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  1. Family and I took a trip to Beltzville State Park earlier this week. We stayed around the lake, looking along the shoreline and wading through water. Found some pretty cool Middle Devonian fossils. My wife lucked out with two Trilobite pieces, one of which is a really nice head imprint. I'm still working on identification, so please bare with me. Any help of course is appreciated. Coin is 22mm Shoreline Trilobite head (Phacops rana?) surrounded by Crinoid stems Trilobite (Phacops rana?) - lower abdomen Crinoid stems Crinoid stems Pleurodictyum tabulate coral (?) and brachiopod Crinoid stems Brachiopods and I'm not sure what the orange/black dotted impression is.
  2. Fossildude19

    Any ideas what creature this fossil is of? Thanks!

    Like I said, Beltzville State Park is known for middle Devonian Mahantango Fm. fossils, and not at all known for eurypterids of any kind.
  3. We found this very interesting (at least to us) fossil at Beltzville State Park (PA) recently and wondered what you all thought it was of. Thanks in advance for your feedback. We are fossil novices but love learning.
  4. I_gotta_rock

    Beltzville State Park, PA

    Beltzville State Park is one of those rare parks where collecting is allowed. The adjacent federal land, owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers to operate the dam there, is accessible ONLY WITH A PERMIT. It is a functioning spillway and there is a gun range for the local police, so you and USACE need to make sure you are safe. With that important disclaimer out of the way, here's the good stuff! Beltzville is a very productive Middle Devonian site which includes the PA State Fossil, the trilobite Eldredgeops rana. Although no one in the group found any definite complete buggies, a lot of froglike trilo faces went home in our buckets! It wasn't all trilos, though. We found bryozoa, corals, pteria oysters, gastropods, crinoids and probably a dozen kinds of brachiopods. I led this trip for the Natural History Society of Maryland. The trip director made this lovely video of our day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdB5atWQmeQ Yes, I realized about 20 minutes after she took that video of me showing off the pop-outs that I was holding the fronts of the cephalons of one species, not the eyeballs of the other. This is what I get for not looking with my reading glasses first! Most of my finds I gave to whoever was sitting closest to me, but here are a few I kept.
  5. Might be a little late, but the last I heard (which was a few years ago pre-Covid) Reading Anthracite did allow for at least local school and club groups to visit the site. There's a possibility that's changed post-Covid, however. Another thing to consider is they might want a few weeks of heads up. If you're interested in plant sites there's a lot of sites closer to Detroit than St. Clair, which seems a little far for a day trip. If you definitely plan on going to St. Clair, however, I'd also look into some other places on the way over and make it a two or three day trip. Depending on how large your group is Swatara and Beltzville State Parks in PA might be worth looking into for Devonian marine fossils, and there are other exposures of Lewellyn Formation rocks around the Anthracite Region that are accessible.
  6. Hi All, On May 21st, 2023, my family and I took a 90 minute drive to Colt's Neck, NJ, to visit a place called Big Brook Preserve. I saw a video on Instagram of a person finding Cretaceous period shark teeth in the middle of a crick bed. I had to go to this place. Wife and I loaded up our 12 and 10 year old, and off we went. Our first trip provided us with 1 complete shark tooth (Scapanorhynchus - Goblin Shark), 1 partial shark tooth (same), some belemnites, a few oyster valves (Agerostera) and a nice Devonian period trace scallop fossil. I was hooked, family had their fun. We made another trip out the next week. Shark teeth came a lot easier, and we found a complete Squalicorax tooth, a couple complete Goblin shark teeth, and a few partials. We also found a complete Enchodus tooth. We kept finding new species. Next trip I went solo. Family kind of lost interest, but I was hoping to find some of the other species I read about being found in the Brook. Well, this trip set the hook for me. I discovered a tooth, and after posting on a FB group, confirmed it belonged to a Mosasaur. It was small, but mostly complete aside from a small portion of the point. Amazing! I was cleaning up some of my other finds, and had this shiny rock that I thought was more than a rock. But, this was in a pile of other rocks that might be more than a rock, that turned out to be just rocks Well, I posted this piece on a FB group, and to my surprise it was a fragment of a Mastodon tooth! Whoa! Never thought I'd find something like that, especially in NJ of all places. I'm sure I'll never find another, but glad to say I found the one. Since then I've been back pretty much every weekend, checking out the different brooks. Have found several more different species since then, and each time is a new adventure. Hoping to branch out to other areas of the country soon. Family & I are going to Beltzville State Park in August. Area is known for Devonian period fossils right on the shoreline. And a trip to Calvert Cliffs, MD is definitely in my near future! In any case, I thought it would be interesting to catalog some of my finds as I go along. Thanks for looking, and feedback good or bad is always welcomed (please correct anything I've misidentified - I'm still learning, and won't be offended). Eric I'll kick-off with photos of some of the locations I've visited. Big Brook - First and one of my favorite spots Ramanessin Brook - Lot's of small shark teeth Leopard frog joined me for a few sifts.
  7. I went back to Beltzville recently and found a few more fossils with which I would like help identifying. Last time I found what may have been a partial trilobite, and this time I found another that seems more likely. I also found a fossil that I originally picked up for the crinoid stem, but later noticed a dome with an almost honeycomb-like pattern on it. I am very curious as to what it is. And lastly, what appears almost like a large ring. Any help is very much appreciated. Thanks as always!
  8. I_gotta_rock

