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I’m a huge amateur, but I found what appears to be a cool fossil on the beach in Capitola, California, and Id love to learn what it is! I’d assume it’s mammalian but I don’t know much more than that. Trying to get into fossil hunting and it seems like there’s a lot of cool stuff around here, any help would be appreciated! Photo here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eT9CEWKQ24ZtgVrTPA25kozsudgNJVIT/view?usp=drivesdk
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Last week took a short drive (11 miles of road and 3 on beach) to our local fossil area. 99.9% of our finds are plant parts. Mostly Alder and Willow leaves with some Meta Sequoia tossed in. Some times a birch leaf will find its way in. In the right rocks I've found a number of what I believe are alder cones as well.. After I get back home I'll start working on IDs. Unfortunately the literature is scant but was given one that has some local info. Some planes will have single leaves in good shape. While others are stacked on top of each other but the leaves are damaged. It looks like they preserved after they started to rot. There are other areas with a wider selection of leaves but you have to take a boat. And with our tide changes (between 7-25ft) it can take some planning. I will add more once back home and can work on more photos
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Found in shell beds in the south of the netherlands, can anyone identify these fragments for me? I found 3 different bone fragments (?) which i will upload. 1/3
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This is a new one to me and I would love some help identifying it. That is a deck nail next to it for size comparison. Thanks everyone!
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I found this last weekend on the beach and am stumped! It is about 1.5 to 2 inches long. Ideas? Link to more pictures
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Found at a beach in Florida today. I'm pretty good with teeth. Have never found one this thick and fat. Even the side is flat with enamel. Any clue? Thanks!
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Hello. Any ideas as to what this could be? Thanks!!
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Please help me identify if these are fossils from California coast?
Ravendi posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello! I am not really a fossil collector- or any kind of expert- but I do like to collect natural things I find in various places, and have held on to these for a few years without having an idea if they're really anything at all. I found this forum and would absolutely love some help! Even if there is no identification to be had, it would be great to know if it's still worth holding onto- or... just a rock. The first is a white hard substance with some interesting spiral patterns in it. As you can see in the first photo, the inside chamber of the main form is hollow. I found it on a California beach, probably Pismo?
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Beach Combing for Ancient Corals on the Delaware Bay
I_gotta_rock posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Just a short video of a quick trip to the beach last week to enjoy the spring sunshine! -
Found a complete version today, that looks very similar to a split object, found last week. It doesn't look like other worn bulla bones I have found in the same area, but at least the split piece has a distinct radiating grain, so I'm guessing it is not one of last nights leftover beans. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
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Hey all! Been a bit! BUT I've been pretty busy transitioning into a new career. And as such, I'm being forced to travel to Carlsbad, CA once a month. Does anyone have any recommendations on good hike trails where fossils can be found or beach area where decent shark teeth can be scouted out?! I lost the East Coast fun on the Chesapeake Bay and now I'm looking to get my hands dirty with those perfect weather folks on the West Coast! hahaha Appreciate it!
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Hi again from Essex, I have found on our beaches around Clacton many pieces of sea floor following the recharge of these beaches with all types of shell remains in them but I cant find any reference on line as to what these inclusions once were or a related date, the first two seem to be in very hard sand stone while the third looks to be in a mud stone, any help would be much appreciated, many thanks
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Could someone help me identify this fossil/rock? Thank you
Tina frankston posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
Hey folks, I recently found two rocks that somewhat seem to be embedded with fossils in them, however I’m not too sure if it’s a fossil or just a rock I found the darker colored one at fossil beach, Mornington Peninsula Australia And the lighter colored one was found at Mount Martha beach, Mornington Peninsula Australia It would be great if anyone could help me identify what this is, thank you!
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Need help figuring out a possible fossil or rock from a beach
Kaiju Slayer333 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Sorry for the meh camera quality, but I found this I guess what I can safety call "rock" in the Dominican Republic a couple of months ago and I just wanna figure out if it actually is a fossil of some type. Someone I knew said it could be a coprolite but I don't know for sure. Just so you guys know, I actually was on this forum before. It's just I forgot the name and had to make a new account because it had been months lol
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Back again from a trip on the beautiful beaches of the netherlands. We found a lot of teeth and some other nice surprises as well. I have a few items that i could not check on internet. Maybe you can enlight me! top teeth is very serrated..not sure is a shark though... the tiny one is a tiger shark i think and the black teeth pointing up is round...maybe a tortoise?
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Hello! I was sifting for shark teeth this past weekend at Sarasota beach in Florida and came across this thing. It's 3/4 of an inch long and 1/4 inch wide. I was researching fossils found in Florida and it looks a bit like an alligator tooth, but I'm not sure. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thank you!
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Found on the beach in south Texas.
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Two days ago, I found this fossil on the beach off of southwest Florida. Can anyone help me to ID it? Initially I thought it was a shark tooth. There are a lot of small shark teeth fossils (less than an inch heigh) on this beach. After further inspection, I am wondering if it is a fossil of a broken bone. It's about an inch. Newbie here. Any guesses? Thanks very much! I appreciate your help.
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What bone is this and from what ? Found on dredge spoil beach on Savannah River in Georgia
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Hi all! Just got back from a weekend hiking along the Olympic Peninsula oceanside beaches with my family. I usually pick up a few beach stones on trips like this, and his particular stone caught my eye because the lighter colored streaks sparkle a bit in an opal-y kind of way. When you hold it to the light you can see a pretty clear wood grain/ring pattern, with the opalized bits filling where you might imagine cracks in the wood to have been. I know this is hard to be sure from photos but just curious if others agree that this appears to be petrified wood.
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Hi guys, I joined so I could identify what I found! I was walking on the beach in southern Maine when I stumbled upon this circular disk. I think it’s a vertebra, but I was wondering if someone could tell me the difference between shark and fish vertebra. Any info is helpful!! It’s so interesting. thumb nail for size!
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Hi all. I found this washed up on the beach at high tide at Ocean Isle Beach in southern North Carolina this morning. Any help identifying what I found is most appreciated. I thought it might be petrified wood but the shape made me wonder if I’ve found a fossil of some type instead. It is porous. Roughly 1” x 3”. Thanks for any guidance you can provide!
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Hello hello. I'm new to this whole fossil thing! although this forum community has informed me with so much more then I could ask I still have some silly questions. Should i clean shark teeths? And how can I decide what condition my shark teeth are in? Also here are some interesting finds I found on Englewood beach, Florida. Super early on 2/20.... oh and could someone give me a run around on different colors? Like blue,orange,black, sometimes yellow. Does that go about age or shark?
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Hello, A few years ago me and my daughter found this tooth on the beach in the Netherlands. Since then we started to go regularly to several beaches to find washed off treasures. I though one of them was a horse tooth from the pleistocene...now i am not sure..it's too compact and short..i would love to have your expertise on it
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Hello Fossil nerds. Hope all is well. I have been following all of the cool Instagram fossil accounts and it reminded me of something my son and I found this summer. USA California Santa Barbara County Jalama Beach 34°29'44.0"N 120°29'46.8"W measurements are in cm. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
