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Hello all, it’s been a long time. I started getting back into fossil hunting now that I’ve gotten older. I had the chance to go out fossil hunting last month with my fossil club and a few friends. I’ll post the pictures over time of my finds. We went out to southern Ohio and southeastern Indiana. We stopped first at Caesar’s Creek. I had never been to any of these sites so it was very exciting. Everything at Caesar’s Creek is tiny, and you aren’t allowed to take anything larger than your palm/hand home with you. The most common find were absolutely tiny brachiopods which literally litter the spillway floor. If you want to find anything, you’ll have to get on your hands and knees. I managed to find plenty of brachiopods and a few bryozoans. But the best finds were 6 of the smallest whole trilobites I’ve ever seen or found. All of them smaller than my pinkie nail. Followed by some nice gastropods, a few pieces of horn coral, and a section of a cephalopod shell with its inner chambers partially intact. I was bummed that I didn’t find an isotelus roller but there’s always next time. If anyone could help with ID on these that would be greatly appreciated. More to come in other posts in this thread. Sorry for the poor photography, all I have is my phone camera.