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Hello everyone! I went to my favorite stream the other day in Monmouth County and had a really good dig so I wanted to show my finds! I found a really pathological shark tooth and a Mosasaur tooth on what was going to be my last sift, but my best find of the day was my artifact - a 3,000 - 8,000 year old serrated spear head! As you would think, after finding it, I contacted every artifact expert I knew for an opinion. The most common consensus is that it's a Meadowood (roughly 3,000 years old) but there are other opinions that it could be Archaic, so that's why that age range is so big. Either way, something like this is extremely rare in New Jersey, and really made my summer!
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Can anyone help identify this black rock. Originally thought it was coal but it’s very shiny. Found in Monmouth county, NJ. Size is 2 1/2” x 1 1/2” x 1” Thanks
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Bryozoan Parts in Matrix from the Vincentown Formation
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Bryozoan Parts Paleocene Vincentown Formation Rancocas Creek Vincentown, N.J.-
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Bivalve Internal Molds from the Vincentown Formation
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Bivalve Internal Molds (One on the left appears to be Cucullaea) Largest just over 1 inch Paleocene Vincentown Formation Rancocas Creek Vincentown, N.J.-
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Gastropod Internal Molds from the Vincentown Formation
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Gastropod Internal Molds (largest 3/4 inch) Paleocene Vincentown Formation Rancocas Creek Vincentown, N.J.-
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Graphularia ambigua Branching Coral Pieces (longest over half an inch) Paleocene Vincentown Formation Rancocas Creek Vincentown, N.J.-
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Rotularia rotula Cioled Worm tubes (less than half an inch) Paleocene Vincentown Formation Rancocas Creek Vincentown, N.J.-
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Hi, While out fossil hunting with my girlfriend in the Navesink Formation at Big Brook in Colts Neck, NJ, she found this small bone fragment while sifting. It measures about 2 7/8 inches (approx 73 mm) and weights 8.1 grams (but still may contain packed dirt on the inside). It is slightly thicker than a half inch in thickness while laying down. I have no idea what the bone belonged to, and I highly doubt anyone will be able to have much of a certain identification for this, but I promised I'd take a look and see what the Fossil Forum thinks. I can give more measurements and images if needed. Thanks, Aiden
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Anyone else think this is part of a mosasaur tooth ? Size is 1 1/4” x 3/4”. Thanks.
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I've waited two years through this pandemic to go again and I'm PUMPED. Is Friday 8/20 or Saturday 8/21 the better day to go, from your experience? Specifically going there for vertebrate and amber fossil purchases. (Talking about https://nj.show/ if that helps)
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I found these these at Big Brook this Summer. The smaller, black tooth/claw(?) was found at the water's egde when I was picking through some gravel at the waterline. The other piece (bone or rock?) was just a couple of inches away. There is a groove in the larger piece that fits and holds the tooth/claw perfectly. Any ideas on an id? The tooth/claw is about 1 inch long, very flat, not the least bit conical. The larger black tooth/bone(?) was found on the same trip, on the same gravel bar, about 10-15 feet away. Thanks! KJ
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Hello all! I found a glacier transported fossil in unusually good condition in Southern New Jersey so I was wondering if anyone could get specific on it as to species and genus. Obviously, it was found severely out of its original formation so I'm not sure we can get any detail on this but I figured I'd try!
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Been awhile since I posted,and been many weeks since the wife and I have fossil hunted in the Monmouth county streams due to being so busy at work,but Friday was able to get outta work real early and head up to the streams,just love getting out there and enjoying nature….nothing outta of the usual but a wonderful time with the wifey
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Hey so a few days ago I went to Big Brook and found a few dozen teeth along with some ray teeth, gastropods, and fish teeth, and these are my questionable specimens. IDs would be helpful! I'm thinking 1st is enchodus jaw, 3rd is some fish crusher tooth, 6th might be a fish jaw or bone material, 7th is possibly an enchodus jaw, 9th could be a scute or bone material, 11th looks like half a ray tooth. But I would like other people's opinions too on my finds. Thank you! Also I am pretty confident on this being a reptile bone but also want an opinion on it
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Monmouth County Cretaceous revisited - re-classification to Plioplatecarpine
frankh8147 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello everyone! You may have seen this tooth in my last trip report. When I posted this, I originally had it labeled as just Mosasaur (honestly, mostly because I know very well the 'can of worms' you are opening to try to get more specific on an isolated reptile tooth). Curiosity got the best of me and I ended up showing it to every contact (professional and local) that I have and at this point, I believe this tooth to be a Plioplatecarpine/Platycarpus (a deep-sea Mosasaur) which was the most common opinion. The characteristics that led me to this conclusions were the severely re-curved nature, striations at the base, two well-defined carinae positioned towards the back of the tooth, and overall, how slender the tooth is (as slender as some Plesiosaur teeth but with two defined cutting edges). Anyway, despite all the Mosasaur teeth I've found, I didn't know this type was here so I figured I'd share. I'll stand by the identification - until proven wrong
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Found this large vertebra in Big Brook 7/24/21. Measures 1.5” x 1” x .5” In the last picture it’s next to vertebra I usually find for size compassion. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Taking my son for a nature hike yesterday morning, trying to inspire a love for the outdoors onto him. We ID everything we find, but this is our first fossil! Found this deep in the woods in millstone, Monmouth county. Spoke to two paleontologists, one said pycnodonte and the other said Ostrea. Help! I don’t know anything about fossils.
