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Hello from Columbus, Ohio! My name is Andrew, and since a young age I have always had at least a passing interest in geology, rocks/crystals, and fossils. Recently though I have discovered a newfound deeper interest in the topic of fossils and fossil preparation. I joined this group in search of more information about this newer hobby for me. I’m still more in the information gathering phase than the practice phase, but I have started to gather a few things for a budget setup. Anyway, I can’t wait to see what this community has to offer!
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Newbie and his Daughter learning to appreciate pre-history.
ChuSangSik posted a topic in Member Introductions
Greetings everyone, Over the past year, my 3 year old daughter has fallen in love with dinosaurs as we've watched Dinosaur Train, which features a paleontologist ( Specifically Dr. Scott D. Sampson, Namer/Co-Discoverer of the Masiakasaurus and expert researcher of Majungasaurus) who does an amazing job at helping inspire children in this area. My daughter can rattle off Mesozoic era facts all day, and has become more interested in Fossils. I let her know there was no Mesozoic mass in our area, but we could go look for fish fossils, since this entire area (Missouri, USA) was covered in ocean (The western Interior seaway I believe). Much to my surprise, she said yes. So we went outside and just started playing around in some gravel outside of our house and lo-and-behold we found a plethora of coral immediately, which she immediately has begun squirreling away in her collection. Since then, we've been visiting small beaches and rock piles to continue looking for interesting rocks and fossils, leading to a growing collection of Quartz, Chert(Chalcedony and it's sub-types), Horn Coral, Crinoid stems, and various other fun things. It's been amazing, and it's inspired me as well to learn a lot more about the amazing world we live in. Millions of years old Brachiopod shells sitting my our home feels absolutely unreal to think about, and is truly a humbling feeling. Most recently, i've been trying to take longer trips out to more interesting areas along the Mississippi River with rockpilings to access some of the mixed up soils that come from all over the US, and hunting for a good quality sample of a Trilobite and Galena ( Lead is made from this, it's the Missouri State Mineral ) Glad to meet you all! Here's a little picture of me and the daughter's first "real" fossil that we found on purpose by cracking open a rock that had a seam running down it lengthwise. Have a great day!
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Hello All, I just found this site while searching "fossil preparation" in general on the web, found TFF and got hooked on aeon.rocks' trilobite prep work. Next week I plan on going to one of the Green River Formation fossil quarries near Kemmerer, Wy. Probably the American Fossil site will be my destination. Hoping to find a few fish fossils and whatever else reveals itself while I'm splitting rocks. I'm excited to learn from this site and share a thing or three now and then. Steve
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Hi there. I am new. I am hoping to see awesome stuff here and learn! And share what little I have and may find. Thank you for accepting me.
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Hello everyone!! I am a new member and recently started to take a real interest in learning more about the fossils that I’ve collected since last year. I am fossil hunting still whenever I can. I’m from Ontario, Canada
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Hi from NI. My son is interested in fossils and palaeontology so I’m learning with him. We’ve been up to a couple of sites near Larne and have found next to nothing so looking for tips too!
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Hi, folks! Michigander / Virginian here.
Leigh_Slartibartfast posted a topic in Member Introductions
Hi, folks! Long time lurker first time member. I have decided to finally join to keep myself more active for educational purposes and of course I am also seeking professional help. I have several fossils I have collected from mid-Michigan Shiawassee County. Most of these are easily identifiable such as crinoids & bivalves. Currently, I reside in Norfolk Virgina USA & have been gathering and hoarding rocks, bones, fossils etc. from Virgina Beach Chesapeake Bay area. I fear I may have come down with pareidolia & I am seeking help. A big shout out and thank you to the folks that run this site and the members who actively participate. I enjoy discovering things I never knew existed about fossils.- 16 replies
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I am not well versed in the science of Geology/Palentology/Biology and therefore may not be the best fit for this hobby but boy do I love fossil plates, trilobites & ancient greek/cypriot archeology. I hope to learn more about these three mentioned subjects by following this course and maybe even get into some basic fossil preparation as a hobby.
