Field Trips

To find out more about how to attend a field trip, please contact the Fort Worth Gem and Mineral Club via email.


Rules:

Some trips that are scheduled have a cap on the amount of attendees allowed. If there is a trip scheduled with a limit to the number of participants, then you would need to speak with Schuyler so he could try to find a way to get you in, if at all possible. Some trips are also scheduled that will not allow minors. So it is always best to pay attention to this fact before planning to attend. Sometimes these may be first come, first serve sorts of situations for club members on a limited visitors trip. These kinds of trips don't happen often, but every once in a while, we do have an age restriction or maximum number of participants to heed. All Field trip rules must be obeyed. Please, when attending these trips, bring proper equipment: Hard Hat, Long Pants, Long Sleeve Shirt, Safety Glasses, Hard Toe Leather Shoes. Without these items (in some cases where they may be absolutely required), you may not be allowed into the site. These are our club safety rules for both liability reasons and for your well being. You will also be asked to sign a hold harmless agreement as well before going on any trips. The site may have other rules like staying in a marked off area. If you don't obey all rules you may be asked to leave. Disregard of these things put the club at risk of not being able to return for another field trip. So be kind and please remember these rules when considering joining us on a trip. If you have questions, please be sure to only ask the person in charge of the field trip or make comments directly to him. He will be able to take care of any problems you may have. Bring every thing out that you take in with you, including garbage. Last, but not least, please be considerate of the host of the company site, as these employees volunteer their time. If you would like, you may copy and pasted these rules and print them out to keep.



 How'd the last Field Trip go?


Waco Field Trip - September 22nd - We had ten people turn out for the field trip to the Waco Pit including two of our newest members. Sharks teeth and pyritized ammonites among the goodies found. Janice found her first shark's tooth, EVER. Hope found a snake skeleton. Several of the people enjoyed a side trip to The Waco Mammoth Site, http://www.wacomammoth.org/ just down the road. Thanks to Sky for organizing the trip.


  Scheduled Up Coming Trips:

Field Trip to Post Oak Creek


April 27, 2013, 10:00 AM

Post Oak Creek is a good place to find shark teeth, Ptycodus teeth, and septarian nodules. It is best to wear old shoes and wade into water up to waist deep but some people did fine with rubber boots. Don’t go barefoot because there is broken glass. Kids are welcome and will enjoy it. You should bring a ¼ inch screen, scoop or shovel, water, lunch, sunscreen, and bug spray. Other clubs are also invited! Let’s meet at the Jack in the Box/Shell at exit 56 (FM 1417) on Hwy 75 and leave from there at 10:00 AM. You can stay as long as you want. Rain could cancel this trip so please call, text, or email me if you plan to come.

Schuyler Bullock (682) 365-0517 sbbr@cirranet.net

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  Photos:

Did you attend a field trip with us? Want to share your photos from the trip with the rest of the visitors to this site? Just write Stephanie Moran an email and she will add your images to the photo gallery! Please note: for the sake of server space and loading time, images that are large in size and are not jpg file format upon submission will be resized to 530 X 400 (estimated size) and converted to jpg compressed file format. When submitting photos, please provide as much detail about the trip as you can. You may even provide captioning for your photos. In the least, the date and place of the trip are requested. Credit of photography will be given to you, if you so request upon submission of photos.

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