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Anyone willing to dm me and tell me some good spots in nc, and sc?
easterncarolinahunta posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I live in North Carolina, and have been trying to find a good reliable spot other than gmr for a few years now. I would like any help, any spots, anything will help, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia or Florida, any spot that it good and reliable I would love to know about it. -
She found it in Topsail, North Carolina. This was gifted to me as a parting gift. We both called it the "seahorse rock."
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Here are some of the cool things I have found over the years!
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While out on one of the small "islands" off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, North Carolina- yesterday morning I found this tooth. I have quite a few teeth and various fossils but something about this one feels different. I'm sure everyone says that but I have gone through various shark i.d. questionnaires and can't get a specific conclusion. I've had suggestions from an ancient "cow shark" type species (I think bc I answered "yes" to present cusplet) but there is clearly one and it doesn't appear another broke off- which makes me think age is a factor (as in this could've belonged to a juvenile as opposed to an adult). The back is not completely flat but no serious pronounced shapes, the root is large and in tact with no visible foramen (in human biology a foramen is basically a hole so I'm making the same assumption or odontological guess) and there is not a nutrient line, crown and neck present, serrations continue on both sides of the tooth (I am including two copies of the same photo to show the original with a shadow; but if magnified the serrations are more clear and then a clearer shot that unfortunately didn't 'cut' the black shadow from the serrations. A genus I keep finding is Carcharhinus and hopefully someone has some ideas. Cheers! Becky
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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Recently got back from a trip on Holden Beach, and just WOW. Words can't describe the uniqueness of being able to find Mosasaur teeth next to Megalodon teeth. The recent Hurricane brought in many new fossils and I had quite good luck. Here are some photos of the trip, I will post a picture showing all of my best finds shortly, but for now enjoy! First, here are some of the Squalicorax pristodontus teeth I collected. These were relatively common.
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Although I didn't find anything impressive, I thought I would share my first Aurora experience anyway, for those who have never been. My husband and I made an impromptu trip to Aurora yesterday after hearing that they just got a new pile from the mines on Tuesday (opened it Wednesday). It was a 5 hr drive each way, so we had to start really early, but there were already a lot of people digging when we arrived at 10. Only one of the two piles had been replaced, although they are trying to get the second pile replaced before the middle of October. Word seems to get out quickly when they have a new pile and there were probably 50 people on our pile at once by the end of the day, so there wasn't much room other than to dig yourself one hole and hope you found a good spot. We had quickly made sifters the night before and made two different screen sizes, but the bigger one was way too big so my husband decided not to even use it. We didn't find anything to write home about, but did get a couple of things that I don't find much of in Summerville. You could occasionally hear someone else excited about a find, but most of those were beginners and the finds were broken 1/2 inch teeth. The guy beside me did find two or three broken cow shark teeth and a half of a maybe 3 inch meg. Other than that, I saw someone with a nice mako and someone with a big great white, but it had a broken root (or it looked like it from where I was sitting). There were rumors that two megs had been found in the old pile the day before, but I didn't hear about size or condition. The museum was smaller than I expected, but one area was closed off, so I don't know how much was off exhibit. It was still nice to see some of the displays. The weather was nice, which was appreciated since the new pile was in the full sun all day. So, my husband didn't sift and didn't even look as long as I did (which was about 5.5 hours), but here are some pictures of our finds. The whole teeth: The broken teeth: Lots of ray mouthparts: A dolphin tooth: We also picked up a few shells, pieces of bone and vertebrae, a small piece of crab claw, and some other random things. I'm not sure if it is still allowed, but we put some of the material that we had already screened in a couple zipper bags and brought them home so I could try looking for micro teeth. It was very tedious so I'm sure I still could have found smaller teeth, but I decided it wasn't worth any additional effort (and neck pain). Here are the micro teeth: So, all in all, it was a good experience, but probably not worth making the drive very often. We did end up with probably about 500 teeth (including the broken ones), but I was hoping for a couple nice larger teeth. Thanks for reading!
