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New to group and fossil hunting in general. Went to NJ beaches a week ago with my wife for our 16th wedding anniversary. We walked 4 beaches in 1 day. *(I do not recommend Atlantic city. Just got a bunch of negative energy on their boardwalk walking past the casinos. ) we collected several "cool" looking minerals and whatever we thought was unique. As I was looking at a few of these things in bright natural sunlight I started seeing patterns in the crystal looking ocean rocks. I shined a bright flashlight on it at different angles and it became more and more clear that it might be a fossil. Crill or Shrimp of some sort . As you look around the stone it crystallized looking like some type of ocean dweller. Tell me what you think. I seriously am a newbie and fascinated with fossils and crystals. Hope the video is good enough. You can see the shrimp type of fossil crystallized like that. I may be dead wrong. But nonetheless it's fun finding them and finding out. Thank you for the forum. I'm happy to learn what I can. 20231029_224511.mp4
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Can anyone tell me what this is? I was hunting for shark teeth and found this fossil among broken shells about half way between low tide and high tide line.
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Can anyone tell me if this is some kind of tooth fossil? I found it while shell hunting near Fort Myers, Fl. It’s about an inch long in total.
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Hello. I found this strange rock on the beach in Lincoln city Oregon, at Siletz Bay. It looks very unusual and seems like it could be a fossil formation of some kind. Any thoughts? Thanks for reading.
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Trying to remember a site - La Plata MD beach on the Chesapeake?
ebfossilhound posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi all - I’m trying to remember a site I went to a long time ago. It was with a Delaware Rock & Mineral group to a spot that I think was called La Plata? La Plata is a town in Maryland but I’m not sure of the specific site nearby. I think it was a pebbly beach-like site on the Chesapeake that had a lot of ray mouth plate fossils. Does anyone know where this might be? -
Hi all, I’m pretty inexperienced and have been starting by going sharks tooth hunting around Venice Beach, FL as it is very accessible for me and always a guaranteed find of at least a few teeth! This is my third or fourth time and we decided to take a whole bucket to sift through on dry ground in good light, and starting setting aside anything that looked interesting in addition to teeth and ray spine fragments. When we found this piece, we all agreed (with no real knowledge to back this up however) that it looked manmade and too unnatural to not be a tool of some sort. As far as texture/material, it appears very similar to the bone/teeth fossils commonly found at Casperson Beach. Any help with identification? It would be greatly appreciated thanks!
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I am once again asking for your expertise! This is one of the nicest fossils I’ve found, considering fish jaws and teeth are not that rare - but finding a jaw with teeth inside doesn’t happen that often at this beach. It was found at the Zandmotor beach in the Netherlands. This beach is known for Pleistocene mammal fossils. Fish vertebrae and teeth are also common, which may be way older than Pleistocene. I posted this fossil on Reddit some time ago too, but wasn’t able to get a conclusive answer. Someone suggested it might be amiid, but I don’t think amiid are found here. Could it be esox lucius (pike)? The total length is just short of 4cm. Unfortunately I had to apply paraloid before desalination, because the fossil was already starting to fall apart.
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Found this tiny bone fragment at the Zandmotor beach in the Netherlands. Fossils from this beach are mainly from the Pleistocene. I have absolutely no clue from what animal this might be, so I’m hoping somebody recognizes it.
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A couple of weeks ago I went on a trip to the Zandmotor beach in the Netherlands. This beach is mainly known for Pleistocene fossils. I try to go every couple of weeks, but this time I found a couple of really nice fossils - all within the time span of 20-30 minutes. In total I stayed for a couple of hours and found a couple more bone fragments. I would love to share my top 3 with you: The first one is the best fossil I’ve found so far: a piece of upper jaw from a woolly rhino (coelodonta antiquitatis) with the first molar. The second one is a complete radius from an otter (lutra lutra). The final find of the three was a fragment of a radius from either a cave lion (panthera leo spelaea) or a bear (ursus sp.). I still need to compare this one in real life with someone else’s collection. I’m incredibly stoked to have found these beautiful fossils and wanted to share it with you!
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Found this mineralized tibia at the Zandmotor beach in the Netherlands. This beach is known for Pleistocene fossils. I don’t know much about rodents, but it was suggested to me that it might be Arvicola amphibius. It is probably a bit too large for mouse or mole. I would love to hear thoughts/suggestions on what it might be.
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Found this relatively big fish vert at the Zandmotor beach near The Hague, the Netherlands. Usual finds are from the Pleistocene, but fish fossils may be older. Would anyone know what species this vert is from?