    Beltzville State Park

    The Delaware Valley Paleontological Society got a permit to explore the restricted area at Beltaville Dam in Lehighton, PA today. The spillway for the dam is immense! The 20-50ish foot walls of the spillway are covered with rubble in swaths of hard blue-black and red stone, soft colorful clay stone, and the occasional bit of tan sandstone. All are from the Upper Devonian Mahantango Formation. The sun was shining, the air was warm and the wind was still. Perfect day for prospecting! Everybody spread out along the walls. There was more than ample room for everybody to claim a big spot to explore. I walked along the north wall until the smooth, flat stones started showing texture. I had expected to find very little in the harder material and lots of things in the colorful clay. That’s been my experience on the beach in the adjacent state park*, anyway. Quite the opposite! As soon as I found a promising spot in the hard matrix, I sat down and examined every rock. The trilobites were lurking watching me from all directions. I found eyes from at least 8 animals. Most I kept, just for the sake of counting. A couple I tossed because this was getting silly. One I gave to someone nearby, “So he can keep an eye out for you.” The best was this 2-inch Phacops sp. cephalon. I now officially claim to have the PA State Fossil. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to figure out if it’s P. rana, but the right genus is close enough for me. Such a cute little froggie face! I found one tiny brachiopod or bivalve among the buggies that still had the whole shell intact, albeit a might smoothed during its time under water. It's not silicified. It's not pyritized. It's still CaCO3 after all these ages. I tested it. I showed it to our trip leader who said that there was coral preserved like this shell further down the wall. Nifty. There were also some very nice, red-stained bryozoa and hash plates. Unfortunately, the hash plates were mostly at the narrow ends of long rocks, arranged 90 degrees from the plane of the layers in the splitting stone. Most I admired and left behind. There are only so many big, mostly-featureless rocks I can store in the house. After a couple hours, I appeared to exhaust my trilobite supply. People had walked past me with some pretty horn corals molds, so I headed towards the clay to see if I could find any. No luck. There was plenty of colorful stone, buy almost nothing as far as fossils, so I kept picking my way across the wall where I could get footing. I kept getting higher and higher until eventually I needed all 4s to navigate in any direction and abandoned my collection bucket. Another quarter mile or so down the wall, I found a good spot to slid tom the spillway floor. And there they were. In a space covering maybe 5 horizontal feet of the wall were rocks littered with preserved coral bodies. Jackpot! I spent at least an hour at the top. I tried to slide down a little and slid all the way to the bottom, unable to climb back up the steep pile of flat pebbles. There was definitely more at the bottom, but the middle eluded me. While poking around for corals, I found a couple of ½” brachiopods with both sides intact and a preserved crinoid stem. I walked across the spillway and back up the other side but found nothing. I somehow totally missed that the rest of the group had left, with just Rick and Steve watching me from a distance. Typical for me to be the last one out. I'll post a link in the comments to my Beltzville album when I finish sorting through my finds and photographing them. *Yes, I know it is illegal to collect fossils in most states' parks. Pennsylvania is an exception.
  9. I would like help identifying these fossils, all found at Beltzville State Park.
  10. Thanks, and good luck at Big Brook! Lot's of rain there this past weekend loosening up material, so you may luck out. Yeah, I can't wait to get back there. I enjoy Cretaceous, but it's fun finding new species from a new period. Actually going back several hundred million years, and heading up to the Poconos with the family this weekend. Going to check out Beltzville State Park. Lot's of Devonian fossils on the shore line, so should be a good time.
  11. fossilisa

