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What do you think. Found in James river. Central Virginia
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Looking for some ID on these if anyone knows. Just trying to understand what I might have here. These were found around the coke ovens in Wilkeson. #1 Flat wood looking striations. #2 Black speckled #3 Small dark pours evident
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I found these both in an area where a couple of arrowheads and a some broken pieces have been found but these two rocks along with one more that looks just like them I found on a different day a couple hundred yards away look all to similar to make me think that they are possibly tools or something used by an ancient people, but I don't know I'm not to good at identifying stuff like this. Also the pictures just aren't as good as seeing them. Any help would be great please and thanks.
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I can't find much history or geological information of the Seattle area in Washington State before the people started settling there. I get lots of history about how everyone settled, who they were, dates of events, and the beginning of industries. Is there a easier way to find out through other resources about actual formations of the land and geological events that have happened in the past throughout the centuries? Is that made available to the public for research in their findings of fossils? There's more then I thought to learn about when it comes to fossils, and when it comes to fossils being found in or out of profound areas where you don't know how it may have got there, takes you more on a history hunt for answers to the how? question, and the when? question. Finding a fossil in someplace that makes you scratch your head???.. I'm sure this has happened many times. Hasnt it?.. Ocean animal fossils no where near the ocean? I believe that would be evidence of a past tsunami. Could there be any reason why sea fossils would be found in the middle of a populated city not really that close to a Ocean but close to a man made lake. Half salt water half fresh water. I think there should be a key importance to explore more of city populated areas before major construction. Seattle is a place that has never been explored geologically so much other then the beach along the coastlines. I find no evidence of geological history of Washington but of our volcanoes, not so much tsunamis at all. Seattle has just been built on top of so quickly, that Seattle hides a whole lot more beneath the high rolling hills and valleys surrounding then we think. There are less and less places to explore in a growing city and I'm not a expert, but when I can notice something out of the ordinary and you know it's of importance, how can it not excite you enough to find out more about it! So who's the first one I would call to report a geological formation of importance? How are those steps determined in the concept of discoveries ownership and so on? The laws are so twisted and much goes into it. The reward it's self in fossil hunting or just stumbling upon one is the past answers they give us, but they are our future answers too!
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I have a serious question. As.I was taking pictures of a few of my fossils, I decided to zoom in on my rock. I became so intrigued By what I was I continues zooming in on alot of my small fossils. Does anyone else being their zoom to a max and just inspect a rock? It looked like little dinosaurs everywhere. My questions are does anyone else do this? And also what are these things that look like little dinosaurs when I zoom? It's like I can see how many crazy things. Any answers or suggestions would be great. I'll take the negative and positive. Should I stay away from zooming in or what?
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San Antonio, Tx 78023 The rock in the left was found behind my sisters house about 30 yards from a dried out creek bed. It was found about 8 in down while metal detecting. So far we have pulled about six various size rocks from this hole. It looks like it hard a corn, on the top right of that rock. The rock on the right is just another one from my back yard.
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Hi everybody, thank you so much for all the information you share on the site I’m so happy to become a member and hopefully get a lot of my questions answered. I’m relatively new to trying to identify everything I find and I’m so grateful that there’s a community out here that can help me.
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I found this strange cracked rock in the Oquirrh Mountains in Tooele Co (Ut) in an area that I've found fossils. It’s got a crusty sedimentary like texture underneath the cracked subaqueous surface. I sure would appreciate some help in identifying this rock and why it has strange cracks all over it??? I share many of my fossils and rocks w/ local school children, so it would be nice to know more about this rock before I share it. All of the pictures are of the same rock & one is a pic of the backside of it.
