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I found this in an air pocket in a limestone slab. Had to chip and cut to attain. Anyone else come across similar finds? If you look at it humorusly it looks like a fish sticking its tongue out and sticking one fin in the air. Anyway thought it was worth posting.

So i was just putting up my parents outdoor Christmas lights and this caught my eye. It was among a mixture of stones and pebbles that were bought in bulk, so i have no idea where they are from. I'm guessing it's coral or crinoids? We're from england if that helps but they could really have been from anywhere.

Where is a good place that is open to the public and allows digging to find fossils in Southwestern Maine or Southeastern New Hampshire

Any help in identifying would be appreciated! I found this today while sifting through rocks to line my garden.

Hi, my brother sent me this stone that he found on a beach in sicily (taormina) can this be a fossil coral? or its just volcanic stone?

Hi, my sister in law found this on her property laying on the surface---some kind of Marine Fossil not sure. Looks like shark teeth or the bottom of a crustacean. Appreciate any help Thanks

I was raking leaves in the backyard, and in the water of a tiny stream in the wooded/swamp area i found what appears to be a large, petrified bone of some kind. Who can tell me what it is? Its hard and brittle like rock and ive found native american artifacts in the same area. Found in Channahon, Illinois.

I got a find and prep your own fish from the DPS. How do you find it and then prep it?

Gainesville meg, over 4".

I just moved to the Portland area and I'm trying to find somewhere to look for fossils nearby. When I say nearby I wouldn't mind driving an hour or so. I just want to find something close enough that I can drive there and spend most of the day looking and then head home. I'm not looking for any specific kind of fossils. And I don't mind looking on the Oregon side or the Washington side. I went to a creek a few days because I found a list that said I might be able to find petrified wood. When I arrived it didn't look like a place where I would find anything and sure enough I left empty handed. So if anyone knows of any places that would be wonderful. I haven't made to any of the beaches out here either so if anyone knows the best beach to find fossils that would be nice also. Thanks.

A Quick Trip to Deer Lake Nan and I spent half a day at Deer Lake which is still beautifully exposed by the highway construction with lots of rock facings, rubble piles and exposed walls, also large rocks and boulders. There is a lot of iron content in the shale below the "Tully limestone" strata which is near the top and just below the limestone there are Dipleura trilobites although we have found mostly body parts and segments. I also noticed that a lot of the assemblages include shells and other creatures were already dead when they were fossilized. Many of the shells in large assemblages are different types of brachiopods/pelecypods with holes in the shells suggesting they died and accumulated like shells do today at ocean shorelines, then were fossilized. Some clusters where all or most of the species are the same with no deterioration or predation suggest that they died together at the same time. Students and fossil hounds have been scouring this area but there is a lot more to find and more being revealed as the construction continues. Nan and I have had pretty good luck this year with construction sites - most notably of course the Wattieza tree stumps we discovered. We do have some questions about some of our Deer Lake finds - comments welcome: 1. Trilobites We only found 2 trilobites this trip - this one is curled under at the bottom which is shown in these views: 2. Crinoids These are some interesting crinoids: 3. Pleurodictyum Coral Patterns - (Not Clam Mold Patterns) I thought these strange patterns were in the mold of a clam - there are tons of clam fossils at Deer Lake, some fairly large. These patterns were in a mold but apparently this is from a coral. 4. Spaghetti Shaped Fossils And finally - here are some "spaghetti strands" Nan was wondering about - not sure what these are: We found a LOT more fossils, including some assemblages that will make some nice displays. We were looking for larger pieces for display and found one large shell covered rock that is almost 2 feet long.