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I’m really excited to broaden my knowledge base (doesn’t take much on this subject). I hope to not drive you crazy peppering you with questions. I will do my best to behave! Thanks in advance … MJ
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Location is kem kem beds, seller said less than 5% restoration. I know nothing about claws but this one almost looks too good to be true and too perfect but I’m not sure how to definitively tell if it’s real or fake
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I'm interested in amber and copal inclusions. It make me excited. Species that are already extinct and invisible are also a great inspiration to my artwork. I want to learn more information
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Hi Guys, Just turned 50 and decided to realise my child dream of being a paleontologist and fossil hunter. I heard there are some possibilities for fossil hunting around Geelong, Australia (limestone quarries) and along the Great Ocean Road. I'm a complete enthusiastic noob and would be grateful for any guidance, especially from the local members of the community.
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Howdy! I have been lurking around here for a while. I have horrible social anxiety so I wasn't too keen on joining. Yet I want to join in to conversation and also ask oh so many questions. So I guess the only way to do that is just join. I don't know how much information I should say about myself. So I'll try not to say too much, but also not too little. I'm in my 30s and have never lost my love for fossils and the prehistoric world that rest beneath our feet. When I was younger I was told I could never do anything pertaining to fossils by many of my teachers. I was in highschool when I gave up on my dream of being a paleontologist, yet still kicked rocks about in a vein hope of finding something. Through a series of life events I have decided I'm going to actively hunt for and collect fossils. I have been doing so for several months now and it's a little wild what I have come to find. I have also started buying fossils, but mostly just the cheap stuff--but I love them and love just spending a while looking them over. That's another reason why I wanted to join. I spend a lot of time with my fossils and I have so many questions about things I find on or in them (mostly the ones I have found)... Okay, I feel like I have typed enough about myself. I'm never good at these things. I mean there's a good chance I might just disappear for a few months and then randomly pop back in. So thanks for reading my overly long introduction to myself that doesn't really say much, but kinda does.
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Hey everybody I've been deep diving into this forum for the past couple weeks while restoring this fossil. I found it in the Hell Creek Formation by the Powder River in Montana, on my brother's ranch. It was in the side wall of a run off creek bed. There were no other obvious fossils around it, but the wall was crumbling, so it could have washed downstream. The circumference of the main shaft is 20cm while the circumference of the head is 38cm and the length of the fossil is 40cm. I am not very familiar with dinosaurs, but it looks to me like it could possibly be the humerus or the femur of something. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you!
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New guy here, from South Texas, wife an I are fossil outdoorsy people who love exploring. We love geology, geography, Paleo history, native American history and many more. We travel a lot and love taking our practical knowledge and tying it back to book and white paper knowledge in all the above mentioned fields of study. We have land at Terlingua, south Texas and east Texas and are literally those people who stop at a road cut and dog for fossils and read the layers. Look forward to gaining some knowledge here.
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Hello, I'm James from 15 minutes south of Traverse City Michigan. I've been somewhat interested in rocks and fossils as long a I can remember. 2 years ago I bought my then 4 year old daughter a rock tumbler for Christmas and we have been keeping our eyes to the ground since. I came across this site after I found what I was calling a "tooth" after dethatching my back yard. Using this site and others I have discovered that I found a Horn Coral. I'll post photos when I get a moment. Just wanted to say hi and thanks for having me. James
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Hello. I'm new to this forum and new to fossils in general. I live only minutes away from Mazon Creek in illinois. More specifically, I live minutes (less than 10) from Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife. I have been wanting to go fossil hunting for a long time. I plan on going soon when the "season" opens up. I've had a growing interest for a long time but I want to bring my 4 year old daughter as well, hoping she will find an interest. I'm mostly here to learn from the experienced and read as much useful information as possible. Hopefully, in the not-so-distant future I will be posting pictures of our finds. -Nick
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So awhile back I picked up a rock at a creek and their was all these tiny little white ball looking things stuck to it and I wondered what they were, some were broken open and I figured they might be eggs of some kind. Well I found another rock the other day that had the same white things on it but also in this eroded part of the rock were several tiny little snails and a bunch of these little white things, so now I figured they must be eggs of the snails and I put it in a bucket and brought it home. When I got home I got to looking at the rock and none of the snails had moved, I wondered after awhile of the rock sitting on shelf if the snails were even alive? I got my 25x eye piece out and took a better look and they are covered with the same stuff that makes up the rock it looks like......so my question is are these snails fossils and are these pretty common to find like this if they are? This isn't the same rock but similar with the snails, I'll put pic of the other one with the white balls on it if y'all want to see it because I'll have to dig it out from a bucket of rocks. Southwest Missouri is where I found them also
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Hi everybody! My name is GD and I live in Toronto Canada. I'm a relatively new to fossil hunting but I'm a life long admirer. I have, for lack of a better term, an Opal obsession. I've been collecting and grinding for a few years now. I'm not after the parcels of opal with colour for cutting gems. I enjoy carving chunks and searching for what I believe to be various Cretaceous and Jurassic era fossils. I've been trying to identify them myself and have learned a great deal in the process. I'm here looking for a little help in confirming the identity of some of my finds. Thanks for letting me be a part of your awesome little community. Looking forward to getting my learn on. Have a good one. :-D
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Hi all! I am a new member of The Fossil Forum from New Jersey. I have a new interest in fossils/ finding fossils, so I would really appreciate it if someone could lend me a hand on the basics. Thank you!
