Edisto Beach Adventure
On location at Edisto Beach State Park, the EBA yields a wide variety of fossils, primarily from land mammals found during the end of the last Ice Age, 11,000 to 50,000 years ago. (A general list of animals can be found below.)
The EBA starts in the beach area of the State Park (participants must pay separate park admission). From the parking lot, the primary hunting location is a 1.4 mile walk. However, depending on the volume of material present, nice fossils may be located within a mile.
Recommended Items: Water, sunscreen, bug spray, water shoes or sandals, snacks, raincoat, camera/cell phone. Collection pouches provided!
Tour Length: 3 hours
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Enjoy your tour? Don't forget to tip the guide!
All participants get fossil aprons! |
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Juvenile bison premolar! |
Now where is that tooth? |
Justice with a large bone fragment! |
Drum fish grinding mill with teeth! |
Aha! There's the tooth! |
Alligator tooth from Edisto Beach |
A youngster with a dolphin earbone |
Close up of the dolphin ear bone. |
Studio shot of a similar periotic. |
Spotted eagle ray teeth from Edisto |
Manatee molar from Edisto Beach |
Puffer - burr - porcupine fish mouthplate |
Turtle nuchal bone from Edisto Beach |
Fossil Hunting at Edisto Beach
On the EBA you can find fossils from:
Columbian Mammoths
American Mastodons
Four-tusked Elephants
Giant Ground Sloths
Giant Armadillos
Horses
Saber-tooth Cats
Tapirs
Bison
Camels
Peccaries
Dire Wolves
Capybaras
Giant Beavers
Giant Tortoises
Turtles
Rays & Sharks
Various Fish
Rates:
Adults (16+): $59
Children (6-15): $45
Children 5 & under are FREE!
Family Discounts:
4 Family Members: $179
5 Family Members: $215
6 Family Members: $259
Ask about our flat rate for groups of 7 and up
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