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I recently stopped at a used book store and purchased a 1958 Hardback edition of the Carroll Fenton- "The Fossil Book", which is a great book if you have not seen it before. Inside the book I found the attached 4 1/2 " by 7 " card, warning about "Rock Pox"; which I think all of us suffer from. The store that the card came from (Mid-America Rock Shop- Chicago) is also a fossil, and I would guess that it has not been around since the 70's. Enjoy.
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Greetings all, I have lived in the north most of my life. A long time rock/fossil collector. I grew up in the badlands of Alberta finding arrow heads and dino fossils and well lets face it, I never really grew up. These days I make jewelry from my finds in silver and gold, preserve fossil remains for the gold miners that dig them up. I do lapidary work and stone carving as well. On the side I make everything I need and live a self sustained life as much as possible. I look forward to refining my work through this forum, which at first glance seems I will be learning quite a lot! Thanks for having me. Oh, and that skill testing question was bugger!! James Wulvzwerx Arts Whitehorse, Yukon Canada
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Winter hasn't yet arrived so we went for what will likely be our last badland adventure of the year. As usual, more of an all around Nature outing than just fossil oriented. The cooler temperatures are a welcome as much easier to scramble up and down the canyons. However, short daylight hours limited our hike to a couple of hours. You can tell from the deep shadows that we're approaching the shortest days. This is Late Cretaceous... Campanian. An area just down stream from Dinosaur Provincial Park. Although fossils on the surface can be collected in Alberta, these are all 'catch and release'. (We're almost fossils ourselves and downsizing the collection). It's only possible to identify most finds to a family level as the dino list in this area is quite extensive. Di on the look out for Tyrannosaurs.
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Is this Brittle starfish real or fake?
Hotaru009 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I am thinking of purchasing a brittle starfish fossil for my mom as a Christmas gift (she LOVES starfish), but I'm aware of how there are a lot of fossils that are fake (i.e. near perfect or "Morocco" fossils). Attaching pictures from the seller. Listing says they are classified in the Ophiuroidea Order, originating from Hakel, Lebanon. There is also an unknown heart shape formation on the slab. Is this real or fake? Should I buy it? Thanks!
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Hello fossil-hunters! My most recent fossil hunt was rather successful! I went to the Zandmotor, in the Netherlands, which is known for its abundance of: fossil seashells, big Ice Age mammal bones, fish material and more Pleistocene fossils. Here are the things I found: 1) All the black/brown things on the top are bones/bone shards from big Pleistocene mammals such as the mammoth, the cave lion, the cave hyena, the Irish Elk, the woolly rhino, the bison, etc. - 2) The big white shells on the right are Acanthocardia tuberculata - 3) The smaller shells next to them are Mactra plistoneerlandica (clams) - 4) Next to the Mactra we have some Cerasroderma edule (cockles) - 5) Underneath those are some Macoma balthica - 6) The big grey things to the left are Ostrea edulis (oysters) - 7) The "tooth" underneath the oysters is actually a crab pincer - 8) Next to it we have a small piece of mammoth ivory - 9) All the small black things at the bottom are fish vertebrates - 10) And finally the small black thing above the fish verts is a partial fish jaw with one tooth! In the close-ups we have: 1) The partial fish jaw with the small tooth - 2) The fish verts - 3) The crab pincer - 4) A big piece of bone, maybe a partial femur of a rhino, bison or mammoth - 5) A small piece of mammoth ivory. Some of these fossils were given to me by a really nice young man named Rick, that I met that day on the beach. Rick was searching for fossils just like me, and he gave me some tips for the hunt, and have me many cool fossils! Some of you might notice this is the same post as on my Instagram account @world_of_fossils. What do you think? Best regards to all, Max
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I moved from Eureka California a little over 10 years ago. Before I moved I gave away about 80 big boxes of fossil stuff to the schools of that area. I also gave away a van load of more stuff and then sold 3 truck loads of more fossil stuff to the local rock shop. Just a couple of years ago I sold about $16,000 worth of fossil stuff to a rock shop guy for $4400. I was thinkin that I had gotten rid of a lot of stuff. While at my fossil shed the other day I realized that I still have waaaaaaay too much fossil stuff!!! Im beginning to realize that I don't want to leave my children with all this snarge. I know I will want to leave them with some of the A-Grade stuff, but there is still tons of stuff I don't need or want. Im thinking of maybe getting a website and doing the serious fossil selling again, but not sure if I want that kind of job? I like to do the computer, but only when I feel like being on the computer. Ive thought about doing a website for a few years now, just not sure if I want that kind of constant work or spending the money to do that? Any ideas? Any ideas may help. Thanks RB
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Hi there - Quick question for everyone. My wife and I will be out West with our 10yr old triplets during the 2nd week of July, and we are looking for a multi-day dinosaur dig to join. Our family previously worked a "Citizen Paleontologist" event where we spent hours unpacking and cataloguing the summer's finds by the paleontologists at Virginia Tech, and the kids always have their eyes glued to the ground, trying to find cool rocks, arrowheads, and fossils. There's not much in our area, so we're indulging their interest this summer. While finding dinosaur bits would be great, I'm sure they'll love any era of fossil hunting. We think we'll be in the Wyoming/South Dakota/Montana area. Do you happen to know of any good, *affordable* programs/sites?
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To save money I do my own dental work. Ive had some tooth aches lately so I took some pliers and started pulling. I do love steaks and roasts, but I will have to start eating apple sauce and jello! Actually these have been sittin on my desk for quite awhile collecting dust. Enjoy. RB
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Hi, interested to hear some thoughts on this fossil found in Chicago. It was chiseled out of a large boulder containing Silurian reef material; rugose corals, gastropods, bryozoans, crinoids, etc... I'm guessing it is a form of stromapotoroids, but I'm not sure. Any ideas? Measures 2.5"
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Hi all, I got recommended this forum as a way of starting to learn more about fossils we've been finding on the coast a few miles from us. I have a 5yr old daughter who's mad about anything dinosaur/ fossil related and I must admit I've kind of been sucked along with her the more we've found and begun to learn.
