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Found this on Onslow Beach, in North Carolina, washed up during low tide. It seems to have the weight and texture of a stone. On the flat side there’s a convex ball shaped protrusion right by the notch (it protrudes about 2mm from flat surface to peak of protrusion). I apologize for the standard system being used in the photo. I did measure the length of it in cm and it was exactly 4.5 cm across. Also I am not certain if this is even a fossil as I know very little about the subject. But what caught my eye was all the symmetry involved. Any input is appreciated 🤝.
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Hello! My son found this in Carolina Beach, NC last year. Is it a great white or megladon tooth? We made into necklace for him hence the jewelry hardware. Gracias.
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This is the first serious fossil hunting I’ve been able to do in a very long time and it was awesome! I stopped here on a whim for an afternoon on a return trip from vacation and it was absolutely worth it. Despite being poorly equipped (I literally threw together a small sifter with stuff from the hardware store and a staple gun), I think I came out pretty well! Definitely going to have to make a return trip sometime, I think the conditions were less than optimal this time around. It seemed like the water level was higher than usual because of the hurricane, so I think a lot of the usual spots were inaccessible. I wore my Tevas and am incredibly lucky not to have lacerated the snarge out of my feet/legs - there’s an insane amount of broken glass in the creek. I would definitely bring waders next time.
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Can anyone identify this shark tooth? (a quiz, I know what it is)
easterncarolinahunta posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hey, I want to quiz y’all and see y’all’s knowledge on sharks! This tooth came from the east coast of North Carolina! (That’s all I’ll give you) it’s not a common find!
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What’s up! I’ve been bored lately and just wanted to play with some of the crows I’ve found. These have all been found on the east coast of North Carolina, in creeks and on beaches. So here you go, -My three prettiest, not the biggest crow shark teeth in the world, but in my opinion, I have not seen much crows with better colors than these 3. ( if these teeth aren’t in order, I’m sorry I’m new to this, the three I’m taking about are the yellowish tooth, orange, and blue one that’s in the middle). So those out of the way, here are some of my biggest, these are all over 1 1/10, the biggest hitting 1 2/8 ( almost 1 3/8), the biggest one is the one in the bottom middle with the slight pathology, (and top left in my palm). The three biggest in my palm, as scale. I hope y’all like this, i love my crow shark collection that I feel gets really overviewed by the big guys.
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Hi everyone! I have not posted in very long time. Hope all my fossil friends are very well! Getting back to my love of collecting NC fossils. I have been going through many of my fossils and I came across an echinoid which I am trying to ID. I found this beauty on a fossil hunt with a dear fossil friend Sixgill Pete probably about 8 years ago. We were at an eastern NC area that had a Cretaceous exposure on a river. I thought I had an appropriate ID, but there is a new species name of Schizaster variblis. This may have been previously named Linthia variabilis. Any thoughts about the ID are so appreciated.
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Went out to Green Mill run not too long ago and found some fossils that I simply couldn't identify. I have my suspicions of what they could be, but would rather get some expertise identification. Any help is appreciated!
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Hi everyone! I fossil hunt at Onslow quite a bit and have found a few things in the last couple weeks that I was curious about. The circle thing with a hole stumped a Facebook group I’m in. I did hold it up to a light and it is not see through so I’m assuming not glass. Thanks for any help as always!
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Hello! I’m very new to the hobby of fossil finding and I already can’t get enough of it. I went to green mill run in Greenville, North Carolina and found a few good pieces, but I can’t seem to identify one of them. Any help would be very much appreciated, thank you!
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Me and ma are planning on making a trip to North Myrtle beach this winter. I know they did replenishment in 2019, I was just wondering if it is worth it for Cretaceous fossils. I'm on the hunt for another mosasaurus tooth for my collection, and am just wondering if this is the place to do it.
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OBX (Outer Banks, North Carolina) again (what a year it’s been!)
Fossil_Adult posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Last time I visited the outer banks, I was in Corolla and I found some of my best ice age fossils ever. So when my mom and all the other adults wanted to go again for two weeks, I didn’t protest. So off we went, down to Duck this time. It turns out that we had to leave a little early, but I wasn’t disappointed because I got what I wanted from that place. The amount of fossils here were a lot less common to find than in Corolla and I found myself walking miles and miles between finds before stumbling across something. With that being said, I got some nice sharks teeth, ray plates, more fish bones, some killer shells, and one unidentified vertebrae that was from a land mammal. Anyone who still has a clue can weigh in, otherwise, here are my spoils from the trip to the northern outer banks.
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Hello, I was looking for shark teeth at Holden Beach, NC USA. I found this odd bird talon shaped object. It is hollow, but doesn't look like a shell. I don't have a ruler handy, It is just estimate about 3 cm long and about about 1cm wide at the thickest end.
