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I found this in my black gravel driveway in Dallas. It stuck out because it’s isn’t black. I’m guessing it was brought in from somewhere else, either in my driveway gravel, from the dirt below, or possible from sediment in old concrete. We’ve had a lot of rain lately, so it was probably uncovered from the rain. It is about 2” or 5cm long, about 3/4-1” or 2-2.5cm diameter, kind of wavy-cylindrical. It has a single, prominent hole on each end, kind of like a bead. It is heavy - I first thought it was metal. It has a sandstone-like texture. It looks finely porous, with tiny holes maybe, and some bigger holes. It has a prominent dividing line down the length with one half being a medium-light brownish red, and the other half a darker Black and Tan color. It looks tumbled/eroded. I just thought it was interesting with the hole and the weight, and I’d love to know what it is!
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I believe these were found in the Lake Texoma area. Any suggestions on what they are and how I might remove some of the sediment would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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I went here to collect clay and couldn’t resist rock hunting at the same time. I found this, any information would definitely be much appreciated. thank you
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Hi All - hoping for some help in identifying if this is a fossil. Looks to be a hip or shoulder piece? I know they have found have been T-Rex, Iguanadon and Mosasaurus in the Texas Hill country. It is very pourous. About 3 feet in length. Any help is appreciated.
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I mentioned in my last post that I would be going back to NSR today, taking my girlfriend for her first ever fossil hunting trip. As I suspected, we didn't find nearly as much as I did Friday, even though we ended up hiking even further up the river. But she got her fossil collection started by finding the prettiest ammonite I've seen at NSR, and we had a fun time at the river. We were the first vehicle in the parking lot this morning, but there were lots of folks in the river when we left.
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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I'm going to be taking a trip to the southwest (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and possibly Texas) pretty soon, and I was wondering if anyone could give me some ideas as to where I could go fossil hunting. I'll provide the specific areas we'll be traveling to; I also previously lived in Colorado and have already found a few good sites, but would definitely be open to any other suggestions. Colorado seems pretty promising with some good fossil quarries (Florrisant Fossil Hunting and the Morrison Museum), and I grew up with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science as well as Dinosaur Ridge. I'll mostly be in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. Utah is where I'm having a bit of trouble; I've heard it's definitely fossil country, but I can't find a lot of tours or places where you're actually able to take fossils home from. The main one I'm thinking of right now is the U-Dig Fossil Quarry, although I don't have any other ideas as to where we'll be going in Utah (wherever the fossils take us, I suppose!) so we're likely just going to plan around where we hear the best fossil sites are. New Mexico is a state we're visiting not just to find dinos, but to see the lovely Santa Fe, which is the main area we'll be near. We don't really have any plans as to where we can go for fossils yet, but I assume there might be some good spots we can hit along the way. Texas is kind of up in the air right now. I found some amazing fossils last time in Glen Rose, and intend to return there as long as my family is also willing to make the trip. It's a bit far, but if anyone knows of any other fossil sites that would be worth visiting around the Fort Worth/upper Texas area, I would love to hear about them. I have a feeling we'll be able to go back there as long as we don't stray too far into inner Texas (i.e. anything further down from Dallas). Hopefully this is in the right place, and I would love to hear everyone's thoughts. Thanks in advance!
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Since the school semester has started, I've had loads of time to get out and put in some leg work in our creeks. I've also been arranging my move to college station (to transfer to A&M this fall) and so I've had plenty of opportunity to hit Whiskey Bridge, where I found my recent killer Striatolamia tooth. Apart from that though, enjoy a quick post about some of the more local scenery and highlights from this summer so far: First - some classic Texas scenery, with a big Ozan exposure in the back ground. I've clocked some serious miles through these creeks and have the tan lines to prove it Here's a picture of my sandal tanlines I took immediately after I got home from this site...(hence the murky creek water still attached to me, lol) Next, some of my favorites- ptychodus. All on the same trip as shown above, actually. I love the insitu of the P. mortoni, and the P. whipplei is a particular favorite because outside of North Texas it seems almost impossible for me to find. Next up - here's an echinoid that my step brother found when we were hunting a Comanche peak formation honey hole. It's a secluded micro exposure of shale that measures maybe 20 feet in length and never higher than 3 feet, yet it's produced dozens of Heteraster and 4 regular echinoids as well - one of which was a Tetragramma that I'm proud of. Christian found this extremely fragile giant in March, and I only got around to cleaning it for him several days ago... and it's another Tetragramma! Found maybe 10 inches away from the last one, though this one is far bigger. I also went through phase this winter where I was accidentally finding more artifacts than I was my target fossils, but that randomly stopped for a few months, until I stumbled across this complete beauty the other day: But back to the Cretaceous. These are just some finds from my last hunt, from just a couple days ago. It was the usual small, isolated shark teeth (though there was a small Cretoxyrhina which I was happy with, a hard find in campanian/santonian strata). From that hunt I found another large Ptychodus mortoni. Though not as big as the giant from a month ago, it still had me running in circles and fist pumping. I would like to include the picture perfect insitu that I think represents the classic Texas cretaceous experience - a Scapanorynchus in gravel. There are few things that give me a more grounded feeling of happiness than this sight, and I know that fellow texas hunters would relate. And so goes the May of 2022 fossil hunting experience! I will be spending June in the Hell Creek formation of North Dakota, followed immediately by an improptu, poorly planned 10 day rock climbing trip in Colorado with friends. Lots of sun and adventure on the way!
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I drove down to the North Sulfur River Friday morning. It was my first trip to the new temporary fossil park. This part of the river was my favorite even before the new park. But it looked very different in 2020 than it does now. It's a muddy mess right now. There were clean washed gravel bars everywhere in 2020, but now the gravel bars are all covered with dried mud and clay pieces. I wondered if the diggers and sifters had the better plan Friday, but I didn't bring my sifter, so I made a long hike away from the bridge, and spent my time searching gravel bars. With so many clay pieces covering everything, it was harder to spot fossils, but I still had what I thought was a great day. I'm going back and bringing my girlfriend tomorrow morning, for her first fossil hunting trip ever. She has always been fascinated by the stuff I bring home, and will finally get the chance to try it out herself. We almost certainly won't hike as far as I did Friday, and after a holiday weekend of fossil hunters picking over the gravel bars, it seems unlikely that we'll find nearly as much as I did Friday, but we'll see. Some in situ photos from the day.
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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