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Hello! I’m hoping you all can help me ID this scapula; it should be fairly easy for you all. I was creek hunting for native artifacts in northwestern Illinois, and I almost stepped on the end of this scapula, trying to stay on the edge of the bank. I found it buried deep inside the eroded hillside wall, so I know it wasn’t brought there via creek from another location. Only the “socket” was sticking out. It was 10-12 feet below the surface. I was hoping it was bison, but guessing it’s equine. The end could not be located. Once pulled from the bank and it dried out, it became extremely brittle and fragile. I’m thinking it might’ve been used as a hoe and the end broke off in use. Also, is there any way of dating such a thing—ie ideas on if or where I could go or whom I could talk to about it? Thanks so much for your information and insight!
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Hello, I was recently searching for arrow heads in my creek that goes through my residence in Medina county Ohio. While searching I found a small multi colored brown, black, and red rock with many holes and patterns. I picked it up and on further inspection I found the rock was actually covered in hundreds of fossils! The rock has multiple holes as well. If anyone has an idea of what this would be called or identified as much appreciated!
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I found this yesterday in a local creek, my first thought was capybara, any help? Thanks!
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Found these in a creek in south east Alabama over a year ago, I was looking at them and noticed these look a bit different from the normal sand tiger teeth, any ideas? Thanks!(sorry I see the pictures don't look great, I'm in a bit of a rush)
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Found in Moab, Utah in a creek or stream. It's hard to get pictures showing the true shape but this can't be just another rock.
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I found this in a creek in the Ozarks in MO. Anyone know what it is? It’s about the size of the palm of my hand.
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My son found this in the creek near our home. Any idea what it is?
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I suspect this is a stromatolite (and not a stromatoporoid) after reading up on both, but seeing as I’ve never found either before, I wanted to put this past the experts. I do see some structures that could possibly be “pillars” but I’m just not convinced that’s what I’m looking at. Any opinions shared are very greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Hello, everyone! I went hunting along the North Sulphur River yesterday (before today’s nasty weather), and I found some fossils and what I am almost positive is an artifact. Could someone please help with IDs, if possible? Pictures #1 and #2 are of the same bone; I found the circular striations in the 2nd picture particularly intriguing. #7 (the artifact) is broken at the base and is fairly thick at the point where it is broken.
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I found this item in a creek in central Texas. The creek is known for artifacts and cretaceous (austin chalk, ozan) material in the gravel bars. I don't hunt this creek much so I'm not too familiar with the finds it produces. I found this item on a gravel bar after heavy rains. I picked up this item because it has an unusual shape. I was hoping it was a tusk or horn piece but it was giving me petrified wood vibes. I've never found any tusk, horn, or petrified wood so I was open to the possibility that the item is just a suggestive piece of rock. Naturally I wrote it off as a rock and I decide to take a slice out of it with a small rock saw. I then wet sanded the slice with fine grain sandpaper. The material is very tacky, sort of sticky. I licked it and it really stuck to my tongue (ouch). The material also absorbs water very quickly. It's heavy, dense, and sounds like porcelain/ceramic tile when set down. It's not fragile. I took several picture using my phone and a small digital microscope. Any idea what this could be? Thanks in advance!
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I found this in a creek off the peace river outside fort Meade. Would love some input from professionals because this was our(my wife and I ) very first fossil hunt inspired by Cris! IMG_2809.MOV
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Better late than never right?! I'm finally getting around to sharing my finds from a recent trip up the east coast for work, with a few pitstops along the way! The first two images were from an all day hunt in a creek in Summerville, with Folly Beach Fossils! The third image are my spoils from a solo half a day in GMR... Right by elm street park, because the water was way too high to go further down stream from there, and I didn't have much time! What a great time finding a couple of new species and making a few more friends along the way! I cannot wait to get back up there and hunt again!!!
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Clueless, but trying to help my kids figure out what were found.
AmatuerRocker19 posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
My kids and I went exploring in the woods and they wanted to dig holes. We found some rocks that looked interesting and we would love to learn about them. Although I do not believe either of these subjects are related to what we found, just in case I will add that some of the civil war was fought here and there was also an Indian school. They were found in clay by a creek.
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Please help me identify this fossil for my daughter.
