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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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Please review our terms, here.

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Enjoy your tour? Don't forget to tip the guide!

All participants get fossil aprons!

All participants get fossil aprons!

Juvenile bison premolar!

Juvenile bison premolar!

Now where is that tooth?

Now where is that tooth?

Justice with a large bone fragment!

Justice with a large bone fragment!

Drum fish grinding mill with teeth!

Drum fish grinding mill with teeth!

Aha! There's the tooth!

Aha! There's the tooth!

Alligator tooth from Edisto Beach

Alligator tooth from Edisto Beach

A youngster with a dolphin earbone

A youngster with a dolphin earbone

Close up of the dolphin ear bone.

Close up of the dolphin ear bone.

Studio shot of a similar periotic.

Studio shot of a similar periotic.

Spotted eagle ray teeth from Edisto

Spotted eagle ray teeth from Edisto

Manatee molar from Edisto Beach

Manatee molar from Edisto Beach

Puffer - burr - porcupine fish mouthplate

Puffer - burr - porcupine fish mouthplate

Turtle nuchal bone from Edisto Beach

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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EBA Rates
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