Beachcombers never find anything other than common seashells, sea glass, driftwood, and the unusual message in a bottle. It could be entertaining, though, to look for something else in the sand besides a dropped candy wrapper.
The discovery of fossils washes up on the beach excites beachgoers who are digging in the sand for more hidden riches. Fossil collecting is an intriguing hobby that blends time spent outside with the study of prehistoric history.
Use a shovel and a sieve, or perhaps just your hands, to look for these ancient relics in the river instead of searching for raptors in Montana’s parched landscape. The author says fossil searching might be easy and inexpensive if you start with intact shark teeth. They are usually found in large numbers on public beaches.