Nautilus fossil hunting

[purplepentapi]

The nautilus fossil is the last artifact I need to complete the museum collection but I just can't find it!!
Does anyone know if there's a best place to dig/fish for it please?

[josseriot]

Fishing (treasure chests) or the beach. That's where I got mine. I think I've found 3-4 of them in this playthru, and that was good because the first two I sold thinking they were regular nautilus shells before I realized I needed to donate one to Gunther. :P

If I find another I'm happy to trade you it for a prehistoric hand or scalpula, which are the two last I need. ;)

[purplepentapi]

Originally posted by josseriot:

Fishing (treasure chests) or the beach. That's where I got mine. I think I've found 3-4 of them in this playthru, and that was good because the first two I sold thinking they were regular nautilus shells before I realized I needed to donate one to Gunther. :P

If I find another I'm happy to trade you it for a prehistoric hand or scalpula, which are the two last I need. ;)

Is that fishing anywhere or just at the beach?

[Useless Noodle]

Fishing anywhere, but the chance is low.

[Dagný]

I've found one today

but sold it instead of donating to the museum

[I Kinda Fail]

Got mine on day 4 of spring lol

just go fishing, use the treasure tackles if you're desperate

[Snoozy]

The nautilus fossil tends to spawn on the beach in winter. Just be patient.

[purplepentapi]

I finally got it! :D Fishing at the beach using a treasure bobber. My museum collection is now complete whoop :D

[AxeHunter]

Originally posted by Snoozy:

The nautilus fossil tends to spawn on the beach in winter. Just be patient.

yep, almost every day. I thought they were normal fish lol

[Megadeth]

After searching for the nautilus fossil for 5 seasons, started winter, spring, summer, fall, and then winter again, I was unable to dig up a nautilus fossil. I would wake up in the morning, use a beach totem to teleport to the beach, dig up all artifact spots and exit game without saving if I did not find it to preserve the worms for the next day. Then I would load the game, sleep immediately to refresh the loot spawn for the artifact spot and check again. With over 200 attempts, I was unable to find one.

I decided to start looking for videos online to see if I could find visual proof of someone digging up a nautilus fossil and found none. There are several videos of people finding them in fishing chests but none from digging which lead me to believe all wikis and forum posts stating they can dug up are incorrect. I started fishing on the beach pier in the section you have to build a bridge to reach. After one day of fishiing with a treasure bobber and bait, I acquired the nautilus fossil.

I recommend fishing for it, digging is a myth.

[Pixel Peeper]

Yeah, they're very common while fishing.

Even if you could dig one up, I don't know why you'd bother.

[UnkownOne]

Originally posted by Snoozy:

The nautilus fossil tends to spawn on the beach in winter. Just be patient.

Originally posted by AxeHunter:

Originally posted by Snoozy:

The nautilus fossil tends to spawn on the beach in winter. Just be patient.

yep, almost every day. I thought they were normal fish lol

Those are Nautilless shells, not Nautilles fossils.