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Hello! I'm from orlando about 20 minutes from wekiwa springs. As I go further into my freediving passion along with observing fauna, I have become super interested in searching for fossils. I am in no way asking for exact locations (as I dont usually give out locations to hidden springs) but I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me advice on what to look for? Where should I be looking?(for example, i know some quiet spots on the little wekiva river, would that be a good place to start?) What characteristics should I be looking for when finding a good site to start sifting? That picture is the one and only fossil I have found! I believe it's a manatee femur (also the date on that bottle was 1925, how cool is that!!)
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Got some small but very cool looking stuff from my last trip. Small stuff with small finds. I have an idea of some stuff but I'm not 100%. Thoughts? Front/back in photos.
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Hey all, I was fossil hunting on Boca Grande beach in SW Florida and found this interesting piece. It has a unique pattern on it, almost like a glypodont but I know it's not that. Curious to what it could be?
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Dave's Down To Earth Rock Shop and Prehistoric Life Museum & the Burpee Museum
Nimravis posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum
Today I had the great pleasure of spending 9 hours with Fossil Forum Member @Monica while we visited Dave's Down To Earth Rock Shop and Prehistoric Museum in Evanston, Illinois and then we drove 90 miles NW of Chicago to the Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois. Monica flew from Ontario, Canada on Friday with her husband to attend the Stars Wars Celebration at the McCormick Place. Today she set time aside for me so we could do some Fossil stuff while here husband went back to the convention. After picking her up from her downtown hotel, we drove North on Lake Shore Drive so I could show her the lakefront. After a couple quick stops, we made a detour to my sons house so I could drop off a new Lego Jurassic Park Set for my 5 year old Grandson, that's as far as he goes with fossil related stuff. After this we had a 15 minute drive to Dave's Rock Shop, this was the first time that Monica has been to a Fossil Store and this is a great one to visit.. This post will be picture heavy. Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop- The below pictures are just some of the fossils that are for sale, I will then post some of the fossils that are in the stores downstairs museum. I am not one for pictures, but had to take one to for the post.
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I went out to Ram brook in New Jersey yesterday and came acrossed this little fossil. But not sure what it is.
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Hey everyone, these fossils are from a Devonian Age rock outcrop. Could someone fill me in on what they are, or if some of them aren't fossils at all?
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Imagine to pull this out from a block of clay, in a warm day in may. After just 30 minutes, i pulled this thing out from the clay in Gram claypit. This whale vertebrae is very rare in Denmark, and only few are found every year in the claypit I was so lucky! The clay is from miocene, and snails, shells are common. Also shark teeth can be found. What do you think?
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I am planning a trip to Tucson 2020. The Tucson website says the event goes from 1-16 Feb. I have no experience going there so I would have to ask you experts some questions: 1) How many days should I spend if I am only interested in fossils? 2) When should I arrive at Tucson? A few days before? On the opening day of 1 Feb? Or should I go nearer to the end to get better deals? 3) Where's the closest place to Tucson where I can legally dig for fossils? I was considering Texas. 4) Any other general tip or advice?
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Does anyone have photos of fossils from dinosaur provincial park Alberta if so can you send me them because I’m doing reaserch on the dinosaur park formation
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Here are the larger bones that have been dug along with the teeth. Also have a box of smaller shards.
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Hello from Anchor Point Alaska! Started fossil hunting when lived in mountains of Utah as a young boy. We had many shell bearing rock faces in area. Really got the "bug" when great uncle took me to where U-dig is now located (was about 1978 or 79) Because of that adventure, trilobites are my favorite find. But my collection is varied and 99% self collected. I currently live 10 miles from a great miocene formation full of plant materials, mostly leaves from 3-10 myo. Once I get into this forum, I'll post photos of current finds. Image included is detail of alder cones (.6 inch long), on plate over 12 inches across, collected last week. Always looking for new places and people to hunt with.
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Here is another show that I visited today, I really had my hopes up high for this show and arrived 1 hour early to it's 9 am start time. This sale was billed as the largest sale that the Wheaton College Geology Department has ever held. I was 8th in line and by the time the show opened there were about 70 people in line. There were 4 rooms on the lower level that held the items for sale. Each person was given a ticket with a number and we were advised to grab a box or bag that was located on the lower level and place the items that the person selected into the box / bag and then write your number on it and pay at the end. I would say that 99% of the items for sale were rocks and minerals, the fossils were located on one table in one of the rooms. The information on this sale stated that the prices on the items were lower than rock stores, that may have been true for the rocks and minerals, but the majority of the fossils were very high. Regarding the fossils, there really was nothing to write home about. I did pick up one piece identified as "Columnar Stromatolite" for $10.00. One thing that I was surprised with, especially seeing that these were supposed to be items that were the property of the Geology Department, was that lack of identification on the fossil specimens that were offered. After I post some pictures of the fossils for sale, I will add some pictures of the fossils that the school had on display. Here is the piece of Stromatolite that I purchased. Here are some pictures of their displays.
