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Hello all! In my hunt to find crab concretions I started out at the beaches of the Olympic Peninsula. I wanted to share what I have found! I have gone three times so far and the close to six hour round trip was a bit rough, but very well worth it and I can't wait to learn and discover more. I am struggling to find crabs, but I am continuing my research and hope to figure something out soon. If there is anyone that could point me in the right direction that would be greatly appriciated as well! The first concretion I opened, It took no effort to crack. I speculate it could be a piece of bone? Wood? A super lucky find, I cracked this open after returning home and found leaf fossil concretion! I believe that these are not common on the olymipic peninsula?? I think they are Oak? Quercus? I believe a bivalve? I was confused with this one, could this be a parital crab carapace? Or the shell of a snail? And lastly this claw. Is it shrimp or crab?
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Found in the Cle Elum, Washington area. This bone was found in the river, appears to be agatized. Would love to know if anyone could identify it. I wold imagine it’s a type of digit. Thank you in advance.
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Hello everybody. Besides being busy making fossil prep video's, I'm learning a new editing software program that is much much better than the first one I learned. Way easier and much better to handle/play/control audio with this one. Anyways, I made a 5 part crab prepping series and this is Part 3. Part 4 and 5 will be published the next two saturdays. Enjoy Oh, this video is just under 3 minutes so it wont waste too much of your time. https://youtu.be/-GMQEFqw5MQ
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A stunning find yesterday, my best so far, of a rare palaega goedertorum. Lincoln Creek Formation, upper Oligocene of Washington state. 34 years hunting here, I've only found six. Some of my colleagues have hunted for decades and have yet to find one.
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Hello everybody! I'm currently a senior at UW, studying something entirely different than geology. However, I've become obsessed recently, and have spent the last year learning about geology. I'm taking my second geology class this quarter with an incredible human being, Prof. Roger Buick, who has inspired me to become fascinated with Sedimentary Geology. I've now gone on my first field trip to observe the Lincoln Creek & Blakely formations in the Chehalis River region in western Washington. I was able to find some amazing fossils, but I'm unfortunately ill-equipped to preserve or identify them. I'm really excited about learning from - and hopefully contributing to - this community. Thanks for having me! MudDauber
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Here is a crab prep video I did last week. Not only had fun making the video but I remember having fun prepping this out. It was quite the challenge. 3 minutes 34 seconds. https://youtu.be/w6Sw-FdlIlQ
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All of these came from Oregon or Washington State. My kids tell me they're just rocks... I know for sure that quite a few of them are more then just plain rocks ..right?
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Here's a few finds from last summer's hunt. Many are still being acid etched. The megalodon tooth was found in Washington's Astoria Formation (Miocene) along with the basking shark tooth. The meg was found by an associate on a hunt. Found many other whale and dolphin fossils, a couple skulls, both are being prepped at museum's. One rare find was part of a sea turtle (4th photo) that's awaiting shipment, for study in Taiwan. A lot of fish nodules and one of my favorites, a fish jaw, last photo. Planning more hunts this summer and my 2nd (and final) retirement.
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What's up, everyone?! I'm in Quincy, WA for work for about 6 weeks and would love to do some digging. Does anyone know if there some good spots out here? Also, I don't know if the regulations are the same as at home (New Mexico). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Hope you all are happy and healthy! View from the base of my driveway. Columbia River at dawn.
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Amber (Tukwila Fm./Renton Fm. [Boundary], Middle to Late Eocene)
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From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
9.2g amber from Tiger Mountain, King County, WA. This amber is middle to late Eocene in age (about 41.3-33.9 Ma), and comes from coal seams along the boundary of the upper Tukwila/lower Renton Formations.© Kaegen Lau
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Cretaceous Plant Fossils from Sucia Island, Washington, are Paleobotanic Mystery
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Discovery of Ancient Plant Fossils in Washington Points to Paleobotanic Mystery Brendan M. Lynch, KU News Service, University of Kansas, February 15, 2022 Plant fossils found in San Juan Islands like ‘finding a penguin in North America’ The Seattle Times, February 18, 2022 The paper is: Tang, K.K., Smith, S.Y. and Atkinson, B.A., 2022. Extending beyond Gondwana: Cretaceous Cunoniaceae from western North America. New Phytologist. Early View, Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue. Also, there is: Mustoe, G., 2008. Sucia Island: the geologic story. Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States Yours, Paul H.-
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I have had this for six months cant figure out what it is i need help please.