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Can anyone please tell me what these are? Found in a quarry in Australia I have a lot of unusal shape rocks from there. 20210311_090719.heic
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Hi guys! I am looking for new areas to hunt for rocks and fossils around the KC area. I have been to the Blue river, Kansas river, Cedar creek, Tuttle creek, Perry Lake, Mill creek, and abandoned quarry areas. Anyone have any general locations of where I can find some stuff? I am an avid hunter for all sorts of fossils and rocks (rockhounding is my favorite past time)! I've had the most luck at the Kansas river and Perry lake. Some of my finds include cow skulls, cone coral, shells, agates, vertebrae, and a bunch of druzy quartz geodes and chalcedony. I have included pics of some of my finds - the petrified wood was sanded down and polished up to 3000 grit. Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!!!! Much love KC!
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So i really like the fossils from morroco so i would really like to buy slabs/rocks from morroco mostly the kem kems. So i could find fossils in the rocks myself is there anyway to do that? Should i contact fossil sellers from morroco? Is there some website/store that sells them? And i have seen many fossil morroco sellers that are scammers. Is there any really good sellers i can Contact?
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Found this on a rocky beach in Southern California and have no clue what it could be. Both sides are almost Ying yang like. Let me know if you have any clues!
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Hello, here is my experience with my cheap little tile saw purchased 12/22/2020. That´s the setup at the moment: Some modifications and additions: - I rotated the saw by 180°. This is first to reduce spraying into the face. And second it is much easier to "feed" from the back. You also have much more visual control producing an even cut in this way. Electric switch is now at the back right, which is no problem. - Glued two thin plates (2 mm) onto the table, touching the blade. The table has a big gap at one side of the blade to allow tilting of the table. That´s a nuisance, specimens can get easily jammed in this gap during feeding, resulting in very uneven cuts. The line where the two plates (nearly) meet is also a very good visual guide. Cutting height is now 32.5 mm. - Build a hood out of wood and toilet paper bags, not many words needed. - Saw is sitting in an old backing tray. - Cable connection needs to be a little bit lifted with a small rock, otherwise it is bend outside the anti-kink device and is dipping into the water... (faulty design!). - A lamp was already there. Results: - The blade cuts extremely well, the motor is powerful enough. Cutting one of the larger fossils only takes half a minute or so. - It consumes a lot of water, dripping onto the backing tray. No problem, just suck it up with a sponge cloth regularly. Used about 2-3 liter for 8 specimens, refilling at least after every cut! - The motor becomes warm rather quickly, it takes about 250 Watt running idle. It is rated for 600 Watt and 10 minutes short-time duty. I don´t think, it would survive that... So I have to let it cool down regularly, when it becomes very warm to the touch (maybe about 50° C surface temp.?). - The cuts are quite uneven for my taste. This comes from the fact, that the diamond-bearing ring is relatively thick compared to the metal disc carrying the diamond-bearing ring. But that´s the way it is. The better your fine motor skills, the smoother the cut. Mine are not good... - Highest specimen I have cut was 69 mm high. This resulted in a little "knob" in the middle, had no problem to grind it away with the saw blade. - Saw is situated in the basement, have no sink there. This is also a little bit of a nuisance, but that´s again the way it is. Using a bucket instead. - It is potentially dangerous. I have nearly 30 years experience with such kind of saws. I you have none, I strongly recommend personal and practical advice of someone experienced with these kind of machines and work. - Safety googles are a must, of course. - Gloves may be good, but such diamond blades are quite smooth, no real danger for accidental serious injuries by the blade itself. - Ear protection can be worn, but it is not extremely loud and when you are using it only for a few minutes every week or so, it does not matter. - Biggest danger are flying rocks when feeding the saw improperly. But this never occurred to me in 30 years. Just feed it correctly. Here are the results of today´s early morning work, box is 30x20 cm, biggest specimen to the lower left: Feel free to ask anything. Franz Bernhard
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Hello everyone. We live in west Texas, a small town named Water Valley. It's between San Angelo and Big Spring. My favorite hobby is arrowhead hunting and have been doing it since I was around 14, today I'm 74. Second to that is collecting fossils. I'm pretty at identifying Texas point types, but can't ID just about any fossil. So hoping you guys can help ID what we've picked up through the years. Most of what we've collected has came from McFadden Beach. I'm sure everyone knows about the place. Later I'll try posting a few and asking your opinion if they are animal, plant or nothing but rocks. Thanks everyone!