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Des Plaines Valley (Illinois) Geological Society Rock / Fossil Show
Nimravis posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Today I went to two different Rock / Mineral / Fossil Shows today, I will post each one separately. The Des Plaines Valley Geological Show is a small show, but with small shows you can find some nice / different things, but that was not the case today. I did visit this show last year and posted a report and many of the same fossils that were available then were still available today. I will go back to this show next year to see if there is something that strikes my fancy (First time I ever typed that phrase- LOL). Here are some overall pics of the show and some of the fossils.
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Went to an estate sale today to scope out a Paradoxoides gracilis that a friend spotted. Ended up being gone before I got there, which is for the best because after seeing the photos I wasn't sure how I was going to negotiate given the fact that it was a fake. (I still wanted it for cheap though, lol.) That being said, I did grab a few small fossils that they had for sale. They wanted 8$ a piece, but since they had an $8 price tag on a horn coral, I figured that 10$ for the whole pile was a better price. There are a few items here that I don't know so I am hoping that someone might recognize them or where they might've come from. As the owner was deceased, I could not get any information other than the fact that the previous owner traveled the world. First up: I don't know what this is. The texture and shape definitely says "fossil", the cross-section says "nothing". I don't know what it is or where it's from.
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Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone can help out with identifying which fossils were found during our trip to Tully, NY a week ago. I'm also hoping someone can recommend a good book for fossil identification? The first fossil I'm pretty sure is a crinoid stem. I don't know if it's possible to identify what kind of crinoid just by looking at a stem from one. Fossil one, approximately 1 inch in length. Fossil two, approximately 1 3/4 inch wide. I have no idea what this is. Fossil three, approximately 2 inches long. I have no idea what this one is either. Fossil four, approximately 1 1/2 inch wide. I know it's shell but I would like to know which kind of shell. I apologize for the image quality. Fossil five, approximately 1/4 of an inch wide. I'm absolutely clueless as to what this could be.
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Hi! I'll be teaching a group of kids about Geology this summer via 4H, and I'm looking for suggestions on activities/topics/etc that we can cover related to fossils. I'm planning for two meetings on fossils (one invertebrate and one vertebrate), with the rest covering a host of other geology topics. I have some general ideas, but I'm hoping to gather lots of suggestions. I'm mostly looking for ideas on different activities that we can do. I'll be bringing some of my personal collection for display, but I want this to be as hands on as possible (and yes, we will be doing field trips). Any sort of activity that will keep kids engaged.
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Today I went to Compton Bay, Isle of wight. By the time I got there I only had an hour before a storm stopped me. I found a large 23cm section of fossilised wood with some pyrite covering it.
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Hello, i am Steph. I am new to this wonderful forum. I am a beginner fossil hunter looking to learn all i can. I am excitrd to learn and talk to you guys.
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These have only been out of the water a very short time. Are there preservation steps that I should be taking or will they be fine if placed under glass and out of the sunlight? Thanks for any information.
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Any idea what these are? Thanks
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Fossil trade- upper Carboniferous fossils wanted
Strepsodus posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Here are some fossils which I would like to trade for upper Carboniferous fossils. I am interested in anything from the upper Carboniferous, but would also consider fossils from the Lower Carboniferous. If you have anything to trade, please let me know. I have many other fossils to trade which aren’t shown in the pictures, so if there are any fossil types you would like, please let me know and I will let you know if I have any of that fossil type to trade. Thanks, Daniel 1. Archosaur tooth, Triassic, Penarth, Wales. This may be from a Theropod dinosaur. If it is indeed from a Theropod, it is rather rare. 2. This is probably the best coral I have ever found. It is Carboniferous age, and was found on the Holderness coast, England. 3. Unidentified sp, Cretaceous, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Uk 4. Dinosaur/reptile bone, Cretaceous, Yaverland, Isle of Wight, UK 5. Megalodon tooth- North/South Carolina
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Today I stopped at the Main Show venue for the MAPS (Mid America Paleontological Society) Show that is being held this weekend at the Sharpless Auction Facility in Iowa City, Iowa. Here are some pics of the show, as with yesterday's pics, I have the fossils in a larger format so you can see them better, it will take multiple posts to load them all. Show Overview- (These are in a smaller format)
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Below will be multiple posts of pictures from the MAPS ( mid America paleontological society) Hotel Show that is currently being held at the Clarion Hotel in Iowa City, Iowa. The actual show will begin tomorrow at the Sharpless Auction location also in Iowa City. If you have a chance and you are heading West in I-80 from Chicago you always have to stop at the Worlds Largest Truck stop located in Iowa. If you do not think it is the largest, stop by and your mind will be changed. Here is the sign that greets you in the hotel lobby and a room location map of vendors.
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Hi guys this is going to be a sort of show of my tiny collection but I lost my notes when I moved house so now I will post the things that I can’t identify on my own, this will probably take a while) thanks for the help
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I was curious how you guys pack your fossils to ship or move. Whats better to put them in to keep them safe and unbroken? Bubble wrap , peanuts? I'll be moving soon and wanted to know whats best. Thanks!
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