The trip was planned for a week.
Shovels? Check!
Sifters? Check!
Food, water, bathing suits, towels, sunscreen? Check!
The kids, a few neigbors from our Elliott Place Posse, and I were ready...to seek, to strive, and not to yield until we found what we came for. And there is a beach, tucked away in Calvert County...about 35 minutes south, called officially Bay Front Park, but known to locals as "Brownie Beach" that held our treasure.
So the Sykes crew piled out of the truck, and took off down a shady path that led to the small beach. We set up camp for the day near some steep cliffs, then the hunt began. We used our hands, shovels, and sifters...and Brownie Beach did not disappoint! We quickly started to find the prehistoric treasures we sought...shark teeth!
Brownie Beach is known locally as THE place to find shark teeth because as the cliffs are worn away by time and tide, more teeth get uncovered.
We found hammerhead and snaggle-tooth shark teeth, as a paper guide in Jack's fossil kit told us. The kids took breaks in the day by swimming and then climbing on the cliffs.
All totaled at the end of the day, over 100 shark teeth!
Not too shabby for our rookie attempt at shark teeth hunting.
The kids had eagle eyes and gobs of patience in their hours of searching.
High adventure on a summer day,
--Meghan
Sounds so fun! I remember doing this when I was Jack's age with dad, Uncle John and all the kids. It is such a fun memory :)
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Wish we were there!!! You guys hit the jackpot, wow. We went last fall with my mom and found...zilch. Maybe we were at the wrong spot.
ReplyDeleteThat sounded like such a fun adventure. And great pics too!
P.S. With 100 teeth you could definitely make yourself a necklace Meghan. In fact you probably have enough to make a bracelet, dangling earrings; the whole matching set! :)
Love it there! We just went this Spring - great pics (love the girls in the cliff!)looks like everyone had a good time :-) Tina
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