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I took a fossil finding guided tour last month and now I'm pretty much hooked! If someone could please help with identifying these. Found them a couple days ago sifting in a creek in central NJ.
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Hi friends! My friend found this while digging in a creek in Polk county, central Florida. Our best guess is horse of some kind? Sorry there is no ruler included in the pictures, but for reference, the white bucket in the picture is a standard 5 gallon plastic bucket. He thinks it's a lower jaw piece but I'm thinking it's upper. The pointy forked protrusion has me especially curious, as I have not seen that in the pictures I've been finding. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts and guidance Thanks!
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It is always fun for me to read the fossil hunting trip stories . . . ~ So, I’m goin’ through the after fossil hunt pictures. I’m takin’ a long look at a fossil in this one picture. I figure it’s not a fossil, but next to it may be a real one. I thought . . . no way. I’d found a similar fossil on an earlier hunt, so I compared it to the fossil in the photo – dead match. What luck. I told self, “I’m goin’ back in and I’m gonna find it.” I rested a day, geared up the next, dropped back in day three. I had an idea where it was. Searched all over, couldn’t find it. Mowed the grass, still no luck. Out of dead silence, I hear a raptor chirpin’, I look up and see it flappin’ its wings, bouncin’ up and down and carryin’ on (I can still see it in my mind). I didn’t think anything of it. I looked down and there it was, the fossil. I didn’t know it then, but that would become a pattern. Raptor chirp, fossil. Not all the time, but enuf times to think, this is kinda spooky. I looked up and thanked the raptor for its chirp. Same creek (I’ve named the creek Spooky Creek). I’d found a fossil or two on this day, so I was headed back with a quick pace. It was oh, so . . . quiet. Then, a raptor chirps. I took another step or so, then stopped dead in my tracks. I took a step back, look down and see a partially covered fossil. I uncovered it and there it was, a vertebrae. Nice one. Rare. I’d walked right past it. I thanked the raptor for its chirp. So, I’m huntin’ a near-by creek. Biota in this creek is different. It was loaded with fossil oysters, some seven, eight, nine inches across; a ton of em’. No way was I gonna be humpin’ a backpack full all the way back to the truck. I told self, “let someone else have em’.” Self agreed. I go most of the way down the creek, turn around and head back. Dead, thick silence all day long; not a sound. Then, a raptor chirps. I was onto it by now. I knew the sound when I heard it. I stop, look down and see a nice little fossil. I thanked the raptor for its chirp. I’m still workin’ on my fossil inventory. Over 70 fossils. What luck. I must give credit where credit is due. Thank you, thank you, silence. And the Raptors. I'm goin' back in. I don't expect to find anything.
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Been at it for about a year now and I try to hit the creeks at least twice/month if I can help it. The "loose" pics are either newer finds that haven't made their way into the display yet, or finds that have their own display. Most of these were rescued from the Gainesville area. Some are from the Peace River & Joshua Creek, as well as Manasota, Caspersen, Venice & Fort Clinch beaches. I was also lucky enough to discover a previously unknown spot VERY close to home, while scouting one day! Dr. Hulbert (w/ UF) confirmed it is a new spot, but was reluctant to check it out as none of my initial finds were extinct species... I have since found horse teeth at that location and can't wait for water levels to go back down!!! Hoping to add a few new species to my collection on my upcoming trip to GMR & one of the Summerville creeks (not sure which one yet but would love to find my first Angi & GW)... the GW in my pics was actually found by my Grandfather in Panama in the 70s! Thanks for looking : )
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I found these in Washington County Maryland (live in Central PA) while staying at an Airbnb. They were lying in and around a small creek. I've never seen anything like these before. I kept thinking they were peices of wood but was surprised to find them to be rocks when I picked them up. I also found this large peice of quartz? I have no idea so what do you all think?
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Over the weekend, me and my friend went to a creek in North Florida and found the Fossils below (main picture to fire wolf) the next day I went by myself to a land site near me and found most of the small teeth and the megalodon. This was our first time at this creek, and it was a huge success, with the most Miocene age fossils of any creek I have been to. We got camel, round- tailed muskrat ( thank you to those who helped identify that) horse, gator, and best of all, my first dire wolf tooth.
