background information can be found here. most fossils are collected by crawling along the beach on your hands and knees. i was excited to go and find out what i had been missing. we did what the law requires, and no one has to worry in the future that the law was broken. he talks about the test and the testing procedure - one and a half hours long with seventy-five questions in all. even if you don't own an instrument yet, i'd be happy to show you mine and let you take a stab at it. 