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My name is Brandt, 63 y/o, and call home Augusta, GA. Totally a novice and have spent a lot of time walking South Carolina beaches. Other than shark teeth, I have found many interesting and yet unidentified fossils, so I will post pics of my finds in the coming weeks and I look forward to any feedback or ideas. Already got some help on my first post! Looking forward to interacting with TFF!
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Hello all! My name is Josh and I am a 2nd Year Zoology with Entomology student in Shropshire, UK. Only very recently (within the past few weeks!) have I developed an interest in fossils, so I've got a lot to learn. I'm likely to really be posting ID requests. Thank you
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Been collecting fossils on and off for most of my life. Now try to turn a accumulation of fossils into a collection.
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Hi everyone, I enjoy seeking, learning about, and photographing wildlife, both living and dead. I decided to join the fossil forum in order to get in touch with more people who are interested in the latter, as it's not a focus on iNaturalist, where I typically post. Looking forward to learning more about the fossils I come across, and checking out everyone's finds ^ᴥ^
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Hello! I am an American paleo grad (Montana State) living in Oslo! I look forward to meeting and talking with you all as I generally use these forums to help me in identifying fossils in a collection I help curate! I finally broke down and made an account after becoming overly frustrated with a few dubious pieces. Cant wait to learn from you all!
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Howdy. While this account is being controlled just by me, (you can call me Jay), I will be posting on behalf of my family oftentimes, for example in the fossil id page. Been on here for a week or two, really enjoying the plethora of knowledge and info that is on this forum. We are fairly new to the fossil world, and we have just been hunting for the last year. Thank you to everyone who has patiently answered my questions and fossil ids! Y'all are great! Have a great day everyone!
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Hello everyone! I'm very glad to have found this forum. My childhood passion for fossils has recently been reignited by reading Dr. Thomas Halliday's Otherlands, and by now I've assembled a small collection I hope to share with you all. While I enjoy going out searching for fossils myself, back problems and a newborn baby somewhat limit my time and capacities, so most of my collection is bought from fossil dealers. I look forward to viewing all of your collections and learning more about paleontology! Nick
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I've been collecting promising rocks for many years (decades) and now I want to get serious about prepping. I've a lot to learn and will be sharing my finds and asking for lots of help. I might ask some dumb questions to start with, but I'm a fast learner, so please be gentle. My areas of hunting are in order of favourite - Charmouth, Lyme Regis coast - LLantwit Major, Monk Nash coast - Whitby Yorkshire coast.
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Hello, my name is Bill Howard. I've been interested in fossils (and dinosaurs) for nearly 50 years (I'm kinda telling my age). I'm also a photographer and filmmaker and I am currently in production on a documentary about fossil hunting.
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Happy to be here and excited to see all the cool fossils y'all have :))
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Hello everyone! My name is Lezlie and It's very nice to meet you all. I hope some of you follow me because I have two interesting fossils I'm trying to get an id on. I hope everyone has a great Tuesday. Thank you!
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Hey everyone thank you for allowing me to join this group, I’m just now starting to get into fossil hunting but I never been on a fossil hunt before, I don’t know where to start to be honest I just think it’s awesome, I am in Athens Alabama and can’t wait to get to know y’all more.
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Hello, I'm new here. I'm from Europe; Poland, to be specific. MSc (palaeobiology). I'm looking for expanding my experience in identifying fossils, however the direct reason of joining was a problem that I have with identifying several specimens from my collection. I'm sure I will learn here a lot.
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Always had an interest, been diving around here and there. But there's knowledge here so....
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Hello from the Boston area!
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New to Texas and new to this forum, most of my rock, mineral and fossil collection got lost (more accurately left behind) in the move and I have only kept a few choice pieces. I have found a few new ones since arriving though, all in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Hope to make some good friends here and happy fossil hunting!
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Greetings from Romania. I am an amateur fossil hunter from Romania and I am glad to find here a community where I can learn more about paleontology.
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Hello, I'm a 36 year old with honours degree in Paleobotany. I specialised is the divergence of acacia and eucalypt. Nice to meet everyone.
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Hi, my name is Anand. Recently got interested in fossils, purchased a Megalodon tooth and wanted to do a bit more research before looking into other fossils and I stumbled across this forum.
