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While hunting for fossils on the bank of the Grand River east of Tulsa, I found a large piece is limestone. Other than the limestone, I had no particular interest in the rock, but I thought the limestone rock would be a nice medium to practice prepping. However, once I began scratching a little here and there, I began finding fossils. Both sides and the edges of the sides are very fossil rich. Using dental picks and q tips, I began removing the matrix. On all surface areas, I began exposing various fossils, many that I’m unfamiliar with but I do recognize as fossils. Here’s the thing, some are tan, hard fossils, some are gray like shale, some are crystal like or crystal, and today I found one that feels like latex. Is this common? One rock with various, for lack of the scientific discourse, textures? I think there may even be a metal thing in there. I wanted to send pictures using the microscopic camera but I cannot get the thing to work. My granddaughter has been trying to teach me but you know I am far from a digital native and remember having trouble with those little instamatic cameras. The latex feeling fossils aren’t toxic are they? I’m sure this is common knowledge in your fields but for me it’s very new and complicated. Google doesn’t help either. Thank you all in advance for offering some explanations, and I really appreciate the time you folks take to teach us folks without science backgrounds the basics and often complicated knowledge of your discipline. I’ve attached an image I took with my phone before I began prepping.

Fossils were a shared interest between my father and I.... after he passed last year I have longed for his enthusiasm and knowledge of paleontology and fossils... While living in Alaska I found several however most in my collection are purchased due to their beauty... I look forward to reading posts and viewing members collections...

I just wanted to say thank you and Happy Holidays so to all of y'all. You've made my life a little bit richer all around. I hope the New Year brings us all many wonderful things...including new fossils! Sincerely, Jamie Lynn Crinoids are from Texas Cretaceous, Texas Pennsylvanian, New York Devonian and English Jurassic.

Hi! I came across a large section of these types of fossils on a mountain in Las Vegas but cannot figure out what they are...anyone seen these before? There is some coral in the area as well as sponge

Hello! Help please with identification. I thisnk that this tooth from Squaliformes, but I dont know which genus. Size: 5 mm. Age: Cretaceous-Paleogene. Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!

Hello! Help please to identify it. Size ~ 2mm. Age - Cretaceous-Neogene. Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!

Saw this on Facebook. Looks like the shows have been moved to april. George Winters posting Hello Dealers: This email is being sent to all dealers of all Tucson Gem Show venues (listed below) that are proceeding with their 2021 events. Myself and all of the other show promoters wanted everyone of you to receive this announcement first, and at the same time, so that everyone has the same correct information. Even though most shows have received their event waivers, it is the case that America’s / Arizona’s increasing infection and hospitalization rates now make the original dates untenable. For that reason, we anticipate that Pima County will rescind all the waivers in the coming days. Therefore, we have decided together to POSTPONE THE TUCSON GEM SHOWCASE BY EXACTLY 10 WEEKS. Any later and the outdoor temperatures would be too high for the tent shows. Any sooner would have straddled Easter (April 4). We considered the following in reaching this difficult decision. · It will require several months to administer 100 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as well as tens of millions more doses by the soon-to-be-approved second vaccine by Moderna. · Meanwhile, other countries are immunizing their citizens as well. · In addition, experts anticipate that this third wave will subside with the warming spring temperatures. Therefore, we expect April to have a much lower infection rate and as a result, travel restrictions may well be eased and life will start returning to normal. As we stated, you are the first to receive this announcement. Please share this information widely and let your customers know. Many who planned to stay away in late January may now choose to come in mid-April. We look forward to hosting you then! Kind regards, Your Show Promoter CONFIRMED NEW SHOW DATES: 1801 Oracle — Mineral Village Show (April 7 – 25, 2021) 22nd Street Show (April 8 – 25, 2021) African Art Village (April 8 - 26, 2021) Arizona Independent Warehouse Show (exact April dates TBD) The Big Gem Show (April 10 – 24, 2021) Fine Minerals International (exact April dates TBD) G&LW Tucson Gem Show / Gem Mall (April 10 – 18, 2021) G&LW Tucson Gem Show / Holidome (April 10 – 18, 2021) GIGM Red Lion Gem & Mineral Show (April 9 – 24, 2021) GIGM Motel 6 Gem & Mineral Show (April 9 – 24, 2021) GIGM Quality Inn Gem & Mineral Show (April 9 – 24, 2021) JG&M Expo at Michigan Street (April 8 – 25, 2021) JG&M Expo at Simpson Street (April 8 – 25, 2021) JOGS Tucson Gem & Jewelry Show (exact April dates TBD) Kino Gem & Mineral Show (April 8 – TBD, 2021) Main Avenue Fossil & Mineral Show (April 8 – 25, 2021) Miners Co-op Rock Show (exact April dates TBD) Mineral City Show (April 9 – 24, 2021) Mineral & Fossil Marketplace (exact April dates TBD) Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show (April 8 – 25, 2021) Top Gem 1820 Oracle Show (exact April dates TBD) Tucson Showplace (April 9 – 24, 2021) PENDING DECISION Blue Moon Mineral Show Colors of the Stone Executive Inn Mineral & Fossil Show Fossil & Mineral Alley Grant Gem & Jewelry Show Just Minerals Event Kent’s Jewelry, Lapidary, Tool & Supply Show Madagascar Minerals Gem Show Mineral & Fossil Co-op Mineral Habit Rapa Raining Rocks on Main River Gem & Mineral Show Silk Road Gem & Jewelry Show Silver Street Shows (April 9 – 24, 2021) To Bead True Blue Tucson Artisan Workshops

