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Any tips on sifting without hurting your back?
TRexEliot posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I was at big brook a couple weeks ago, and I'm pretty sure I ruptured a disc after three days of pretty intense hunting/sifting. I'm only 30, and I'd like to not completely ruin my back from this hobby (and I'd like to be able to keep hunting just as much without needing to cut back). Anyone with back troubles have any tips on what tools to use/things to bring (maybe chairs (buckets), benches, etc.) to bring to avoid ruining my back from hunting? -
Any tips for fossil hunting on the West Coast?
I love fossils posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hey everyone!, It’s my first time posting on here and I wanted to get some tips for a fossil hunting trip. I just finished finals and I wanted to start the summer off going on a fossil hunting expedition with my dad along the west coast. Does anyone have any information on either sites along the west coast to fossil hunt or any material to learn about the sites. I’m really interested in concretions specifically crabs concretions, I don’t know why but I become obsessed with them recently and it would be a dream to find one and be able to do prep work on it. If anyone had any information on fossil crab sites or any material on them and would be willing to share please send my way! I was also wondering what type of air scribe would be recommended for the concretions on the west coast. I have an air scribe now that I have to work on a few fossils from the green river formation (working on a phareodus fossil at the moment.) Unfortunately,I don’t think it’s not strong enough for the west coast rock. Again Any tips at all would be super helpful thank you!! -
Hey everyone, I'm Zack long time lurker here. Big Dinosaur enthusiast, and just getting started in fossil collecting. Looking forward to learning more about fossils from everyone on this forum.
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Hello to everybody! I'm kinda new here, but before I start I must say I really love this forum! It has really great vibes and you instantly can tell that this is a good and friendly community! So, I am ziggycardon, I live in Belgium, close to the border of the Netherlands and when we start speaking geologically, I live on the same cretaceous sediments as where the first major Mosasaurus discoveries where done! Unfortunatly I have never been on a fossil hunt myself and everything currently in my collection was bought or given to me. But I hope to change that soon, as I am dying to go hunting myself. Maybe the Chalk sediments 3 km from my home would be a good place to start! For the rest, my job, my major hobby and my other main interest besides fossils are living animals. I currently work as the head of terrarium & aquarium in 3 different pet stores and I have quite a collection of reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and tropic fish myself. In my spare time I often take my own living animals along with my fossils and other educational natural history material to schools so I can teach kids about nature and it's history and hidden mechanics. For the rest are my other hobbies mainly based around movies and televisions as I collect a lot of stuff drom my favorite franchises like "Lord or the Rings" & "The Hobbit", "Game of Thrones, "Pirates of the Caribbean", ... And I also attent a lot of comic cons and other events related to those franchises. But then this topic! In this topic I will show my collection of fossils (and also minerals, stones and meteorites) as it is right now and then I will highlight each group of fossils bit by bit. I am currently starting with a own specialized fossil room, so ofcourse the progress and end result will also be posted here! And ofcourse when something get's added to my collection, I'll show it here as well. Sometimes a photo of my "special" pets or taxidermy specimens might pop up, but this topic will mainly be about the fossil room and my fossil collection. For the rest, if you have any comments or questions about the collection or about me or about anything, feel free to ask! I'd love to reply!
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Since the topic i am searching for as apparently vanished, ill make a new one . I recall a topic on here a couple of years ago on someone having a wooden cabinet and storing their fossils in it. The issue was the wood apparently was out gassing, and damaging the fossils as a result . Does anyone else have insight on this and what kinds of wood do not mix well to store or display fossils in?
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Hello everyone. New Member here with some unidentified "rocks"
Dane in Spain posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone This is my first post so please tell me if you need more information. I found these in Murcia Spain in an area that was coastline 10-15 million years ago as far as I know. There is a lot of oyster shells and mussels but they are easily identified so I will not include any of those. The ones I do show I believe might be corals but obviously I am not sure.
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Just to ring my own bell..... Finally made 20,000 posts on this wonderful site! HORA FOR ME!!!