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Crab Prep Questions: what to do with a multi-crab concretion??
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Hello All, (WARNING: FIRST TIME CRAB PREP AHEAD) A friend of mine came across a small concretion (2.5") on a marketplace website and picked it up for me. It was already cracked open right across the equator, and exposed a small crab. (I'm assuming from Washington State but anyone that can weigh-in on the species is appreciated.) As per the pictures, the Crab itself has the body and the claw separated into different halves of the split. Reading up on the forum I decided to glue the concretion back together and air scribe my way back down to the Crab in the hopes of consolidating all the pieces into one specimen. After a few minutes of scribing I discovered a second Crab in the top section of the stone well above where the first one is located. Now I'm stumped and would like to ask the forum if they have any recommendations on how to proceed.
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Found this in my yard in SW Washington long ago. Looking over what I believed were my fossils, I noticed what appears to be the clam in the shell I thought was fossilized. Is it? Not sure where the shell was originally found. Possibly So. Washington or Oregon coast. measures 4 cm. I can feel it.
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Ok guys, is this better? This came from the Columbia Gorge near Vancouver, Wa. It’s 18cm x 10cm and is shaped like a pelvic bone. Any idea what it is from or is it just another rock?
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Amber (Tukwila Fm./Renton Fm. [Boundary], Middle to Late Eocene)
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From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
1.2 gram amber from Tiger Mountain, King County, WA. Smaller inclusions consist mostly of slightly darker, congealed resin positioned along natural flow lines; this feature is by far most commonly seen among the Indonesian ambers. The few large, dark masses are botanical debris. Image taken under approx. 10x magnification with a Belomo Triplet loupe. This amber is middle to late Eocene in age (about 41.3-33.9 Ma), and comes from coal seams along the boundary between the upper Tukwila/lower Renton Formations.© Kaegen Lau
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Amber (Tukwila Fm./Renton Fm. [Boundary], Middle to Late Eocene)
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From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
Two exceptionally fluorescent pieces of amber from Tiger Mountain, King County, WA. These were illuminated with a 140 lumen LED penlight, not a long wave UV light; this is a surprising feature for amber of this locality, as blue amber is only well-documented to come from the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and Chiapas. This amber is middle to late Eocene in age (about 41.3-33.9 Ma), and comes from coal seams along the boundary of the upper Tukwila/lower Renton Formations.© Kaegen Lau
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Item found September 5, 2021 on a gravel bar in the middle of Hoh River, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State. Hoh River is a glacier fed river coming off Mt Olympus. Item is light gray/green in color, approximately 12 cm long and between 3 to 5.5 cm in diameter. There are two small protuberances across from each other about 2/3 of the way from one end, and a less prominent lump on the end closest to the protuberances. The texture is quite porous, with the exception of one face of the item which is smoother, more dense, and shows lengthwise graining.
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Hi all! I am traveling out to Olympia for a week and was hoping to do some fossil hunting while I was out there. I was hoping someone would recommend a good spot an hour or so from the city. Thanks!
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I found this under a few inches of dirt in my yard. I've lived here since 2004 so surprised to find it. This novice is curious to figure out what it is, how common this is to find, possible age... I'm about 5 miles from the Puget Sound outside Seattle and at 500 ft above sea level so guessing it was brought to where I found it. Can almost make out tiny shells in some of the holes. It's quite heavy and slightly larger than a football. Thanks community!
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It's not a big fossil. My hubby and I think it's a buzzsaw shark tooth. Anyway, we can't figure out what kind of buzzsaw shark it's from or if it's even that kind of fossil. It looks like a doll shoe, but it is a fossil. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hello, my son found this piece deep in the bed of a little creek that passes through our property. We are in Northeast Washington. Looks like bone to me. Is it fossilized? And does anyone know what it might be? Thanks a ton for the help.
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Hello everyone! My name is Jacob and after about a year of lurking in the shadows I have taken the dive into creating an account, thanks to a few friends that are active here and giving me the ol peer pressure treatment. I live and work in Washington state, am brand new to fossil hunting and fossils in general, but consider myself an expert at finding and packing out leave-r-ights. I have zero prep experience but after a recent trip to the Green River formation I have come home with some awesome practice fish (and some beautiful not practice fish that will wait) and hope to pull the trigger on some prep tools very soon. Feel free to ask me questions if I left anything cool out.
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