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This was my first winter fossil hunting in NJ (or anywhere, as a matter of fact). Definitely a different experience from summer and fall. Less people, and much better fossils! Although the people I have run into were pretty devoted, which I can appreciate. Thought I would document my 4 hunts between December and this past weekend. First up, 12/16. On of my favorite Cretaceous brooks. Found an awesome variety of fossils, one of which turned out to be a Theropod tooth! Group Shot Devonian glacier erratic with Crinoids, Bryozoan and Brachiopod or Bivalve impressions. Gastropod Steinkern Ammonite Steinkern Crustacean claw piece A. phasolus Crusher Tooth Enchodus sp. Tooth w/Jaw fragment Squalicorax sp. (Crow Shark) A. kopingensis (Mackerel Shark) Theropod Tooth
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help identify if this is a tooth, and if so, what kind? Found off the Big Brook Preserve area in Monmouth county NJ Thank you!
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Hi all, Any thoughts on this piece? It appeared to be rock-like wet, but as it has dried out, seems to have a porous appearance. Found in a Monmouth county area brook
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Hi all, Looking for some help identifying some teeth found in a creek in Monmouth county.
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Hi all, I could use some help identifying some recent finds. All found in Monmouth county in a freshwater creek.
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Hi, Can anyone help identify if these are bone fragments? And if so, from what? Found among many shark teeth and other fossils in a creek in Monmouth county common for fossils
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Any thoughts? Found in Monmouth county area.
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Found this off a bay side beach near Sandy Hook in Atlantic Highlands area of NJ. It appears to have fenestrate bryozoan on the piece. Any thoughts on the host? - not magnetic - sounds like stone when tapped - a piece broke off and it seems to be stone-like at the core - here is a short perspective video that also may help with additional viewing angles https://youtu.be/iwzvSiYMoWs
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I have been fossil hunting in the Monmouth County, NJ area for quite a few trips now, and I have accumulated a good amount of fossils I haven’t been able to ID. Here are some of them: Note: feel free to ask for more angles; I didn’t want to post too many images. 1 inch for scale Found in Ramanessin - no idea what it is Found in both brooks - 5 in middle look to be same species; I believe far-right is pycnodont or hadrodus Left - found in Ramanessin; think its coral Right - found in Big Brook; thought it was coral when I found it but I’m now leaning toward coprolite Both from Ramanessin; Left seems to be an imprint from some sort of spine; My father thinks the one on the right is some sort of crinoid Both found in Big Brook; Possible reptile teeth; maybe mosasaur or croc, though they are very small Found in both brooks; left seems to be a possible Pachyrhizodus; all have distinct carinae Found in Ramanessin - potential hadrosaurus tooth fragment Thanks in advance for your help!
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Springtime Finally Comes To Monmouth Co., New Jersey
Jeffrey P posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Spring finally arrived in Monmouth County, NJ. promising good enough conditions to lure me down from the still snow covered Hudson Valley, NY. Spent today at Ramanessin Brook in Holmdel. As you can see there's still plenty of snow on the embankments, but the stream and the gravel bars are mostly free. I wore my rain suit to stay dry and hip waders and stabilizers so I wouldn't slip on the soft snow and slush that still covers the trail. I don't know how warm it got but by the afternoon I was taking things off. I pretty much had the place to myself all day until a pair of female seniors showed up to hunt the gravel bars, something they say they've been doing every week for the past nine months. Found a number of shark teeth, a crustacean arm piece- still need to ID, a shark vert, a piece of bone, the internal mold of a small bivalve (never found one of those before at Ramanessin) and the best find, a Plesiosaur vert which was lying on the gravel bar right next to where I planted my pack. A great day and lovely weather. Great to be back in spring.
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I've been over here on the east coast for work since Sandy hit, and since I don't have any place to go for Thanksgiving, I think I'll drive up and give Big Brook a try. If anybody wants to join me, I guess I'll be trying the Boundry Ave spot. If anybody has any advice for a first time Big Brook hunter, I'd be happy to take it. I'm more of a crawl and scan person than a sifter, so I think that's what I'll be trying. (Most excited about finding some belemnites hopefully, but I'll take shark teeth as well) Ramo
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