HACKER Q&A
📣 markus_zhang

Any Fossil Collector?


I'm in Eastern Canada and have been doing this for a while and really enjoy the process. I didn't obtain any collectible samples yet.

Just curious, aside from reading geological surveys or trying to get into some quarries, how can one find exposed shales?

  👤 ksaj Accepted Answer ✓
When I was a tween we went swimming at a rock quarry. I found a petrified piece of a fish. Basically as if it's head and tail were cut off, but the body and the gills were really clear, as was the pattern of the scales, and where the spine entered and exited.

Since they tend to be crushed at the quarry, it's probably not what you want. But I at least found that one that I kept for a number of years.

👤 robthebrew
local facebook groups? There will be collectors around you, and I'm sure they don't all go to the shops with a geologists hammer strapped to their hip. (Although that would be cool).