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Hi all! I’m new to fossil hunting—I grew up combing the beaches at home in SC for shark’s teeth with my dad, but since moving to MD I’ve had access to the Calvert Cliff areas and a much broader range of fossils than ever before! I hope to meet some folks here, get better at identification, and gain a greater understanding and respect for fossil hunting!
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Hi my name is Ben, I am a new collector and I am here to gain experience learn and show my collection. Hope to make some new friends
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My wife and I went hunting for a couple hours this morning to the Stratford Hills to look in some Mowry Shale. We only collected for an hour since the sun was coming up and getting very hot. We found a lot of fish scales and some partial ammonites with their impressions. From what I understand there are only two genus's of ammonite found in Mowry shale, Metengonoceras and Neogastroplites. I am still trying to narrow down which genus they are. But it was a great trip with our first ammonites for our collection.
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I’m a native of Florida having grown up looking for fossils and teeth on Venice island. The army took me to Tx. I served as a combat medic for 41st FA, 1stCAV, 2-8 infantry. One tour in Afghanistan. Currently in texas, near cibolo creek and boerne. I take my kids with me and have often wondered what can be found where? Fossils and minerals in our area in texas. Also, growing up in FL I can spot a tooth about anywhere. I have some great fossils I would love A PID on. I believe a turtle scoot, ray barb and mouth pieces, and several small and chunks of bones. I am super excited to share and get to know my area through the collective knowledge on this site. Thank you ahead of time!
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Noob in need of some help (did I find my first fossil!?)
Treemaninaction posted a topic in Fossil ID
My wife and I recently went looking for fossils, both outside of Drumheller and on the banks of the Red Deer river in Alberta, Canada. The idea of finding a fossil has always been so exciting to me, but until recently I thought it was something only palaeontologists could do. When we found out that we were allowed to surface collect we decided to give it a go! Anyways... Here are some of the things we found. I am not confident that any of them are fossils, but I would be so stoked if at least one of them was. - The first three images are of a rock we found on the banks of the Red Deer River. There was a lot of sand stone in the area, but I don't think that this particular piece is sand stone. As you can see in the third image, it is layered. To me, it looks like at least one shellfish, potentially three. It's hard to see in the photos, but there are rays that look far to ordered to be random, and I think it strongly resembles a clam shell or limpid. - The next image is of a rock found in the same area with what I think looks like a piece of shell in it. - The fifth image is of a rock my wife found in the badlands outside of Drumheller. Not really sure what to make of that one TBH... - The sixths and seventh images are of what I think is a little piece of bone. This was also found in the badlands, and it was encased in some sandstone that I was easily able to break off with my fingers. it is very porous and at first I thought it was a stick, but the pores remind me of bone. Anyways... I really appreciate anyone who took the time to read the ramblings of a complete beginner, and your input is greatly appreciated.
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Hello, I am completely new to fossil hunting. I recently found this in my back yard while filling in a hole that had been dug a few months back. I don't know if it's fossil, natural formation or garbage. I'm hoping the Fossil Forum members can help ID it for me. It was found in the far west part of the panhandle of Florida. I know the ground here has been disturbed in the recent past and it's possible fill dirt has been brought from somewhere else locally. At it's widest it is about 2.5", the thin cross section is about 1/4" and the tuber looking part is oval in shape , 3/4"x5/8". Thanks in advance for all your help.
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I took a small scoop of this matrix straight out of the bag.
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(First post so sorry if there are formatting errors) Yesterday I took my first fossil hunting trip ever and had some beginners luck! I went to Cory’s Lane in RI and stayed for about an hour and a half. I found a few pieces (pics below) that I’m really proud of. I’m not sure if the large one with big lines in it is a fossil so if anyone knows that would be great. All that said, I still have no idea what I did right (or what I was doing wrong). Some members told me that I should go for the dark grey shale and not the graphite-black stuff, which I tried to do. I was also told gentle digging would produce shale that may hold better prints but didn’t have a shovel with me. I definitely intend to go again so any tips on improving my technique for that site would be appreciated. I was also wondering if there is a way to tidy these up/make the imprints stand out at all? I looked at some posts about PVA etc. but those seem to be techniques for museum-grade pieces (which I know these aren’t). Also the first picture has lots of what I assume are rust stains and I was wondering if it’s possible to remove those without destroying the prints?
