‘Jackpot’: Beachcomber Stumbles Upon Prehistoric Treasure
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (CBS Local) — A South Carolina man combing the Myrtle Beach coast with his family on Monday said he found a prehistoric treasure he initially thought was a piece of trash.
“At first I thought I was picking up trash,” Chon Carlile told CBS affiliate WFMY. “Then I saw the sheen and patterns in it.”
Based on the crystallization, Carlile knew he’d found some kind of fossil, so he reached out to the Fossils of Myrtle Beach South Carolina Facebook
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