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When I am about to make a post about finds, I am always conflicted on choosing "Hunting Trips", where I share lots of known fossils or "Fossil ID"... where I really want identification assistance. Usually works out If I put them together. It feels like I have been struggling to get out. With the Holidays , I managed to get out 4 times in December , 5 times in January , and yesterday was my 1st day in February. I used to be able to get out 10 times a month... those are my really happy days... I went yesterday and will go to the Peace river tomorrow.. YES !!! Started slow, but yesterday was a very successful hunt... Here are the ones I think I know. The Highlight of the day are 3 fossils from Hemiauchenia macrocephala. Two carpals in the same sieve and in fantastic shape. This was a favorite location and thus I had hunted frequently. Usually that depletes an area. In my 1st 8 sieves, I had found small shark, ray teeth plus lots of turtle and many broken bones. In the 9th sieve , BOTH of these carpals showed up and I put away any thoughts of moving on. Very rare, This is my 2nd or 3rd of these. A camel_llama lower premolar in great shape, with a little damage on the chewing surface. In the screen with the Llama tooth, a good sized Hemipistis upper tooth In previous threads, I have been discussing half fossilized vines, I found 2 fully fossilized Liana vines. Learn about liana vines, thick, woody vines that grow in the rainforest and compete with other plant forms for light and space. I found a number of Horse teeth, but I really worked on photos and trying to Identify this fragment of a tooth I thought might be cat... it is not. Staring at the broken enamel, I realized that I had Hunter _ Schreger bands... and cats do not have HSBs Found a nice Equus Lower tooth. Horses have one sets of teeth that they chew down over a lifetime. The length would say this was a young adult at death. Not everything is perfect and I do love Tridactyl horse teeth.. Almost there, chipped a little on the right side. Now for a few unknowns...Alligator ??? I did not realize that these "holes" existed any where else than as part of an Alligator osteoderm and thought that's the strangest osteoderm I have ever seen.. Additional pictures... Jaw ?? Please confirm what part of the Alligator this bone comes from.... Here is another find that kept me from filling the sieve... My first thought was Bone, but it was fossilized and heavy like rock, so I started rolling it in my hand to form an opinion. Saw some shiny stuff on 2nd view This 3rd view stopped me. Straight lines in Bones are unusual... It usually implies petrified wood ( go see the vine above) Let me look at the 2nd view more closely.. It looks like layers... maybe tusk... Enhance that a little, layers that get into compacted layers, and I can almost see the Schreger bands going horizontally and then crossing with bands going upwards at a 45 degree angle. Can this be ivory??? You can see the delusions that may happen when my focus should be to fill the sieve and find more fossils... I did find more, but you have seen the good ones.... Enjoy...

Hello, Thanks for the add to the group.I found what I thought, or think could be petrified wood in Lower South Texas close to the border on some property i own. When I researched what it could be, the closest match was Whale or Mastadon bone. I'm not sure what it could be so any help would be great thanks!

These woodbine ammonites are NOT easy to find, but I finally had a lucky murky underwater protrusion grab that proved to be a larger one than I found last time, this one about 3.25” across. I also found some great (for me) chunks of fossilized wood and an entire trunk I’ll have to find some way of retrieving later. The biggest piece of wood is over 9 inches and glistens in the light because of the crystallization, which doesn’t show up well in photos. I found a Macraster echinoid too, which seems out of place, I never find those at the Eagleford/Woodbine border. Is this out of place or do they occur here? I find most of them in Grayson or Fort Worth formations

Recently found this on the beach in South Texas. It looks like wood, but is hard like rock. Could it be petrified/fossilized wood? Thanks.

Dear all, please help me in identifying the specimen in this image.

Good morning. I found this on a beach in South Georgia. It looks like fossilized wood. Am I right? thank you.

Usually, I go with 2 other fossil hunters. One was sick , so just the two today. well, just 2 humans. We have a gator at this location, not unusual on the Peace. I (and most people) tend to over estimate the size of gators, but he/she is big enough to cause concern. I normally take an 8 foot surveyors pole to the river, so that I can stake out my kayak where ever I dig. It has a steel point and could be used for other purposes. On this day, I also chose to strap a 6 inch titanium dive knife to my right leg. Make me feel better, like I'm prepared for eventualities. Today we arrived at 7:30 am in the pouring rain. Rain does not make all that much difference. After all, we are hunting in a river, we get wet even if it does not rain. The forecast accurately predicted it would stop at 10 am. Arrived home late. and do not have time to sort and photo all my finds, but I selected 3 For my fossil Q&A. A Meg... this was my only one close to whole... I like cusps. Also feeding damage , I think, on the tip. It is a little hard to tell, but this meg (root tip to tip and slant length are both 10.5 mm).. had a brown root , green blade with a yellow band on the blade closest to the root. The Peace is a black water river. Q1. What does that tell you about this Meg? Next up ... a 19.5 mm canine. I think it is likely raccoon.. The Peace is a black water river. Q2) Can I tell the difference between a fossilized canine form 20000 years ago , or a modern one that has been in the river for the last year ? A 3rd find that really made me want to ask questions... Mostly because I do not know much about fossilized wood I find in the river. Q3. The Peace is a black water river. Why is this fossil not black. Q4. I think I have found this pattern previously. It might be a Liana vine. @Harry Pristis has a GREAT picture and might know.... What ever it is, I only find small pieces... Is it more likely to be broken pre_fossilization or post_fossilization into these smaller chunks ? Q5 is about the more likely process. Lots of wood falls into the river and stays there. Some of that wood rots but things like ceder and cypress do not. Does a likely process involve a vine falling into the water, settling to the bottom, covered by sand and mud, and having heavily mineralized water seep thru for 10000 years? or something else ? All comments appreciated, Jack

So this must be my 4th time posting a pet wood ID request on the forum. It is an older piece I collected with my son last year. Located in Santiago creek river bed in Orange County, California. The specimen lacks any type of wood cell or grain structure at the point where it was cut, however it strongly resembles wood from the outside. The interior is almost entirely quartz and the edges are translucent and emit a yellow glow when placed against a flashlight. I appreciate any insight.