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North Carolina tyrannosaur tooth..Dryptosaurus maybe?
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Tyrannosaur tooth I found in North Carolina's Black Creek group yesterday afternoon. Based on the serration count, I'm thinking it's Dryptosaurus, the line of serrations in the second pic is 1.58cm long (measuring by hand), and I counted 31..I do plan to check them for certain later with a stereoscope, but my understanding is Dryptosaurus has <11 serrations/0.5cm and Appalachiosaurus >11/0.5cm. If anyone who deals with this regularly wants to help with the ID, please feel free.
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We recently found what could be a gator or croc tooth but don’t quite know. Found that one at the coast of surf city in North Carolina. Could someone identify this for me? Thanks in advance!
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These two bones come from North Carolina, and the site they come from produces mostly Cretaceous Black Creek group material, but also some marine Pliocene and terrestrial Pleistocene material. Any help would be appreciated! The first is clearly a limb bone shaft, femur, tibia, something like that. Not sure if it's crocodilian, turtle, dinosaur, or terrestrial mammal though (I'm leaning towards terrestrial mammal). The second bone I'm thinking might be some type of hip bone, I was thinking possibly the ischium of some large croc, but I'm not sure. Could very easily be some random cetacean skull fragment. Edit: I think the second bone may be a crocodile coracoid. That large hole may be the coracoid foramen. Let me know what you think. Bone 1: Bone 2:
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https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/aurora-fossil-museum-helps-identify-walrus-fossil-tusk-found-in-north-carolina/ I have seen a number and even found a Very small piece ...but I am not sure that I would have identified this as Walrus...
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Looking for teeth near Harkers Island North Carolina
stellabear posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi. Taking some kids to harkers Island North Carolina. Does anyone know of a good place to find teeth in the area? Any beaches known for good finds or any rivers (within an hours drive) we could dig and sift in? Thanks! -
Hi everyone, first post here after a trip to the Outerbanks (Corolla), North Carolina US. Found washed up on the beach, approx. 11 cm long. I can’t find anything here on this forum or various googling that looks exactly like this. Based on what I’ve seen as a total newbie, I’m thinking either coral or worm colony or sponge - your thoughts are very much appreciated!
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can anyone please help me identify this. I found this today at green mill run GMR in Greenville Nc.
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Hello, I came across this listing with no ID/locality info and poor photos, can anyone identify at least what it is? About 5 cm across. From what I can barely make out it has some symmetry and regularity in structure/patterning so I think it is indeed a fossil, perhaps a cystoid theca or crinoid calyx or even float bulb?
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Made a second trip to North Carolina's Black Creek group last week, and was definitely rewarded! Lots of interesting finds, the best of which are shown below: Deinosuchus rugosus (D. schwimmeri) teeth, osteoderms, skull fragments, and one MASSIVE coprolite. Also, the bottom right bone is either mosasaur or crocodillian/alligatoroid, I believe either from the hand or leg, hip maybe, but not sure on the exact ID.. Dinosaur teeth! One's definitely hadrosaur, the other I have as the broken-off, enamel-less tip of an indeterminate therapod crown..you be the judge on whether that one's a tooth lol. I think it is, the break has the exact shape of a broken-off Carcharodontosaurus spp. crown tip I have.
