By Michael Burns "Phoenix AZ" My daughter Stephanie loves studying / researching prehistoric life and she wanted to study fossils. I looked up fossil digging in Utah because I watched a special about U-Dig Fossils on the Travel Channel "America's Best Places to Find Cash & Teasures" around a year ago. My daughter was very excited about digging fossils so... More

This is a follow-up of my review in 2010. It took a while, but I finally got back to Delta and the trilobite quarry. This time it was open and I spent a very enjoyable day splitting rock. The scenery out and back, as well as at the quarry, has a stark beauty all its own. The road is no... More

Visited with three grandsons in July. Very interesting site. Operator very friendly and helpful. Costs some money but if you are interested in a good dig experience and a quality family friendly time it is worth it. The operator is a "character", grand sons enjoyed talking to him.

Such friendly staff and such a great easy experience. Our teenagers really enjoyed finding the trilobites and the staff did a great job identifying them for the kids and bagging them. We did a 4 hour doing which was just enough time. Each family member went home with 20 plus trilobites. I would go back here again.

This place is a bit of a drive from Salt Lake where we were staying but we all wanted to go! I saw this on the Travel Channel YEARS ago and thought it sounded fun. We had the whole place to ourselves and the man was very, very helpful. He showed us how to open the shale and what to... More

We went to Delta, Utah just to go to U-Dig Fossils. What fun! There were five of us ranging in age from 9 to 54. We all excavated great trilobite fossils. I found the fewest (@10 as compared to the bucketful another of us found) and even I had a great time and will definitely go back. Even in the... More

Make sure you leave early in the morning. When you get to the sign to turn down the 20 mile road it will take you least an hour - you should only travel about 20 miles per hour - gravel road: unless you want to get your vehicle alligned when you get back =) I used the directions given on... More

Our children loved digging for trilobytes at U-Dig Fossils in Delta, UT. We came home with a fairly large number of trilobytes, which the kids proudly showed off to their friends. Many pieces ended up being as good as some on display at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in DC (this quarry is where many of those came from!). Be... More

Finding complete and large size trilobites is very difficult. I took a 4h dig and do not have larger size specimens. Small ones are still fun to discover. It would be nice to get more info on the cleaning process once you get back home with your treasures.