[Rockhounds] Assteague Island, area around

[teresa jetter]

Thank you soooo much.  It seems you know your area
well.  We will be there from June 15-July 1, 2008.
I am grateful for your advice, and comments.
Teri Jetter
--- Ted Kowalski <Ted at crystalgems.com> wrote:

> Teri:
> I'll use Jeff's reply as a springboard to respond to
> your email. I'm not
> exactly clear on how you're getting to Assateague.
> As Jeff points out the
> area is rich in young fossils (<16MYA), but you
> don't have to just hunt for
> fossils at Calvert Cliffs. Almost anywhere you can
> get to the shoreline of
> the tidal Chesapeake, Potomac you have the chance of
> finding fossils,
> especially if certain clay banks are eroding nearby.
> 
> A word of warning, I believe it is illegal to metal
> detect within the
> Assateague National Seashore. The good news is that
> you can ask permission
> and perhaps do very well metal detecting in
> Chincoteague. Chincoteague is
> the island resort town you pass through to get to
> Assateague. By all means,
> make sure you stop for some ice cream
> http://www.islandcreamery.net/about.html.
> 
> If you're coming from the south, be sure to pass
> through Amelia, VA.
> http://www.toteshows.com/morefield.html
> 
> Out of currency, but not out of mind is a list of
> finds in Virginia (sadly,
> Assateague is not included)
>
http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL33_NO01.pdf
> 
> http://varockhound.com/va/cities/index.shtml
> 
> At least bring your fishing gear and if you're there
> in warmer weather, clam
> rakes. Good Luck!
> 
> Ted Kowalski
> Fredericksburg, VA USA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On
> Behalf Of Jeffrey T. Cessna
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:28 PM
> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock
> and gem collectors
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Assteague Island, area
> around
> 
> Teri,
> 
> That depends on how wide a net you want to throw.
> Most things I could 
> think of wind up being 3,4, or more hours away.
> Perhaps good for the 
> trip in or out if driving.
> 
> I spent last weekend at Reedy Point digging in the
> spoil piles from 
> the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. You can find the
> Delaware State 
> Fossil, the Belemnite and some interesting shells.
> This is from the 
> Late Cretaceous Mount Laurel Formation. As a bonus
> most of the 
> belemnite fossils fluoresce yellow under UV,
> stronger in LW.
> 
> see...
>
http://www.dgs.udel.edu/Geology/Paleontology/destatefossil.aspx
> 
> If you go to this site this weekend (1-2 March)
> continue on to 
> Newark, Delaware for the Delaware Minerological
> Society annual show.
> 
> see... http://www.delminsociety.net/marchshow.htm
> 
> If you head to the western shore of the Chesapeake
> Bay (over the Bay 
> Bridge) you will find the Miocene Calvert Formation
> in Calvert 
> County, MD with abundant shark teeth and many other
> fossils. My 
> anecdotal experience is that the teeth get larger,
> but fewer the 
> further south you go. At the north end (Brownie
> Beach) examine any 
> handful from the wrack line for at least 1-3 1/4"
> and smaller teeth.
> 
> see... http://www.mgs.md.gov/ (lots of MD info)
> 
> If you go to Calvert Co., it might be worth the
> longer trip down to 
> the Calvert Marine Museum.
> 
> see... http://calvertmarinemuseum.net/index.html
> 
> Sorry I don't know of anything closer.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> At 02:05 PM 2/28/2008, you wrote:
> >Hello All.
> >
> >A question for my vacation.  We will be spending 2
> >weeks on or around Assteague Island,
> >Maryland/Virginia, and I am wondering if anyone is
> >from that area, and other than doing metal
> detecting,
> >is there any minerals, mining, panning, or any gem
> >digging around this area/the Eastern Seaboard.
> >
> >In the general area, we are not allowed to do
> >anything, but we are willing to go to other places
> >that might be of interest.
> >
> >Thank you in advance,
> >
> >Teri Jetter
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