First Fossil Hunt

[Doggeek]

A few weeks back, I happened to accidentally find a fossil while out trail running - my first ever!  I found this forum to get help identifying what it was, and figured that would be the end of it.  But it turns out that the trail I have been running on for 20 years has lots of fossils, and now I can't stop seeing them!  I have been reading this forum and following up with other resources to try to educate myself a little.   My mother-in-law was super interested when I showed her a couple that I had picked up, so we decided to go back out there for our very first newbie fossil hunt.  My MIL, in her late 70's, hiked up to the top of the mountain with me like it was nothing, and we had a great time poking around.  The area we found these in is Devonian, Foreknobs formation.  Here are a few of our finds - lots of brachiopods, more crinoids than you can shake a stick at, and some bryozoans!  And it sounds like my MIL can't wait to go back - I think this will be a fun activity for the two of us.

 

 

[Bone Daddy]

Some nice hashplates there, or mortality plates. I forget all the names people are using for slabs like some of these. They are cool though and there are a lot of critters mixed in there. Nice finds and thanks for sharing them. 

 

[JamieLynn]

Very cool! And how great to have an activity y'all can do together. I often "drag" my 75 year old mom with me to some of my fossil hunting locations! Have fun! 

[historianmichael]

That is a really nice crinoid stem and calyx! I hope you and your mother-in-law get to go on more hunts and find more incredible things.

[Fossildude19]

Very cool finds. 

Thanks for sharing them with us!