LiamL Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Can someone tell me if i just found my first yorkshire bone? Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Hard to tell Looks "woody" Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 26 minutes ago, belemniten said: Hard to tell Looks "woody" noo Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Would like to see an end view. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 it looks "woody" to me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, LiamL said: noo I am far away from being sure Let's wait what the others say... Is it possible for you to take sharper pictures? Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 @ynot @belemniten Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Looks bony to Me. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 OK now with the new pictures I would also say that it's a bone. Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Cant someone tell me the deciding factor that is a tell tale sign in bone material. I can't tell a difference at all. Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Cellular structures are the best tell. You should also look at the surface textures The texture of the ends and sides are different, so look at both. Do some visual comparisons of known examples. 3 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 1 hour ago, LiamL said: Cant someone tell me the deciding factor that is a tell tale sign in bone material. I can't tell a difference at all. I am there with you, can be very difficult to see. Like @ynot said you need to train your eyes in the manner that ynot suggested to begin to see the differences . I still struggle sometimes . I recently polished up the broken end of a piece of fossil Reptile Bone I found years ago in I think Peterborough, UK. It was just a weather rock really and had no value to me but after polishing the one side, the cellar structure became very visible . So in fact it has become a good learning tool and quite a pretty piece too. It is on my shelve now but Mrs Rico did wonder why I was taking rocks form the garden and put them indoors. She has a lot to put up with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Is there anyway to tell if this is fish bone or from a marine reptile? Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 2 hours ago, LiamL said: Is there anyway to tell if this is fish bone or from a marine reptile? Fish bone tends to look fibrous. I do not see fish in this piece. Being a small fragment it is hard to make a determination of type. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 We really need more diagnostic features. Lacking such means that your item is an alien artifact and I dare anyone to disagree. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 55 minutes ago, goatinformationist said: We really need more diagnostic features. Lacking such means that your item is an alien artifact and I dare anyone to disagree. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 20 hours ago, LiamL said: Is there anyway to tell if this is fish bone or from a marine reptile? Fish bone tends to look more flaky or glassy. 1 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 22 hours ago, LiamL said: Cant someone tell me the deciding factor that is a tell tale sign in bone material. I can't tell a difference at all. I don't know if it works in your area, but in some of the areas I hunt we use the "lick test." Bone will sometimes stick if you touch it to the tip of your tongue (or will otherwise feel sticky if you touch it with wet fingers), petrified wood will not. Whether or not this will work is dependent on the fossilization process. For instance, this will not work with siliceous gem bone. It can always be confirmed by looking at the cell structure under magnificaiton. 2 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 I’ve asked someone who’s pretty much an expert for yorkshire fossils and they said it’s wood for sure. Mysterious fossil here. 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, LiamL said: I’ve asked someone who’s pretty much an expert for yorkshire fossils and they said it’s wood for sure. Mysterious fossil here. Inhand views (and local knowledge) always beat out pictures for identification.. Glad You got it identified. 2 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 You know what you all missed while you were focusing on the texture ? The over all shape. It's much easier to picture a piece of driftwood than any bone I can think of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 I just asked a guy who is really knowledgeable on yorkshire fossils from this area and he says its wood Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, LiamL said: I just asked a guy who is really knowledgeable on yorkshire fossils from this area and he says its wood I am sure that you will find a bone there in the near future Just keep looking 1 Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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