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Found this fossil at the Zandmotor beach close to The Hague, the Netherlands. Can anyone ID it for me? I thought it might be turtle shell. However, the pattern on the inside throws me off. It is 2,5 cm wide and a little over 2 cm high.
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Hi everyone! I’m new here and new to identifying/collecting fossils. I love beachcombing and sometimes the ocean gives me the special treat of finding a fossil! I found this one loose, laying on top of the sand after a storm in the Northeast Florida Coast region. It feels light and brittle compared to other fossils I’ve held. Any help identifying it is appreciated! I would also like to know how you’ve reached your conclusion so I can also start learning what to look for when identifying fossils. Thanks again!
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Hi everyone, Recently found this oyster shell specimen from an area near Tampa FL amongst dredged limestone where I’ve found agatized coral. 99% sure it’s fossilized (has a very small amount of limestone stuck to the bottom), but something interesting is that there appears to be botryoidal agate coating it. Is this an agatized oyster? Is this a common find around tampa? And can I bleach it to remove algae?
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Found in New Jersey on the beach. It is hard and about 9-10 cm long. I thought it looked like fossilized coral but I'm not sure.
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Found this on the beach today... At first I thought it was a screw. Seems to be the stem of a Crinoid, but totally surrounded by this white, chalky, calcium like substance. What exactly is going on here? Also, I live on Long Island NY which I know is not home to any native fossils due to its geology, so are most limestone fossils like this basically washed here from other locations?
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Hello everyone My name is Ivy and I am 8. My dad is with me and he is helping me to ask for your help in identifying some curious fossils we found. We think this fossil might have been a tree trunk with something growing around it. What do you think? thank you in advance dadandkids
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Hi all, I recently found this on the beach, on the eastern side of Australia. I am wondering if it is some kind of marine tooth fossil. Any help appreciated.
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Can anyone help identify the fossil found in this pebble found on the beach Nr Newhaven?
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Hi, Fossil Folks! I’m a long-time dinosaur enthusiast (I even wrote a book for kids about ‘em!) but I’m TOTALLY new to fossils and a first-time poster—apologies if I make errors with this. ️I would LOVE ID help on this item I found last week on a beach in Monmouth County, NJ. What do you think it might be? (it’s flat, not round, I don’t see serrations but it’s obviously pretty worn, and I’m including photos of both sides and “top.”) All opinions welcome and appreciated! THANKS for looking/commenting!
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Found: in the ocean in Holmestrand, Norway. Need help to ID this fascinating stone I found.
Icici posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found this stone at the beach amongst lots of other fossils and stones. I’ve never encountered a stone/fossil/mineral like this one here in Norway, and I’m absolutely fascinated by it. I’m fascinated by rocks, minerals and fossils in general, but I grew up far away up in the Norwegian mountains. These kind of rocks/fossils I found in Holmestrand is not my field of expertise or knowledge, and I couldn’t find anything that resembles this rocks online or in books on the online library. So I figured that it’s faster to just ask you guys what you think? I do believe it’s a fossil of some sort, but it looks like partly mineralization as well? Or like a different mix of different types of rocks? The bottom reminds me of “Skifer” stone, but it doesn’t quite add up and I can’t verbalize why. The top shimmers in the right light, didn’t see it until my kitten didn’t like that the stone received more attention than him and decided he should get my attention by standing between the rock and my light source(amongst other things). I haven’t dared/had capacity to give the stone a proper wash yet. I’m still a newbie.
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Found this on the beach in Ostend today, we were looking for shark teeth but found this instead no idea what it is but it looks like a fossil About 10 cm long, 2,5 cm wide, 1,5 cm high
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Hey everyone! I just joined to see if anybody would know what this is is. I was walking along a beach in New Jersey the other day looking for anything interesting, and I found a rock with some sort of hole in it. After looking a bit further it appears to be a burrow formed by some worm. The hole measures about a quarter of an inch in diameter and has lines that run the length of the tube. If anybody knows what formed it I would love to know. I apologize for not having centimeters on my ruler, I could only find one with inches.
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I was looking for shark teeth on Emerald Isle Beach in North Carolina yesterday and pocketed these finds… when I got home and looked closer I realized they were probably just interesting shells due to the layering. Could anyone figure out what kind of shell this is? Perhaps an oyster hinge? The big one is about an inch long and the small one half that size. I’ve got plenty of pictures attached. I’m totally new to this sort of thing. Thank you for your help!