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North Sulfur River 9/12 - Tylosaur Jr. andthe Kingdom ofthe Wild Hogs
Metafossical posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
My last fossil hunt was May 23, so it had been a while. I was hopeful that with all the time, some fossils might show, but I never think I’m gonna find em’. Monday (9/12) was shapin’ up to be a perfect day. High temp of 84 degrees, dew point and relative humidity in the 40s with a slight southern breeze . . . nice. River height less than one foot. If the weather held, I was goin in. Fossil huntin’ isn’t “fun” for me. It’s a mission. It’s remote. It’s a long hike in and a long hike out. I train for it. I hike several days a week. The training is mission critical and gives me confidence I can cover the ground with a heavy pack. Safety is my main concern, I wanna get in and out of there in one piece. The weather is holding, so I’m goin’ in. I gear up, fuel up, leave the next morning at dark-thirty and arrive at Checkpoint Charlie at sunrise. I shake down the gear, take a compass bearing and set out for the ridge line. This ain’t no game. I’m ready for it. It had been a while and the biota was overgrown, waist high grass, deep thicket. I had flagged the way in on a previous mission, so when I got through the initial thicket and saw the tape, I was in business. The flagging sped up the hike. Before long, I was at the creek bank. I had traversed this drop-in many times, but I take nothing for granted; every step is an important one. I touched down on the creek bed. I paused and looked around. Dropped all the gear. Took a long swaggle of water. I tightened the belt, righted the gear, geared back up and set forth down the creek. It was good to be back with the silence and the raptors. I thought, after all this time, no one has found “Spooky Creek.” I figure they’ll find it soon enough. The creek bed was covered with dirt, in some places dry caked mud. It was dry for the most part, making it easier to cover the ground. Along with the dirt and mud, early fall leaves sparsely covered the bed making it tricky to see any fossils. I thought, this ain’t gonna be easy. I see wild hog tracks everywhere. I could see where they were wallowing in the mud. Spooky Creek had become their playground. I’d crossed paths with these beasts on a few occasions, they represent a chief safety concern. I see an old creek bank slump, another major safety concern. I found it disconcerting to see the hog tracks and the slump side by side. I kept on. The further I went the deeper the dirt. I thought about it . . . and reasoned there had been just enough rain to deposit, but not enuf rain to wash the sediment away. It never crossed my mind. I kept on. The fossils were scarce. I passed fossil wood, fossil oysters and I collected a nice little ammonite frag and a large baculite. I knew I was in a fossil rich environment, I knew they were there, but they were covered by sediment and cloaked by the leaves of early fall. I kept on. I found a fossil I thought might be a Tylosaur humeri – wasn’t for sure. I don’t remember picking it up. I do remember taking a look at it, saw it had a familiar morphology and I remember tucking it away deep in the pouch. I got to the end of the creek and sat down in the shade to eat lunch. It was good to be back with the silence. I considered my options. I figured I’ll come back after a couple good rains, no doubt I’ll have better luck. I, told self . . . “you’ve had a good run here, you’ve found a lot of fossils and you’ve learned what it sought to teach you. The hogs, they own that creek now, that’s their kingdom; it ain’t safe . . . time to let this fossil huntin’ thing go and find a new adventure.” The next day, while hosin’ off the gear, I saw a fossil tucked away in the pouch. I’d forgotten all about it. I dug it out. When I got back to the desk, I looked at it under magnification; indeed a fossil. I compared it to the first Tylosaur humeri; indeed a Tylosaur humeri. I thought what luck . . . again. It was slightly smaller and not as robust as the first humeri with a different color and density. I call it Tylosaur Junior. Attached are some pics.
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Hello all, I spent the morning in one of our local creeks here in north Texas and pulled a partial ammonite fragment, a bivalve imprint and some sort of clam… With that said, I was wondering if anyone could help identify the clam species (last three photos) Cheers!
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Hello! I recently went to Mazon creek and was in the process of thawing my concretions when I saw this, and was wondering if y’all could help me ID it. I’m thinking maybe a shrimp, but am not very familiar with the fauna (or flora for that matter) of the area. Thank you!
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The receding flood water left lots of interesting things in my go to creek, it is in cretaceous Eagle Ford but I find a little bit of everything in it from recent to Permian to Paleo and imported rocks. This one is unlike anything I've found here so not sure what to make of it, at first I thought man made because of flat side but obviously not, kinda looks like sponge but just don't know.
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