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Hi all - I found these two pieces in Central Texas today. Anyone have any ideas? The first one looks like some kind of bone, the second looks like some kind of oolitic sediment or possibly a fossilized scute (according to google image search). I could also be way off on these. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi all! New here and getting back up to speed with the world of palaeontology! Have been Dino-mad since I can remember but haven’t really kept up with the science for a while due to University and engineering career! Last time I was ‘up-to-date’ Torosaurus and Triceratops were the same animal! It’s also only been recently since I realised real dinosaur fossils aren’t just in museums but can actually be bought and owned by anyone… seems obvious in hindsight! I’ve started my collection with two fossils that have been kindly verified here at TFF and will be keeping a keen eye out for more! Based in the UK and finding reliable sources of material seems tricky, but I’m getting there!
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Hello, I’m very new to this fossil thing. I was at Hanna Beach right after High Tide and need help IDing a few things. I can ID the mako shark tooth and fish plate (at least I think) the other items, no idea. any help would be awesome.
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Hello, I have read Fossil Forum posts for a year now, and am just getting around to joining. I love to fossil hunt wherever I travel and look forward to being able to ask what the heck I found. Thank you in advance for any replies to my inquiries!
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Hi everyone, I'm elderly I guess and I enjoy fossils, rocks, gems and all things nature. I always wanted to do an archeological dig etc. Just fascinates me. Someone told me start by going shark teeth hunting and I did and found a few. I have been pouring over charts trying to figure it out and still confused. Some are similar to others. I'd love to know what kind of shark teeth they are and also I have a rock fossil I found circa 1980 on Lake Michigan. My Astronomy instructor at the time said "oh that's just 10s of thousands of years old not millions so of no consequence". He never said what it was and I was hoping to identify it as well. I'll start with the four shark teeth and I have four other pieces I think might be but not sure. Maybe not. hard to tell sometimes! They are all very small. i was hoping for bigger specimens. Anyway, all the teeth were found this past weekend at Colonial Beach "Fossil Beach" they call it in Westmoreland County, VA. That should help a bit. If anyone can help, it'll be appreciated. I have a few other fossils but bought ones. Oh one more question... does anyone here know of a good Geology forum that's well put together like this one??? This seems to be a very well run board. Impressed by the people here, how smart they are, how civil and how the board looks overall. Good job! Photos below. I was thinking Lemon shark for one? Hard to know. First one is four at the bottom I KNOW are teeth and ones at the top unsure about. Closer views of the bottom ones are the following two photos. I think the photos are good enough to identify. Thanks in advance for any help!
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Hello! I live in SE Minnesota and just started getting into fossil hunting. I've only seen Mid Ordovician rocks (just found my first trilobite last week!) Plus what I think is a cephalopod piece or two.
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Hello! Im New member from Florida. I love fossilized anything! And rocks! Looking forward to seeing and sharing! Kimber
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Newbie needing guidance regarding green river fish prep
kmmerwick posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hi, I'm prepping green river fish fossil scraps. When I get down to skin/scale tissue it becomes softer and oilier. I'm using a pinvise and on areas like these and the usual gentle scraping has little effect. I'm not sure how to approach this material without damaging it. I'd love some input on how to proceed. Also, it seems like oil begins to permeate and darken partially scraped areas over several hours ie: backbone. Is there a special way to store the pieces in between prep sessions? Thanks in advance- K -
Hello from the Boston area!
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Hello! My name is Kat and I am from Michigan! I have always been into gems, but my boyfriend got me into fossils! We are currently at the Potomac river in Maryland fossil hunting!
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Hello everyone! My family moved to Florida back in 1970. I was 6 years old. It was that year my grandfather gave me the book Worlds of the Past, an apparently long-forgotten book chock-full of Zallinger illustrations. My grandfather was my hero as well as an amateur paleontologist/archeologist with numerous dinosaur fossils in the University of Texas Museum. I have several of his arrowhead collections. When we moved to Florida I heard about the fossil clubs and how they would go to the phosphate pits and find fossils galore. I became fixated with finding a meg tooth. Unfortunately my parents weren't supportive so I never got to go (and the phosphate pits have apparently been forever closed to hunters of the long-ago past). Then family took up all my time. I planned on going to the Peace River but wasn't able to make it happen until this year, 52 years after moving to this wonderful state. I've gone twice. No meg's tooth still but I did find a few fossils I can't identify that I'll be posting in the proper forum for help doing so. I hope to become more of an expert about the Bone Valley area so I can eventually find that prized meg tooth. I know I'm WAY late to the game but I'm excited for the hunt. I welcome any feedback that'll help me be a better fossiler.
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Need advice on how to display a Beluga Whale vertebra in a cloche
Alexthecephalopod posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hello, I purchased a beluga whale vertebra fossil as a gift and I am trying to figure out the best way to display it. I want to put it in a cloche but I would like to secure it to the base somehow if possible. I found an example of one on display on what looks like a brass rod (picture attached) and I like the look of this however I have some questions about how to do this: - What is the best way to drill into a fossil like this? - What is the best way/adhesive to affix the fossil to the rod to ensure it is secure? - Is there a lot of risk of breaking the fossil in doing this? - Is there any alternative/less damaging way to have it "floating" in the cloche like this? Alternatively, the vertebrae stands fairly well on its own and I could have it just sitting on the base. However, I would still like to secure it somehow if I go with that, is there a recommended way to do this? I'm open to all feedback and suggestions on the best way to display this in the cloche, I'm sure there are things I haven't thought of or just don't know about. I have included pictures of the vertebra sitting up, what the bottom looks like, and laying down so you can see the size. Thank you so much for your help!
