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Ok I tried the burn test. The smallest tip did blacken and sort of smelled bad. Not a fossile. Maybe from a human by the looks of it and size
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[Baltic Amber Inclusion] Extremely Rare Mushroom, Fungi :)
rocket replied to vermiculosis's topic in Micro-paleontology
wow, what a fossil... I have seen two in a private collection in germany and was really flashed... thanks for showing this one! e.g. great pic, what do you use? Stacking and Macroscope or only stacking? -
Amazing thank you again for the detailed explanation! Very pleased that the suboperculum and operculum could be identified. I didn’t really realised how interesting that left hand side is too until taking the photo - lots of interesting shapes where the bones have been broken. Hopefully next time I can find a more complete fish
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I found it in Greene County.
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Wow! I think you guys got it! I just found a 16oz. cannonball sinker on the internet.
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Well, I messaged the OP, and asked him to reconsider his decision to leave, but, have heard nothing back from him. I hope he stays. And I hope everything is OK with him, as he has always been even keeled here, before.
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Welcome from Maryland! It sounds like I’ll be down in your area in the fall. I’ll be heading down to visit my parents in Marion and it’s gotta be pretty close to your stomping grounds. Maybe we could meet up for a day to go see what we can find around there.
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Some nice teeth you found there! Well done!
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Welcome from Maryland!
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New to fossils/geology - excited to be here
Elmo replied to OverCaffeinated's topic in Member Introductions
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I'm getting the feeling you are correct. They come in numerous weights including 16 ounces...otoh, they ought to be soft and scratchable with a metal nail for instance
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Some hunting trips both digging and walking the beach, cow shark bottom laterals on both! Eleven total (not clear why I'm not finding symphysial or top cowshark. My eyes are not great so I probably miss some on the beach. Eventually some should show up digging?) In addition to the usual sand tiger, found a nice little sand tiger parasymphysial. Also several tiny mako, a round yellowish skate dermal/ scute, and what I think is a broken banded whale tooth. Some "gray" , a tiger, a rough puffer plate-- most beach stuff were rough. We had a wide array of weather, with people swimming some days and miserably cold and windy, and rain deepening the creek, and coastal flooding other days. Hardly anyone out in the miserable weather so less distracting.
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For the shark tooth - perhaps a really worn Hemipristis serra?
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So this is what fossilized fish vertebrae look like, I'm not sure I'll be able to find one in my hunting hole, but you never know Nice pictures!
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Yet another mystery bone from the boulonnais (France)
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon replied to ADfossils's topic in Fossil ID
I see what you mean... And when it comes to that, I agree that the one more concave and one more convex end on the distal articulation make it look more like a long bone from a terrestrial animal, potentially dinosaur, rather than a marine one. Aren't the occasional sauropod bones found in this area as well? @sjaak- 4 replies
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I should have done the math. Lead works good with the new weight given though.... 1 pound fish weight.
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A beat up lead fish weight with a brass loop.
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Looks modern to me. If you want to know for sure, you can try the "burn test". Hold a flame aggainst it, and if it smells, smokes, and, or even burns, you can be sure its not a fossil. I cant identify it.
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Thanks Tim ! (And Elmo) Again, I've learned something new today. But this was a tricky shell. Maybe I should look more for details, rather than the whole thing.
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a really really wonderful place on earth, was at the Isle of Skye two times in my life to dig jurassic ammonites, enjoy the nature, the people...
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And finally: This appears to be from the upper palate of a crocodilian. I’ve found a few lately and that appears to be a match but I’d like a second opinion.
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Ah yes, I forgot to link it. Here it is.
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I agree with shell. I see a lot of them at my stomping grounds and sometimes they can be pretty deceiving.
