Salty dog Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Found this picking the pile in the Atlantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 That's an external mold of a brachiopod, that an ice sheet delivered from up north, in all probability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Looks more like a pectinid bivalve to me. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 To me too. Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I think the context is wrong (rocks too old). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I'm in the bivalve camp, but we'd need a better close-up in order to decide. Who knows how old the rock is? They all look the same to me Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 7 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Who knows how old the rock is? A Mainer who lives in the glacial path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 It may help to explain that we once spent a day searching for reported fossil sites from New Bedford to Boston. One of the highlights of the day was coming across a good sized preying mantis. We had a nice chat with a curious boat yard owner and explored some volcanic looking rip rap at a resort development, but no fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I'd agree with @Rockwood but the size of the fossil is throwing me off. The last pic with the pencil next to the rock implies a huge brachiopod. I don't know of many that get that big, and not with that pattern of rays. Where in the "Atlantic pile" did you find this? It reminds me a little of the limestone nodules one finds on the beaches of Calvert Cliffs with the bivalve impressions. 1 -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 49 minutes ago, Shamalama said: the pencil Pretty sure that's a small wire brad (nail). Notice the wood grain. I'd guess about 3/4 " long ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Rather than guess-work, let's ask the OP to take a clearer image with a ruler or tape measure to indicate scale. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, Kane said: Rather than guess-work, let's ask the OP to take a clearer image with a ruler or tape measure to indicate scale. Okay. @Salty dog How big is it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty dog Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 I found this off shore ( I can’t pinpoint location but it’s safe to say it was no closer than 25 miles and no further than 100 miles off shore from cape cod )in a pile that came up in the scallop dredge I will get a better pic on here ,it is a little over two pounds The shell imprint is about 2inchrs wide , overall length is about 6-7 inches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, Salty dog said: I found this off shore ( I can’t pinpoint location but it’s safe to say it was no closer than 25 miles and no further than 100 miles off shore from cape cod )in a pile that came up in the scallop dredge I will get a better pic on here ,it is a little over two pounds The shell imprint is about 2inchrs wide , overall length is about 6-7 inches This paints a whole different picture than I was seeing. There are definitely younger rocks off shore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ludwigia Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 11 hours ago, Rockwood said: A Mainer who lives in the glacial path. Gotcha Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Salty dog said: Can't you post a better close-up of this thing? I'm now quite convinced that this is a pectinid bivalve, but it sure would be nice to have a closer look. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Gotcha Indeed. It just looked so like the the little ones that are constantly sitting on my oak table. I think it may be Miocene fossils similar to those at Calvert Cliffs that the ice sheets left behind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty dog Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 I’m sry for the ignorance as I’m not a collector , these are my personal finds while on the job so I have no knowledge of what you guys are lookin at. I thought the petrified scallop was gonna get the most questions lol. Do you want a close up of the shell imprint or the the texture on the rock itself Thanks again guys for any responses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, Salty dog said: I’m sry for the ignorance as I’m not a collector , these are my personal finds while on the job so I have no knowledge of what you guys are lookin at. I thought the petrified scallop was gonna get the most questions lol. Do you want a close up of the shell imprint or the the texture on the rock itself Thanks again guys for any responses It's likely a mold fossil of a scallop (pectinid bivalve). The white substance being what remains of the shell. I should have guessed from your handle that it was fished out of the sea. A closer look / more pixels might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Salty dog said: Thanks. I'm even more convinced it's a pectinid bivalve. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty dog Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thank you for interest. Can I ask you this. I know I can’t ask about value but is there any market for these things or would any museums be interested or are these common in this line of work I know the scallop mold is the only one that my whole family ( in the industry for 50 + years ) has ever seen Maybe I’ll look around the whaling museum and see what they have thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I suspect the captain may be the captain because he knows how to not catch these scallops. Submerged moraine (glacial dump) would seem like the thing to avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty dog Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Lol imagine if there were beds of these somewhere ???we dredge the bottom with 2 ton iron frames and dig right in the rock piles hard that’s were they like to hide lol when the gear malfunctions ( the rock chains break ) you can catch rocks bigger than a Volkswagen sometimes can’t even bring them aboard and have to dump the whole catch. whew. I’m just thinking about picking through those piles sometimes you’d swear you’d seen the same rock over and over lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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