First fossil hunt at Lyme Regis

[Henhen33]

Hi all,

 

 

We are newbies to fossil hunting but my 2 year old & I found some interesting finds today at Lyme Regis. Very excited to find some pyrite ammonites! 

 

But not sure what these others might be?

The ? Tooth is 1 inch long

The sphere is 2 inch

The ? bone is 4 inch

 

Also the last two photos are of a tripple ammonite, but what would the best  method be for etching it out to see all three together? 

Any advice greatly appreciated. : )

 

 

Thank you 

Hen 

[TqB]

Welcome to the forum! 

The second one isn't tooth I'm afraid but a worn piece of cone-in-cone calcite which forms whole layers in some beds around there (locally called "beef"). (Google cone-in-cone.)

The third one is flint. The shape and small hole indicate that it's possibly formed around a sponge, leaving a hollow inside.

I'm not sure about the last, wait until a bone specialist sees it. If it is bone, it will be Pleistocene (occasionally found there) or perhaps modern - it's the wrong colour for Jurassic which is much darker there.

Ammonites from there are best prepared with air scribes and air abrasives which are expensive. Many people start with a much cheaper engraver such as a Dremel. You'd need safety equipment too - dust mask and goggles at least. It's not possible to chemically etch these without destroying the fossils.

Edited July 14, 2022 by TqB

[JamieLynn]

that's a cool piece with those ammonites.

[Ludwigia]

Isn't there someone who has a shop directly on the beach either at Lyme Regis or Charmouth who does prep work?

[rocket]

nice find, the nodule

could you post a pic from the "side", perhaps it helps to identify

some of this nodules are not easy to prepare, they have "shell preservation" and this could fly away when using the wrong tools