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In 2019, @Plax and I explored some exposures of the Castle Hayne Formation near Wilmington, NC. At one site I found a peculiar fossil coral. I am familiar with the typical Eocene solitary corals such as Flabellum and Endopachys, however this one has me stumped as I cannot identify it to Genus with any of my SE USA Eocene references. I am hoping one of the NC invert collectors out there might recognize it. Size is ~32mm. Thanks Mike
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Below are 3 "teeth" I found yesterday in North Carolina's Black Creek Group, and I am no expert in identifying dino teeth. The first one is obviously hadrosaur, but not sure if more can be known about it. The second one, it's general shape looks like a "tooth", but honestly I'm not sure whether it is or isn't. It looks somewhat similar to pachycephalosaurid teeth I looked up online, but such teeth are rare and not known from Appalachia, so I'm doubtful. The last "tooth" looks to be therapod, but there's no enamel. The base where it's broken off looks similar to the breaks I've seen in some other therapod teeth in nicer condition, but as I said I am no expert in dino tooth morphology. Could well be a rock, but if so it's an odd-looking rock. All 3 teeth with scale: Tooth #1: Tooth #2: Tooth #3
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Localities in the Virginia Area
Andúril Flame of the West posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello everyone, This is my first posting on TFF (although I've been lurking on the forum for a while) and I am excited to be joining a community centered around one of my main interests. I have seen that this forum houses a very kind and helpful community, and I was hoping that some may be interested in helping a - very new and inexperienced - fossil hunter. I will be in the Charlottesville area for Labor Day weekend and I am in search of any tips for finding fossils in that area or general locations where they might be. I am willing to drive up to 3 hours to other locations in Virginia or locations in West Virginia, North Carolina, or Maryland. I have heard that there are some fossils in parts of George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia and I would be very glad to hear where I can find fossils there and if a permit is necessary to hunt for invertebrate fossils in that location. I am most interested in hunting for fossils from the Ordovician, Devonian, and Carboniferous periods, but any fossils would be great. I greatly appreciate any tips or information! -
North Carolina Deinosuchus rugosus armored plate fragment (osteoderm) and some other finds from last week
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Deinosuchus rugosus (I think it's technically D. schwimmeri now) armored plate fragment (osteoderm) I found yesterday in North Carolina's Black Creek group. The whole thing would've likely been around 5"+ in diameter and ~1-1.5" thick. This thing was a beast when it was alive. Also found some Xiphactinus vetus teeth, a tiny but complete Ischyrhiza mira rostral "tooth", my biggest ever complete Scapanorhynchus texanus (this one looks odd in the pic because it curves up so sharply and leans back cause of the weight) and Cretolamna appendicula teeth, and a lot of mosasaur and croc teeth I have as indeterminate IDs. Found a fair amount of other neat stuff too, but these were definitely some of the highlights.
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Hey everyone, I'm new to the world of fossil hunting, and I think I may have found something. Could someone help me ID this? I don't know if it even is a fossil. It looks like it could be a plant stem or something. It is long and tubular and branches off in places. I found it in a clay pit in the Deep River Basin of Chatham County, NC. The rocks here are said to be from the late Triassic. Any ideas?
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Another trip to a nice little spot I've found on the Trent River in Eastern North Carolina. My brother found the nice cow shark tooth which I've never seen come out of this spot before. Pleasant surprise, and some other nice fossils including a whale vertebrae & half of a shark vert.
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Hi, I have been combing the beaches of Topsail Island for years and this is the first trip that turned up multiple large finds. Usually my biggest find is the size of a nickel. This year I found over ten that I consider noteworthy…which is strange in itself. But I am having a lot of trouble identifying one in particular. I have attached a few pictures of the tooth in question here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Usually my finds are very common…tiger, sand tiger, great white, bull, etc. but for some reason, this year turned up many ancient and worn pieces. Any opinions on why so many turned up this year vs. previous years would be appreciated too. I can only assume that maybe the coast was recently dredged, and this made older pieces become beached (??)
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Anyone know much about locality 34? Not sure if anyone has made expeditions there or how one can access the area. Any input is greatly appreciated!
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I am looking for a couple of nice Rudists. Preferably complete or nearly complete. I will trade for just one if it is near museum quality. I have a 3 inch Aldebarania arenitea starfish that is missing a leg, but still a rare find. Its from the Peedee Form. in Rocky Point NC. It has a lot of detail visible and some light matrix which can be removed. If interested I am flexible and would like to see your offers. Inside the US only please.
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