Palmetto Fossil Excursions

Name: Palmetto Fossil Excursions
Address: Summerville, SC, 29485, US
Telephone: +18439080227
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Family Owned Professional guided educational fossil hunting excursions in Summerville South Carolina for all ages!
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11/04/2024

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11/02/2024

Had an awesome day at Lightning yesterday with this fun chica! She showed up and said I just want to find one complete Meg that fills my palm and I'll be happy!! Well, it happened!! We dug and talked for about 3 hours before I suddenly heard her scream for me as I was walking to the truck. upon returning to the hole, I found her grinning from earlier to ear and using a bottle of water to reveal her tooth! ❤️❤️❤️ Congratulations Lisa!! Until next time my sweet new friend!!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

11/02/2024

First camper renovation project is going great! Floor is officially torn out and ready to be replaced and then this one will be going up to later this week!! Also, gave it a good pressure washing so we can add some new seal tape to prevent any future leaks! Thank you to the hero that donated this camper for a family in WNC to call home!! We will obviously share pictures and details of the camper arriving to its family when we get there!! ❤️❤️

We ended up having to walk away from the 5th wheel camper we were going to get as the damage was just too extensive and the repair costs would have ended up close to $6k! But we still have another camper we are working on so will post pics of that one once we start working on it!

Remember, we are still looking for more campers so if you have one you are willing to donate or even sell for $500 to $1,000 to support the cause of getting Hurricane Helene families a home, let us know! And again, if you want to help us help them you can either do so with a financial donation OR we could use some extra hands on knocking out the repairs!!

If going the funding route, send to:

Venmo:
Zelle: [email protected]
Paypal: [email protected]

If willing to volunteer with doing repairs, message me so we can get that work moving along ASAP!!

11/01/2024

Had a 'Meg-tacular' time a few days ago at the Lightning Site! Our clients drove in from Western North Carolina once the roads were open and safe to spend the day digging through the dirt in the hopes of finding a Meg! This family had only ever beach hunted before but did amazing with pickup up the 'how and where' of dry digging and ended up landing quite a phenomenonal haul of fossil shark teeth including a 5.25" and a 3.5" Megalodon shark tooth! Congratulations guys! You did amazing!!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/28/2024

Roughly 5" Megalodon discovered by one our clients this past week at the Lightning Site! Unfortunately this one had a pressure break but that is easily fixed with some PaleoBond! And still, it's a 5" Meg! The Meg pocket is still giving so if you're wondering if the next 2 weeks is a good time to book - YES, IT IS!!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/25/2024

Awesome 4"+ Megalodon tooth discovered at the Lightning Site last week by one of our clients!! Just another golden example of what you can find if you "Just Keep Digging!" ❤️🙌

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/25/2024

Time to show the Great White Pocket at the 100 Acre Pit some love!! It's been almost 1.5 years since we discovered the Great White pocket at the 100 acres and we are still completely amazed by the colors and quality of the Great Whites that are found there!! To book for the Great White pocket, you just book a dry dig for the 100 acres!!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/24/2024

Still not caught up on our finds posts! 😅🙌❤️ This two-toned Megalodon came up for a mother/daughter duo in the last 20 minutes of the dig the other day and made it nearly impossible for them to stop digging when time was up! 🙌 Still more to come including the latest creek excursion finds and of course, finds from the Great White Pocket at the 100 acre pit!!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/21/2024

Some more of the incredible finds discovered over the last week by our clients at the Lightning Site!! And still plenty more to come so stay tuned for our next post later today!! We spent some time this past weekend prepping shelves surrounding the pocket where all of these incredible finds have been coming from which means it's just waiting for you to jump in and see what you can discover for yourself!!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/20/2024

Find of the day at the Lightning Site today was this gorgeous 5" Megalodon tooth!! And we have lots of openings for this week with plenty of the "Meg" pocket left to dig!! Head over to our website to book your dig today - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

Update for upcoming run:

