Go Fossil Hunting In Holmdel At Annual Event

HOLMDEL, NJ — Residents can join the Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) and local paleontologist Kevin Borrelli on Saturday for their annual Fossil Hunt.

Set to take place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the hunt will allow participants to "adventure into the Cretaceous period, a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and New Jersey was submerged beneath a shallow inland sea."

Kids will get their feet wet as they walk through the Ramanessin Trail stream bed, searching and sifting for fossils.

While shark teeth are abundant in the area, participants may also find fossilized bones, crab claws, saber-tooth salmon fangs and more during the hunt.

"We’ll share what we find as we learn all about the sea creatures that once lived right here in Holmdel," event officials said.

After finding fossils, attendees can visit the New Jersey Earth Science Educator’s Society (NJESES) booth in the parking lot, where you can see real NJ fossils on display, have your finds identified, purchase local fossils, and play interactive games.

For those who wish to see which sea creature left behind the fossil you found, a local artist will be on hand to create original drawings.

All sales will benefit environmental educators in public programs.

The annual Fossil Hunt will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (in case of rain, it will take place on Oct. 3).

Attendees should meet at Village School near the Ramanessin Trail to participate.

Participants are advised to bring shoes that can get wet, sunscreen/bugspray, a trowel, water and a bucket to hold their own finds.

Kids must be accompanied by an adult. The Fossil Hunt is free; registration is not required.

To learn more, you can visit the CILU website.