dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Had a walk from Runswick Bay to Kettleness and here’s a few of our finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 I’m guessing the top one is some kind of coral, but what is the rock with what look like worm burrows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 First thoughts on this are just modern seabird, but burning it doesn’t give off a burnt hair smell. It couldn’t be anything older could it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Is this anything other than rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Bottom one has a bit of a shine and is lighter than rock; is that jet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 4 hours ago, dhiggi said: Bottom one has a bit of a shine and is lighter than rock; is that jet? It could be. Could you break of a small piece? How does the fresh surface look like? Can you try a burn test with the fragment? Btw, I immediately fell in love with this one : Veeerrry nice, thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 27 minutes ago, dhiggi said: burning it doesn’t give off a burnt hair smell Cooking of bones will sometimes cause this result. You might want to check for things that are commonly eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 @TqB John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 4 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: It could be. Could you break of a small piece? How does the fresh surface look like? Can you try a burn test with the fragment? Btw, I immediately fell in love with this one : Veeerrry nice, thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard I’ll try that, thanks. My eight year old daughter found that quite early and I was a little annoyed that I didn’t find anything better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 28 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Cooking of bones will sometimes cause this result. You might want to check for things that are commonly eaten. Ah, thanks for that. Chicken tibia perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 4 hours ago, dhiggi said: I’m guessing the top one is some kind of coral, but what is the rock with what look like worm burrows? The coral is a Carboniferous erratic, Siphonodendron sp. The worm burrows are just that but made by modern rock borers, you often see them along weaknesses in the rock. I think they're a Polydora - the borings are U-shaped when you see complete ones, and you often see the worms themselves in a freshly split piece. 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks @TqB , very helpful. Anything you can tell me about the top one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Very nice and interesting finds. Thanks for posting the photos. I want to know what that first one is also. Is it possibly an artifact? Something manmade? Pottery? Tile? Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks Mark. This also caught my eye but was in quite a large rock. Any ideas anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Very nice and interesting finds. Thanks for posting the photos. I want to know what that first one is also. Is it possibly an artifact? Something manmade? Pottery? Tile? This is the underside, there are a few hints of other fossils in it. I actually saw a few similar looking things in the shale, very much like a modern scallop shell. The others in shale were either impressions or too fragile to get out whole though. Wish I’d got a few pics now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Looks like crinoids to me since the plate is littered with crinoid segments. (photo with coin) The other item does have the pattern of a scallop, but I wonder why it's so round. 2 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Looks like an Indian paint pot, a type of ironstone concretion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhiggi Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Rockwood said: Looks like an Indian paint pot, a type of ironstone concretion. It’s an area rich in ironstone so that makes sense, thanks Rockwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 14 hours ago, dhiggi said: Thanks @TqB , very helpful. Anything you can tell me about the top one? 16 hours ago, dhiggi said: Had a walk from Runswick Bay to Kettleness and here’s a few of our finds It is indeed a worn scallop, Pseudopecten equivalvis. Very common in the Cleveland Ironstone Formation (M. Lias) there. Beautiful, large 3D ones occur but it's hard to find a good one! Your new photo is of an erratic Carboniferous crinoid block. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirang Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 16 hours ago, dhiggi said: I’ll try that, thanks. My eight year old daughter found that quite early and I was a little annoyed that I didn’t find anything better My boyfriend found 2 over a foot long NICE spined ammonites(I will find pics) in site I went to like 10 more times by myself lol /hate I have yet to find a for sure one /sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 21 hours ago, dhiggi said: I once visited Port Mulgrave and discovered an entire horizon with this type of preservation full of these or similar ammonites. Mine were identified as Eleganticeras and Tiltoniceras. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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