I have about two buckets of fossils that I collected from yard in the past month. Here is a picture of some items I cleaned up today. Any assistance is appreciated. One that I want to get to this weekend. Gotta wait and have my son help me move it.

Hi my name is Vince, I live in San Antonio and have lot of items that I need help identifying. I still have a lot more that hasn’t come up yet. Any kind of guidance would be great at this point.

Hello fellow members, I live in the Canberra area (Australia), I am 28 years old and have been collecting fossils since I was 9. My first fossil was a shell in a quarry around Newcastle and since then I have expanded. Just recently I bought a Paramylodon vert and a Rugops tooth. I have plenty more fossils in my collection (too much to describe here). My favorite dinosaurs are Deinocheirus and Pachycephalosaurus. I have always liked prehistory since I was a child and I don't see this hobby of mine dying anytime soon.

Hello all! I'm new to the game but thoroughly enjoying myself. So that said I could really use some help with identifying some (most) of the many "potential" fossils I"ve found. These were all found on river banks in North Central Iowa. I will list them by number and add more as I go. 1. <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/15p9GKDhZK1mBZUiksjErnlhwQAb6E70b/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l23A-DrcGvbaRKthIkT79gS6ZFM_RYa2/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_XCaTR1krkVm5kqIneEJbWIVkC42ZSeX/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vlzuPnWx00U-8YFvBPZGSejUB04UiamW/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-L9oUVtqtT2zvmtMUaTWhOKy9Pta7Uq_/view?usp=sharing</img> 2. <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJ_12ykiikggUVEkhkGNLJ3HEuKVsXxW/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rTveHiWYyfSayBgPJWuGUmTIAZg3aVoq/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/18oZBkLB8iAb-UcNc5IujAsG4_JBzAW1U/view?usp=sharing</img> 3. <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MW0QU5m5gNbqejkccsvZnM86TDsUGGkU/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v4QdfVqkB-PZZ8lY09bxk9s7vkaVSQnG/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r8VXLoRoj2v4nI4zrFjzUywKdyXYM0ZY/view?usp=sharing</img> 4. <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e6jg3sjwWYMmaMm1_awHGxF6iY4Vm6r3/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jo4652WCcRQG2RANifB3gOxO1hrnEiEb/view?usp=sharing</img> 5. <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZuNK9FClmPYMdPGrAZJhqurC4Kytiyz7/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/17JLcsLsG-FbZJd9QDB44moYfNBzmRbEm/view?usp=sharing</img> <img>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tjjYs0SfzyYHRFe9C83ti9cL-Htj63BV/view?usp=sharing</img>

Hi guys! Just found this big tooth in Ramanessin Creek in Holmdel, NJ earlier today. It's about 2" long and in excellent condition. Probably the largest tooth I've ever found. I know that it's either a croc, mosasaur or plesiosaur, but I'm not sure which. Any help with the ID would be greatly appreciated! Sorry for the poor pics, I'm still out collecting and my curiosity couldn't wait!

