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On Saturday I met back up with Kaden and went to look around. Turned out to be the worst day I have had fossil hunting in awhile, I was skunked. Kaden jokingly told me that my luck had ran out. After 3 or 4 hours we both parted ways, I headed home and he made a quick stop elsewhere. I believe he ended up with 2 or 3 trilobites and other various things. The next day I woke up early and hadn't planned going after fossils as it was very cold and windy. It didn't take long and I grew bored and heard the fossils calling my name. I bundled up and headed out. I am glad I did. It turned out to be the best day so far for me. I ended up with 11 full trilobites ( a couple slightly damaged) including a prone. A couple other damaged prones were further damaged between finding and getting them home.

I had a shale piece split that has 2 trilobites in it close by, 1 about 1 1/2in. and other just under 2in. Both are missing cheeks and I haven't tried cleaning them up yet. Shale is about 8 1/2in. long and 4in. in wide in widest part. Shale is about 1 to 1 1/2in. thick in different spots. The question would be with the shale still being thick and having cracks all over, would most try to split it more? Or should try glue cracks on sides and try save it as 1 piece. If as 1 piece only got starbond glue and elmer's glue. (Top with trilobites) (top closer) (bottom) (side 1) (side 2) (side 3)

As I was going through stuff finding some of the trilobites, I found the one with a healed injury (was from post before). I thought was really cool, with a nice different look to them and been looking out for anymore. Then I was trying to learn bits more and saw a molting picture and was wanting to see if the one I found is what most would think of as a molting from one trilobite? Thinking it would be nice to have a piece that count as a molting from trilobite. Can be hard to tell with parts and pieces all over in spots.

I'm pretty certain that this is a cambrian Harpetid, but am not entirely sure. It's listed as a Palaeoharpes primigenius from the Sandu Formation.

This trilobite was gifted to me by a family member who was in Morocco. I have doubts about its authenticity

I gained interest in this way late in life but can't get enough of it! Thanks to the books that members have suggested, many videos that I have watched, and all the knowledge this forum and it's members provide I have learned a bunch, and want to thank everyone that has taken time to help me . Not long ago I was in search for my first trilobite, and while cleaning things out I was shocked at what I saw. Here are some of the flexis that I have gathered since joining this site. It blows my mind! I have met a couple members so far, and hope to meet more in the future. You guys are amazing! Thanks you all!

This morning, I decided to split some of my scrap material from the Quincy site where I have posted about a few times. At first, this piece split badly, but I decided to split it further, and a small piece of limonite stained shell revealed itself. I split it further, and this beauty popped out. Right now it doesn’t look very nice, but I was able to recover most of the shell. After some prep (which I am fully unable to do and would probably cost way more than the specimen), it would look a bit better than it does now. The anterior glabellar lobe is somewhat crushed, revealing what may be the outline of the hypostome. My hopes are certainly raised for what can turn up in this site in future.