    Help with Fossil ID - Beltzville

    I found these two fossils today and am hoping someone can help me positively identify.
  12. This was my first time at Beltzville State Park in Pennsylvania, USA. I believe these come the Upper Devonian Mahantango Formation. I saw similar examples in other posts as was hoping to confirm my guesses. Thanks 1. Horn coral? 2. Crinoid stem?- not sure if that’s something to the left of the stem. 3. Rugose coral?
  13. From other examples I have seen, I think these are bryozoans (sp?). Is that correct? The first example in question is the one exhibiting pencil-like structure in the center of the rock. In the second picture (of the same specimen), there seems to be a porous structure shown. The shadows may look like the mold is raised from the rock, but it is not. The fossil is an imprint (concave into the matrix). I think these are from the Upper Devonian Mahantango Formation. Thanks
  14. Johnny676767

    What might this be?

    I have been able to identify (with your help) a few of the fossils we found while hunting at Beltzville state park. This is something that may be something. I tried to get the six-sided pics as recommended. What might this be (if anything)? Beltzville State Park in Pennsylvania, USA. I believe these come the Upper Devonian Mahantango Formation. Thank you.
  15. EMP

    Seeking Eastern PA sites?

    Pennsylvania really has quite a lot to offer, at least from the Paleozoic. Two hours from Berks County puts you in range of a lot of different sites, ranging from the Cambrian to the Pennsylvanian. I haven't been up that way in a while, but going into the Anthracite Region around Mt. Carmel northeastish to Scranton has a lot of fern sites. Considering it's all pretty much sedimentary rock around there any outcrop you come across could have fossils, just make sure to concentrate in the shales as those tend to have the best specimens. PA-54 has some cuts north of Ashland that are probably worth looking into. Trilobite sites are a little harder to pin down as at most sites they're more of an accessory and not the focus as it were. Years and years ago there was Swatara Gap, but that site has been closed for several years because collectors began to undermine the bridge it was next to. The current Swatara site is dumped material from the Mahantango Formation I believe, and does have some Devonian trilobites, but not nearly as common as the previous Ordovician locality. I think there's also a Beltzmill or Beltzville, and Montour as others have suggested. I've never been but it sounds like you'll probably come away with brachiopods/bryozoans from them at least. Locust Lane is the usual Kinzers Formation site people bring up. I've actually been to Locust Lane and didn't find much of anything. I've seen photos of trilobites people claim are from there, but honestly I am left to doubt how true some of that is. The Kinzers is very hit and miss as most of the famous fossils are extremely localized lagerstatten. There's another site nearby Locust Lane called North George Street I believe, but it's along a very busy road and I'm not quite sure how anyone collected there in the first place (I guess parked somewhere else and walked up to it? There's no shoulder and the shale outcrop butts up right against the road, so I wouldn't recommend it). Sorry I can't help much with specific sites. The only other one I've been to was on private land, but it didn't have much anyways.
  16. Fossildude19

    Seeking Eastern PA sites?

