Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches

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Fossil-hunting boom driven by social media — Increased competition among fossil hunters for rare finds.
Rising prices for rare discoveries — Higher financial stakes, driving more people to search beaches. Fique de olho:
More frequent beach closures due to conservation concerns.

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Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches

Social media and soaring prices are fuelling a fossil-hunting boom, with rare discoveries worth thousands of poundsBent double at the waist, Martin Curtis combs a stretch of a Dorset beach with the concentration of a man searching for a lost cufflink or wedding ring.

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