When at the beach

[MineralsAndThings]

Keep your eyes down on the ground. I have found more coal then I need by doing this and a very good looking fossil. Hit the beaches after rain or a storm of any kind. Look for black or dark rocks. They could be coal or fossils and look for anything metal. This is a good time to find good shells and shark teeth also.

 

[Tigger]

So true. I was in Venice, FL one time, and while everyone was fixated on sharks teeth, they totally ignored the huge horse tooth sitting there in the sand. Down here, if it's black, it's probably a fossil. In PA, you probably don't have to look far for coal tho!