Open Ground
The Aurora Fossil Pits
Free public fossil pile · Aurora, North Carolina
Open to digThe prize. Megalodon and Miocene shark teeth
Where. Aurora, North Carolina
Status. Open to dig
Where. Aurora, North Carolina
Status. Open to dig
The account
The Aurora Fossil Museum trucks in fresh matrix from the Nutrien phosphate mine and dumps it in a free public pile, where anyone can sift for fifteen million year old shark teeth, megalodon included, and keep every one.
Leads, where the trail points now
- What you can keep: Megalodon and Miocene shark teeth. Confirm the site's current rules and any day fee before you go.
- Where: Aurora, North Carolina. Search only the marked legal area, and bring the right pan, screen, or detector and a container for finds.
- Best practice: record anything notable, leave the ground as you found it, and check the latest access notices before you travel.
Open ground. You can legally search here and keep what you find, within the rules the site posts. Bring any day fee or licence it asks for.
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