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Looking for advice about finding unprepped Oklahoma trilobites
kmmerwick posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I know members can't mention specific businesses on the forum. So, what would be the best way for me to find quarries in OK that may sell unprepped trilobites. I've been tearing up the internet and am having a hard time finding contact info for places like this. Is there a, "directory" of sorts that would help me with my search? Thanks in advance! -
Hi, I am Angie and I've been fossil hunting for about 6 years now and as with most ( I am sure) starting to look for the more elusive and difficult to find! I try to search around the jurassic coast in Dorset, thankfully a manageable 1.5 hour drive from my hometown in mid Cornwall. I try to get there as much as possibly during the colder months, and I'm not adverse to the summer too (there's always something to find!) Getting snowed in at Seatown for the beast from the east, was .... an experience! So far I've made a few friendly fossiling contacts via Instagram (319cornishexplorer) and they are really helpful. I've already spotted a few on this site from there too! Another friend suggested trying this site to get more help, advice and guidance with my finds. So thanks in advance.
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so just recently i was going on a trip to look for fossils, trilobites specifically. On the trip i was able to find plenty of goodies; brachiopods, bryozoa, etc… But i never found any trilobites—well, except a possible pygidium. I did my digging at Savanna, IL, which from what I could find was known for finding lots of trilobites; and complete ones at that. Was I doing something wrong on my trip? I guess what i’m asking is there some way to more easily find trilobite fossils? Like, is there a way to tell what areas are likely to have trilobite fossils or what rocks would have them? on a similar note i’ve seen plenty of instances of people splitting rocks and finding lots of fossils that way; but i found almost all of my fossils just sitting in the open; any time i tried splitting a rock it would just shatter into bits, not to mention i wouldn’t really find anything inside. Is there a way to tell which rocks might have a fossil of some sorts in it? Or a way to split a rock so that any fossil in it would be exposed. Or i guess the better question would be what kinds of rocks are even worth trying to split into, and does this change based on a given locality? any advice would really be appreciated!
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Hello everyone ! my name is Francesco and I'm a PhD student in chemistry from Rome. I am very sorry to have discovered the forum very late, I have always been a paleontology lover and lately I am discovering the world of fossil preparation, but as they say here in Italy "better late than never"! Good evening everyone from Rome, Buonanotte !
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I found this digging a hole in my yard in Cedar Park and would like some help figuring out if it is what it looks like which would it looks like to me is a bone .This is my very first form to ever join, please let me know if I need to post in a different manner.
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Hello everyone! New to the old world of fossils. I was given a mosasaur tooth and became addicted to fossils. I am very much a fossil newbie but hope to learn from all of you! I am from CA and am excited to make new friends here on the forum! -Tyler
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New to the site! Glad to be here! Usually into finding fossils such as shark teeth, ray barbs, verts, puffer mouth plates, scutes, etc. Now that I'm in Texas, those seem to be limited in my area... so just started getting into various rock impressions as well as Native artifacts! Looking forward to learning more here on the site!
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Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and love looking through all the neat finds. We frequently go to the beach and love to look for unique finds whether it be shells, sharks teeth, fossils, etc. We also metal detect on occasion that pulls up interesting items sometimes. I mainly joined to help with the identification of some of our finds and to check out what everyone else has found. I will gladly help ID anything I have information for.
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Hi, I'm looking forward to learning from everyone here, as I am green and ignorant. I've spent time hunting arrowheads and artifacts since I was young, learned from the best in Utah. I spend a ton of time researching areas to hunt which are not already listed on 10K sites and have been somewhat successful. I pulled my head out last year and realized fossils, in many instances, fossils are located within or close to the artifact areas. I started adding this to my research and on my first fossils only trip last week, I think I did well. After I post in the ID forum, I will hopefully confirm it. I look forward to learning from anyone on this site willing to depart with their knowledge. If anyone is interested in is Native American artifacts, I would be happy to pass along what I have learned. Thanks!
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Hi, I am new to this, so before this goes in the planter, I wanted to see if I could get an idea of what, if anything, I have. I located this in the San Bernardino County area of CA, private land, Mojave Desert, hills next to a wash, as you see it. I followed the instructions on this site, but pics may not be good. I can add more. If this is nothing or something I can keep, either way I appreciate everyone 's time. If I'm missing anything, please let me know. Thank you!
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Hi everyone ! Thought I would say hello, I'm a french designer living and working in Berlin, Germany. I've always fostered an interest in paleontology and grew up in south-eastern France where I found fossils regularly as a kid. I'm very much of an urbanite as an adult, so the opportunities to make discoveries are pretty limited in my daily life. A few years ago I started making ceramic sculptures, which brought me to geology and back to fossils as a result. I've been on the various subReddits for a while but find it very limiting, redditors there to be particularly tight lipped about location and hunting tips. My first (casual) fossil hunting trip was two months ago off the coast of Georgia, USA. I mostly found fossilised shark teeth, vertebras, in a creek. I realised that I didn't really know how / what to look to for (color and size in particular). Next week I go to Portugal for work, and will stay a little longer so that I can check out the locations there. Any tip on what I should be looking out for is more than welcome ! Cheers and happy to have found this community
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Found these on our property and curious as to what they are
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I'm new to fossil hunting but have found some items that have ignited my interest in this field please help me identify if possible.