Today I was fortunate enough to get back out on another fossilhunt. Even though I went to bed later then I wanted about 3:50 am I woke up and tossed and turned for the next hour. I was very excited to get back to the site after last week's fun. So I ended up leaving a bit earlier than originally planned. I stopped to get myself a breakfast sandwich and when I got back in my car, a feeling washed over me that today I was going to be lucky. Of course I feel that way everytime I go hunting, but it doesn't always happen. The ride was dark and foggy. This time of year you really have to pay attention to the deer population. We have many in New York and it is now hunting season. So they are very active between sunset till sunrise. Surprisingly I didn't see many on the way there, but just missed a small one that ran in front of my car on the way home. I arrived at 7 am as it was just starting to get light. But between the fog and clouds it was rather gloomy. It started sprinkling but I read the weather report so I was prepared. I was glad to find the area just the way I left it last week. I wanted to work the same spot, but just go deeper. Things started off kind of slow. With the exception of a decent Dipluera cephalon all I was finding was many of the common smaller Brachiopods and Bivalves. But then it happened! I was lifting up a rather big slab, when I flipped over had half of the negative from a Dipluera. The positive was under a bunch of muddy water due to the rain, so I couldn't even see it. It took me awhile to get the water to drain so I could see what I was working with. Once the water was gone I see the back end of the trilo. I could tell that the front half was still attached to the piece I pulled of the top. Even though it was broke I was excited. I figured if I could get both halves, the trilo could be glued back and prepped. Unfortunately when I tried to remove the bottom portion the trilo broke into a bunch of pieces. I tried to not let this ruin my day. I have done this long enough to know that when you find a decent Dipluera there are usually others close by. So I continued working on removing slabs. I don't think more the 10 -15 minutes went by maybe 3 or 4 pieces of rock, when it happened again! I lifted up a slab, flipped it over and there was a complete negative of a Dipluera! I looked down and in the back corner of where I was digging was the positive! My heart was pounding! Now if I could just remove it without it falling apart like the first one. And I needed to move quick before the rainwater started to accumulate to much around the trilo. After a few minutes of careful extraction: success! I came out unbroken! This really meant alot to me today. Most of those who know me know that I have found alot of these over the years. I have either sold, traded, or given away as gifts all that I found. So it is nice to be able to have one in my collection again. After I pulled out this Dipluera there was also a Greenops laying in the same general area. After removing that I was pretty satisfied and only stayed a little while longer. I was tired and the rain was starting to really soak through my clothes. So all in all I had a pretty good day. Here are some pics. 1st- what it looked like when I arrived. 2nd- my truck "The Fossil Mobile" 3rd- Dipluera in-situ

Hello everyone. I'm making this post to show my recent trip to Central New York and what I found. I would also really appreciate advice on better techniques and further identification. I started the trip by entering Tully, NY. I had heard there was a good site behind the hotel, right next to the exit. Unfortunately, the large exposed rock face was now marked with do not trespass signs. I decided to drive around the old quarry there and eventually found a random pile of rocks that I assumed were from the quarry to dig through. In there, I found the first two fossils. Two pieces of Crinoid stem and a nice little Brachiopod. (Photo 1). Then, after doing a bit of research, I decided to head to Madison County. In Madison, I found an old quarry on Brigs Road. The quarry was divided into two tiers, and the top seemed to have a lot more fossils. After sifting through some of the rubble, I found a Trilobite section (photo 2) and a Trilobite imprint (photo 3). At the base, I also found several Brachiopods (photos 4–6). Most interesting, though, I believe is (photo 7), which appears to be a Crinoid feather segment, which are considerably harder to find than their stems. Finally I went down a ways to the Deep Springs Road quarry. This one had three tiers but I decided to focus on the top one. I dug in two areas. one halfway up the top tier and the other at the very top. Both proved very productive in trilobite sections. From this site, I recovered (photos 8-10). Unfortunately, no complete Trilobite was found. Interestingly, photo 8 had very fine preservation of the eye and intricate detail can be made out. Overall, this was a great trip and I found some interesting stuff, especially since I had rather limited tools, using only a hammer. The main take aways are the high abundance of Trilobites in deep springs and the dense Brachiopod death layers in Brigs. I'll have to come back with better equipment to further investigate. Photo 1: Photo 2: Photo 3: Photo 4: Photo 5: Photo 6: Photo 7: Photo 8: Photo 9: Photo 10: Briggs Road:

How big would this isotelus had been? From tip of Cephalon to end of damaged genal spine is 13.9 cm.. Super stoked to have found it! Now I am not sure what to do with it, hahaha

I forgot were I found this fossil but it is from the US norther half. I think it’s a trilobite but It could be just some strange markings on a rock.

