[Rockhounds] Assteague Island, area around

[teresa jetter]

Thank you!
We did know that we were not allowed to metal detect
in and around the park area, but we are driving there
from Beavercreek, Ohio so any and all places that can
be used for metal detecting is great.
Our campsite is on the shoreline, and we will be there
for 7 days so if it is "with permission" ok to dig,
then I will do some good digging.
I do appreciate all of the responses that I have
gotten.
--- 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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