[ETL]

I’ve read that she had an amazing ‘eye’ for seeing what others walked right past.

Sounds like she and I would have had a lot in common. I find stuff all the time as I'm walking or riding down the street here in New York City, including cash, jewelry, MetroCards (NYC mass transit) with money/fares still on them, etc... :)

I'm pretty good at fossil finding, too, although it's been awhile since I went on a trip to Upstate NY, Penn or NJ. Think I might rejoin the paleontology club I used to belong to a decade or so ago. Looked them up and they're still around.

I was an assistant for a paleontologist back in the mid-late 80s when I was a geology student here.

[tomkat]

Though I'm a mostly-retired cabinetmaker, reading/watching stuff about geology and paleontology has long fascinated me.
Anning's father was a cabinetmaker also, which gives her story added appeal to me.

Here's something I just found that might be of interest to anyone curious enough to have clicked on this thread.
It's encouraging to see all the people soaking it in, especially the kids:

Lyme Regis Fossil Festival