Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'coastal'.
-
Hi everyone, A recent trip that could have done with a plaster jacket got me thinking. Can you use seawater to mix up your plaster for a field jacket on remote coastal outcrops to save carrying in freshwater? I asked Google, but thought I’d ask everyone here who has many many years collectively of jacketing experience. A few articles I could find say salt speeds up the setting of plaster but salt will also make the plaster disintegrate quickly afterwards. So maybe alright in a pinch for a temporary jacket? Or should I be lugging in freshwater? Often there is a creek nearby, but good to know the options! Thanks.
- 2 replies
-
- coastal
- field equipment
-
(and 3 more)
Tagged with:
-
Hello everyone one, this is my first post on here and I was hoping to try and figure out what this mystery bone is. It was found on the coast of North Carolina near the town of Duck on the ocean side on 12/25/23. This is for sure a modern bone and not a fossil. I am led to believe this piece is from a sea turtle shell, though I am not 100% sure. The piece itself is roughly 13 cm across, a little over a cm thick, and about 8 cm tall in the middle point. The piece appears to connect to other bone structures from just about every side except for the points of the "wings". If you all have any suggestions as to what this could be that would really help! Thank you!
-
The radiating horizontal lines become less conspicuous further from the centre of the structure, so their full width isn't well-defined. But the part that's clear in the photo is about 1.5m across.
- 2 replies
-
- 1
-
- coastal
- cretaceous
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
-
- 1
-
- coastal
- cretaceous
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Hello from Florida, I am a late starter at fossil hunting. I go to Saint Augustine and Palm Coast Beaches weekly collecting shark teeth, fish mouth parts mammal teeth, turtle, tortoise and croc fossils. Completely addicted to hunting and cataloging fossils.
- 11 replies
-
-
- 2 replies
-
- california
- claw
-
(and 2 more)
Tagged with:
-
Good evening! I found this fossil on the Eastern ocean coast of Canada while walking on the beach and I was hoping to find out what it could be. Measures about 3L x 2H x 1W in inches. Time period unknown. Let me know if you need more information! Thank you.
- 7 replies
-
- canada fossils
- coastal
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Found this on a beachside path of sand and scrub grass. Assuming it is mammalian but type I have no idea. It measures 3cmx2cm
-
Solution pipe in limestone Tamala / Coastal Limestone - Pleistocene Age
PerthBloke556 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all, would love your thoughts on what this might be. Found it in Tamala limestone aka Coastal Limestone that dates back to the Pleistocene Age. The circular parts about 1" in diameter. -
Hello, I found this in some fresh rock fall at Turimetta Headland in NSW Australia and was unsure of the identification, any help would be greatly appreciated.
- 5 replies
-
- 1
-
- australian
- coastal
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Hi, this one was found fallen off of the cliffs of Hunstanton, UK It looks to be some kind of fin? I could be wrong though The rock is 5cm long at its longest point and the fossil about 1.5cm shorter Hoping to hear back about it!
-
I found this on the coast near Savannah. I don’t think it is a fossil, I just can’t figure out what part of the animal it comes from. Is this a part of a spine? A tail? It did get a bit crushed in a quick beach exit due to a lightning storm - but it survived vs the shells I had collected… I appreciate any insight.
-
My kids founds this fossil in Capitola, as part of the Purisima formation. Curious if it's something obvious enough for you pros out there?
- 12 replies
-
- california
- capitola
-
(and 4 more)
Tagged with:
-
This was found between glacial and non glacial quaternary sediment. Slightly north of Ocean shores, WA. NOT on the beach, but where the forest meets the beach and erosion is occuring. I brought this to the only fossil shop local to me and all they recommended bringing it to another shop hours away so trying my luck here! You can see the vertebrae which after taking a soft brush to curves around in the shape of a I, the clearly visible vertebrae at top are the largest in with, however the length of each remains the same as the width lessens. There are at least 9 vertebrae I can count. The width starts at .25", there is 1" of vertebrae exposed prior to curving back up, 2" total exposed vertebrae. Curious if where it starts curving are joints? You see in pictures where it curves that specific block looks different from the rest. What is your best ID guess? Thank you so much!!!
-
Hello all, happy to be here! Can anyone see if this is a squid or something?
-
I tried out a new fossil spot and it is loaded with these weird barnacle looking things. My best guess is puffer fish mouth plate? I also found what looks like a fossilized scale. Any ideas what they might be? These were all found about 15 miles inland from the coast by Charleston, SC. I found them sifting gravel in a small stream that cut into the fossil layer.
-
Found twenty years ago on South Texas coast. Thank you so much for your help. Measures approx 2 x 3 inches
-
Could you please help me identify this tooth? It was found today on the beach in South Texas. It’s not in great shape like others I have found in the same area. Also are the markings just normal wear? Measures 2.75 inches long and 1 inch wide. Thank you so much for your help!
-
Hi, i know this may be a long shot, but i found this fossil in the cliffs of Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK It is in a red stone, and was originally in a much larger boulder Any ideas as to what it could belong to would be greatly helpful The rock is about 9cm at its longest point, and the fossil is roughly 7cm as it goes into the rock, and would be longer if not broken.
-
Hello, I'm wondering what these are. All three of them are about a centimetre long and around 5 millimetres wide, they were found on Skegness beach, on the eastern coast of Lincolnshire, UK. They are roughly cylindrical and ribbed, with the cross-section being a kind of star shape. look forward to hearing back
-
Hello, I'm wondering what the fossils in this rock are. there is a large one surrounded by multiple small ones at different angles within the rock, and the fossils look very mushroom-like, although i may be wrong. The whole rock is around 2.3cm on its longest side, the largest fossil is about 1cm in diameter and the rest are all about 0.5cm or less. found in the gravel of a drive in Skegness, Lincolnshire so it may have come from elsewhere. hope to hear back