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Hello everyone, I am very happy I just took my first trip fossil hunting in Eastern UK, specifically in Tankerton an Herne Bay. Amateurs as we are, we were not sure what we were looking for, so did our best and grabbed the items that most caught our attention hoping they are fossils, also hoping that I could come to this forum and ask those with more experience about them. Sorry if the answers are too obvious! 1) In Herne Bay we found 6 shark teeth, I am pretty sure they are fossilised. One of them is a bit translucent and sharper, and I am not sure if that's from a contemporary shark, ir just happens to be a really well preserved fossil. 2) I also found an Oyster shell, it seems to me very "rocky", I want it to be a fossil but I don't know. 3) There is also this green item that looks like a partial beer coaster, but feels and looks like stone. Any ideas what that could be? 4) I think this one is a fossilised small snail shell, it has markings of concentric circles on the side, and has a shape that fits that of a snail, but that's about it. 5) We found many rocks with these features: light brown colour with patterns that remind me of a Cactus Lithops. Anyone know what these are? 6) Hopefully belemnite pieces, but honestly probably just rocks. 7) Found this rocky fragment with wave-like markings, I am much more confident about this one being a fossil than the other items besides the tooth. Ideas? 8) What I thought could be the point end of another snail shell. 9) We found these white and somewhat translucent rocks, anyone know which mineral they are? 10) And we also found these geodes with small crystals inside them. They do not wash out with water so I am sure the crystals are not salt haha, any ideas? Also, what looks like dirt in the picture is not dirt, I tried cleaning these rocks with water and my fingers and the brown stuff seems part of the minerals. Thanks a lot, and sorry for the long text!!

Location: Greece, Crete, Chania coast (NW Crete) Context: beach, in sand Date found: July 2023 Size: 11,5 cm * 8 cm * 3,5 cm Hi! We have found what we think is a fossilised oyster and we want help either confirming or rejecting this. What do you think? is it an oyster? Is it a fossil? How old? What else do you know or think? //Piranhas

I think this could be a bivalve of some kind. Oyster? It's composed of sandstone. It's about 7 inches long, 5 inches wide and 2 inches high on one side,1 inch on the other. Are those fossilized barnacles growing on top? Some giant oysters have been found in Texas and other southern states but I found this in a pile of field stone in my backyard, I live in Dodge county, Wi. I have searched for any other similar finds on WI fossil sites but couldn't find any. However, there are several quarries in the area which contain Cambrian period marine fossils, lots of the "regular suspects" but no giant bivalves. There is an area 60 miles north of here where they recently found trace fossils of giant jelly fish and I found a tiny one in limestone in Dodge county. They also recently discovered a giant Cambrian reef in Wauwatosa, Wi which is about 50 miles southeast of here in Milwaukee county. Would love to hear other opinions or ideas as to identification. See pics below Thanks!

It was found near Eminence, Missouri on a river bank. The pattern reminds me of a brachiopod, but has that strange frilly edge...

This was found in Kyd Brook, in Hawkwood, a late Cretaceous to Early Paleogene area

Ok. I'm trying not to get too excited. Found this guy today. Looks like an entire oyster, barely cleaned it yet because I want to be fairly sure what I'm cleaning first. In florida, poking up in my yard. (Sand) please tell me it's not just interesting looking coquina. I really want it to be an oyster, like, I'm ready to name it I love it that much...

Found in sw fl, I believe plio pleistocene, most of what I find is. I'm just not sure how to ID this, it's such a different look than anything else I find in the area. Its quite hefty too, for only being a couple of inches. Really would like to know what I'm looking at here, so I can put it into context with its neighbors. Or is it just an interesting conglomerate... I can't figure out how to resize pics, so I'll include more in an additional post.

oyster? Someone who knows value