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Hi I would like some help identifying this PC any idears people found in maquarie river Bathurst 2795 NSW Australia
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I have a couple places I have been searching. One in a Mangrove Forest, the others in Construction yards. I am finding some nicely colored Sharks teeth, and one was so encrusted with junk it took hours with several types of sand paper to polish. The very dark brown complete one on the bottom left. It is really a beautiful tooth, but I need to polish it further to get the Enamel a bit less opaque. Any methods for polishing by hand? There are other assorted pieces as well, some nice small black teeth from construction sites, the brown and orange are from the Tannins in the Mangrove Swamps The Brown stuff I find right on the surface in ancient lagoons which have dried up and the wind has blown away the top soil, but its a slog and a hike to get to them! (Or boat/kayak). i have been wondering if I dig and excavate a little if Id find better preserved teeth under the surface. The smal half of a meg that is black next to the quarter I just randomly stuck the shovel in the dirt up higher in the scrub away from the water and it just fell out about 4 inches down. I wish I had a better understanding of where the Fossil Layers are, and how to where to dig a bit better. I had apparently been digging at the construction sites in the wrong spots for months, some older dude saw me and showed me that I need to look in the grey layer, not the yellow sandy layer below it. He didnt have to help me, but I appreciated it none the less! I am not getting skunked usually so thats good. do you guys know of any textbooks that discuss in great detail (academic level) the geology of SW Florida? I have the Mark Rentz books and they give a highschool, surface level detail about fossiling. just wanted to post an update on my fossiling adventures lately!
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Hey all! I found this at Caspersen (FL) and have no idea what it is. It’s about an inch and a half. Hoping you all can educate me! Thanks! IMG_4601.MOV
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I found this bone in a creek in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I have asked some hunters and farmers what it could be but nobody seems to know. It appears old but modern. There looks to be a suture mark or perhaps an old fracture or some pathology. I would appreciate any insight into what bone this may be. Or where I might look to find something to compare? Thank you.
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Hi, it would be nice if I could get some opinions on this grallator footprint I purchased as I don’t know anything about this kind of stuff and how to spot if it’s fake, and another thing I’m confused about, if u flip it over there’s another footprint on the other side but it doesn’t match with the over one?
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Hello everyone, I was out shark tooth hunting today and came across this rock.in the top middle section of this rock is what I am about 80 percent sure is a shark tooth, probably hastalis or great white. As you can tell it is not very visible in its current state. My problem is that I have never done a prep on a fossil before and was wondering if there is a safe way to remove the rock from the tooth without buying any special equipment to do so. Any advise? Thanks!
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Found this interesting textured fossil at the beach in St Augustine Florida. I find lots of bone fragments and skull caps and such here but never found anything this texture
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I don’t think this is quite fossilized yet, and think it’s some type of shell but I don’t know. I find similar shell pieces on the beach but not with this weird bumpy swirl. Anyone know what it is? I can’t remember where I found it but it was definitely Florida. Thanks!
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Ok, I have a box full of fossil like structures that I found and kept just in case, and after closely looking at one of them while showing my cousin, I noticed there were shiny tooth like structures on it. Ive attached a photo and im positive this is a fragment of a potential small mammal jawbone. I found it in big brook NJ and I posted photos from all 4 sides. The fragment is really small, its a centimeter long in total. The black bead like structures seem to be small teeth.
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Can anyone help me identify this fossil. Thanks.
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Hey, last post for now but the main fossil of the trip had to be what looks like an edomontasaurus tooth fragment. There are serrations at the back of it and I suspect its most of the bottom half of one. The other bigger fossil most likely is a suggestive rock but I just included the photos haha. Could you guys confirm that the smaller fossil is possibly an edmontosaurus tooth fragment? I found them in big brook NJ, a popular fossil hunting site in a stream of water.
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Hey, A couple years ago I did go to big brook and I did find some items that I cannot identify there. Im an amateur fossil hunter haha, but I am intrigued to see if they could actually be a fossil or a suggestive rock. Ive attached the photos. I honestly have no idea if they are even anything, but I did have a suspicion that the black fossil looks like an edmontosaurus tooth. No idea.
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I'm new to fossil hunting but have found some items that have ignited my interest in this field please help me identify if possible.
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So I have 3 peices Ive had for along time. Something about them just gave me a fossil feeling. I live near the Oregon coast and that is where I found them. Here are some good clear pictures of my 3 findings. Could someone tell me if they just rocks or actually something cool? Thanks guys!
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Help! I am an art student who knows nothing about paleontology but I love it and am really curious about this fossil I found a few years ago. It was found at Hoover Dam. An aspiring paleontology student told me that it resembled the interambulacral plates of a sea urchin. Can anyone help identify it? Thanks!
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My friend found this in a creek bottom here in central Iowa. He thinks it might be a petrified pearl inside a half oyester. Any thoughts? Maybe the muscle?
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Hi, new here and looking for some help please. This was found at Aust Cliff bone beds, sorry no scale but its close to 40mm wide at the base. Can anyone help identify what it is please? Thanks, Chris
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Hi, I am not an expert, so I decided to ask for help in this forum. My Dream is to buy real fossils so I found a website with some interesting fossils, a keichosaurus and three Megalodon teeth. Can you help me to recognise if they are real fossils or not? thank you very much!
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I was given this piece by a friend who found it in either Union County or Madison County, Iowa. Gut instinct tells me it might be a Megalodon tooth, but its hard telling not knowing. I am very new to prepping fossils myself, but fortunate enough to have at the least a few of the required tools such as a Chicago pneumatic air scribe, a dremel, and an airbrush sandblaster with aluminum oxide. I have attempted to remove parts of the outer layer covered in rust and shell fragments but have pumped the brakes since I really have no idea if the tooth, assuming thats what it is, will be the same color as the matrix or if it will be distinctly different and very easy to identify once enough matrix has been removed. The rock underneath the rusty layer is a lot harder than I had initially though and is a light to mildly dark gray color. I don't intend to remove all of the matrix, just around the root and part of the enamel. Again I am very new to this so pardon the wildly inaccurate use of everything ( hence the title). Any tips, tricks, info, and guidance on how I should approach prepping this and how to tell fossil from rock is all welcomed and appreciated knowledge. I can provide much better pics as well if need be
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Hi, I would like to buy this fossil, but I don’t know if it is a real fossil because I am not expert, it is a spinosaurus claw. can you please help me ? thank you very much
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Hi, I would like to buy this skull of mosasaurus, but I am not sure that it is a real fossil… could you help me please? thank you very much
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Megalodon Root
Tales From the Shale posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Its to my understanding that many Megalodon teeth come with Unfortunate modifications, in order to artificially boost price. My question on thus particular tooth is, does the root look reconstructed, or does it appear to be unmodified? I'll post more pictures if everything checks out.
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Hello! I'm pretty new to fossil hunting and I've been able to ID a few specimens but I'm having trouble with these. The ones here are from a couple trips to Big Brook in NJ. I tried my best to take good photos (when will smartphones come with a macro lens??). 1 looks like it could be a tooth or just a rock 2 seems to be porus (I did the tounge test) 3 looks like a jaw or just a rock 4 seems like it could maybe part of a turtle shell? 5 is definitely a vertebra, but I'm not sure from what 7 seem to be teeth or claws 8 is definitely a tooth but im not sure from what 11, 12, 16 are definitely teeth Thanks for any help