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Hello everyone! Ive always been into archeology/paleontology but I dont get out to dig or search much, so its kinda been off the radar for a while... I do have a semi-large collection (in my opinion, to you all its probably tiny lol) Some of the bones I have, I dont know what they are and I also don't know how to identify what certain bome I have or what shark tooth I have (I know megladon and great white teeth, and tiger shark teeth as well). I cant wait to learn from the veterans and experts of this hobby!
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First step to wisdom right? So the two most likely sites I'll be hitting first will be Burnham-on-Crouch and East Mersea. Reading those two profiles, looks like a non-zero amount of sieving will be required to find anything, so I guess my first question is whats a good sieve to get? I'm assuming your basic kitchen equipment is not whats being referred to here. Secondly, in terms of identification, what are some good resources? Preferably books since I absorb printed info much more readily than something from a document online, but I'll take online if that's all there is. A sub-section of this is I need a good resource for what all the words mean and why something being Eocene and not Miocene is relevant, to pick a random example out of the hat. I absolutely appreciate that some of this comes from reading a bunch of stuff, but somewhere to start would be handy. Thirdly... I don't have a specific third question, so whats the thing you wish you'd known when you first started collecting? Many thanks in advance. Dragonlover
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Sorry if this isn't the right subforum, I'm a newbie to this forum and fossil hunting. I picked up a couple pieces of shale in the Mount Carmel, PA coal mine dump (would recommend; there's a thread with a picture of the location here and any given rock you pick up off the ground will likely contain fossils) a little while back and am finally getting around to splitting them. What's the best way to do so without damaging/splitting the surface? The one in the linked pic has distinct layers but is still quite cohesive(?), and the other doesn't have nearly as distinguished layers, but I'm not as concerned about ruining the surface. Both seem like they will be far more difficult to split than typical flaky shale. Sorry if a similar question has been asked before!
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Hello! I am new to fossils by accident and finding that i am very interested in knowing more. Starting with time lines there seems to be many time lines and what i think could be a fossil is another ? i cant seem to verifiy if they are fossil or remnant or is just me being new. I put 2 that i have found Thank you for accepting me. and look forward to this new journey!
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I'm from New Hampshire, I've lived in Maine, Florida, and Alaska. I recently moved back to Maine. So cool that I have a place to take my mystery fossils from the Peace River...and elsewhere.
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Hi to everyone. New to this and looking forwarded to learning lots and would like to say thank you to everyone in advance for helping where I need it. Thanks.
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Hey everyone! New to this, but loving the info so far! I've been taking my kids down to Calvert County to a few of the beaches to fossil hunt. Mostly finding a good time!
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Hey everyone, Will from Western Washington here. I have been lurking for a while, so when the wife suggested (jokingly I think) that I join a support group for fossil addicts, I knew where I might find some ''help''. I am an aspiring fossil hunter/collector/preparator. I can't wait to pick the brains of fellow members.
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Hi Folks, My name is Rob and I have no idea what Im getting into lol. I actually did a little hunting growing up in New Jersey in about '77, somewhere north of Red Bank. Now I live in Niceville, in the western Fla Panhandle. I don't know what "era" of fossils i might be interested in. I'd love to find some teeth, claws or things that just look cool. I guess I will be hunting mainly around the Chipola river. Possibly an area around Defuniak Springs. It is a bluff along side of a creek I happened to drive along side of. Hopefully sometime after the spring I'll have some pictures to share. If you happen to be in my area and dont mind meeting up with a newb, let me know. Rob
