phillies2740 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Hello, and thank you for your help and interest. I have collected from Big Brook in the past, but this time I was finding items of similar composition in the same general area of the stream bed. There had been recent heavy rainfall and the stream bed seemed layered differently. I have been tricked before, and could be getting tricked again, because after a while I trick myself into thinking everything is a fossil. After reading "When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey," I went back to Monmouth County with a renewed excitement. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated if any of these specimens could be fossils. I placed the numbers under the specimens, and a standard ruler at the bottom, hoping that could assist. I changed the angles of the specimens. Thank you for your time and have a nice day! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 I'm seeing a lot of ironstone concretions here, unfortunately. #7 may be bone, but that is the only one that really looks like bone to me. Better pictures of all sides of that may be helpful. Try a burn test on it - lots of modern bone turns up in the brooks there. 2 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillies2740 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 I am not totally sure why I skipped 11, but that definitely messed with my mind...sorry about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 I agree with @Fossildude19 response. I thought #7 was the only piece that might be bone, before I even saw what he replied. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillies2740 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Thank you so much for the information Fossildude19! I really appreciate it and have included some additional pictures of #7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 More Ironstone, I'm afraid. Pesky things. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillies2740 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Thank you @Darktooth and @Fossildude19! I really appreciate your time! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 i would like to see a close up of number 1, at first glance it may not be ironstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillies2740 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Hello @val horn and thank you for your response and assistance. Here are additional pictures of #1. I appreciate your time! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Unfortunately i dont see anything with bone texture. It seems to be ironstone like the rest, Pareidolia is still a common vice of mine and i can still imagine a bone on matrix in a couple of these photos. If it were mine i would take s hammer snd chisel and see if the “bone” would separate and again if I could see bone texture. If it is bone it can be glued and if not no harm no foul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillies2740 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Thank you so much @val horn for your time and advice. Have a great day! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLastSift Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Hey yeah it seems like all ironstone and concretions to me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillies2740 Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Hello @ColeFossilFinder and thank you for your reply. I definitely do well finding shark's teeth fossils, but I just keep hoping for the big one! Good luck! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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