My husband still has 7 years left in the Air Force (3 more years here in Wyoming and then 4 years at our next base). Then he’ll retire, we can move anywhere, and I can finally be done moving! I’ve gone through 7 major moves in my life so far, 2 of them to other countries. I’m beat and just want to settle down for a while. So my question is: if you could live anywhere in the US based off of fossil hunting interests and access, where would you live and why? England really spoiled me with how easy fossil hunting was, and I would love to find a place with such access and diversity. I’m mainly interested in vertebrate fossils, so bonus points if your location has easy access to those (no points are actually being awarded ).

Hello All, Thank you for your time. I've recently settled into my retirement "fun" job which has me visiting residential construction sites right after the initial grading and excavation phases. I have seen some interesting things in the grading discard piles now that I'm paying attention. Disheartening to think of how much history is destroyed each day.. I did some research and I am now hooked on a quest to find something really memorable. Moreover, my wife is skeptical that anything I have found is more than just a rock. I have shown her a few clams that have pearls in them and other shellfish that are complete enough to readily identify but nothing seems to sway her. Here are some of the many interesting finds I've come across. Some of the fossils I've identified, but the rocks, which are all oddly found in the same limited amounts in the same areas a fossil is found topsoil, have my imagination running wild. So needless to say it's been a lot of fun to think about. I decided to walk our property after a recent rain and look for anything standing out. I picked up a large piece of what I thought was sandstone and soon realized I was holding a piece to a very large oyster/clam. I found 5 pieces in all that by my estimation at one time all went together to make a clam about 3 to 4 feet in diameter. The largest chunk still has a "pearl" in it and I removed a wadded up ball of hair for safekeeping after all the insides came out. Cool finds indeed, got lucky is all and even then I read where Texas is abundant in these types of fossils. Does the size of the clam / the wad of hair and the pearl(s) etc make it worth telling someone about?

Nothing too spectacular here, but am getting better using the new air scribes and media blaster. Having the stereoscope on a swing arm reall helps! these are all common or low quality fossils I collected or kept around just for practice.

Hiya! I got some New York Devonian matrix (Penn Dixie) and would appreciate some help (or confirmation!) with the ID's of a few thingies. Thanks!! 1. Is this a fish tooth perhaps? Size 1/8 inch 2.Is this a Trilobite cephalon? Size 1/8 inch 3. I thought this was a coral, but saw on the Penn Dixie site something that looked like it but it said it was a Fish Plate? Size 1/4 inch 4. Not sure what this is....probably part of a crinoid? Size 1/8 inch 5. Not sure at all. Flat plate Size 1/8 inch 6. Coral Trachypora perhaps? or is it Bryozoan? Size 1/8 inch Thanks for any info!!

I went camping over in West Texas in Kickapoo Caverns state park this past weekend. While I was hiking around I noticed dozens of these formation that were jutting out of the limestone boulders and bedrock. Not sure what they are but they seem to be shaped like small trees or medium thick branches. Anyone know what they are?

