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Field Trips


 Fieldtrip to J.T. Dyer Quarry, 10-13-2007

 

About DMS Field Trips   

The DMS sponsors and/or participates in several field trips per month. In the past, members of the club have visited mineral and/or fossil collecting sites in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina.  For photos of the localities that we visited, the participants and the specimens that were collected, please see the field trip pages on the DMS web site.

 

If you are interested in participating in a field trip, there are several ways to sign up.  They are as follows: 1) sign up at a DMS club meeting, 2) call me at 302-838-0339 or 3) send an email to dmsfieldtrips@gmail.com .  Please do so at least 72-hours before each trip.   Directions to each fieldtrip will be emailed and/or discussed over the phone with those who sign up to attend.

 

  • All field trips are weather dependent. 

  • Several of the trips are physically demanding!  All trips require at least an average level of physical fitness! 

  • Most quarry trips require members to be at least 18 years old, and to have a hardhat, safety glasses/goggles, and steel-toed boots.

  • Collecting equipment should include: rock hammers, chisels, pry-bars, boxes, packing material for specimens such as newspaper, etc., screens for sifting, etc.

  • Bring water, drinks and snacks for the day.

  • Wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

  • Carry sunscreen and insect repellent.

 

Please check back here periodically or send me an email expressing your interest in collecting either fossils and/or minerals and I will add you to my email list.

 

Over the past year, the DMS has sponsored field trips to collect fossils and minerals at localities in North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.  For photos of the localities that we have visited, the participants and the specimens that were collected, please see the field trip pages on the DMS web site.


[Bob Asreen, 2009-2010 Vice-President of Fieldtrips]


Past Field Trips 2004-2010


Karissa and Arthur, JT Dyer Quarry, 10-13-2007


March Show 2010 Field Trip Display Case

Hi!  As in the past, we are putting together a DMS Field Trip display case to show the visitors at the show where the DMS field trips have taken us and what has been found at those localities. 

We could use your help in filling our case(s) with specimens that you collected from some of our fieldtrips--both minerals and fossils.  Thanks.   --Bob

 

March Show 2009 Field Trip Display Cases

   

Thanks to everyone who made these cases possible.  --Bob Asreen



2010 DMS UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS

Well another DMS field trip season is behind us! The weather at this time of year being such as it is in t h e M i d - A t l a n t i c region really prohibits the scheduling of any club-sponsored field trips until after the DMS Show in March. So I urge each of you to spend some time this winter thinking about possible field trips for the upcoming year.

I have tentatively scheduled a trip to Red Hill in April and a trip to Deer Lake in May and am working to schedule trips to the C&D Canal (and possibly the Odessa wood site), and the Penn-Maryland, Silver Hill and Birdsboro Quarries. I am also looking for volunteers to lead some of these field trips. So if you are interested in leading a trip or know of any new localities that that might make a good club field trip, talk to me at a meeting, call me at 302-838-0339 or send me an email at dmsfieldtrips@gmail.com with your suggestions and Iwill look into them.

Upcoming Scheduled Fieldtrips

  • Saturday, March 27, 2010 Bus Trip to the American Museum of Natural History, New York City

 

March 27, 2010 (Saturday): The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY. We will have signups for seats on our bus for this day trip. See either Wendy Sbriglia or Bob Asreen for details.

DMS is once again hosting a bus trip for club members and their families! I’ve reserved a bus for Saturday, March 27 to go to New York City and visit the American Museum of Natural History.

Reserve your seat now! There are 45 seats available on the bus and seats will be filled on a first come first serve basis. To ensure we fill the seats, we are making some seats on our bus trip available to other clubs, interested clubs should contact me (again). Let me know how many are in your party and what category of admission for each. I’ll take payment at meetings, in the mail, or at the bus if necessary. Make checks payable to DMS.

Wendy Sbriglia, 610-593-0525, 1191 Bartville Rd., Christiana, PA 17509.

We’ll meet at 7:30 am at a location to be determined as soon as possible, probably in Stanton (NOT at the Park and Ride as previously published). We can no longer use the Park and Ride locations.

We’ll leave NYC at 6:00 pm and arrive back in Delaware by 8:30 pm.

The cost of this trip is $44 for adults, $41 for students and seniors (60), and $38.50 for children 2-12 years old. The cost includes the transportation and group admission fees to the museum.

