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Hello! Just wanted to post a few of my recent find from the Gilboa and Schoharie areas - would love to learn more about them, and appreciate any info! In the image of the light yellowish color rock, I am curious if that may or may not be stromatolites, or just a layer of chert? That was found in Schoharie near the quarry - Thank you! From Gilboa area
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Hello all! Excited to be part of the forum and share some of the finds I have come across soon I am looking to get out this long weekend to Gilboa and wondering where there might be some good access points to the Schoharie Creek there? I saw in a previous post a few years ago that access on Stryker Rd was temporarily closed, and curious if that is still the case, and if that is the same place that on Google maps looks like a parking lot near the bridge by the dam? If so, wondering where some other points would be good to look for plant fossils as I have yet to discover any of those yet in my
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On Tuesday this week, myself and some of my family spontaneously decided to get out and drive to some interesting places in New York state to enjoy the day. We visited some beautiful locations like these two waterfalls: On our journey, we ended up around Gilboa, which is the location where one of the earliest known fossil forests was discovered with amazing plant and animal life, some of these fossils are exhibited outside near the town hall. This, being one of the many locations I had wanted to visit for years, was an opportunity I could not pass up, so while driving th
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Gilboa, NY no longer the oldest Forest. It is now in Cairo, NY about 40km away https://m.phys.org/news/2019-12-scientists-uncover-world-oldest-forest.html
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I collected this in Schoharie Creek near Middleburg, NY. It was half of a very large rock with some exposed fossils. I have been using Muriatic Acid at a 50/50 with water and then power washing the residue off. I still have a ways to go, but found some interesting things. Any ideas on this exposed part?
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This was collected in the Schoharie Creek bed approx. 5 minutes downstream from the Gilboa fossil forest in Schoharie County NY. The fossil was originally encased in limestone, I used 50% solution of Muriatic acid and water for preparation. I tried to look up some information but couldn't find anything exact, any help would be appreciated.
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Hi Folks, Would appreciate any ideas on this one. My first thought is trace fossil since it branches in so many different ways. It is, however, black and the rest of the rock is brown which makes me think plant or vine type material. Was found near Schoharie Creek in Gilboa NY. Middle Devonian, Gilboa Fm and where I was is full of both seafloor fossil hash (with brachiopods, crinoids, and trilobites) and Wattieza stem hash. What do you think?
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My wife and I are on a short trip through south eastern New York State, in the Catskill Mountain region. We had a more adventurous trip in mind but after some recent car trouble we didn't feel quite as adventurous as we did a week ago. We stopped today at a site on Schoharie Creek, a bit south of Gilboa. The heat and humidity kept us from spending more than a half hour at the site today, but we plan on going back tomorrow morning when it will be somewhat cooler. The river tumbled stones were mostly eroded, and I didn't bring my hammer down to the beach crowded with swimmers, but we did make on
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Went out for a few days with the family and did some fossil hunting at Schoharie Creek with some pleasant surprises. I searched mostly in some eroded cliffs and had the best luck by using weathered shells to find a productive layer. I then carefully started splitting. I found a lot of marine life that is very similar to what is found at the Deep Springs rd. quarry in NY. Greenops pygidiums were common and I found what I think are crinoid stems. Also present were what I think are some Cephalopod Orthoconic forms and some cool bivalves.
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I looked at the weather and my schedule and realized that today was really the only good day in a while to get out. It was very foggy until I drove into the valley area and then the sun came out at about 10:45 am when I pulled in. The water was really low and I think they are working on the dam again. Anyway, I walked for a bit splitting rocks and did not find much but plant hash and seafloor hash. I switched sides of the river by jumping on rocks ( the water was really low) and then found this really cool Eospermatopteris branch. I've never seen anything that large before and, no joke, I hear
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Hi Folks, Was wondering if you could help me ID these two fossils. Both were found in Schoharie creek and are Devonian from, I think, the Gilboa formation. The first I think is a bryozoa but someone mentioned it could be a gyracanth fin spine due to the bone-like texture. I could the best photos I could using a tripod and a nikon 3300D
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Hi Folks, Found this fossil yesterday. It is Devonian from the Gilboa formation in New York. It might not even be a fossil but I was thinking a trace fossil or a squished plant. Any insight would be appreciated.
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Hi Folks, I did not take a true before picture so I am sorry, but here is my work on a branching stem. The sandstone matrix is very hard and breaks very randomly. In this case, I think due to winter freezing and thawing with moisture, there was a natural crack where the rock split and another that can't be seen in the photo that greatly aided the prep. I used a dremel with a carbide burr to ensure the crack would end where I wanted to and not spread into the already exposed fossil. I also have the counterpart to this fossil so I wanted to see what I could get. The first photo is t
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From the album: Middle Devonian
Wattieza sp. (imprint of stump) Middle Devonian Moscow Formation Gilboa, NY Collected from the shore of Gilboa Reservoir in the 1970's, long before regulations restricted access and collecting. -
Hi everyone, I found this strange fossil in the 385 million year old scoharie formation. I was wondering if any fossil plant experts could give a more precise ID on this thing (genera would be nice. Could it be Wattieza?) I used a penny for scale. The fossil is quite large... Thanks in advance, Regards
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Hi Everyone, I recently spent some time in New York, and being the fossil fanatic I am, couldn't resist visiting the Gilboa area to see what I could find. Gilboa is famous for its 380-385 million year old fossil forest. During the short hike, I collected various specimens, none of which I could identify (not being an expert or anything even close). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Regards P.S many photo so may have to post them in comments.
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Hi Everyone, During a recent trip to Giboa NY, i found this unusually large leaf-like fossils. Giboa fossils are from the Mid-Devonian, 380-385 million years old. Any ideas as to what it is? Thanks in advance, Regards
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Hi everyone, I'm going to by heading down to New York in a few weeks, and I was wondering if there were any places I could go to do some fossil hunting. I don't care much for mollusc/brachiopod fossils, but would love to find devonian plant fossils in the Gilboa area of Scoharie County. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
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Was just wondering if there were any film documentaries done on Gilboa, NY and the fossils around that area? After a recent trip there I started to google video info on the area but came up with only one short youtube video. I've seen some of the Discovery and History Channel docs but nothing strictly on Gilboa, at least in the length of a feature. If not specifically Gilboa, are there any that specifically focus on NY state/surrounding states? - Mike
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