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Hi, I am new to the forum and glad to be amongst fellow enthusiasts. I recently made a rather wet and windy visit to Warden Point (Kent, UK). Amongst the usual pyritised shells, seed pods and wood on the foreshore I found 4 items that totally escape me and I would be grateful if any of you could provide any pointers. The first appeared to be a tooth but on closer examination seems to be either a conical piece of coral or a shell? The second seems to be a small section or articulation but I’ve no idea if this would be plant or animal? The third look like a section of bone with an appearance of flesh like indentations. On the final piece my mind was totally confused. Whilst I know pyritises can take on odd shapes but I started to convince myself that this was a small skull (2 eye orbits and a nose section) highly unlikely but worth asking the question. Many thanks for any help you can offer. Whatever the outcome I had a fine day and even bumped into the remains of a WWII sound mirror – an acoustic forerunner of radar, lying on the shore with an actual concrete radar station that had slipped down the cliff face intact, amazing. Best regards Keith

Hi all. I went fossil hunting at the isle of Sheppey, Warden point. I found this one curious item, which I initially thought was a fossilised crab carapace. It is difficult getting the photos perfect, but I hope someone can help me ID what it is. Thank you, Nico Loubser

I recently found this on the foreshore of warden point, an Eocene, London clay deposit on the isle of sheppey, it has a woody internal structure that the pics don’t really show and it is kind of symmetrical, is it a seed pod, thanks

Do people find much here still? I had a couple of sessions yesterday and found a decent shark tooth and various modules I've yet to look in, but not much else.