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Nashville, TN - Hunting Ordovician Fossils in a Target Parking Lot
Masonk posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi All, Was in Nashville, TN for several days for a bachelor party! Had an amazing time enjoying music, food, way too many drinks, and even managed to squeeze in a fossil hunt! We had to Uber everywhere, so I picked a somewhat convenient spot, which just so happened to be a Target parking lot. This is part of the Cathey's formation, which is Ordovician. Most common finds here are Brachiopods. I spent about an hour here, but could have spent way more time, and brought back a lot more fossils. Some general photos of the area: That was not my cart, I promise! Target on the left. Stark contrast to my normal scenery in a New Jersey Brook. This and other similar formations are visible in multiple places throughout Nashville. Easy pickings... Small Brachiopod hashplate.
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A nice Dictyonema flabelliforme dendroid graptolite from Oslo Fields in Norway. It's Tremadoc, Lower Ordovician in age and is thus maybe around 480 mya. Another angle :
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Need help to ID potential fossils found in The Little Harpeth River in Brentwood, TN
KWalla posted a topic in Fossil ID
I think these are fossils but need someone to verify and possibly identify. I found these in a creek bed along the Little Harpeth River in Brentwood, TN. They were all within a 30’ area in the creek bed. Some may not even be fossils but figured I’d post pictures just in case they were. I’ve taken close ups of the first row and if I need to take some of the other rows I can. “A” and “B” are the ones I’m most curious about because to me they look like actual fossils. ”C”-“E” feel like a shell of some sort, like a turtle. “G” & “H” are cylindrical looking and sound like porcelain when you tap them against something. “T” looks like a finger and has ripples in the sides and is fairly heavy. Not light like a regular fossil would be. “U” almost feels and sounds like porcelain and I found it in the same area as these others. The last one is what I think is a turtle shell that doesn’t look to be a fossil but I’ll leave that up to you all to decide.
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I’ve been clearing out invasive vines from my neighborhood park/green space and came across these structures absolutely covered in fortunes spindle and green briar. I could see a little part poking out and wow I just had to uncover them. Could they be stromatolites? Or just layered ole weathered limestone boulders? My Google searches of stromatolites did turn up a few that resembled these structures. But only a few:) any thoughts are greatly welcomed!
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Brachiopods orthoceras crinoids all found right here in Hendersonville TN Sumner county just north of Nashville. Love to fossil hunt and see what I can find while imagining worlds of the past.
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Here is my before and after on my 2nd attempt of prepping my brachiopods from Nashville. It is hard to know where to stop on these. The shale matrix is one thing but the hard, crystal matrix is another! Plus I find that the shell is not complete after cleaning the matrix, or has growth layers? which create a ridge which is very hard to clean. Anyways, I think I have learned enough that I am going to try and prep a complete shell. Wish me luck.
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Two summers ago, on a roundabout trip to Detroit from Texas, stumbled across an awesome road cut by accident coming out from Nashville. Wasn’t thinking about fossils, and learned after the fact that Nashville was loaded with brachiopods. Anyways, I have been messing around with the idea of cleaning what was brought back. Here is my first attempt at cleaning an imperfect specimen, just to see how well it would clean up. Any tips for further cleanup would be welcomed.
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Hi! This is my first time posting, and I'd love some help with two interesting fossils I found east of Nashville. The first is a slab with a ton of stuff in it, and the second is coral or sponge mayyybe? Thanks for your help!
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All, I went fossil hunting at a new site a little north of downtown Nashville and hit paydirt with these large pieces of rock; they are absolutely packed full of rugose coral
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Hi! I found this fossil near the Harpeth River in Nashville. I located it near the foundation of a long abandoned 19th century building. It appears to be a vertebra. It is about 5 inches across. Does anyone know what it could possibly be from? Thanks!
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Good Morning and Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee! I have been interested in paleontology since I was a little girl (born/grew up in Michigan and loved finding Petosky stones). Until this year, I have been exclusively dry land hunting Ordovician period fossils near my home in the greater Nashville area. While in Baltimore on a business trip this summer, I decided to take a side trip down to Flag Ponds. I was (and still am) absolutely blown away by the experience; so much so that I decided to go back there on vacation last weekend to hunt for fossils. You may be wondering why I am mentioning this; this was the first real “fly somewhere” vacation my husband and I have taken in 17 years! I am hooked! So glad to be here and wishing happy fossil hunting to all Shauna “Incognito Rockhound”
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Hi! My 8 y/o son and I are visiting Nashville, TN to look for fossils. We found lots of brachyopods today. Where should we look for Trilobites and Gastropods? I’ve read some posts, but it’s hard to pinpoint specific areas. Any tips?
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Hello, I joined up here a little over a year ago, but have not been active until recently, so I thought I should introduce myself. I have been living in the Nashville area for nearly 30 years, and I occasionally get out and hunt road cuts, creek beds, etc. for fossils. Mostly looking for trilobites, or anything unusual. Trilobite pieces (trilobits?) are fairly common around Nashville, but whole specimens are quite rare. I have managed to find a few and I'm in the process of photographing some of my better finds. I also have a backlog of material that needs to be prepped, so I'm interested in learning to prep some of my finds, and have a few that need expert, professional prepping. I will post some photos soon, including my best find ever from just this weekend. Thanks, Hal
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I just pulled this out of a box of old fossils, but I'm not exactly sure where I originally found it. I think it is from the Carter's limestone, middle Ordovician, in the Nashville, TN area. It has a similar shape and size (~2 cm dia) to Hindia, but I have not seen anything else with this distinctive pattern of parallel criss-crossing ridges. Any ideas? Thanks
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Hello. I know almost nothing about fossils. I found this in Nashville, Tennessee. I left it where I found it, but if I recall correctly it was about a foot long. I looked online to see what other similar fossils were found here but didn't see one like this. Any help?
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Hello! I am new to this and unfortunately fairly uneducated on the subject. This was found near Nashville, TN and I have no idea what it is. I have been trying to find photos of similar looking fossils or objects and have not seen anything like it. I'm much more familiar with coastal fossils and this doesn't appear to be the average early sea creature fossil (my terminology is deplorable). To my uneducated eye, it most closely resembles a tooth (perhaps a molar as I put in the title). It could just as easily be something entirely different. Again, please forgive my ignorance. Underneath the dirt it appears to be a milky-white/gray color. Across the top as pictured below, the object is approx. 3.3cm On each projection coming down from the top, there are ridges that form into a ring almost resembling a fingerprint. This side, the longest point of the object, is approx. 3cm. Thank you so much for your help! I love a good mystery and a good round of discussion!