Funds Recieved:
Paypal: $1,000
Venmo: $1,750
Church Donation: $5,000
Cash: $500
Zelle: $200
Total Recieved towards run: $8,450

Funds Spent:
Mr. Heater Buddy Heaters (100): $5,348.93
(20 minimum additional of these now donated bringing total for run to 120)
Propane Filters (25): 208.25
Hose/Filter Combo (30): $924.15
Hoses (33): $384.12
Camping Stoves (23): $496.59
Butane for Stoves (36): $142.53
Total Spent on Run: $7,568.57

Remaining Funds: $881.43 (Nowhere near enough)

Items still needed by Tuesday afternoon:
113 20lb Propane Tanks
33 Butane Cans (8 oz)
65 Hose/Filter Combos for Heaters (at minimum)

Like so many Americans, we sit in the warmth of our homes with the comfort of our families and a roof over pur head while thousands of our fellow Americans are freezing with snow now falling in the mountains of Western North Carolina. They have lost their homes, their jobs, family and friends, the towns they grew up in, and so much more. They face a new world that they can hardly recognize as being the places that they called home.

Although the support for these supply runs seems to be dwindling and the media has fallen off to keeping everyone on the outside up to date on just how bad it still is - I will not give up the mission to be a better human and help those in need. I was raised by a Baptist Preacher that taught me from the time I could walk to always "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

So I will keep fighting this fight until I feel they no longer need our help. Again, if you want to contribute to this cause:

Express ship items to: (must arrive by Tuesday afternoon)
215 Cardinal Drive, Summerville SC 29485

OR send funds with a note about which items you want funds directed towards to:

Venmo:
Zelle: [email protected]
Paypal: [email protected]

10/17/2024

Happy NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY!!!!
This amazing tooth is an Otodus angustidens from our property 'The Lightning Site'!! Dug straight out of the Edisto Formation near an ancient dolphin skeleton that we are working on excavating (will keep everyone updated whenever we do the excavation)! Additionally, because I feel like shouting this from the rooftops - We received a $5,000 donation from a local church today for heaters for andddd we came straight home and placed an order for 100 Mr. Buddy Propane heaters for a total of just over $5,300!! That is 100 families that will have a way to keep warm as the snow descends upon them!!

Remember, the mission is far from over though!! So if you want to help us help WNC, you can do so by either shipping or dropping items off to 215 Cardinal Drive, Summerville SC, 29485 or by sending funds to one of the following!

Venmo -
Zelle - [email protected]
Paypal - [email protected]

Supplies needed include:

Propane Space Heaters
Tents
Sleeping Bags
Camp Stoves
Butane
Propane (empty tanks are welcome)
Blankets
JACKETS - Children, Women, and Men

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/16/2024

Another killer haul from this week for one of our client groups that dug at the Lightning Site!! More finds getting posted later today!!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/15/2024

Man do I need to catch up on finds posts on here! Going to be flooding the feed with stuff over the next few days so sorry for that! While Josh and I have been helping WNC, our amazing guides have been helping our clients find some amazing fossils!! We have been back and forth to WNC helping with relief efforts for the last 2 weeks with our guides still running wide open!! If you want to help out with those relief efforts, we are planning another run for later this week! Supplies needed include:

Propane Space Heaters
Tents
Sleeping Bags
Camp Stoves
Butane
Propane (empty tanks are welcome)
Blankets
JACKETS - Children, Women, and Men

If you have any of these items and want to drop them off, you can do so at 215 Cardinal Drive, Summerville SC 29485 - you may also order and have delivered to this address. You can also send funds for items via:

Venmo -
Zelle - [email protected]
Paypal - [email protected]

So far, we have raised $12,897.00 and spent $15,122.68 (I'll post an updated itemized list of what we have taken up so far soon)! I just got back to town around 4pm today and need to eat some food and get a shower! Aside from that, excursions are still running full speed ahead with lots of amazing stuff coming up so get in while the gettin' is good!