Location: Found along the Moyie river in northern Idaho. This specimen seems to have some characteristics of petrified wood but is difficult to confirm just by looking at it. It is smooth on one end but rough raised layers along the rest. The colors are teal and brown. I want to check with the community to get another opinion before continuing to attempt identifying the specimen. Thank you.

Looking at some of my fossilized wood and came across this 2 inch piece that was different at the ends compared to the others. Does anyone know the wood type? It has some nice colors to it. Thanks.

Found within creek bed in Orange County, California. Have had this one for some time now. Always thought it looked sort of like petrified wood but is difficult to tell. The answer may be more obvious to someone else. Appreciate any input. Thanks.

An acquaintance of mine found this material in a river bed here in Dane County, Wisconsin. Most of the locality bedrock is Ordovician or Cambrian limestone, sandstone or dolomite. This area is also glaciated, although you don't see a lot of till or erratics right around here. Any suggestions what this might be? It was initially suspected as fossilized wood, although that seems unlikely.

I was recently given the opportunity to hunt at a place in Central Missouri where the owner said they have been finding Petrified Wood for generations. Once I came across it and begin to study it further, I became curious. I have been told by several geologists and a few seasoned rock hounds, that it is petrified Palm, but I have also been told it was absolutely not and was coral. Would love some advice and explanation if possible. I love to learn and want to be better educated on this material. I have attached some rough and some from the same location that has been tumbled. Thank you all in advance!

Can someone help to to identify whether these samples are pertified wood? BTW I got them from beach.

And lastly the large, 13lb section of wood, found not associated with any layers- found in the little blue river of Kansas City last week. very dense for its size. I understand this may not be speciated but pretty none-the-less! And not to stri the pot, but I've read some articles stating that mineralization can happen very fast, and some "petrified wood" could only be a hundred years old or less. I would presume there are so many factors that enter into mineralization of wood that only some techniques and carbon dating could help define age? Thanks for looking! Bone

So this completes the wood pieces I have- a spectacular 25lb "branch"?. Carried it more than a mile from a creek bed. I use it as a doorstop/conversation piece. Also found in Kansas City. comments/observations welcome! Thanks! Bone

Found a couple pretty large pieces today on my property just outside Wister OK. The area is Pennsylvanian and I have found a lot of very nice calamites sp. and other plant related items but am struggling with deciding if these 2 pcs are fossils or cool looking geological, either way I will happily add them to either a collection of rock garden, depending on the outcome. Any help would be appreciated. I didn’t have a tape available so the chapstick tube is the best size reference I have for now.

Found in smyth co virgrinia

I bought this silver bracelet and I would really appreciate an opinion as to whether the stone could be Arizona petrified wood. I assumed it was maybe picture agate, but a couple people thought maybe it was petrified wood. The bracelet is unsigned and is very heavy gauge silver.Thanks for your help.

Hi everyone! I am new here and found what I think looks like wood but it is rock solid. I found it this weekend while looking for shark teeth near the beaches in Venice, Florida. I am wondering if it is petrified wood and if anyone has an opinion as to what it might have come from...posting front and back photos of it. Thank you for any information! I am so excited to have found it even if it is nothing :-) Jodi

A nicely detailed piece of fossiled wood (branch) found from the Carstone formation (Albian stage, Early Cretaceous) which uncomformably overlies the Kimmeridge Clay. Not really sure if this has derived from the Kimmeridge Clay itself, but would be interested to know.

Hello everyone! Today we found a few more fossils on grandfather's attic we did not recognize. #1: ??? Somesort of fossilized seed maybe? It is rock hard, and turned to stone. (This fossil is smaller than a walnut, but larger than a hazel nut.) ID'd as dermal denticle from a skate by AlDente. #2: Looks and feels like fossilized wood, but it's quite unique. We haven't found a second one like this on the attic. ID'd as Selenite by Ynot. #3: These were found amidst bivalves: #4: Plates with patterns which reminded us of dendrites. Is this somesort of pseudo-fossil? ID'd Stromatolites by Rockwood. Thanks in advance!

This looks very much like fossilized wood with quartz, just looking for a yes or a throw it back. I'm sure it came from a Texas quarry, but I have no idea where in Texas.

When I initially spotted this I thought it was a piece of fossilized wood. After looking closer I considered it might be a bone fragment. It's appears grainy and fibrous on one side and relatively smooth on the other. Or it could be just a chunk of rock.

Hello again! Please find below some pictures of fossils/rocks that my parents have recently given to me (they were happy to get rid of this "junk" and they figured that I might be able to get some answers regarding their identity here on TFF). Item #1: My mom acquired this piece when she was visiting family in Italy, specifically my dad's hometown of Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Veneto. She thinks it might be a piece of fossilized wood - what do you think? Item #2: I believe my dad found this rock, but I have no idea where - maybe on one of his walks around town in the Greater Toronto Area here in Ontario, Canada? I know it's not a fossil, but can anyone tell me what type of rock/crystal it is? My daughter Viola is interested in keeping it because it is quite pretty... Item #3: I think my dad picked up this rock as well, probably locally, too, just like the piece above. I'm certain it's just a rock, and not a very pretty one, but I want my identification to be confirmed before I get rid of it. Thanks a bunch! Monica