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Hey there, It‘s my first post in this Forum, so it‘s time to say hello. My name is Philipp, born in Germany/Saxony. I grew up in the Erzgebirge and was surrounded and fascinated by mines and minerals when i grew up. On my current travel through Europe and Morocco the passion for Minerals and Fossils flamed up again. It’s hard for me not to think every moment about where I‘m going fossil/mineral hunting again so i don‘t annoy my girlfriend tooooo much ;) I’m currently in Morocco for a 3 Month trip to search for fossils and minerals. I was reading about the Mosasaur teeth in the Oil Shale Deposits near Bakrit/Timahdite and about some members visiting this area. I was wondering if someone can give me some locations where these teeth can be found. Looking forward to your answers Philipp

Hello, My 18-year-old son and I are visiting my father in northern Georgia (near Cleveland) in a couple of weeks. Are there any good fossil sites in that region that anyone can recommend? My dad is in his 70s, but is still mobile and hikes regularly. My son and I can carry heavy stuff, so the site doesn't need to be super easily accessible. Right now my son is really into trilobites, but I'm honestly up for anything! Many thanks! Kerry

Hello everyone, Does anyone know those places in Oxfordshire where I can hunt/collect fossils legally? I've heard Faringdon is fairly good for fossils. But in which part? And is it a public site for fossils collecting? Thank you very much in advance!

I don't know if this is the right place for this tread, as it's not really a trip, it's more like a few hours of outing. It won't call it hunting either, the fossils are underwater so it's more like fishing. Anyway, this is one of my many trips to this place, it's not very far, and it allows me to take a nature walk on weekends. Do not expect to see anything bigger than a few centimeters, this is the late Ordovician, historically the formation of rocks in the area is due to its immersion, towards the end of the Ordovician geological era, which led to the establishment of marine sediments. Then raised by tectonic forces, the whole region was subjected to a long erosion from the end of the Ordovician to the end of the Tertiary. Subsequently, after being covered with a thick layer of ice during the Quaternary, the St. Lawrence Lowlands were submerged by the Champlain Sea following the collapse of the underlying foundation, therefore , by the weight of glaciers. After dropping clays and sands, the sea has declined, following the recovery of the base, and left the area in its current state. The site is not as gorgeous or rich in fossils as other site we see in this forum, but it is rich in brachiopod, crinoid, bryozoan and gastropod. Here are some pictures to give you an idea of the site, it is a small beach where I do my fossil fishing, in fact at this time of year I tend to call it ice fishing, even if it is close to the rapids and there is no ice formation in the water. This is a good thing because the fossils are not hidden under snow or ice, and it can still be found at this time of year. There was lot's of fossils just underneath the water line, some of them I could take, most of them were large plate that I couldn't detaches, It was difficult to take picture of the fossils under water, because the wave, I had to take picture in between each wave , and when the water was calmer. A large plate full of brachiopod, couldn't get it out, it was still attached rock solid, beside the water was to cold for my pore hands. A couple of bryozoan under water crinoid rings underwater Other nice fossils that I found It was a nice day and ice was calling to be taken in picture, it was omnipresent during all of my hunt for fossils, I will post other picture in nature forum. I think this is a fossil but I really don't know what it is, I might have to post for an ID Request This is the end of my fishing day. See the Nature Photography thread for more picture of that day. LINK The End

Hi guys! So I'm planning to go back to one of the Calvert County beaches to try my luck again- I haven't had any success with finding teeth bigger than about a quarter inch and I'm hoping to find something a little bigger next time. My current technique is to dig up sand from the water and sift through it super carefully- should I switch it up and try something different to find big teeth? If so, does anyone have any recommendations for how to find them? And, final question, which beaches are good for finding larger specimens? I know Purse and Matoaka are good for quantity but I don't know which are best for finding big fossils. I'm still very new to tooth hunting so any help would be appreciated!

Hello Fossil Forum members, this year my family wen t hunting in the Hell Creek Formation and we came back with some interesting finds. We even came back with an Edmontosaurus annectens metacarpal. This bone would have been from the fourth finger ad the first digit of the finger. Along with this very complete metacarpal, we found many more fragmentary bones and lots of petrified wood. Some of the bone fragments show very distinct features like length and one being very porous (suggesting that it might be a raptor bone). This of course is fun news as always to know you have officially hunted for Dinosaur bones, but I need some help. For the next time I visit the Hell Creek Formation, I want to get some tips on how to find fossils from this formation. If you guys and gals could give me some helpful tips on hunting for fossils from this formation out of your experiences or knowledge, I would love that very much. Thank you so much for your time and information and I look forward to your responses. Have a good week and happy hunting my fellow Paleontologists. Best, PaleoZorryn