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Took a trip to the dredge piles at the C&D Canal earlier this week. Spent about 45 minutes there, sweating in the sun! Worth going back for another, longer visit. I understand they are now dredging in different areas, covering over the fossiliferous piles. There still appears to be quite a few fossils, however I'm sure as the project continues access will lessen. I went to the first pull off, east side of Reedy Point Bridge on the northern side of the canal. This was my second visit here (last time was a short 15min visit to scope it out). I believe there are 3 other sites with dredge piles, which I've yet to check out. I had a shovel and sifter, but mostly did some surface hunting. Belemnites, Pycnodonte and Exogyra were abundant. Highlight was a complete Brachiopod (Terebratulina Cooperi). Thanks for looking! Some photos of the site, and a few fossils I found sitting on the surface. Sunscreen and water is a must for a couple hour excursion. Pycnodonte mutabilis Belemnite Beleminite and Lima Reticulata (?)

Hi All, Had some time off from work this past Friday, and decided to take a drive out to Big Brook to do some hunting. Had a pretty successful outing, finding some of the biggest shark teeth (Goblin) I've found in my handful of visits to the Brook. Would have been very happy to leave with just those few pieces. The best find of the day was a piece of a Mastodon tooth. I'm still learning, and at first didn't realize what I had, thinking it may be part of a turtle scute (still new to all of this). Thanks to a couple members of the "Fossils and Native American Artifacts (NJ and surrounding areas)" Facebook group, they were able to pin an ID. Compared it to some photos of other examples and it definitley looks like Mastodon. Totally blown away by this find!! Had a few other nice pieces photgraphed below. Last piece of the day was what appears to be a rib bone. Could very well be modern White Tail Deer, as the brook is rich an iron, and can stain the bone pretty quickly. I found the Goblin Shark teeth in the same deposit, but also found a partial of a more modern deer jaw. Jaw was partially white and brown (didn't save as I could tell it was modern). In any case, not sure if it's anything but a modern deer rib. Feedback good or bad is appreciated. Thanks! Calm day @ the Brook. Couple sifts in, and pulled this tooth. Good start!