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This is our collection so far of our favorite finds. All found at Holden beach. Pics consist of shark teeth, mosasaur teeth, horse teeth, sloth tooth, barracuda teeth, stingray teeth, sawfish teeth, enchodus teeth, enchodus jaw fragments, scute, ivory, mouth plate for puffer fish, shark vertebrae, mosasaur vertebrae. We accumulated this in 10 months and they were the best 10 months. My next goal is to start searching creeks. I'd love to dive too. Lots of different adventures to look forward to.
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This out of all the various sharks teeth I have. Is my favorite tooth. I remember finding it like it was yesterday. I've been told it's a mako. I've been also been let know it could be false mako. See that confuses me to know end. The whole mako/false mako. I have a tough time telling difference. An id would be very appreciated. Thank you.
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I found this at holden NC. I was told it was a possible rib bone. I'm curious if that's the case. Thanks!
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Just wanted to give my fellow fossil hunters a heads up. Was at Green Mill Run the other day and looks like new residents have called it home — snapping turtles. Saw two of them and of course they blend well into the creek. Could've lost my finger when I picked up something almost front of it . Any way, beautiful creatures, but very careful as they can be hard to spot in the water
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Hello from NC, big newbie but looking forward to learning! Interested in all fossils Was obsessed as a kid and recently decided to get back into it
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Fossil Shark Teeth - Collected in Green Mill Run, Pitt Co., NC
Southeast Fossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
Length <1" Since the locality contains lag deposits from Cretaceous-Neogene, age & formation undetermined. Hard to see in pics, but the lingual region is very concave and root highly arched..thumb.jpg.8e18b8e57c1e42995300d654be1d20c2.jpg)
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I’m curious about some ID I have some teeth that I think are Auriculatus and some that I think are Chubs. Wondering if others know? The three on the left are what I presumed to be Auriculatus from inshore (new Hanover NC) the others are from offshore diving (chubs). What do y’all think?
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Found in Brunswick County, NC. Egg shaped cross section. At first thought whale but noticed convex , concave ends which I thought was more included in amphibian. Thought on what this came from?
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Dig with the Experts, Deep Springs Road, Aurora Fossil Festival
bockryan posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello! I got back from some travels to Turkey (no fossil hunting there this time, I did however have some nice fossil gifts from the US I was bringing to my relatives seized by Turkish customs which was... fun) and immediately headed to Penn Dixie for the 2023 Dig with the Experts event, which was a huge success and had perfect weather for a very fun two days of collecting the NY Devonian. Found numerous nice prone trilobites, a good selection of the available brachiopods, and the absolute find of the weekend was a sizeable, possibly complete, head shield from a placoderm, which is a dream find for me as they're easily my favorite animals. It was beyond my skill to prep though so I will have to wait until next year to see it uncovered, which will be a great intro the event in 2024 . First, while I didn't do any collecting in Greece or Turkey, I couldn't help but find a few to take pictures of. The breakwater in Istanbul appears to be full of burrow fossils and one coiled cephalopod (maybe) that I'm unsure about the age on. Any ideas? It's likely rock either taken from the Bosporus or from nearby since the blocks are so huge. The next picture is from the walls surrounding the Parthenon in Athens, which I think I read is Cenozoic marine limestone. Next we have the pictures from Penn Dixie - the Placoderm (along with a nice bonus prone trilobite) is split in two and covered in glue so it looks pretty rough now, hopefully it emerges looking good on the other side of the prep process. Not having had enough, the following weekend we returned to NY to try out the famous Deep Spring Road locality which was amazing! My mollusk collection was greatly expanded and I came away with a small rolled Dipleura and the head of a Trimerus, along with a number of Geenops fragments and assorted other material. We also checked out the nearby Museum of the Earth in Ithaca which I highly recommend if you're ever in the area. Next is the Aurora Fossils Festival, which very much did not enjoy the same weather luck as Penn Dixie but was fun all the same. I came away with tons of teeth, my first semi-complete Meg, and two very nice sting ray spines. A nice quality cetacean vertebrae continues to elude me, but they're tough to find there anyway as everything gets so beat up it seems. I was excited to find a fair few complete mollusk shells as well of many different types. They're small but really pretty, they make a nice display! Lastly, a shoutout to the incredible mural at the Fossil Museum, another thing to definitely see if you're ever in the area.
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Hi all - digging in the phosphate piles for the weekend for the Fossil Festival and found this interesting specimen that stumped most of the people I talked to. What is this? (apologies for the hand pictures, only way I could get it to focus properly)
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My names Anna, I'm a 20 year old fossil enthusiast. I love anything fossil, Rock, or Animal related. I've been Fossil hunting for a few years but I'm definitely still a beginner. Any and ALL tips are extremely appreciated. Especially where to find fossils in north Carolina. My favorite fossils are Plants and prehistoric mammals/Dinos.
