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A Significant Alabama Fossil Discovery
A friend and I discovered a "honey hole" fossil site several years back. We were pulling out fern fossils left and right as well as other...
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Rockin' Ric's Blog
Jan 21, 20201 min read
The One That Got Away
You hear that statement made by fisherman telling stories about the "one that got away" on their fishing trips. I've even used it when I...
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Jan 21, 20202 min read
The Hunt For Fossilized Plants In An Active Surface Coal Mine
I was able to get off work on a Saturday and got another opportunity to attend another field trip back in 2016. This time to an active...
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Rockin' Ric's Blog
Jan 21, 20202 min read
The Hunt For Fossilized Shark Teeth And Other Marine Life
I got a second opportunity to go on a field trip with the Alabama Paleontological Society to hunt Cretaceous Period Marine Fossils in...
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Jan 21, 20202 min read
Some Of My Finds Are Recognized In European Countries
I have spent countless hours hunting, cataloging and framing fossils as well as scouting locations for them. You'd think I get paid for...
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Rockin' Ric's Blog
Jan 17, 20201 min read
Local Fossil Collector Community Within Alabama
Shortly after becoming a member of The Fossil Forum...I got to meet a whole community of fossil collectors in the state of Alabama! They...
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Jan 16, 20201 min read
I'm Now A Member Of The Online Fossil Collectors Community
The nephews and I collected so many fossils that we didn't know what the identities were other than they were fascinating rocks with...
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Jan 14, 20202 min read
The Old Riverchase Country Club Site
As the buildings went up along the Highway 150 corridor our fossils sites began to disappear. Perhaps that was good thing because we ran...
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Rockin' Ric's Blog
Jan 14, 20201 min read
I Find Cool Things But I Also Find Humorous Things Too
As one of my favorite comedians stated, "Every so often, I like to stick my head out the window, look up, and smile for a satellite...
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Jan 14, 20201 min read
The Carboniferous Period In Central Alabama
The Carboniferous Period that encompassed much of Central Alabama was known for its vast swamp forests, such as depicted in the diorama...
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Jan 14, 20201 min read
Construction Boom On Highway 150
In the mid to late 2000, there was a lot of construction going on along the Highway 150 corridor. It is a hilly area, excavators were...
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Jan 13, 20201 min read
Fossilized Roots Of A Very Big Tree
300 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period in what is now Hoover. Towering over a swampy environment were trees called...
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Oct 22, 20191 min read
My Fossil Adventures!
And so it begins...I 'm attempting to do a blog of my fossil adventures. Where do I begin? I guess from the beginning since I have bits...
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