Category Proposal <fossil Collecting Sites>

[+Team Neos]

Put under the general topic of places.

 

Areas that have fossils, rocks and minerals that can be legally collected are of great interest to many of us. The photographs would be attractive in many cases, and perhaps should be required to claim a waypoint, along with coords of course.

 

The suggestion has been made that some proof would be needed to show that collecting was authorized.

 

This would not fit well under the Earthcache category, because many locations with exciting fossils actually prohibit collecting.

Edited August 18, 2005 by Team Neos

[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

I like this one. I would like to know where they are.

[+Bear Paughs]

Me too. If I knew where these sites were I'd visit them!

[+FtMgAl]

I like it. Just make sure you know how to verify that it is legal.

[+dino_hunters]

I like the idea too. I have a lot I could put into it.

 

How about, not just fossil collecting localities, but Rocks & Minerals too?

[+chaosmanor]

I like it. Just make sure you know how to verify that it is legal.

I agree with this qualifier. You should require info in the log that allows us to verify the site: website, photo of a sign at the entrance, anything like that. But this is great idea, and I know which one I would want to log for it.

[+treasure_hunter]

I actually have an Earthcache at a Fossil site where it is completely legal to collect fossils. Many scientists from around the world have been there taking fossils and photographs, it is right off of the side of the road. A cut through the mountain revealed all the fossils, caves, fault, etc.

[+Team Neos]

There are Earthcaches where you can collect rocks and minerals and fossils and some where you can't. I also have an earthcache where fossil collecting is allowed, but there are others nearby where fossil collecting is absolutely prohibited GCPAF1.

 

I do like the idea to add rocks and minerals.

[+Happy Landins]

The earthcache category tell you that to register a new site, you must say if fossil digging/hunting is allowed. Some sites do and some don't. I would have one fossil category, but just state clearly if you can or can't dig. Minerals is good too.

[+halffast]

This sounds like a good one.

[+DominoDoggy]

I have to go with this. It's hard to find fossil sites (at least in my area), let alone where it's legal to collect. I think this would make a fine category.

[+tiki-4]

this is a cool idea!

[+DominoDoggy]

I'd love to see this approved! However, I must admit that I'd prefer that fossils go in one category and rocks and minerals in another. It's not that rocks don't interest me (they really do, just see my cache 1 Million, B.C.), but paleontology and geology are two very different sciences.

 

Although there is some crossover between the two, fossil hunting is about ancient life and geology is about processes that formed our planet.

 

They're both great pursuits, but I hope they're approved under seperate categories.

 

Just my humble opinion. . .

[+Shem Ham & Jaketh]

We would be excited to see this category. Even if collecting fossils in a given location is not legal, pointing them out for viewing and the educational value has much merit.

[+Team Neos]

You make a good point, Shem Ham & Jaketh. The major category could cover both types of locations--viewing and collecting-- and individual waymarks could specify if collecting was allowed or not.

 

Domino Doggy, I would like to hear more about why you think there needs to be more than one category--seems to me that each waymark would focus on the more specific but that in general rocks, fossils, minerals, and gemstones form under such similar conditions that they are a natural combination for the main category.

[+Anonymous']

I like this idea. I say yes.

[+Kordite]

I also have an Earthcache for legal fossil hunting.

 

Wymps Gap Fossil Quarry Earthcache (GCNX5V)