Was trying to prep. some trilobites and wasn't sure what a few things where. Still trying to learn more of these things. The first 1 looked bit different from other things seeing and wasn't sure if was maybe a upside down head piece or something else? The 2nd one I found a trilobite but it was upside down. So I tried to prep. from the other side and hit what wasn't sure of. There is a head piece of a trilobite to the side but wasn't sure the rest of it was? #1 #1 #2 upside down trilobite #2 what hit on other side of trilobite (was around the top of where trilobite should be) #2 (different angle)

Hi. Friend of my got this trilobite, but I know these kind are often faked. I have never looked for this type of triobites so I was hoping someone would have more experience with these. Any opinions? Thank you.

Yesterday afternoon, I had some time to visit the Hoppin Hill Reservoir, in North Attleboro. At my first trip, apparently the water level was extremely low, as this time it was ~4-6 feet above the previous line. Some apparently extensive outcrops were now covered. In the path before reaching the exposures, I picked up a piece of shale from an outcrop, which contains limonite?-stained trilobite fragments, as well as a possible brachiopods. Pleura of a Strenuella strenua? I found near the end of my first trip, a fragment of drift containing a small trilobite cephalon. That area is now covered by water. However, knowing the character of the rock in which the trilobites are found, and the general area, I fortunately found the source exposure above water. Unfortunately, the rock was somewhat heavily metamorphosed, so most of the rock turned into a sort of quartzite, where I found very few trilobite fragments. Some rock turned greyish-white, probably due to the heat. Although most of the rock was like this, some of it was not metamorphosed. Some rock retained its shaly-limestone form. Shaw (1950) states that when the limestone is weathered, and the calcium carbonate leaches out, the rock is reduced to a soft siltstone that “can be crumbled in the fingers.” This was unfortunately the case for most of the rock. I managed to recover some small amount of material that had not completely weathered away. Here is a single thoracic segment preserved in the metamorphosed material. It appears to be silicified. Some fragments of trilobites were recovered from the soft siltstone. I found that upon drying completely, they become slightly more solid. Thoracic segment and free cheek, probably Strenuella. At the end of the day, I took a block of what seemed to be the fossiliferous layers, to split. I found a partial Strenuella strenua, exhibiting the stouter type, with a shorter anterior “flange.” Also, in that same block, I found this quite nice specimen, though it was very fragile. It has a more prominent “flange,” and the occipital spine is rather well preserved. Also, I prepared the trilobite cranidium from the first trip. I believe it is a Dipharus attleborensis, with a nice palpebral lobe preserved. The specimen was much more stable than the ones found on this trip, so I think the layers probably are much better below the water-line. Here is I think Anstey’s map of the reservoir, showing Shaler’s locality 2, as well as where I found the trilobite fragments. I believe the shale layers are a few meters south to where they are represented. Also, I think Landing’s (1988) revision of the formation is unneeded. He puts the Weymouth and the Hoppin formations into one, and names the lower quartzarenite layers the North Attleboro formation. As I have seen the quartzarenite layers grade into the shales and slates, I think this is unnecessary. Also, the species in the sub-trilobitic layers of Hoppin Hill are found throughout, so I think they do not need a separate name. The Hoppin Formation (with the exception of the unusual “Paradoxides walcotti” ) is a preolenellidian fauna, and the Weymouth at Mill Cove has a distinct Callavia fauna with many olenellids. Shaw suggests that the Mill Cove locality is younger in age. I agree with this conclusion. In fact, the only trilobite present in both layers, is Strenuella strenua. Several papers imply that the Pearl Street (Mill Cove) locality does not conformably overlie the sub-trilobitic layers. Correlations have been made between Mill Cove, and Nahant and Cohasset in the faunas found in the sub-trilobitic layers. I propose the Hoppin stay seperate from the Weymouth Formation, and the sub-trilobitic layers in the Weymouth be given a different name, or perhaps be a seperate member of the formation. This may only be a local thing, and somehow the two faunas were separated in some way and they could be of the same age. This is how I think the Formations are aligned. *Not to scale! Overall, I had a fun trip, though the water level at the reservoir was somewhat high.