This means I need a head count as far in advance as possible to get the tickets purchased by March 13 (the required 2 weeks prior to our visit). You may be able to get a lower price on the day of our visit, but if the museum has too many people expected, you may not get in.

For this price you get admission to the American Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space. For an additional fee you may be able to get add-on tickets to an IMAX show, the Planetarium Space Show, or the Butterfly Conservatory. If everyone can agree on the same add-on, I can arrange tickets for that also. I’d like to see the Planetarium Space Show the most. This makes the trip cost $51 for adults regardless of which add-on is chosen.

To plan your visit to the museum, go to www.amnh.org . The museum should not take all day, which leaves everyone time to grab an early dinner in the city. There is a food court in the museum if you prefer. The club will bring along drinks and small snack bags for the bus ride.


Lee Creek Update

 

NOTE:  In case you had not heard the news, there may be no new fieldtrips here until Spring 2011. 

 

Closed for 2010

A message from Curtis Ormond of PCS announcing the cancellation of the 2010 collecting season at the PCS Mine in Aurora, North Carolina was posted on January 17 on the Elasmo website.

 

 

If you have any suggestions for possible fossil fieldtrips, talk to Bob Asreen at a meeting, call him at the number listed in the Geogram, or send him an email with your suggestion and he will look into it.

Check out our Past Field Trips 2004-2010 for pictures, detail, and such.

 


E.F.T.A. (formerly N.E.F.T.A.) FIELDTRIPS

Remember, members of DMS will also be eligible to participate in field trips hosted by the members of the Eastern Field Trip Alliance (EFTA). I will post those trips in the Geogram when the schedule becomes available in the spring. I would also suggest that you check the web site to find out about upcoming field trips.

For more information, go to:  www.nefta.us


Society of Natural History of Delaware

All events are free and open to the public.  Fieldtrips normally take 2-4 hours.  For questions and/or reservations for any trip call Al Matlack at (302) 239-5383.


New Jersey State Museum Fieldtrips


Virginia Museum of Natural History Field Trips

VMNH FIELD TRIPS

 

Join the Virginia Museum of Natural History staff and learn about the fascinating geological history of the Middle Atlantic States. These trips cover a wide variety of ages and environments representative of the last 450 million years.

 

Field trip fees are used to support VMNH research. To learn about upcoming field trips or to make a reservation, please e-mail fieldtrips@vmnh.virginia.gov or call the museum at (276) 634-4171. This information is also available on the VMNH website at http://www.vmnh.net under the Research and Collections and VMNH Expeditions links. Please note that space is limited.  (Scientifically significant specimens may be retained by curators for the VMNH collection.)

 

Details of these trips can be found at: http://www.vmnh.net/index.cfm?pg=285

Janet Roetken

Administrative Assistant

Research and Collections

Virginia Museum of Natural History

21 Starling Avenue

Martinsville, VA 24112

276.634.4171

276.634.4199 (Fax)

janet.roetken@vmnh.virginia.gov

 


Collecting Adventure Stories:

"Sunny Brook Crick Goethite" by Joe Dunleavy

 

 

 

 

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This page last updated:  February 22, 2010 07:06:11 PM

Next Meeting
 

March Program:

"There and back again; a rockhound's tale" by Tom Pankratz

General Club Meeting:
March 8, 2010
(Monday)

We are meeting at
Greenbank Mill


Special Meetings:
 EFMLS Banquet, March 6, 2010

Show Committee Meeting, Wednesday,
February 24, 2010

2010 Spring Board Meeting

Next Field Trips
 

Fieldtrips!

Past Fieldtrips
 

Next EFTA Trips
For more info:
EFTA
Next Show
DMS March Show
March 6-7, 2010

Hosts for the EFMLS 60th Annual Convention


Our 2010 Show Theme:
"50 States, 50 Minerals"

March Show 2009 Report

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EFMLS Banquet Tickets

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Display Case Entries Due

 
Articles

 

Fossil Forum


"Dinny, the Dino"

"Belemnites are coming"

 

February MOTM

Coming soon!

"Another neighboring state's mineral"
Can you guess?

Past MOTM

Collecting Adventure Stories:

"Sunny Brook Crick Goethite" by Joe Dunleavy