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So I found an older publication that mentions some bluffs and landings on some North Carolina rivers but for the life of me I can't find a map of them or mile posts except for the Cape Fear. It doesn't mention coordinates and mentions these bluffs on the Neuse and Black River in passing. Anyone know of a certain website or page that can tell me where the bluffs are?
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Some finds from the Triassic basin of Durham, NC. Not sure if they're anything, but thought I'd bring them home, just in case. Would love to hear what you guys think they are
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Requesting fossil identification please! Thank You !
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Fossil found in the surf area of Holden Beach, NC. Any assistance identifying fossil would be appreciated! Thank You
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Can you ID this please? Found at Holden Beach this summer.
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Possible jaw I’d help? and is this a mammal foot or leg bone or just a whale rib bone piece?
AshHendrick posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found these in eastern NC river this weekend and could use some help identifying. It was in an area most likely Yorktown , found among great white teeth, a horse tooth, tilly bones, whale bone and some shell fragments. Lot of reworked material in the gravel. This item looks like the bones of the front of a lower jaw to me but these holes off to the sides confuse me - they are rounded inside like a tooth or tusk might have sat in them but the angles are odd - I could be wishful thinking here - just seemed out of the ordinary to me. Then the other is a bone it’s much lighter and the pores are much larger than the whale bone typical in the area and I can’t get the best photo of contours but it really looks similar to a foot or leg bone of a mammal I just don’t know what - but I’ll accept it could just be a worn whale rib bone - just gotta be sure, ya know? I don’t ever come across much mammal stuff so I’m struggling to say for sure and any help is appreciated! @bbostick your the main man I know can say if whale or not if you don’t mind sharing input!
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Looking for teeth near Harkers Island North Carolina
stellabear posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi. Taking some kids to harkers Island North Carolina. Does anyone know of a good place to find teeth in the area? Any beaches known for good finds or any rivers (within an hours drive) we could dig and sift in? Thanks! -
Hi Everyone, Had this tooth pop up in my screen while creek hunting sharks teeth in eastern NC. The area does produce ice age materials. It’s not all cleaned up yet but here are some shots. Tanks, John
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Good morning, Coastal Brunswick Co NC here. found a really interesting piece. Appears to be some sort of tooth root perhaps? Remnants of enamel-like material on the inside and a void. Folks helped me ID a giant beaver tooth months back and at first I thought this perhaps could also be a match however looking at some pictures of beaver skull it does not have a root like this. I did find some photos of dinosaur teeth that have long roots attached this seems different. Checked whale teeth and couldn’t find anything similar. I don’t think it’s part of an antler. What do y’all think?
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Went through about half a pint of the sifted matrix I brought home from Aurora. There were shark teeth as I had expected, way more urchin spines than I would have guessed and some small coral like pieces I'm not sure exactly what they are. Nice sample including the pieces in the top left I am trying to identify: Tried taking pic with clip on micro lens for the phone:
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I was looking through all the bone fragments my wife and I found in Aurora, NC recently and noticed 2 of the pieces had evenly spaced notches along one side. The only thing I could think of is split jawbone fragments. Thoughts?
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My wife and I made our way down to North Carolina for the Aurora Fossil Museum's Fossil Festival last weekend. Overall it was a pretty productive trip and we came away with well over 1000 shark teeth, some nice shells, lots of ray teeth, some shark, fish and cetacean verts, small cetacean teeth and a bucket of coral pieces. We heard many of the regulars say that the tailings weren't as productive as other years, but I saw quite a few nice specimens being collected. A few of the larger teeth, most of ours were damaged, but some of the colors are great: Lots of smaller teeth, I will try to take some better pics once I get them sorted and layed out flat: Ray teeth and spines: All the verts were pretty beat up: A good sampling of shells: Crab claws: Sea Urchin spines: I couldn't manage to find a whole cow shark tooth, but I did see a gorgeous little complete one come out of the hole next to me. Here are a few partials we found: A few micro samples, I did grab a few jars of sifted matrix once I realized how many small teeth were falling through And lots and lots of coral my wife wanted for some project she wants to do: Overall it was a good time. We met a lot of friendly and interesting folks and my wife already asked if I wanted to book the place we stayed to come back next year. Thanks for looking, Randy
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Aurora NC Fossil Festival - “Pits and piles” location?
fossilsrock posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I’m heading to Aurora tomorrow and they mention the “fossil park” with “pits and piles” but I can’t figure out where that is exactly - near the museum? Does anyone know?
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