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I like DSR. It's peaceful and quite. You get a nice little view. Over all a good spot. I have however been unsuccessful with finding an intact Dipleura! The detail that can been seen on them is fantastic. What amazing little monsters. A quick way to-be driven nuts. I know fossil hunting is a mix of: skill, knowledge, luck and time BUT gosh darn! I will keep trying. This is what I have to show for my effort so far.
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Hi. My name is Candie and I have done minimal fossil Hunting with an ex husband. I am excited to learn.
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Hello Fossil nerds. Hope all is well. I have been following all of the cool Instagram fossil accounts and it reminded me of something my son and I found this summer. USA California Santa Barbara County Jalama Beach 34°29'44.0"N 120°29'46.8"W measurements are in cm. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Hello i went to the river today in central alberta and found these fossils i believe one is petrified wood but it also has a translucent mineral in it?? I think?? And orange mineral around it which i assume is sap amber??? the size of these rocks are around a baseball please help identify all of them and offer info ill greatly appreciate it first two pictures are of opposite sides same as the other two.
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Hello, I am new to fossil collecting, but have always had an interest. I’m from N.W. GA. I look forward to learning from everyone and seeing some great pictures! Thank you!
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Hi everyone, I’m Michael I’m 35 and have collected fossils all my life. I mainly purchase from shops and online but have recently started joining the UKAFH on a few hunts. Loving going out and finding bits for myself and after a quick google search found this forum and thought I would join up to take advantage of everyone’s experiences and expertise. Maybe one day I will also be able to help someone on here too.
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I am aware that many of the weird lumps and bumps of the iron heavy rock formations in Big Brook make some things that look like fossils that arent. Probably the bulk of these are such. However, im very new at this and I would like to know if any of my guesses are correct. I would be grateful if anyone would help me ID these. ( keep in mind that these are from several trips to Big Brook and this is the entire groups' ( 5 ppl 2x) fossils. We are law abiding and only took the limit each visit, we'd like there to be fossils for people to find for a long time there) fossil one: because of the shiny black on it and its weird shape, i thought it may be a fish tooth? like a drumfish. but it looks wrong. fossil two: really degraded squid guard? fossil 3: probably nothing. i thought it was something because of the uniform breakage in the back fossil 4: i thought this was nothing until i cleaned it off and saw the greyish stuff under the clay fossil 5: again i thought it might look like a drumfish tooth but then i bought it home and looked at the computer images and im pretty sure its not a thing. fossil 6: is that a tooth? fossil 7: is this just a clump of rock and mud? fossil 8: I saw mentioned somewhere on the forum a similar find and someone said it might be like shrimp poop? is it? fossil 9: piece of squid guard? fossil 10: idk what it is. it looks like burrows. but not. fossil 11: a tooth, for sure but not sure what? fossil 12: nada or the tiniest squid guard eva ( included bc its a six yr olds find) thank you in advance for any help you choose to lend me.
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Hi all, First off, I am a real noob when it comes to prepping fossils... This is why I have a question for you, which I don't think would be too hard for you pros out there. Some of you may have seen this sea urchin before; anyways I wanted to prep it, as I believe it will look quite nice after a good prep. There is just one problem though: the matrix is very hard (compared to what I'm used to). So how should I clear all this matrix? The tools I have are very limited, but I can buy new things (as long as they are very cheap materials). I have: one long thin metal needle, one strong pointed needle, one strong small chisel, and one thing to blow the matrix away (sorry if I don't have the correct terms)... If needed I can post a picture of the tools. Here is a picture of the fossil:
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Hi! I have always been interested in natural history and paleontology, but never really considered collecting (or perusing an education) until very recently. I'm shy and don't really know what to say but it would be nice to know some people who are interested in the same things.
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My daughter found this in a creek bed near Brighton Missouri. http://goo.gl/Juxvo I apologize if this is nothing. I am an utter noob at this.
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Hi all, Just found this site while searching for places near home (Ottawa Canada) where I might be able to bring my kids to see some fossils in the field. They are still pretty young so I'm not looking for any long distance adventures yet Any tips, cautions or no-nos would be appreciated! Thanks Andrew
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Hey all! So glad I found this site! I am really amatuer, and would appreciate any help or tips. I live in the Los Angeles area, and really could use some direction. I have a post in the California section, so if you know any good places, please let me know there! Thanks!
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