点评:My husband heard about doing a fossil dig while watching a nature show with the kids a while back and had it stuck in his head that we had to do this. I booked with A New-Dig after hearing that the older site had gotten rather crowded. A New Dig was fantastic. There was one other couple digging the same day as us but the quarry was huge so there was no issue of crowding. And the owner Clay could not have been more helpful. He spent lots of time showing us how to break the rocks and get the fossils out when we found them. And he helped us find some amazing specimen to take home. Do not be deterred by spending hours in the sun. We were there from about 10am-1:00pm and my older son and husband didn't want to leave. This was such a fun and unique experience. We collected a big bucket-full of fossils. We've been home for 3 weeks and the kids are still talking about the fossils and enjoying polishing them and giving some away as gifts. This experience was priceless.
I cannot say enough good things about Clay. He was so kind to my two young kids (aged 5 and 8) and generous with us with his time and knowledge. He was a phenomenal host and I hope more people come to visit him here.
翻译:不久前,我丈夫在和孩子们一起看自然表演时听说要进行化石挖掘,他一直坚信我们必须这样做。在听说旧站点变得相当拥挤后,我通过 A New-Dig 进行了预订。一个新的挖掘是太棒了。还有一对夫妇和我们同一天挖矿,但采石场很大,所以不存在拥挤的问题。老板克莱帮了大忙。他花了很多时间向我们展示如何打碎岩石并在我们找到化石时将其取出。他帮助我们找到了一些很棒的标本带回家。不要因为在阳光下花费数小时而被吓倒。我们从上午 10 点到下午 1:00 在那里,我的大儿子和丈夫不想离开。这是一次如此有趣和独特的体验。我们收集了一大桶化石。我们已经回家 3 周了,孩子们仍在谈论化石,享受打磨它们的乐趣,并赠送一些作为礼物。这种体验是无价的。
关于克莱,我不能说太多好话。他对我的两个年幼的孩子(5 岁和 8 岁)非常友善,并且慷慨地为我们付出了时间和知识。他是一位了不起的主人,我希望更多的人来这里拜访他。