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Hello all, I found this item while searching for shark’s teeth post-hurricane Dorian in Surf City, NC. I am not sure at all what it is (if anything of interest at all), but it is pretty cool. It appears to have pieces of clear glass or crystal imbedded all throughout and when I found it it had a small strand of thread wrapped around it (it ended up falling off in my pocket, although you can see what is left of the thread in the profile picture attached about half way down the item). My first thought is that it almost looks like rusted metal. I’m certainly no expert in arrowheads, but it does appear to have a similar shape. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
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Hi all! I'm hoping for some insight. I found two mammal teeth at GMR today and I am not 100% sure what they are. I was thinking peccary or deer. Assistance is appreciated.
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Hello all! Soooooooo I'm going to North Carolina in late July for a short family vacation. We're not going there to look for fossils but of course I'm hoping to do just that. I really have no idea where to start. Any suggestions? Thank's.
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I found this hollow mako shark tooth on the piles in North Carolina, I was told that the tooth hadn’t fully formed when the shark lost it but I want a few more opinions on it. Size referencefront
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Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you about the crab carapace which I found in 2012. I found it at the Rocky Point Quarry, Rocky Point, North Carolina, USA. This little crab carapace captivated me and I am so thankful to Alex Osso for responding to a trip post I made in 2012. I thought I had a regular little carapace, but with his help and then Don Clements and among several others, the carapace made it's way to George Phillips. Then the research began. I want to thank everyone whom has been a part of this adventure, timeless research, keeping me informed, answering my questions and just taking to needed time to complete the project! Thank you to so many whom also include Barry W. M. van Bakel, Alex Osso, George Phillips, Don N. Clements, Torrey Nyborg, Francisco J. Vega, Trish Weaver, The North Carolina Fossil Club and the manager of the Rocky Point Martin Marietta Quarry, Doug Pope. The crab carapace has been named: Cenocorystes libbyae n. sp. I donated the crab carapace to the Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina. The carapace found by the Mark Mckoy Family is in the article too! Such an amazing find! WOW! Have a wonderful 2019 everyone and happy fossil hunting! I posted a link to the article below, hope it works. If not let me know and I may need a little help from a friend with it. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667118303495?dgcid=coauthor. The article is published by ELSEVIER, Cretaceous Research. The pic below is from the day I found it in 2012. All the best! Happy hunting in 2019! Libby
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Hi everyone! I have been cleaning out, organizing and labeling the mounds of sediment buckets in my garage. Plenty of time over the holiday break to try and get my mind back in to the fossiling mode. I tried at the beginning of this year to get my Friday excursions going again and venture to some quarries, but there are limited areas which the fossil hunter may tread now a days. Then priorities in life too . These buckets of sediment have been waiting for me for many years and months, just waiting for me to take the time to investigate their treasures. I started a few days ago on a few of my Eocene, Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina buckets. Many bryozoa, crinoid, echinoid and occasional crab claw specimens appeared during my screening and washing. Several species of sponge too. I came across this dandy lil' fella and would like to ask for some assistance in identification. Has that "sponge" look to it and seems to have other characteristics. I did not find it in the NCFC Invert Book or my other Invert books. Any help is greatly appreciated. Best, .
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Hi everyone, I have been going through and organizing all the matrix I have stored in my garage. Slowly washing, drying and sifting trough. My son is getting a kick out of it! He has his own fossil corner now just for him. We started out rinsing Aurora, NC matrix and then moved on to some from Texas. I can not recall where in Texas the matrix came from, my labels had deteriorated. We have been looking through our books and online for identification of the two teeth I posted. If any can help with this, please do. The first tooth is from the Aurora, NC matrix (Miocene/Pliocene). 3mm in length.Texas tooth. About 1mm. Ray tooth?
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I found this whole combing the NC Topsail shore today. Couldn't find anything online to help me ID it as a shark's tooth. Is it a shark's tooth? Some other type of animal? Any help is appreciated! Edit: also, it's not very big. Maybe the size of my pinky fingernail if that helps.
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Found this in a pile of shell fragments today. I'm terrible at identifying shark's teeth. From my research online it looks most like the tooth of a hammerhead. I would like someone more seasoned to have a look! Any help is appreciated!!
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Hello all! I recently moved from Pennsylvania, to Surf City, North Carolina. I've heard shark's teeth are pretty common around here, but I have not been able to find one...until possibly now? I was walking in ankle deep ocean water today and stumbled across this. It sure looks like a tooth...but I couldn't find anything online that would solidly help me identify if this belonged to a shark at one point. Now I'm starting to think it's just a convincing rock. Can anyone help me determine if this is a fossilized tooth or just a clever rock? If it is a tooth, what kind of a animal did it come from? Sorry the pictures aren't the best...the darn sun makes it hard! The top of it (gum?) appears different from "toothy" portion, which has several vertical lines traveling down it...if that helps! Thanks in advance!
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So, this is a different topic/coversation than I am not used to seeing here but I will give it a shot. My daughter, is looking at study options and researching schools for her Undergraduate. She is set on Marine Biology because she loves the marine life, the ocean and shark teeth. I was wondering if anyone has any other ideas on what a good focus would be in pursuit of her degree. Suggestions on schools would also be helpful. Like my daughter says, as long as she is in the ocean with the marine life and can occasionally find a fossil she is good to go.
