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Looking for material to practice, like the u prep site but not as much of a gamble
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Hello forum, Recently I went to Walton on the Naze and I found a nodule on the beach that contained many fossil, some quite remarkable containing a shark tooth, scales, bones, fossilized wood and many more things to excavated. At first I was not going to pick it up ,as it was heavy (20lb to be exact). But I was upset to find out that I walked past a large megalodon tooth that someone else picked up. So here I am and now have this lump of rock, I have soak it for some time, to hopefully stop or slowdown pyritization. Now in the next few days I will be starting my prepping journey. Will anyone be able to give me advice, as I'm only using Dremel's, I wont be able to afford any thing else as it will not be in my budget. Opinion WANT TO REMOVE THE FOSSIL WOOD! THE SHELL ARE CHALKY DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO STOP THIS FROM FALLING APART? AND PREVENTING PYRITIZATION WITH NAIL POLISH OR CLEAR VARNISH ? Here are some pictures out of many.
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So I found this tooth sifting through all the little extras from my fossil trip to Florida, it doesn’t look like any of the other common bull sharks, lemons etc. I think it is a baby megalodon but I’m not sure, it is serrated but a little worn, it’s much wider and not as narrow/pointy as a typical bull. Thoughts?
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The grey tooth on the right is a small posterior megalodon tooth found in the peace river Florida. The copper tooth was found in a very shallow creek part of big brook NJ. Is it possible that a meg could have swam farther north like modern great whites do during a split time when the water level overlapped the big brook area and dropped it? I’m still new at identifying teeth but they seem VERY very similar
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I’m new to this forum so I’ll start out by saying HI y’all...need some help from y’all in identifying this wanna-be bowling ball...Dino egg or no Dino egg? I found this out-in-the-middle of nowhere outside of Wimberley Texas....it would be cool if this was an egg but I’m not gonna get EGGcited or put all my eggs into 1 basket...ok ok I won’t “crack” any more lame jokes...thank y’all for your
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I found this while fishing on the beach if a cove in Massachusetts. It was below a huge rock cliff. Other fossils have been found in the same cove. I don't know what kind of rock the cliff is but this was certainly way different.
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I am a new member and definitely an amateur. Can anyone identify these photos ? I think possibly coprolite (found on creek behind my house )?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Is it possible to narrow down what type of mosasaur a tooth came from? Found a tooth but it looks different from the typical ones I see all over google. Thanks!
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Found this on the side of my yard in Indiana. Notice the strange circular formation on the inside. I only just noticed the back side which appears to be a fossil of some kind. I'm no expert, but from the look of the fossil, my best guess would be a bird of some kind. Then again, it's probably nothing.
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Hey all! I was looking for a bit of advice on the best way for me to clean up this Eldredgeops rana that I found in Paulding, Ohio just yesterday. Had to knock it out of a larger chunk of shale and luckily it came out clean. It is an inch across both ways. The only issue is there is still some shale in between the thorax segments, on the eyes and glabella, and covering what I am hoping to be a squished pygidium (fingers crossed). I have got some dental picks that I have used before but that's all I have as I can't afford any blasters of air scribes. I am just a bit nervous about using the picks on this piece as I do not want to damage it or scratch the fossil itself. Would soaking in vinegar help at all? Regards, Connor
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I picked up this stone on the beach at Rhyl (North Wales). It looks like it might have at least one ammonite inside it. I was going to wallop it with the hammer, but then thought I might do some damage to what could be potentially a nice set of fossils. Each successive face is what was facing the ruler in the previous image, the last two being the "ends". Any suggestions, advice or ideas as to the best way forward would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Help Identifying fossil. Possible turtle or Crustacean?
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Need help identifying what I'm guessing is a Fossilized Crustacean or turtle that I found this week on Yellowstone River. Any help would be highly appreciated.- 4 replies
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I found this hiking up a rock bed after heavy rains at the headwaters of the Buffalo River near Fallsville, Arkansas. It looks like a fish to me but I have no experience in this topic. Please let me know if you have an idea. It is approximately two inches in length.
