Timbo Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Hello All! I've looking at a trip around the Perth Australia area hunting for fossils - My mate and our kids would love to spend a day digging and sifting looking for some fossils (although I suspect my kids will lose interest in 10 minutes) I've heard of the area around mole cap hill but I'm unsure where to start - If anyone is planning a trip I've love to tag along and get the gist of it all as I'm unsure where to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Hello, Timbo! I can't help, I'm sorry to say, but just wanted to wish you a warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 So I went out for the first time and hit an area in the gin gin chalk layer - And I found some stuff!!! From top to bottom: - mollusc shell, sea urchin spine, small ammonite shell and I think a sea worm of some kind? The ammonite came out really well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Congrats on the successful hunt! (And now the fossil-hunting addiction begins... ) Welcome to the forum, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 And after lots of careful cleaning... Not much I know but I'm stoked I found anything at all. I've refined my method of extraction a lot since getting this, I'm planning another trip for next weekend. Really keen to find that shark tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 No pic ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Coco said: No pic ! Coco you sure I can see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 I can only see the first photo you posted, looks like the following two failed to embed. "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coco Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 No pic, sorry. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coco Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hi, Nice sea urchin spines ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 I took the kids out today, they were actually pretty helpful for a 4yo and 7yo. I think it was a pretty amazing trip as we found a shark tooth in the first 15 minutes! I'm not sure what the other bone beside it is, maybe some kind of grinding plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 16 hours ago, Timbo said: I'm not sure what the other bone beside it is, maybe some kind of grinding plate? Looks like a heterodontus shark tooth, need better pictures from multiple angles to be sure. Also, I do not know the size of that coin, please include a ruler for size reference. 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...
Timbo Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 5 hours ago, ynot said: Looks like a heterodontus shark tooth, need better pictures from multiple angles to be sure. Also, I do not know the size of that coin, please include a ruler for size reference. I was thinking maybe sting ray? Here's a photo of the underside, I think that line of white dots is little grinding "teeth". I gently brushed with water and all the chalky stone came away but those little teeth are definitely part of it. Sorry I don't have anything for scale! I'll need to buy something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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