For more info or to book your adventure - www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

10/14/2024

Okay people!! Hitting the road back to in 10 minutes!! There's still some room in the truck and still a need by the people!! If you want to support this supply run you still have time!! Going to make a few stops along the way to get more:

Tents
Sleeping Bags
Heaters
Propane
Butane
Camping Stoves (can you believe these are $100+ now!!!)

Funds sent over before 11:30 am today WILL be used by the time we hit Spartanburg which will be our last stop along the way to WNC to get these items!!

Venmo -
Zelle - [email protected]
PayPal - [email protected]

All funds received are being used to purchase these critical needs items and every bit helps. Pictures are what we have in the trailer so far!! I'll drop an itemized list of contents later today!!

10/12/2024

Don't forget!! We are heading back to WNC on Monday morning at 7 am to deliver critical needs supplies to the Broad River Fire Station heading towards Bat Cave. If you have any of the following that you are willing to donate and can drop off in Summerville, it would be greatly appreciated by us and the communities we will be serving this trip! If we end up with more than they need at this location, we will be taking the surplus to Madison and Yancey County. Again, it is completely OKAY if these are older items from your garage, shed or attic!! As long as they work!!

Generators (even willing to pay up to $200 for them if need be)
Propane tanks (can be empty, we will handle the refill)
Camping Stoves (these are nearly impossible to find in stores right now)
Kerosene or Propane Heaters (again, we can offer some form of financial imbursement if need be)
Kerosene
Tents
Sleeping Bags
Camp fire pots
Mini refrigerators (for diabetics with small generators)
Respirators, gloves, hard hats, work boots - going to lineman and grounds men working in these hazardous conditions.
Chainsaws (chainsaw files are no longer needed thanks to a generous donation for those by one of our followers)

Drop off point is 215 Cardinal Drive, Summerville SC 29485 and drop offs must be made before 6 pm tomorrow night.

To contribute financially to supply purchase of items still needed:

Venmo -
Paypal - [email protected]
Zelle - [email protected]

** Pictures below are of the clients finds over the last week! Thank you to our amazing PFE team for Keeping the ball rolling back home so we can help those in WNC!!

10/10/2024

Well, back in SC as of 10 pm last night but still working to coordinate supply deliveries into some remote areas of WNC. The last 8 days has been a whirl wind of go-go-go to try to get life-saving support supplies delivered where needed. Over this time, we created a network of individuals from Lester, NC to Spartanburg SC, Charleston SC all the way to Burnsville, NC and then tied in with Savage Freedoms Relief Operations at the Harley Davidson in Swannanoa NC where they were and still are running critical needs supplies by way of 3 helicopters to those either stranded in the mountains or those with dire medical situations.

As Savage Freedom released statements of needs, our network raised funding daily and worked tirelessly to satisfy those needs and in doing so, we aided in the saving of lives. Together we raised somewhere around $10,000 and were able to deliver:

15 Generators
14 Chainsaws
33 Camping Stoves
20 Space Heaters
2 mini- refrigerators and a small ice maker (for diabetics)
Upwards of $1,500 in chainsaw fuel
5 Epi-Pens
Upwards of 220 small bottles of propane
20 plus larger propane tanks
100 Hard Hats
500 pairs of gloves
Between 30 to 40 respirators
125 feet worth of Climbing Ropes
175 gallons of fuel (between gas and diesel to 3 different locations)
20 Head lamps
18 LED Lanterns
15 Tire Plug Kits
9 25 ft extension cords and a 50 ft
155 Blankets
countless jackets
and soooo much more (not even going into the water, food, baby supplies, medical supplies, hygiene, etc..)

Meanwhile, Joshua Basak and Dustin Schneider took off into the "wild" so to speak on Tuesday morning to see if they could find any high need areas and were successful in their mission. They located an area way up in the mountains, and area without stores or a gas station and with roads destroyed by mudslides to the degree that they are no longer safe for getting trailers of material down. We delivered 75 gallons of fuel and chainsaw fuel to them upon arrival. While there, I met a man named Dr. Guffey who was requesting 5 gallons of fuel so he could continue tending to his patients in their mountain homes. He looked weary and stressed. I asked him, what else do you need and at first he looked a bit lost by this question. I explained to him who we are and what we are doing and he promptly filled me in on the needs of the community including a Paramedic named Mary who was and still is juggling being the only paramedic for their community right now and trying to tackle the tasks of so many other roles on top of that while working with severely restricted fuel supply, a lack of medical supplies including specific types of insulin, and absolutely no way to communicate aside from text.

