>Hello All,
>
>         I will be travelling to Florida at the end of the month and would
>like to collect some fossil shells.  Does anyone know of any public
>access areas where fossil shells may be collected.  I have collected them
>before, but only alongside roads where some shells are exposed in the
>road cuts. I am looking for shell pits, quarries, etc.  Any help is
>appreciated.  Thanks.

I believe the Sarasota Apac pit and DeSoto Shellpits (near Arcadia)
are closed to the public... blame litigation-craziness for
frightening the operators into this. I collected in the latter in
1990, and what an amazing fauna!
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
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