Quick Facts

Series

1.	Adventures in Archaeology
2.	Roll the Bones
3.	The Fossil-Finder 3000
4.	A Tale of Two Shovels
5.	The Western Pylon

Storyline
Un'Goro Crater Crystals of Power Volcanic Activity Finding the Source Blazerunner Lost! A Little Help From My Friends Speak With Spraggle Peculiar Delicacies Mossy Pile Marshal's Refuse The Apes of Un'Goro The Northern Pylon Claws of White Carried on the Waves Flowing to the North Bouquets of Death Aberrant Flora The Eastern Pylon Roll the Bones The Fossil-Finder 3000 A Tale of Two Shovels The Western Pylon The Shaper's Terrace Ever Watching From Above An Important Lesson The Evil Dragons of Un'Goro Crater Town Dwellers Were Made to be Saved The Spirits of Golakka Hot Springs The Ballad of Maximillian

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Comments

Comment by 166836

Click the item you get, it will turn you in the direction you need to go for a fossil. Additionally it tells you in the chat pane how close you are "You are very close". At some point it startet turning me always around when I used the item and after about 3 times turning on the spot it said "you should dig here" and a big bone appeared wich was lootable. The Fossil-Finder thing works when mounted.

Comment by 311745

Found fossil at 32.92,74.53

Comment by rooter

It's like free archeology practice before the Cataclysm occurs.

Comment by 322935

Click it multiple times when you are at the spot. It spawns. It's not just there.

Comment by 265042

I just finished this. Once I was in the general area and used the Finder, it pointed me in a direction. I started to run and my toon "bumped" to the side. I stopped and "Dig Here" appeared along with a mound of dirt that wasn't there a second ago. So just go in the direction it points your toon to and when it gets to "2 second beeps", then "1 second beeps" then "finder is brightly flashing" you are pretty much there.

Comment by 517025

How many times do you have to use this thing to get a fossil, I've used it abou 20 times now and I get nothing but mounds of dirt.

Comment by BigRed

So let me get this straight - there's this goblin who has a device that works better than the finder we use for archaeology - points us in the right direction, informs us of distance...but we don't get to use it apart from this quest?

Comment by Seedyranger

So for me the quest worked as above except mine turned up @ 33.01,74.52

Had to "ping" about ten times.

Comment by FuryWar

Once it starts telling you that "you're very close!", it will probably begin turning you around in circles each time you use it. Don't get frustrated and give up, keep going where it tells you, even if you feel like you're chasing your tail, the mound with the fossil will eventually show up! :-)

Comment by Rybovcan

32,95 74,42 find fossil

Comment by Kyranoelle

Dang took way too many to find it. Just keep moving around and pinging.

Comment by 512311

Took me a while to figure it out: when it start pointing you in circles, just walk/ride a bit forward, and you will bump into an invisible item, shifts you a little to the left/right. That's where you should use the item again, and then you can loot it.

Comment by Rumbuddy

I wish this was how archaeology worked :-/

Comment by 680506

In case you are high lvl doing Loremaster DO NOT use your Flight Mount as you never find fossil. Use Ground mount ONLY.

spend 30 min to figure it out.

Comment by MichaelaRD22

As of July 9th 2013, the coordinates should be 32.8, 74.6. At least for me that proved true lol. hope those coordinates can help others out!

Comment by Imthree

um, read your general chat window while pinging the stupid thing.

Comment by Amidala1901

Use the gadget the goblin gives you. It literally points you to the way the item is. When you get close it beeps, look at your chat. Keep pressing the gadget, the item then pops up when you are close to the location.

Comment by 1374013

The fossil-finder 3000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eTT3HrDSmY

Comment by Boxofbeer

The Fossil-Finder 3000

Comment by WoWGnGP

I made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_749X78TpQ&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Yogish

a small quibble .. finding dinosaur bones is not Archaeology ... but rather vertebrate paleontology. Carry on ...

Comment by 1643174

As of today, the fossil can still be found at 32,74. I suspect they have no intent of moving it.

Comment by SurTestikel

It is invisible and unclickable for me. I run into it, so I know its there. Like, its invisible, I can't click it, but I can run into it, so I know its there. Very weird.

Comment by DarthOpto

It was at 33.08, 74.63 for me. Using the gadget helped.

Comment by Metoda

Updated video of this quest :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxAZvv_YXCM

Links

The Fossil-Finder 3000

Obtain an Enormous Dinosaur Talon.

	Enormous Dinosaur Talon (1)
	Spark's Shovel (1)

Provided item:

	Fossil-Finder 3000 (1)

Description

One of the things I hate the most about digging is the fact that half the time, all you find is dirt. That's why I've been spending most of my time out here tinkering instead of digging.

Let me show you what I've invented: the Fossil-Finder 3000. I just put the finishing touches on it. If it works properly, it should find the largest fossils in the area. I know, sweet, huh?

Test it out and see if you can find some ridiculously big dinosaur bones.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(24708))