Since then, we have been working tirelessly to get air support to them with the requested medicines and to figure out a way to get a larger fuel supply to them (preferably a tanker air dropped at the fire department). As of last night, we made contact with Air traffic control for the National Guard and they are working to get her at least the medications that she needs to be able to effectively care for the people in her service area. As of today, we are having two satelite radios delivered by truck to her so she will be able to communicate if she needs outside assistance. To put things in perspective, this is an area where if you have a heart attack, Mary is your only source of hope to survive. There is no means of getting to a hospital in a timely manner..

I am now communicating regularly with Mary via text to find out more of what is needed in the community (thus far they have not been asked these questions by anyone else on the outside).. Screenshot of her text below from earlier today shows the same types of needs that we have been raising to deliver to the air support hub in Swannanoa. Again, this is a community that is essentially trapped by limited fuel and unsafe roads for travel (following Highway 9 up to where Old Fort meets Bat Cave) and they are roughly 3 hours from any stores that have any of these items in stock and facing extreme cold temperatures in the evenings already.

So needless to say, our work in WNC is nowhere near done. I do want to point out that PFE is still running Excursions right now with 4 guides working but myself (Skye) and Josh will be back and forth between SC and WNC until we feel that we have done all we can to help.

If you have any of the items listed in the screen shot below in addition to the following list that you would like to donate, you can bring them to us at

215 Cardinal Drive, Summerville SC 29485
(you may also order supplies and have them delivered to this address for us to take in)

Additional Items:

Fuel cans or Fuel Transfer Tanks
Climbing Ropes
Work Boots (the chemical contamination is eating through workers boots at an alarming rate)
Respirators
Gloves
Hard hats
Blankets
Jackets
Thermals or sweat pants
Socks
(no other clothing items please)

And if you want to help us help WNC by way of monetary contribution, you can send funds to:

Venmo -
Zelle - [email protected]
PayPal - [email protected]

All funds received are being used to purchase these critical needs items and every bit helps.

10/09/2024

Palmetto Fossil Excursions will be set up at this amazing off-road event .south 🙌 👏
Overland South - Fall 2024
With a free seeded Fossil dig for the kids, raffle prizes, a fossil talk presentation bye Palmetto Paleontology Museum , and creek tour options during the event.

10/09/2024

Over in mountains between Black Mountain and Bat Cave NC - There is a serious need for:
small generators and small ice makers (for diabetics patients)
epi-pens
chainsaws, chainsaw fuel, bar and chain oil
Space heaters (temps are dropping into the 30's and 40's)
Camping stoves
Propane
Lanterns

If anyone has any of these items that they are willing to donate to this cause, you can drop them at our place at 215 Cardinal Drive, Summerville SC, 29485 if you're local to Charleston area (drop-off items wont make it to WNC until Sunday). If not local, text me at 843-908-0227 and we will try to arrange pick up of the items so we can get these things in here ASAP. Working with an AirDrop team to get these things in to areas not reachable by roads.

They do NOT need anymore diapers, wipes, water, or things of that nature AT THIS TIME. (That doesn't mean they won't need that in the weeks/months to come).

If anyone would like to make a contribution tonight to helping us get as many of these items as we can delivered to the air hub tomorrow you can do so by way of:

Venmo - (last 4 of cell is 0227)
Zelle - [email protected]
Paypal - [email protected]

The HUB we are working to support with these supply requests is the Savage Freedom HUB at Harley Davidson in Swannanoa which is servicing multiple counties by way of grounds support and 3 choppers that are flying supplies and coordinating rescues and trail clearing from literally sun up to sun down. HUGE shout out to the Savage Freedoms Relief Operations crew for their absolutely incredible work with saving lives!!!

