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Hey TFF! First post! Not making my appearance with a bang, but had a decent quick trip to the Potomac, about an hour and 15 minutes. Nice handful of sea glass, decent amounts of ray plates and turritella. A few solid sand tigers. And what I believe to be a small, busted otodus in the palm of my hand. I usually always come away with at least one small complete otodus, so when I don’t, it makes a great day fossil hunting turn into merely a very good day 🤷🏻♂️. Let me know what you think!
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Found this for sale somewhere, they are advertising it as a gar scale, but I don't think it is, although I could definitely be wrong. My first thought was maybe a scute of a crocodile, but I think that is also not it. Any ideas/ Thank you so much everyone in advance!
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Like the title states… we are stumped. Found on the Kaw River as well. Thank you in advance, all suggestions appreciated!
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From the album: Fossildude's Middle Devonian Fossils
Echinoderm plate from Arkona. Possibly a crinoid calyx plate.© 2023 Tim Jones
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Hi An elderly friend asked me if I could help find out what this is. Any help would much appreciated. I don't know where it was found (but will check). It is about the size of a biscuit. thanks Giles
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Would love some background on this. I've seen Green River Formation fossils with big turtles before but never a tiny little fossil turtle. Unfortunately I don't know the provenance or the age. Any ID on this one? The scale in the background is centimeters. Thanks.
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Hi, The seller seems to be upfront about a few of the fingers being enhanced and the matrix having been repaired/glued to some mason board or something. Any red flags about the rest?
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Hello I have some thin limestone plates that contain fossils. Some are only 1/4 inch thick. I would like to strengthen them with a plaster backing. Is plaster of paris the only ingredient you use or are other strengthening or adhesive agents used? Perhaps to help attach the plate more firmly? Help would be appreciated Thanks
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I’m lost on this one. It’s stone/fossilized with what appears to be a bone type interior. Found in Venice, Florida while snorkeling. Any help is appreciate.
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From the album: My collection in progress
Scyphocrinites elegans Zenker 1883 Location: Boutschrafin, Erfoud, Morocco Age: 420 Mya (Pridoli, Silurian) Measurements: 20x12 cm (plate) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Crinozoa Class: Crinoidea Subclass: Camerata Order: Monobathrida Family: Scyphocrinitidae -
Dragonfly, purportedly originally from Jurassic Daohugou Biota, China. Preservation looks rough enough to maybe be real, but I don't know much about insects that aren't encased in amber.
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Graptolites Geniculograptus typicus (Hall) Genus: †Cryptolithus; Green, 1832 Phylum: Arthropoda Kingdom: Animalia Kope formation Upper Ordovician 450 million years old Carroll County, kentucky A purchased item, information on the tag.
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Found this in South Texas sandy gravel matrix. Pleistocene era. It's pretty small. But could this be a glyptodont osteoderm? It doesn't look like the turtle/tortoise pieces I normally find. The seams are very pronounced, and the grain on broken places is very fine and not as spongy as the turtle pieces.
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How's everyone's day going so far? It's not even 9am yet for me, and, already, I've smashed a plate and trashed my shoes... So I was just making breakfast, y'know, as, uhhh, people do, and, I dropped the plate... Oops? As you can imagine, this didn't go down well with the others in the house, and, it went down even worse when I started taking pictures of the break... It's not my fault it showed conchoidal fracture! I figured you guys might like to laugh at my idiocy, so here's the pictures: Oh, almost forgot about the shoes! So, they're bright white trainers (sneakers), and, uhm, it was muddy outside, and I wore them instead of wellies (rain boots)... Yay me! They're in the washing machine now, oopsie daisy... On a happier note, I've ordered an adaption cable for my dad's old Commodore Vic-20... That's right, this bad boy: Apparently, my dad used to code in this, in Basic - I learnt this fact years after I got into programming... Must run in the family! Feel free to share your stories, preferably featuring breaks so I can feel better about myself! Stay safe all, cheers
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Hello! Wanted to double-check the authenticity on this Hyphalosaurus fossil, or if it's been modified/composited in any way. Also, I know it's subjective but is this a nice enough specimen to consider buying?
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Ichthyosaur fossil plate
Mousehead posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This looks authentic to me but I wanted to be sure. The fossils in the background of these photos kind of raised some red flags for me, especially the air holes in the trilobite mortality plate on the left. Ichthyosaur bones on a fossil plate, origin is listed as Posidonia Shale Formation, Holzmaden, Germany. Thanks friends!
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Never seen one like this before, and after scouring my books I've come up with a blank for ID. Maybe a fish crushing tooth, or a plate, or even some loose teeth fused together? Possibly some kind of scute?? But from what, or am I way off base? What do ya' think? Collected from an Early Pleistocene, Waccamaw formation site, Columbus Co, Southeastern North Carolina. The site is primarily a shell bed, with some fish bits, and an occasional small shark tooth. Scale is 1mm.
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I recently purchased this along with a number of other fossils. The only drawback was that there was absolutely no information to be had on them, but I jumped at it since it was such a good deal. Now I'm hoping that somebody out there may have an idea what type of wood this is and where it might come from.
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From my farm pond dig site. Brachiopods with pyrite. 70 MM. 2 views, Allegan County West Michigan. Plus 2 more one week ago.
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This plate was in with a bunch of other fern fossils I picked up. What all can you tell me you see in it please.
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Ihad this plate labelled Fish from the tertiary of France ,i had this typical Dapalis Macrurus from the Oligocene of Aix en Provence at the same time;but i had a real doubt about the multi-fish plate.Oilshale was very kind to help me and he think it could be US
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Hi, I pulled this Crinoids fossil hash plate out of a hill today. I may have seen the mystery in Lake Michigan mud stone, but not raised up or nearly as large. Ideas? Thanks. item is 4 in x 2 5/8th x 7/8th thick. unknown item is 1 in long x 1/2 inch wide.
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Ichthyosaur Tail Fossil
Mousehead posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello! This one looks suspect to me. The smoothness of the bones and the lack of closeup photos to see any air bubbles/casting artifacts makes it hard to discern here. I'm also going to call out the little crevice surrounding the fossil that separates it from the matrix, which to me suggests it was planted into the surrounding rock. Info: Ichthyosaur communis Llavernock beach, South Whales, UK
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I created these fossil frames for my finds on trips to Kemmerer and Delta. They were a fair amount of work but I thought I'd share the design because I haven't seen anyone selling similar frames. I think the open space shows the fragility of the rock along with its natural shape instead of trapped in a rectangular frame. And I love collecting the accompanying negative impression. If you have any of your own designs, I'd love to see them! (no offense if this doesn't count as prep, but couldn't find display as a category) Cheers.
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Found these partial plates in the sawmill creek I am curious to know what the long pieces in the top right corner are found them with the plates if anybody with more information could help please found in Summerville ,South Carolina sawmill creek
