The dig sites are the following: Greenhorn Plains, Knotwood Forest, Rivet Ravine, Bottomsup Bay, Mt. Lavaflow, BB Base, Secret Island, Parchment Desert, Coldfeet Glacier, Ancient Ruins.
Hias I recall you have to pass an exam to open a new dig site. An exam is at the tournament place, there you first do the fossil cleaning exam, then the fight(s)GreetingsC
first you press the right or left button to look for fossils then you go in front of a little green dot on the sonar scope then you press a and if it didnt come up try again