点评:Family holiday to IoW this last week and we decided to book a gem and Fossil trip with Island Gems.
Our trip out with Martin was great!
We first looked for gems and crystals, we found some impressive citrine crystals, and multiple pieces (including a large "museum quality" piece) of Marcasite. We also found some fantastic echinoid fossils, one plate and one spine, which we originally thought was a sponge hole, but Martin was pretty impressed with this and a few other of our finds.
He then showed us the foot imprints and casts, explaining how it is believed a herd of Iguanadons had passed here.
We did have to navigate another larger group of fossil hunters on another tour, with the only issue being their tour guide walking in front of me (and talking to me) while I was obviously trying to take a photo, which I found a bit odd, but it didn't detract from out family tour at all.
Family cost was about £60 for 2 hours, which considering the knowledge and experience Martin shared, the fun we had, and the fact we didn't have to stand behind another 20 people trying to get a glimpse of things, I thought was exceptional value for money.
Thanks again Martin, thoroughly enjoyed it. Only saddened that we didn't manage to get to the shop to see the Mosasaurus teeth - what with that being our smallest dinosaurs hunter's favourite dinosaur. Perhaps next time.
翻译:上周我们全家去怀特岛度假,决定报名参加由Island Gems组织的宝石与化石探索之旅。
在马丁的带领下,我们的探险之旅十分愉快!
我们首先寻找各种宝石与水晶,找到了不少品质上乘的黄水晶,还有多块黄铁矿标本(其中一块甚至堪称“博物馆级”藏品)。此外,我们还发现了一些非常精美的海胆化石——一块带有刺痕的化石板以及一根海胆刺。起初我们以为那只是海绵的孔洞,但马丁对我们的这些发现赞不绝口。接着他给我们展示了脚印印记及模型,并解释说据信有一群棱齿龙曾在此经过。
在另一次游览中,我们确实遇到了另一大群化石采集者;唯一的小麻烦就是,当我正试图拍照时,他们的导游却走在我的前面(还跟我说话)。我觉得这有点奇怪,但丝毫没有影响我们全家的游览体验。
这次家庭游览持续了2小时,费用约为60英镑。考虑到马丁所分享的知识与经验、我们共度的欢乐时光,再加上我们不必挤在20多个人后面才能勉强看上一眼,我觉得这次体验绝对物超所值。
再次感谢马丁,我们玩得非常开心。唯一遗憾的是我们没能去商店看看沧龙牙齿的标本——毕竟那可是我们这群小恐龙迷们最喜欢的恐龙呢。希望下次能如愿吧。