Wow, for those of us in the USA the Thanksgiving holiday has passed and Christmas is fast approaching! The change of seasons here in Maryland means shorter days, colder temperatures and the change over to waders and drysuits. This time of year also brings clearer water, lower tides and fewer collectors and many feel it's the best time of the year for fossil collecting. The beginning of month is also time to announce the winner our Member of the Month. By unanimous staff decision this month's winner and bearer of the crown is: sharkdoctor A member since October 2012 sharkdoctor has turned his attention to the TFF and has added great content and insights including his extensive knowledge of coprolites. His posts are diverse and include great pictures of his many fossil finds from land and scuba locations. When not online with us here sharkdoctor is in fact a doctor who is contributing greatly in the field of public health. As a founding member of Paleoquest and Sharkfinder, he's traveled the country bringing his fossil knowledge to students of all ages. His unique abilities in charting underwater stratigraphy have been used by several universities with ongoing paleo projects. Currently a specialist at the Calvert Marine Museum, he oversees the Paleo Recovery Team at both land and underwater fossil sites. His fossil donation list is staggering; 1000's of significant items have been given to universities and museums including the Smithsonian Institution and Calvert Marine Museum. His guidance and nurturing of young upcoming collectors and students is exemplary and he always shares his fossils to inspire their interest! Congratulations, sharkdoctor! We thank you for your contributions to the Forum. The staff is happy that you are here, and bring us such great variety of knowledge that you have acquired on your fossil journey, as well as some great fossil finds! We wish you many more collecting trips and hope you continue to share with us, and embody the Forum spirit as you have been. @sharkdoctor would you care to say a few words, and tell us about your path to fossils and the Fossil Forum?

Are there any fossil locations in serbia? I might pass sandzak when im in serbia. And would like to know if theres any fossils u can find. I did find some locations but not near sandzak.

Hello folks! I am excited to join the conversations on this forum. I am hoping to learn, meet people, and be inspired. I am currently in graduate school at Virginia Tech, studying in a field very unrelated to paleontology or the likes. However, I grew up in South Carolina finding sharks teeth on the beaches and was lucky enough to go on a couple quarry digs with my dad when I was in middle school. I was too young to appreciate it back then, but I have recently had a rekindled interest in searching for teeth and fossils. Looking forward to beginning my search for sites and just getting outside. I frequently return to SC to visit family and plan to tie some scouting trips in with that in the near future. Cheers!

Hello my name is Alex and I just found this site. I have always been interested in fossils of marine reptiles as well as dinosaurs and hope to build a small collection of both. thank you

A former student once told me that he hunted for fossils on the Grand River in Ok. He graduated, went to law school, and all I could remember was Grand River and fossils. My son and I were due to take my grandchildren to Coffeyville, KS to meet their mother for her holiday visitation and I thought of the Grand River. I asked and my fellow forum members listened and Grandpa pointed me in the right direction and he was right about the fossil rich area. A big thanks Grandpa! We left early so we could stop and do a little dirt kicking, but it had started raining and I am on strict orders to stay away from crowds, unmasked people, and cold, wet weather. The good news is yesterday, we left early to meet my ex-daughter-in-law again in Coffeyville, KS. The weather was nice, so we stopped at the Grand River to kick up a little dirt, which was really mud, black mud and we hit pay dirt. Walking from the truck to the river, I found an almost perfect trilobite and it only got better. I have fossils that I am going to be doing research on for a while, well after I cleanthe black dirt off. I have hunted in red clay for so long that I thought the river bank was oozing oil. Okay, I never said I was a geologists. As soon as I do a little cleaning, I’ll post pictures. Now here’s another question. We arrived in Coffeyville an hour or so early and drove around. The Verdigris River has an outcropping of shale in one place that I think may be housing fossils but we could not find a road to the river where we could access the river bank. Anyone from Kansas have an idea of river access near Coffeyville?

Hiya everyone does anyone know of anywhere I can find fossils in Merseyside England I’ve googled and can’t find anything thanks in advance

Theres no way I'm the only one, but I think a fossil display with models incorporated take display and immersion to the next level. The creature alongside the evidence it left behind, makes such museum like feel in appearance and enhances the appreciation and wonder. Heres a thread to post any fossils you have on display alongside a model, statue, or toy. Here is a display from my collection of one of my favorite prehistoric creatures postosuchus alongside a giant 10inch+ chirotherium pos/neg footprint.

Hello, please excuse my lack of knowledge in this area. This is the first time we’ve ever hunted for fossils and while we have collected a lot of lovely ones we can identify, these we’re not sure of. they were found at charmouth and seatown in the U.K. we’ve started trying to use an engraver on the stone, we’re guessing ammonite?