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Greetings! I've been obsessed with fossils since the first time I set foot in our local mall's Nature Company store in the late 90's. So happy to find others who like to hang out with the trilobites and meg teeth while ignoring the Pure Moods CD's and the rain sticks. Not gonna lie, still have Enya on my playlist though.
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Greetings! I am completely new to fossil collecting but adore Keichousaurus and have spent a lot of time combing through old Fossil Forum posts about authenticating and preparing these fossils. Looking forward to learning more and hopefully finding some gorgeous specimens!
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Hello ^.^ My name is Chime Mosser, and I'm from Iowa!! I've had an interest in science and paleontology since I was little and listened to the absolute banger TMBG album "Here Comes Science". I've had changing interests over the years, from starting off by wanting to be an astrobiologist who looked for dinosaur bones in space, to giving up on those dreams and wanting to be an astronomer (I have vertigo so no way am I passing those g force tests), to wanting to be an archeologist, and nowadays where I'm going to go for college and be a museum curator (hopefully, lol). Since I live in Iowa (as you are probably well aware it used to be part of the sea), and I've had a rock collection since I was 3 years old, I've accidentally picked up a couple of fossils that I thought were cool rocks over the years, and I'm going to be honest, I only joined this forum so I could find out which one is which. I'll be posting on the identification board soon Though, since my interest in science has come back recently, I will also stick around and look at some cool stuff. I will also infodump to you right here right now about my favorite creatures, since it is an introduction post. - Anteaters (my absolute favorite animal) - Coelocanths - Hellbender Salamanders - Echidnas - Archaeopteryx - Any weird or messed up looking beast (we would be here all day if I listed them all). I also have side interests in art, music, and fashion history/history in general. I'm not the best at introductions so I hope this was good
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Hi to all, My name is Cate and I hail from South Yorkshire, England. I am very much a new comer to fossil hunting, starting about 12 months ago, so have only managed a few trips up to yet! My hunting ground is on the East coast, Whitby area. I love all the fossils I have found up to yet, particularly my ammonites, but also have some I am not sure what the are (may just be interesting rocks). Happy to share some of my finds and will post separately those I don’t have a clue about. I have enjoyed looking at the photos / posts on the site thus far, so a huge thank you to everyone else for sharing.
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I’ve been away for far too long! A few months can feel like a lifetime. I see a lot of old friends and (hopefully) some new ones. So… Hello again everyone! Expect to see more of my annoying, long winded, rambling posts soon! -Wayne
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HiHello everyone, My name is Sean. I’m 39 years old and I’m a carpenter/contractor living in Milford NJ, USA. This is my story about how I went to work, found some strange rocks, became obsessed and ultimately, ended up here. I was working for a client, building and installing her custom “dream office”. The location was on a private property in Stockton, NJ and was previously part of a large farm. Half way through the install, tragedy struck and a storm caused a flood on her property and in her new office. It was only 6cm of water for a short period of time but thats all it takes. Fast forward a bit and I’m installing a drainage system to prevent the incident from recurring. I’m familiar with digging in NJ and it is never an easy task but this was ridiculous. It was more picking up than digging. After installing the drain, I offered to take the displaced soil and rock and it wasn't until unloading that I noticed how unusual they looked (images below). This was the spark that set off my curiosity and led to a binge of research and skill development, trying to determine what these were. I didn't want to know, i needed to know. I began with a web search for stone tools for image comparisons, then over to fossils and the local laws that accompany them. I contacted the curator of natural history at our state museum, worried that I might have carelessly disrupted something of historic value but also excited, like a child on Christmas. So worried/excited that i didn’t consider how difficult it would be for a professional to identify fossils that were still covered in matrix and dirt. He generously offered to take a look in person, which I intend to have him do. I’m sure the experience will be knowledgeable and help expand my network. That brings us pretty much up to date. Im developing my preparation skills, collection of books/tools, storage, and work area. Reading when I can and experiencing the high and low emotions that occur during preparation. “Thats the head! No, it’s the tail! Oh, it’s a sponge.” Often, it’s crystalized manganese oxides or concretions but I think some of them are beautiful and just as fascinating as fossils. I hope to become a valuable asset to this community. Until then, I’ll probably be asking for a lot of answers and advice. So, thank you in advance! Best Regards, Sean The rocks and trench that started it all. I’ll have a universal ruler and higher quality photos in the future.
