| As I am walking along the beach listening to the | | | | sand, you just need to take your time as you walk the |
| sounds of seagulls screaming against the roaring surf, | | | | beach. Finding the fossilized clams are a little more |
| soaking up the warm sun, I look down and find a | | | | difficult. They look similar to just a black or gray rock; in |
| sharks tooth gleaming in the sand! What is there not to | | | | fact, I pick up many rocks thinking they could be a |
| enjoy about this! For the health conscious, walking a | | | | clam. When you do find one, it is very easy to identify |
| few miles up and down a beach is also a good way | | | | - it looks just like a closed clam shell! I have pictures of |
| to lose weight. | | | | some fossilized clams on my website. The petrified |
| I like hunting fossils at Myrtle Beach, Edisto Beach and | | | | wood looks just like bits of wood only black in color. It |
| Hunting Island all in South Carolina. I was able to go to | | | | is interesting to pick up what appears to be a bit of |
| Myrtle Beach this past January for a few days. I found | | | | wood but it is as hard as a rock. |
| quite a few sharks teeth, some petrified wood and | | | | If this sounds like a boring hobby, on your next trip to |
| several fossilized clams. | | | | the coast, give it a try and I think you will be amazed |
| It is not too difficult to see a sharks tooth lying in the | | | | at how relaxing yet exciting fossil hunting is. |