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I have some mystery fossils from Ladonia, Texas, collected in the Sulphur Creek riverbed. I'm not sure if the fragments are identifiable, but there is one i fine interesting I'd like to get opinions on, I'll start with that one! (after an overall shot:)The fossil I'm finding particularly interesting is the second from right (detail shots below) THis is a total guess but is it a fish fin possibly? Or a small plant? Next is a jaw fragment I'd love to know anything more about: {Will continue in a reply below}
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I am looking into buying the fossil shown below and I was wondering if any one can tell if it’s real or fake. I am leaning more towards real, but I would enjoy some second opinions.
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Hello together, I am new to this forum and am starting to build my collection of dinosaur teeth. Because I want to do it properly, I am cataloguing the teeth I already own (unfortunately there aren't many yet). While taking pictures for my database I stumbled upon one tooth I bought two years ago on a fossil fair here in Germany. According to the seller it is supposed to be a Carcharodontosaurus sp. from the Kem Kem formation in Morocco. Bit it looks completely different from my second Carcharodontosaurus sp. I bought last year (picture 2) and which shows the classical serration. A first search for similar teeth on the internet remained without any results... So here is my hope that you can help my with the identification. Thanks in advance and please excuse my English...
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I found another tooth labeled Trex/nannotyrannus. This one is also from the Hell Creek formation, and it looks like a T. rex tooth to me, but I think it could also be from a nanno. There were only a couple pictures so hopefully someone with more experience than me can help. Thanks!
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I found this today looking for driftwood along the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore. It is very lightweight, it is definitely fossilized, and the chambers are thin walled and shallow depth-between 1/8 and 1/4 in wide and seem to be generally hexagonal. Initially I thought wasps nest but the size of the chambers isn't uniform, however I do think perhaps it could be a strange colonial Coral but it isn't calcified. I've never found anything like this in Maryland before and I'm having trouble finding others like it online. Any incite is appreciated, thank you.
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I found this tooth for sale listed as Nannotyrannus Tyrannosaurus. I was looking at the tooth and it seemed to have a pretty thick and oval base, but the base also looked like it was a little pinched in like a lot of Nanotyrannus teeth. I thought these pictures would be the best to figure it out, but there are more as well. Thanks for any help in advance, I’ve been looking for a T. Rex tooth for a while, and I want to make sure if I buy one it’s the real deal.
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Ok everybody. I know there are some very smart and clever guys here on the Forum. Heres what Ive got: Last year I got me a super duper, most wonderful, most awesome, most spectacular, and hopefully most bestest crab concretion ive had in a very long time!!! Even though I paid moneys for this concretion, I know EXACTLY where it came from, (locality wise), and its the easily the largest concretion Ive seen from that location, and also, and very sadly, that locality is now gated and posted and closed off to any and all collecting, which is why I paid so much for it. Actually I got it for a good deal cause it was from a good freind of mine. Anyways, Over the last few months Ive been preparing for the preparation of this very special concretion. Ive cut out a certain size piece of plywood, ordered and received two clamp on lamps and then ordered and received a camera tripod. I still have to get myself a decent camera for the tripod. Now here is what I really need help with. My plan is to take lots and lots of pictures and then in the end of prep put all those together in a time laps kinda thing. My problem is: How to always put the concretion in the exact same place and the exact same angle each and every time I take a picture. Ive lost sleep over this! My fingers are crossed. RB
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Hello all, This post is about two months before I can report any field experience but instead is a request for some more specific direction for ammonite hunting N of Kremmling, Colorado. I know we can not collect in the Ammonite Cretaceous Study Area, but I know, from the forum, that there are places outside the study area available for collecting. I have the Steamboat Springs BLM map, the Wolford Mountain Travel Management map, the Kremmling BLM field office map to the study area and have traced the route on Google earth to what I think is the study area. It is off dirt road route 26 to the left several miles in off Rt 40. I think the GPS coordinates for what looks like a parking area outside a gated entrance are 40 13 51 N, 106 23 55 W. Assuming this is correct, can someone who has had collecting experience in the area direct me to a potentially fruitful are where I can hopefully find ammonites? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks. Tom
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I have spotted some woodworm on my prized piece of petrified wood . Can I treat if with this . I wood be gutted to lose this specimen. Thanks Bobby
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Hello just need help confirming an I'd tag. It has a tag that says fossil reeds, possibly Egypt but the owner wasn't sure since it was old stock from previous owner. It looks like reeds to me and sounds fossilized, but I can't find similar pieces searching the internet. What do the forum experts think?