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I've found a number of fossilized jaws on this beach that I have no clue of the animal they came from. Hopefully someone here will be able to tell me. We also find many bones of probably bison that hasn't fossilized. So here are a few pics -------- This is what the beach looks like.
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Hello Fossil Forum members, I live in Denver. My youth hobby of rock collecting has reawakened during Covid times and I'm so happy to have this group of experts help id finds. I've enjoyed learning about fossils from the site already and am amazed and delighted with how helpful and knowledgable forum members are. I think that the concept of pareidolia is fascinating and everyone, fossil collector or otherwise, should reflect on how our brains fill in patterns. Everyone here is so encouraging too, which is lovely and much appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving.
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I have hunted McFadden Beach many times. It's located on the Texas coast near the small town of High Island. Most of the it's easy collecting bones, teeth and if very lucky, even a paleo dart point. I can't put names to many of even the bones we find on the beach but my question isn't about the obvious bones, but about many of "something" we have found that has turned into what I believe is iron. Please get your opinions. Were these some kind of animal or plant or just funny looking rocks? First picture is what I'm asking your opinions about. Seems to me they turned into a form of iron. Have people hunting McFadden found anything like this? Then for the group, are this fossils and what are they? The second picture is the fossils most people find that hunt McFadden. Thanks everyone for your time.
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are these natural , found a few of these
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I first learned about this forum today, and I was able to identify fossils that I had been curious about for a while. I was very happy. I am recently interested in fossils, prehistoric creatures and dinosaurs. I will continue to receive help, and I will do my best to provide a lot of help. There are a lot of stones I picked up by the river in my house, but some of them have holes. How can you distinguish between 'trace fossils' and 'just erosion' holes? (Clockwise 1-2-3-4; stone 1 was washed with water before taking the picture.) (1) Can you guess that these holes or curves are trace fossils? (2) I wonder if this hole is characteristic of a particular fossil. Or could it be a coral or a sponge? Or is it just like basalt? (3) I am not familiar with anatomy, but I am wondering if this is a bone. What do you think? (4) As with the others, there are some holes and'traces' similar. I wonder if this can be viewed as a fossil. thank you. It would be great if you could leave a simple comment.
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Hello my name is stephen and I've be finding alot of nice fossil at lake texhoma near where I live and wanted a place to post and ask some question. Thanks guys I'll post some photos soon
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My wife dragged me away from Big Brook this weekend for a trip to Cape Cod. Beautiful but non-fossilious Cape Cod. So what’s a fossil collector to do? Well if you’re on the Cape you walk the beaches looking for modern shark teeth and perhaps some cool bone. No shark teeth and the closest I came was likely modern bovine teeth (although I suspect it’s been a long while since cows were grazing out there). In a pinch, rocks and shells would have to do and I had a ball nonetheless. I did find some horseshoe crab and sea bird skeletons but so far she who must be obeyed won’t let me bring them inside so they’re still in the trunk. BTW does anyone have any idea to strip the mussel shells down to the mother of pearl level?
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I'll preface this with that fact that this was my first time fossil hunting so these are probably just be random rocks haha. These were all found at Agate Beach, CA, where some petrified bone and shells are known to be found. Pencil is for scale
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This is a completely new area of interest for me, but I find scanning for microfossils addictive. I got some vinegar and plan on processing some beach rocks (East Central Florida) that I picked up because I could see easily see some small fossils on the surface and assumed there would also be micro fossils inside. I crushed a few small samples, which did reveal more microfossils. Mostly what I could identify are broken bits of bones, but I'm sure there is much more that I'm missing. There is one object I found very interesting and beautiful, however I don't know what it is. I would like to know what you think the first object might be. That object is still attached to the matrix. The other object I found in the same sample. Both were revealed after breaking the sample. The first item is about 1/8th inch long but very narrow, and from some angles appears to be a hollow tube. The next object appears to be bone and is only about 2.5 mm wide and long. Thanks.
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