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Weymouth Fossil Collecting Guide

Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Weymouth
Your Complete Geological Guide

The Oxford Clay at Weymouth yields ammonites and is rich in reptile remains. The Giant fossil Oyster shells are also plentiful. This location is best during scouring tides, though during these times you will need wellington boots.


Weymouth - Dorset
Last updated: [21/02/08]  last visited 2002
Jurassic
Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks
Weymouth, Dorset
(Weymouth , Dorset) - 2002

Information for Fossil Hunting at Weymouth

The sea at Weymouth rarely washes Fuzzy Cliff, so few fossils are found, apart from after heavy rain. Fossils are also found at Redcliff Point which the sea does often wash out, but these beds are not so productive

(Suitable for families)

Weymouth is suitable for families, a car park,toliets, cafe and lovely beach.

Weymouth is easy location to access, a short walk, and near to toliets, cafe and not far from the town centre.

Cliff and foreshore

Most fossils are found along the foreshore, but fossils can also be found washed out of the clay on the slippages after rain.

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RIGHTS
This site is part of the Jurassic World Heritage Coastline. Please follow the
Fossil Code of Conduct.

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

A UK Fossils & Disring Fossils initiative (c) 2006

Other Locations similar to Weymouth

Other locations which are similar to Weymouth are, Lothbeg, Portgower, Helmsdale, Balintore and Eathie, in Scotland, or Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Bowleaze Cove, and Ringstead in Dorset.



! SAFETY NOTES FOR FOSSIL HUNTING AT WEYMOUTH !

Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of tide times should always be noted. Furzy cliff is rarely washed out by the sea, and as the sea defence is just West of the cliff, their is little danger here. The dangers of being cut off from the tide are along Red Cliff point, here tide times should be noted.


Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.

Metal Detectors


We have a wide range of metal detectors and motion detectors.

Our metal detectors are of a very high quality and are british made by the Viking Company.

Why not take a metal detector when your fossil hunting! you never know what you may find.


We sell a wide range of compasses to both explorers, students to boat owners.

Some field compasses have build in clinometers so you can calculate the height of cliffs.

Our compasses are high quality. They are an essential part of the explorers kit.


All of our fossils are genuine and have been checked carefully, we only buy from reputable sources.

We have a wide range of fossils from low cost budget fossils to expensive stunning display pieces.

Our fossils are of a very high standard and they come from all over the world.

 



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