    A large portion of fossil collecting is research. You should really look into the legality of collecting in parks and at roadcuts. Some parks allow and even encourage it. (Beltzville State Park, Montour Preserve Fossil Pit, Swatara Gap State Park) Other places may not. It is incumbent on you to research whether collecting somewhere is legal or not. Other places, like private property, usually require permission. This means researching who owns the land, and writing, emailing, or approaching the owner for permission to collect on their property. Fossil hunting has been rising in popularity, especially during the past year. People are looking for things to do out and away from everyone. The best approach is to research what places have fossils, who owns the land they are on, and then, ask for permission. Most State Parks do not allow collecting, but some do. It can be confusing, so when in doubt, ask. This is where joining a club ( I know you are averse to it at this time) can come in handy. Meeting more experienced locals who know the sites, the legality, and who can get access to sites not generally open to individuals (Quarries, and such) is worth the price of admission, usually. Talking to locals at the local coffee shop can be rewarding, and sometimes people will stop and ask what you are doing, and invite you to hunt on their property. I've personally found that a lot of people do not look down at the ground. So a highly trafficked area may not necessarily be low on finds. It really depends on what can be found there, and how many people are actually looking. Going to already known legal spots such as the ones mentioned above, can be a great way to get your feet wet, and learn what to look for. Many places are away from the crowds, but many are starting to become more populated as this hobby gains popularity. It is all a matter of you get out of it what you put into it. Or as Uncle Siphuncle is known for saying, "To the motivated go the spoils!"
  17. Fossildude19

    Help with Fossil ID - Beltzville

    The first item is an inch long. Beltzville is a Devonian spot, and Eldredgeops rana is probably the most common trilobite found there. I don't see this as a thorax, but if it were, it would have had to have been a pretty big trilobite. An Eldredgeops of that size would be pretty rare, I think. The only larger trilobites there would possibly be Dipleura dekayi, which does not resemble this item. This is why I went with cephalopod on this one.
  18. MeisTravis

    The Gettysburg Bridge Dino Footprints

    I’m not familiar with glacial till and a quick google search defines it for me but I don’t understand it. The closest place that’s easily accessed without permissions from me is the Montour Preserve or Beltzville state park(both roughly an hour and a half) or Big Brook which is what I’m more interested in (2 hours). I’ve found a few trace fossils in Tunkhannock Pa where I’m from but they’re trace fossils and not easily found. I found them nearly 20 years ago when I was young and didn’t even know how finding fossils worked. I also really don’t understand geological maps so I can’t figure out where to go by looking at them. I’m really green still with everything.
  19. Johnny676767

    Pennsylvania Roadside Fossil

    About two weeks ago, we went to Beltzville State Park in Pennsylvania and found some great Devonian fossils, some of which have been identified with your help. On our way, though, we stopped at a Shell station for air in our tires. There was a small hill of dark grey colored rock (shale?) next to the air pump. My son and I had a quick look. We found what looks like a mussel (pictured here) and something else. I was wondering if it might be a trilobite. Any help is appreciated. I included the location and pic of the hill to help with identification. So, pictures appear like this: location, suspected mussel?, rock for example and then the fossil in question. The picture with the ruler shows the object (circled in succeeding photos). Sorry if this is confusing. Thanks. Lehighton, PA 18235
  20. Fossildude19

    Pennsylvania Roadside Fossil

    The Beltzville area is Devonian in age, and exposes the Mahantango Formation. First picture looks like the mold of a Pelecypod-bivalve.
  21. Johnny676767

    Fossil Sites in Maryland?

    Hello, I am in Maryland (near Annapolis) and hope to take my 9-year-old son fossil hunting. He really enjoyed our hunt in Pennsylvania (Beltzville) last week. I have heard of Calvert Cliffs (any advice?) but would also be interested in other sites. We could drive to sites in southern PA, northern VA or DC. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
  22. Johnny676767

    Pennsylvania Fossil Sites?

    Thanks for the tip about Beltzville. It was rainy and windy but my son, nephew and I found some interesting fossils along the beach walking toward the dam. I need to get an identification reference book but I believe these are all crinoids?
  23. Shamalama

    Pennsylvania Fossil Sites?

    Look into Beltzville State Park which is an hour or so SW of East Stroudsburg. It's a park that has a spillway that yields fossils from the Devonian period. One can find Trilobite bits and pieces along with fossil shells and the like. Free access from what I understand. I've never been but my local club goes there once a year. Sorry our winter weather is more like a southern Cali winter.
  24. CamelbackMike

    Bryozoa

    Any ideas about the type of Bryozoa in the left rock? I found several of these long string types this past weekend in the Devonian shale at Beltzville State Park in PA. Very different from the other bryozoa I have found there in the past. Thanks, Mike
  25. ClearLake

    Bryozoa

    @fifbrindacier PA is the abbreviation for the US state of Pennsylvania. Beltzville State Park is in the eastern part of the state, not too far from the New Jersey border.
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