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Don’t worry newbie, collecting sites are all around you!
FossilNerd posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Don’t worry, fossil collecting sites are all around, and may be easier to find than you might think! Here in my area of Kentucky, we have landscape rock that is sold as “local river rock” at about every garden/landscape center. This “local river rock” contains a lot of fossils. From brachiopods, to horns (corals), and bryozoans, etc. It is also very inexpensive. Many people in my area also use crushed limestone as a covering for driveways and parking areas. I have found many a trilobite in someone’s driveway. Finding fossils this way isn’t the most glamorous or scientific, but for someone new, or someone who is thinking about starting to collect, it may just be the spark that gets them into it. Finding a few fossils this way is what brought me back to the hobby. It’s a lot easier to ask a friend/family member to give up a rock out of their driveway or landscaping than to ask a complete stranger to go dig around on their property. What are some of the other newbie friendly “sites” are that you have come across? P.S. I’ll try and post a few pictures of some of my finds when I get a chance later tonight.- 25 replies
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Hi, i’m high school student in 12th grade. I’m currently working on a senior exit project, and I chose palentology as my career choice. I would like to do an interview with a paleontologist just asking a couple of questions like: what is your favorite thing about the job, what inspired you to be a paleontologist, how long did you have to attend school to become a paleontologist, etc. An interview over email or even over the website would suffice. Thank you.
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I don’t think anyone has posted this yet, but for those interested: The remains known as “Callao Man” and a few other fragments from a cave in Luzon, Philippines, have been described and places into the new species Homo luzonensis, a designation that is sure to cause a stir in the paleoanthropological community. It is based on very few and very fragmentary remains, and is rather young at around 50,000-67,000 years old. One hopes more remains (maybe a skull) will be found in future excavations so that scientists can get a more complete picture of what we are dealing with. DNA extraction attempts have thus far failed. In any event, surely a great site which will be intensely researched and our understanding of late non-human hominins. For more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/science/2019/04/new-species-ancient-human-discovered-luzon-philippines-homo-luzonensis
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Hey friends, Hope you're all well. I recently went to New York for the first time and throughly enjoyed what the city had to offer, however one of the stand out days was definitely a trip to the American Museum of Natural History. I won't bombard you with thousands of picture but I will post a few of my favourites Also a question, annoyingly I was on limited time and wasn't able to make the last slot of the "Meet T-Rex: The Ultimate Predator", has anybody done the tour and is it worth doing? I was gutted I missed it and would like to hear what others thought of it. I'm sure most of you know the I.Ds but i'll list a few of them just incase. So here's a few pics from my journey This specimen is AMNH 5027 and it was excavated in 1908 by Barnum Brown in Montana. Interestingly enough this specimen also provided the first complete skull of Tyrannosaurus rex. Not an alien, a pano that went a little wrong, it's hard to fit these guys in.
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Hi im new to this forum, and the buying of fossils. I've dona a bit of research in fossil to see if there real or not etc. I needed help in identifying if this spinosaurus tooth is real or not. apologies if the pictures aren't the best I've used snipping tool to grab them off of online. The length of one tooth is 2.5"and claim they are from morocco kem kem. Your help is greatly appreciated, thankyou
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Here are some larger pictures of the "Baryonyx" vertebra. Sorry if they are tiny again.
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We just got home from seeing the new Jurassic World movie that came out today. Well made and entertaining. It was worth the price of admission.
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on this piece, there are several various fossils. I beleive they are all encased in this clay rock. Found in Dresden Tn 38225 in a old creek.
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From SE Iowa. Im a disabled veteran. Rockhounding is one of the few things I can do with my family. Im sure Ill ha e way more questions then answeres.
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Hey everybody, always been interested in paleontology since I was a kid. Finally found my first fossil on a scout trip in Maryland and restarted my love of the hunt. Anyone have any good spots near Delaware county Pa for me to visit. Planning a trip to Montour with my little brother sometime next month. -Joe
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Out of curiosity, is it a practice for people to contact museums about fossils that can't be/can't quite be identified? I was just thinking about how many new unknown species must be just sitting around in individual's collections. They find new species all the time that are sitting in the museums collection, so imagine how many are of things that no museum has ever even taken a cursory look at. I don't mean like sending pictures of every vertebrae you can't pin to a specific species, even though that's more than enough in some cases, but at least with the less usual stuff, even though I'm sure there are plenty of individual teeth or single vertebrae of undiscovered species in individual collections. I saw an amazing full Devonian "shark" for sale, and that's what got me thinking. It would be nice if it were realistically possible to let museums just browse through collections, just in case. I know that once a fossil is out of context it loses significant useful information, but there'd still be potentially lots to gain from even those.
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I found this while searching for fossils, didn't come up with much, but I still found them interesting. And I figured hey, I know a network of people who could tell me all about these sedimentary rocks and what they are all about. My guess is that one is plant matter. And the other is some kind of quarts (it was a huge slab that I picked up and broke open.) What do you see here with your expert eyes that my novice ones don't?
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So I am very new to this and honestly I don’t know any of the fancy terms or much about it in general. So any help would be appreciated. This is my first find other than lots of shark teeth
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Hi all, I'm Davide from Italy. I'm a newbie and i'm here to learn new things about fossils, and also for some help in purchase :P. Thank you
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Hello, I have been buying some fossils not knowing what they might be. The seller did not know either. It will be a learning experience. Thanks
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found southern indiana area
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Hello, I am a novice in the world of fossils (although passionate since child by paleotonlogy). Excuse my English, I'm French, I live in Strasbourg (eastern France). I am here to talk and show you my first collector's pieces and especially to have your opinions on their authenticity. I want to specialize in small reptiles, amphibians and fish and also trilobites. thank you
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I am new to the forum from Florida. I have done some fossil hunting over the years. I have been getting more active doing as of lately. Also have done quite a bit of cave exploration domestically and abroad. I currently have active projects in Mexico, Colombia, and here in the US exploring and surveying virgin cave. But anyways look forward to doing more fossil hunting and learning more about it.
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Hello thank you allowing me to join
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Greetings, been a lurker for some time and finally decided to register. I used to be an avid collector years and years ago, but with real life getting in the way, it made it hard to do much. I am slowly starting to read up on things I have missed over the years and hopefully begin collecting again.
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Hi, I am from Canberra in Australia and am a total newbie to fossil fossicking. I recently found out i have some fossil fields near where i live so thought I'd start a new hobby. Good luck with your fossicking. Jed
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Hi y'all! I'm from North Carolina, USA. My interest in fossils is an expansion of my rock obsession! I have realized that I might be overlooking fossils in my rock explorations; I know I have overlooked Native American artifacts (until my spouse brought them to my attention)! I recently found a rock on my yard and began pondering whether it is a fossil. I will later post in the Identification Forum. I am looking forward to learning more about fossils!
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Hello, I'm from Belgium and I wouldn't call myself "super experienced". But I am heavily interested in fossils, and basically prehistoric times. I do like to read upon it all. As in my hobby if I find remains I do get curious to what it belongs. So I actually joined here because I couldn't identify a piece I found. Anyways hope to enjoy this place.
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Hello from the land of the Monterey Formation of the Miocene. I'm interested in all fossils, but mostly one's I can find myself!
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Hi, I'm close to Washington D.C. and am heading to the Potomac sometime this month for a fossil hunting trip. Been obsessed with fossils for a while, and I'm also wondering as to where I can find fossils in the Nanjemoy formation. Cheers!
