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Aurora Fossil Museum Spoil Piles
Best windows in the next two weeks, plus a packing list calibrated for spoil pile hunting.
Top 5 windows · next 14 days
1
Sunday, May 31
Spoil-pile site - tides don't apply.
75
Great
2
Monday, June 1
Spoil-pile site - tides don't apply.
75
Great
3
Tuesday, June 2
Spoil-pile site - tides don't apply.
75
Great
4
Tuesday, June 9
Spoil-pile site - tides don't apply.
75
Great
5
Wednesday, June 10
Spoil-pile site - tides don't apply.
75
Great
Packing checklist
Essentials
- ☐Water (more than you think)
- ☐Hat + polarized sunglasses
- ☐Reef-safe sunscreen
- ☐Phone with offline copy of this dossier
- ☐Snack / electrolytes
- ☐Trash bag — leave it cleaner than you found it
Spoil-pile tools
- ☐Heavy-duty 1/4″ sifter
- ☐Trowel + small folding shovel
- ☐Knee pads
- ☐Garden gloves
- ☐Bucket for hauling material to water
Find care
- ☐Soft toothbrush
- ☐Padded box for any 2″+ tooth
- ☐Cotton or tissue layers between teeth
- ☐Notebook (or open the Toothhound logbook)
Permits
- ☐Have your fee/permit on you
- ☐Check museum hours and rules
Tactic refresher
Bring a screen sifter, kneeling pad, spray bottle. Pick a fresh-dumped pile, scrape the top inch, sift, repeat.
Don't forget
Open public collecting on the spoil pile only. The mine itself is closed.