We are in Simpsonville for the night to shower and grab more of these critical needs supplies before driving back in tomorrow morning!!

Address

Summerville, SC
29485

Telephone

+18439080227

Website

https://www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com/

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What a beautiful morning at Lightning site with Guide and Co-owner Joshua Basak Can't get much better then finding a 3"+ Megalodon on the surface! Www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com #palmettofossils #fossilhunting #fossilsharktooth #fossil #fossils #Megalodon #sharktoothhunting #sharktooth #southcarolina #believe #sharkteeth #colors #dream #beautiful #burriedtreasure #outdoors #hunt #Hemipristis #getoutside #adventure #getoutdoors #palmettofossils #digging #dig #beautifullife #lifeisgood #outside #lightning #lightninga #siftingisland #sharktoothisland #tooth #teeth #PFE #gettogether #greatwhite #greatwhiteshark

MONSTER 3" GREAT WHITE from the LIGHTNING SITE!!!! This BEAST of a tooth came up today for one of our clients! It was the end of the dig, only a few minutes left and everyone was tired from the long day of digging through rocks and clay when suddenly magic happened! Mike took his shovel to the earth and out flipped a freaking unicorn!! Anyone that hunts fossil sharks teeth knows that as a land site hunter, finding a 3" Great White is the equivalent of finding a 7" Megalodon when it comes to the rarity of the size for the species! Congratulations Mike!!! A well earned prize of a find!!! Stay tuned tomorrow to see what else came up today and don't forget about our BOGO on gravel Matrix kits!! Available on our website and just use codes Small100, Medium100, and large100 to get BOGO deal! We are located just 30 minutes from Charleston and are open 7 days a week! More information is available on our website as well as our online booking system which makes making a reservation super easy! #palmettofossilexcursions www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com instagramreels #reelsforyou #reelsviral #trendingreels #outdooradventures #instagood #travel #fossilsharktooth #nature #Naturalhistory #Explore #adventure #Photooftheday #burriedtreasure #treasurehunt #sharkteeth #sharktooth #sharktoothhunting #Charleston #paleontology #exploreearth #discoversc #exploreCharleston

RAFFLE drawing

Here's the first reel for this past weekend's PFE Adult Day Camp!!! We had sooooo many incredible finds come up this weekend!! Stay tuned - More juicy finds posts are about to be showing up in your feed!! We are located just 30 minutes from Charleston and are open 7 days a week! More information is available on our website as well as our online booking system which makes making a reservation super easy! #palmettofossilexcursions www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com instagramreels #reelsforyou #reelsviral #trendingreels #outdooradventures #instagood #travel #fossilsharktooth #nature #Naturalhistory #Explore #adventure #Photooftheday #burriedtreasure #treasurehunt #sharkteeth #sharktooth #sharktoothhunting #Charleston #paleontology #exploreearth #discoversc #exploreCharleston

Just wow! 100-acre Fossil Pit Discovery! Check out our page for more information! #palmettofossil

You can't make these memories up! This is the area we are opening for adult day camp 🏕 🙌 😀 What a discovery at the 100-acre Fossil Pit! 4" Angustiden shark tooth! Just look at the quality! Www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com

Absolutely flawless angustidens from the Edisto Formation recovered at the Lightning Site yesterday! 🙌🙌🙌 They don't get much better than this folks!! ❤️ We are located just 30 minutes from Charleston and are open 7 days a week! More information is available on our website as well as our online booking system which makes making a reservation super easy! #palmettofossilexcursions www.palmetto-fossil-excursions.com instagramreels #reelsforyou #reelsviral #trendingreels #outdooradventures #instagood #travel #fossilsharktooth #nature #Naturalhistory #Explore #adventure #Photooftheday #burriedtreasure #treasurehunt #sharkteeth #sharktooth #sharktoothhunting #Charleston #paleontology #exploreearth #discoversc #exploreCharleston