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Went fossil hunting yesterday at a few spots in New York. I found them mostly via old threads and directions here on the forums, and needless to say, I was not disappointed!! The first site I visited was a quarry off the road in Lebanon. Everywhere you looked, there was something, to the point where if you selected a rock off the ground at random, you were almost guaranteed to have found a fossil embedded within it. Most were old shells and imprints, though I was also lucky enough to find two small trilobites! One was only the head, but seemed well preserved and stood out as it wasn’t embedded in a large rock. I also found a few crinoid stems, as well as a large leaf fossil. The second areas we visited were along the roadsides of Rickard Hill. These had more crinoid stems than the last site, and overall more sturdy fossils. There was another one that looked similar to a trilobite, but this one was halfway in the rock, so I’m not entirely sure (I wrapped this one up already, but I’ll try to send a photo when I get home for clarification). Both places were amazing to visit!! I’ve attached a couple of photos below. If anyone sees anything I missed, that’d be great too!

Mostly stuck indoors, I am sorting through the fossils trying to identify and organize. I know I've seen this somewhere before.