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From the album: New Jersey Late Cretaceous
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Hello all! After a long time away, I managed to get myself down to New Jersey to fossil hunt! Sadly, it was this last Friday, and over 95 degrees, so I was not as productive as I had hoped, and spent a lot of time sitting on my butt, boots in the water, just kind of vaguely looking around. (If anyone was suffering there with me friday, i was wearing a barfing t-rex shirt and was probably alarmingly pink in the face). However, I got a passable haul of shark teeth, belemnites, and quite a few dunnos! The larger one in matrix i suspect is a crustacean claw, the weird conical one maybe a weathered internal cast of a gastropod (it has some vaguely spiral markings on it), the holey one maybe part of a hybodont spine? The smooth curved one has zero distinguishing features and does not appear hollow but is extremely smooth and dense. The tiny cone is perfectly conical, not a pinched oval. The curved bone- fish jaw? All assistance appreciated! The scale is one inch.
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Hello, below are photos of some verts I found at Big Brook Park in Marlboro NJ. (Late cretaceous, Mount Laurel formation). I thought they were both ray verts, upon taking another look however I noticed there are some slight differences in their build. I wanted to see if anyone had any clarification for me. I've checked the usual sites, njfossils.net and njfossils.com, but I think I don't know how to interpret different features. I took photos of each face (anterior, posterior),and tops and bottoms (dorsal/ventral sides). Both were found, to my knowledge, in the Mount Laurel formation at Big Brook. I also tried to take a close up of what appeared to be spinal process attachment points on the smaller vert. Aside from one vert being more oval than the other, the larger seems to decrease in surface area/diameter from anterior to posterior, while the smaller seems to form a wedge or "v" shape along the dorsal-ventral axis. I tried to capture this in the photos but I'm limited by my equipment. Ultimately, I'd like to confirm if these are both ray verts, or if either come from anything else. Thank you, Pic A (possible process attachment points on small vert): Pic. B Pic. C Pic. D: Pic E
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Found this bone chunk this weekend on a creek hunt in Monmouth County NJ, looks to be a piece if jaw with some partial teeth! I know bone can be very hard to ID but hoping some distinguishing marks and parts might help on this on. Hole on one end and 3 partial teeth, with one half full root exposed. Let me know what you think! I can take additional pics if needed. Happy Hunting!
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Anyone have any ideas what this might be. Found in Big Brook, NJ 7/16/2021. Approximately 3/4” x 1/2”. Thanks
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could help me out with something here. I found this piece of ammonite at Ramanessin Brook (whole piece is about 6cm across). I initially thought it was some sort of internal cast of a gastropod but when I noticed the suture patterns I realized it had to be the inner whorl of an ammonite. However, I'm perplexed by the texture of this piece. Parts of it displays an almost "scaly" pattern which I've never seen before. Any ideas what could have caused this? Thanks! Some closer images of the texture:
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After seeing all of the interesting things people had found in Big Brook NJ i looked through my unknowns and thought I would ask for help. If I had found the fossil in A and B in florida I would have called it worn dugong rib. However I dont recall dugong coming out of NJ therefore I dont really know what it is, ?wood? The next set are a couple of pieces that may be sandstone, or ironstone, or maybe fossil unknowns. they all have a mild c shape, oval shape with layered central depressions. they were similar enough for me to keep them but i dont even know if the all or any are fossils . c and d are off color beleminites to suggest that some fossils coming out of this area can have an odd color and surface texture. There are alot of people on the forum who hunt this area regularly, please take a look and help me understand what I have found. thanks Excel.lnk
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Hello again! I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for places in the north east US (around PA) that I could research? As was suggested to me, I’ve narrowed down the things I’d like to collect. I’m really interested in fossils that.. well look like things. Don’t get me wrong, shells and crinoids are exciting! But I’d be so jazzed to have fish, crustaceans, insects, or plants. Anomalocaris are so rad, though I fully understand that those are hard to find so I’m going to focus on other stuff for now lol. Maybe someday. My dad in particular wanted me to ask if anyone knew of any east coast places to find ants. I saw posts about an amber site in NJ but my understanding is that it’s pretty well picked through. He and I are going to the Montour pit next weekend to look for trilobites but I thought I’d ask for stuff he’s into. I’m going to be doing more research when I get home (I’m on mobile atm), but I’d love to pick your brains in the meantime! Thanks so much as always!
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