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I am a 71 year old guy who is working on retiring overseas. I have a box of mostly marine fossils collected in Oregon and Washington usually during field trips and summer camps with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in the 60's when I was in high school. Also, some of the plant fossils from Camp Hancock are sort of special as well as a few marine ones from Camp Arago. I have no relatives to pass these on to, and tried contacting OMSI about this with no response. Some of these fossils are unusual, so they should be passed onto someone who can appreciate them. If someone can kindly give me pointers about taking closeup photos with my iPhone, then I could post them so you all will know what I am talking about. I am also looking for the little inch and centimeter scale I have seen in some closeup photos on this site. If anyone can tell me where to get one I would appreciate it. PRC

Earthquake warning: Just how bad is Hayward Fault’s nightmare scenario? East Bay Times https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/04/18/hayward-faults-nightmare-scenario/ San Francisco Earthquake Risks: Questions and Answers New York Times, April 19, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/us/san-francisco-earthquake-risks.html Quake On Bay Area Fault Could Kill Hundreds, USGS Simulation Shows. Here and Now, NPR, April 19, 2018 http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/04/19/quake-hayward-fault-bay-area The HayWired Earthquake Scenario U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013 https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2018/3016/fs20183016.pdf Yours, Paul H

I found this on Ocean Beach in SF. It looks like an echidnoid to my uneducated eyes, but there may also be something else. Any help appreciated-thanks.

Hi! I've always been interested in fossils but haven't ever actively searched for them. I hope to learn from this forum and go find my first fossil soon.

Does anyone know of a resource/person for prepping an articulated, out of the matrix ceratopsian? Skull intact. Near complete animal about 3.5 ft long. Looking for someone with experience. I'm in the San Francisco area - North Bay (Marin,Sonoma). Thanks!

Hello new member here, my name is Robert! I found this site while searching google in an attempt to identify some beautiful items I came across recently while at the beach in san francisco. I understand most of you guys refer to yourself as amateurs, though reading a few forum topics before creating my account I was impressed with the amount of detailed information in regards to your studies and findings. That being said I must admit I am %110 amateur in my knowledge of fossils, different time periods, etc. So please forgive me if I seem to ask simple questions like I don't know what I am talking about, I am still learning. WELL, in regards to the piece I am hoping to learn about (please see attached image). I recently found it while I was at the beach in San Francisco area. It measures 2 and 3/4 inches wide, 2 inches tall, with a shallow depth of a 1/4 inch. My main question is...WHAT is it!? I've seen many sand dollar fossils, coral rock fossils, clam fossils recently on the beaches here, but I've only seen one like this. The milky white crescent shaped object that is offset to the right of the center of the stone, looks like a tiny shrimp or something (again , please forgive my lack of knowledge). Also, the only thing I can relate the slightly irridecesent dark blue-ish streaks to are the inside of some of the mussel shells that I see on the beaches here, so maybe it is in relation to that...? Again, I have no idea but I do speculate much as I've recently grew heavy in interest on the subject and those alike. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone has some pointers on or can possibly identify this, what I believe to be, fossil stone of some sort. I have many photos of all the beautiful items I've recently collected, and needless to say, so many questions I wish to ask you all in regards to them. I am planning to post detailed images of them all in the My collections section but for some reason most of my pictures on my phone exceed the "Max total size of 3.95MB" in the image upload section so I am going to try and take some different pics that are "uploadable". I would be more than happy to take new pics or zoom in closer on any specific area(s), if needed or necessary. Thank you all for your time

Hello, SF Bay Area native here, totally new to this forum and to collecting anything other than rocks found on the beach. On one excursion just after a stormy high tide on a private access beach south of Pomponio, I came across these two cetacean(?) fossils(?) washed ashore, each of which weigh ~5+ lbs. Any further info anybody could offer would be great!

We found a couple of sand dollar fossils in a hard matrix. From what I have read today I can’t get the hard matrix off without some special air tools. What should I do to preserve the specimens?

Does anyone know if this is a fossil, and if so what it might be? Thanks! -Jason

Hi all ! Thanks for Looking :-) Been a quiet observer on fossil forum for quite sometime... but now ready to reach out to the community for some help and advice on some recent finds. So here goes ! This one has some pretty notable characteristics and I thought someone should be able to pick up on them and help with an id. It was found at my friends house on the coastline of HMB. Any thoughts?

Can anyone identify these? About an inch in diameter, and inch long, found 1 hr north of san francisco along coast.