MINERAL WELLS, Texas You can dig for 300-million-year-old fossils at Texas Mineral Wells Fossil Park and keep what you find.
The park is open daily from dawn to dusk and draws visitors from all over the country and the best part is -its totally free"One of the most interesting things found in the Mineral Wells Fossil Park has been shark's teeth.
Twenty years of erosion at the city of Mineral Wells landfill borrow pit led to the revelation of fossils at the site, according to the parks website.
The Dallas Paleontological Society, the city of Mineral Wells, and the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce led a joint effort to create the park.
View photos of Mineral Wells Fossil Park:Mineral Wells Fossil Park is one of very few parks in the U.S. where visitors can keep what they find.