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From the album: Chondrichthyan Teeth From The Pennsylvanian Period
This tooth most likely belongs to the Raytown Limestone member of the Iola Limestone formation. I found this during late March/Early April. I call this my first Peripristis tooth as I happened to find one 2 hours away from this locality a few days ago. I will upload that one later.- 4 comments
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This fossil is being purchased because it is a large Chubutensis tooth. The cusp is not clearly visible, but the seller says that not all Chubutensis teeth have clear cusps. The discovery is in Beaufort, South Carolina.
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Went a trip to a locality exposing lower Silurian and upper Ordovician material. The weather was quite nice with intermittent drizzling rain. A large Dawsonoceras. I didn't collect it as it was too crumbly. A dalmanitid. Not sure of the species yet. Maybe limulurus? ventral calymenid. possible Spathacalymene. Enrolled calymenid. Assorted odds and ends. Platycerids, cystoids, far right is an odd Dawsonoceras fragment. Thanks for reading.
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This time, it is a 4.2 inch Chubutensis tooth discovered in Bobert, South Carolina that will be included in the shark tooth collection! The cusps aren't that prominent, but I think they're great teeth!
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hi, i got these fossils at a local auction so very limited information, sadly no loctaion. they were in a box and the description was "mixed fossils of ammonites, vertebra, fossil eye, gryphaea (devils toe nails), coral and coprolite". I've not added the ammonites or gryphaea, bivalves or mould fossil of bivalve as can ID them. its the folloiwng 8 i'm not sure on. 1. i think is either vertebrae or crinoid stem - the opening (filled soild)goes right the way through it 2. i think large is crinoid stem and the small ? vertebra 3. i'm guessing is what they thought was an eye - the dark goes right though it - i think could be a belemnite 4. i think its crinoid still in a rock 5. i think ammonite orcoral as has jagged markings 6. i think some type of coral 7. i'm guesisng what they thought was coprolite - ive added from various angles to show marks 8. no idea at all any help or thoughts appreciated. i can take more pictures from other angles if required, just give me the number. Amy
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This is one of my Megalodon tooth collections. What is that sticking out here? Is it called a bridge? The Chubutensis teeth are sticking out like this. Is there a possibility of Chubutensis teeth? It's just a pathological tooth, right?
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Anyone have any ideas on what these are. I know one is some type of snail. They were given to me by an elderly man. He appreciated my love of nature. I am in Texas West of Ft Worth
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Hey all! Requesting your help identifying an interesting selection of teeth found by @jcor246 and me down on the ol’ Peace River, FL. (For brevity, separate ID posts featuring the non-toothy specimens collected on this outing will follow shortly.🆔🆘) Thanks, Jena and Josh
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Dinosaur Hadrosaurus or Therizinosaurus egg fossil
Antonin posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone, I have the opportunity to buy this set of 12 fossilised eggs. I shared several pictures. They seem perfectly real to me, but I would appreciate your expertise on authenticity! Thank you very much, Antonin [Seller verbiage removed]
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Hello, Everyone; I found what appear to be several interesting rocks on the beach in Venice, Florida lately and decided to see if they arouse the interest of the panel here. I’ll start out with one that I first thought was a shard of mammoth/mastodon tooth. Upon turning it over I was intrigued by the black, toothlike colorations.
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Does anyone know of a full list of all fossils + names that have been found in Kentucky?
colebiederman posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello, I am new to the forum and trying to educate myself on my home state's paleontology and geology. I am wondering if anyone knows of a site that contains a list of all fossil species that have been found in Kentucky. I read on University of Kentucky's website that 4,000 species identified in the state, but cannot find a list. If anyone could help me out or point me in the right direction, that would be amazing. Thank you! -
Hello all, I'm a bit newer to the fossil market and I'm looking to grow my collection. Just curious as to everyones favorite place to buy fossils, or auctions. Thanks in advance! I look forward to learning from everyone!!
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I took my son to the Chesapeake and Delaware canal spoil piles at reedy point a few weeks ago and found these two small pieces. They stood out but I’m not sure if they’re actually anything interesting or not.
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I have decided to start a thread showing pieces from my collection. I usually post in the "mailbox score" thread, but have found that my additions get lost in the volume of postings in the thread. So my collection will be in my own thread.
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I ended up with some very cool fossils! I figured I would share with yall! I am very excited to get them!
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Expanding from my KemKem collection. And no better way to start with a big Dentary of Sarcosuchus Imperator! Really really hard to find. Elhraz Fm.
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