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I have a question about rust covered fossils (or not fossils!) is there an easy way to determine if the rust covered object is possibly a fossil (other than just being able to see it is a nail, etc)... how can I safely remove the rust if I am not sure what is under it? I ask because I had one piece that I was SURE was some metal object, but then when I cleaned it up, it was a little petrified twig... I have about 20 of these rusty objects and I've tried cleaning some, but I am afraid of damaging something since I am not sure of the material, and the rust had made the objects take on different shapes... what's going on here? Can anyone explain this to me? Thanks!
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First of all thank you for the join and all the info already published! I've been obsessed with sharks since I was a kid and naturally loved shark teeth. My family that used to visit Florida would always give me some as I grew up and I talked my parents into getting me a meglodon tooth. As of today I went on my first adventure and found me a vertebrae behind the YMCA baseball/soccer fields in Summerville. Seems to be the only concrete directions to a place I can find on google. Unfortunately I am only temporarily here and a full blown rookie. I am here for C17 school at Charleston afb and will be returning to the north east (Jersey) mid December. Was wondering where some other areas I may venture to legally and have some luck? Also I'd love to join anyone that is interested in having me along. I have a car and willing to travel (even pick you up). I plan on trying out coosaw creek by a church tomorrow after school. Just reply here or message me if you'd like to join me or let me join you. Thanks - Paul
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Hi all! My name is Marc and I started a few weeks ago hunting/collecting fossils, so I'm just a newbie with a lot of things to learn ^^ I live in Tarragona, in the Mediterranean Coast, and this area is plenty of Miocen period. I would have preferred to hunt dinosaur fossils... but anyways I think I will be very happy if I find some shark teeth! See you in forum!
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Here is a new 46 page paper highlighting Utah's spectacular Cambrian fossils. Enjoy! Foster, J.R., & Gaines, R.R. (2016) Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the “Middle” Cambrian (Series 3) formations in Utah’s West Desert: Recent finds and new data. In: Comer, J.B., Inkenbrandt, P.C., Krahulec, K.A., & Pinnell, M.L., (eds.) Resources and Geology of Utah’s West Desert. Utah Geological Association Publication, 45:291-336 PDF LINK
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When I go fossil hunting it is always with my 4 kids who are 7 years old and younger. I've been trying to find books and read posts on here about fossil hunting etiquette to make sure that we are following the rules of the land. I recently read the one post about people digging out massive holes on a creek bed, leading to people falling as well as devastation to the wildlife in the area. When I'm with my kids I always try to get them to hunt in a way that leaves the slope of the area natural so that one doesn't create unstable areas where people can get hurt. I understand sometimes that fossil you want though is in the middle, and you might just have to chisel it out, versus taking down an entire wall. My biggest question is this I guess.... Is it ok for the kids to do a lot of excavation? My kids find the part of digging and hammering limestone more fun than just looking at what is lying around on the ground. Sometimes this can be a decent chunk of material. They aren't digging up anything really scientifically significant, so from a science standpoint, I don't think it is impacting anything. I make sure like I said that they are not destroying natural sloping. One place we collect sometimes is under a bridge so I make sure that they are not digging anywhere that will affect the structural integrity of the bridge(although unfortunately it is apparent that others do so). I always try my best to raise my kids right with good manners, and just want to make sure I'm doing the same when we're out fossil hunting. When I went to Minnesota this last summer they took down a good size chunk of wall with some other children, and it just got me thinking. I was sorting through their pile, and they looked through it some too, but I just wonder what the community's view is on kids and their activities.
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From the album: Ordovician Fossils from Tennessee
Various Brachiopods, Gastropods, Bryozoans - Chickamauga Group / Ordovician - from East Tennessee -
From the album: Ordovician Fossils from Tennessee
Chickamauga Group / Ordovician - from East Tennessee -
From the album: Ordovician Fossils from Tennessee
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From the album: Ordovician Fossils from Tennessee
Brachiopods - Chickamauga Group / Ordovician - from East Tennessee -
From the album: Ordovician Fossils from Tennessee
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Hello again, Here are the other things that I bought at the same time as my Squalicorax tooth, in an earlier topic today. They all come from Khouribga, Morocco (Maastrichtian in age, ~68mya), but I do not know what they are... Any help is appreciated! Best regards, Max
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Sharing for fun. Some of the fossils we've found in a large pit dug in Suffolk, VA where the sea level hasn't been in thousands, or maybe millions, of years. https://goo.gl/photos/6oDYj3mdYvjNvzRb6
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I know its very difficult to identify the animals these bones may have come from but any help to specify the animals will be very appreciated. They all come from a dredging operation near Houston. Thanks to everyone for your help. I hope to have a fresh group of pieces in the next week or so. I will be glad to add more photos if it would be helpful.
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During the Cambrian era there was an explosion of living diversities. Show us your Cambrian and Pre Cambrian fossils. I do not have any Pre Cambrian fossils.... might be plentiful on the East Coast of Nfld. Canada.... or out Western region such as BC. Trilobite containing Cambrian rocks from Cranbrook BC was purchased on ebay a few yrs ago... . .... prep rock with air abrasion with baking soda blasting media to reveal trilos. PL
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I have these two fossils that have some similarities but I really don't know if they came from the same kind of animal and it may not be possible to identify them. They came from the same dredge operation near Houston Texas. Any ideas are very welcome and appreciated. Thanks for the help.
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