoil piles had been scheduled on a Sunday because the mine in general was active on Saturday. The...

I'm very fortunate to have awesome fossil hunting buddies. Individuals with like-minds who on a given notice will go hunt rocks with you...

Got to go on a creek excursion about a month ago to hunt for Cretaceous Marine fossils visiting this site for the 3rd time. It had rained...

As most of you have seen and read, most of my summer has been spent on creeks hunting fossils. For good reason, it beats hunting fossils...

2021 has been an interesting year to say the least, especially the weather! The first of the Summer season has been a mild and wet one....

The day started out iffy as to where we were going fossil hunting or not? There was about a 50% chance of rain in the forecast for the...

My hunting buddies and I had a trip planned to a creek in Southwest Alabama for a fossil hunt several Saturday's ago. Alabama weather...

It seems like forever since I went fossil hunting, like four weeks ago...that's an eternity! Last trace fossil hunting trip was to a well...

Those of you who keep up with news have probably seen reports of the discovery of ancient fossils the world round. Most of them are huge...

It was around a month ago since we last visited here. It's great when you have a property owner that looks forward to our return...

The weather reports said that Saturday would be sunny and warm, so I decided to take advantage for much-needed fossil therapy! I'm not a...

It was going to be another beautiful weekend to hunt fossils on a Cretaceous Period creek in South Alabama. The meeting area was a truck...

My next adventure takes me to a site that has Carboniferous Period fossils everywhere you walk! A plethora of ancient life preserved in...

The next adventure takes me down to a Southwest Alabama creek to hunt Cretaceous Period Marine fossils. This time period where dinosaurs...

My hunting buddies and I went to an area about 45 minutes away in the western part of Jefferson County to hunt fossils on a gorgeous,...

I decided to make it a day for fossil hunting as I got up at the crack of dawn to see the sun rise. The beautiful sunrise was an...

With the start of Covid lock downs back in April 2020 I had plenty of time on my hands. What better way to make a negative situation into...

Back in 2017 I was talking to a friend about fossils. He mentioned that he encountered two construction sites in North Jefferson County...

The excitement of fossil hunting is getting out and enjoying the outdoors for the thrill of the hunt. With that said it also has dangers...

“Trace Fossils”, provide us with indirect evidence of life through footprints, tracks, burrows, borings, and feces that were left behind...