kingpotatoman Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I live in Ohio and my friends and I were walking down at a pond and one of them found some sort of trilobite fossil. If anybody can give me the possible price of this or any information of it would be appreciated. ALSO I have found some sort of shell, I have no clue if it was a fossilized animal, seashell, or just a rock but please give information on that aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Top one is a trilobite. Unfortunately the forum does not allow appraisals but you can look on some websites to see what some people sell theirs for. The bottom one looks like it may be horn coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotatoman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Can u give me a few websites I could look on? I’m new to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Sure I can PM you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I don't know about the trilobite...but the minimum value of that 1943 quarter is about $3.15! That's from back when the United States still made coins out of real silver! -Joe 2 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotatoman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, Fruitbat said: I don't know about the trilobite...but the minimum value of that 1943 quarter is about $3.15! That's from back when the United States still made coins out of real silver! -Joe I know I collect coins I just had it lying around instead of a modern quarter haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 There is nothing quite like the sound of silver coins ringing against each other! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I prefer the sound of Double Eagles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Aye, gold coins always have a nice ring to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Ahhhh...gold coins just 'clunk' together. Silver coins have such a nice ring to them! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Pieces of Eight! Pieces of Eight! Shiver me timbers, me hearties! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Where in Ohio was this found? It's the internal mold of a trilobite pygidium, (tail lobe). It looks like it could be a Paladin sp. from the Mississippian period, but I'm not very familiar with all of the trilobites in Ohio. Others would be better suited to weigh in on the particulars. Second one is definitely a worn horn coral in my opinion. Oh, and welcome to TFF!!! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotatoman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Northeastern part by Akron, thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 @Kane, @piranha,what are your thoughts on this one? I'm curious for my own edification. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 33 minutes ago, DevonianDigger said: I'm curious for my own edification. So selfish of you, what about everyone else’s edification? Did you ever think about that!?! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: So selfish of you, what about everyone else’s edification? Did you ever think about that!?! Lol! I guess I was only thinking of myself :/ Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, DevonianDigger said: Lol! I guess I was only thinking of myself :/ Don’t worry, I forgive you “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Judging by the pygidial border and the wide, flared axis, Paladin might be a very good guess (the axis is too broad to be Ditomopyge). ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Of course we're not allowed to make estimates, but I can tell you right now that it's not worth much, just to save you the trouble. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 The quarter is worth more.... is my unofficial guess. signed, a wheat penny fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 17 hours ago, DevonianDigger said: @piranha,what are your thoughts on this one? I'm curious for my own edification. Northeastern-eastern Ohio has about a dozen proetid species of Mississippian / Pennsylvanian trilobites. We need to count the pygidial ribs and axial rings. It is poorly preserved, so I would label it: Proetidae sp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, piranha said: Northeastern-eastern Ohio has about a dozen proetid species of Mississippian / Pennsylvanian trilobites. We need to count the pygidial ribs and axial rings. It is poorly preserved, so I would label it: Proetidae sp. Thanks! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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