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Any help with identification would be greatly appreciated. I was found in a stream bed in the hell creek formation area in Montana. I it pretty flat on the bottom with shell like material on the top. Its not porous like alot of the other bones I have seen. Any input would be awesome! Thanks!
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Hello, I found these 4 bones today. The three on the right were all in fairly close proximity to each other and the bone on the far left was found alone. I am having trouble figuring out if these are modern day bones or dinosaur bones. A few main reasons that lead me to believe they're not modern is the location. I found these at the base of a large hillside within the Hell Creek formation slightly buried in the dirt. This is an area that has produced dinosaur bones in the past. Also it seems to me when I find more modern day bones usually the entire animal itself or other bones can be found nearby (cattle, deer, and etc.). Any ID help would be greatly appreciated also let me know if I need to provide more detailed pictures. Thanks, Nic
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I found this today in east central Montana. I believe it is a dinosaur bone. it has a hole on the one side that goes in about an inch. Thanks in advance for the help! Nic
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Hi everyone! I've had quite the month here in Wilmington, NC. After some recent dredging, I've been scouring the beach (often multiple times a day) for any good finds. As far as beach hunting goes, this is by far the most productive month I have ever had, with some of my all-time best teeth coming out of Wilmington. I'm really excited to share some of my finds with you guys. The teeth pictured are only the best ones found from April 20th to May 20th, 2018. There are many more not pictured that did not "make the cut". If anyone has information about any of my teeth or would like an alternate angle of a particular tooth, please reach out! Happy Hunting
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I found this little guy that's labeled as a Martinichthys rostrum, its 2.4" long and was retrieved from the Niobrara formation. But I'm not 100% sure on the ID, mainly because I know little to nothing about Niobrara fish (but I'm learning something new every day!). Is this an accurate ID? Help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello. I just recently acquired this tooth that is labeled as "Deltadromeus agilis." I've been doing some research on Deltadromeus and what I've determined is it's a very unknown dinosaur. The seller labeled it as a raptor tooth, but so far I've found deltadromeus to be considered a tyrannosaur, ceratosaur, coelosaur, or abelisaur. Which one of these is the most accurate ID of Deltadromeus? Any help would be great!
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Hello everyone I have here a specimen and can’t figure out if it’s just a plain ol’rock but I think it might not be a rock at all. This specimen weighs almost 5lbs it’s original location was found in Carrizo Springs Texas at a drilling rig location. Some helpful info and opinions about what this specimen could be would really be great -Thanks y’all!
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Fort worth TX so really new to all this info, ive hunted worked flint my entire life and came across maybe 8 or so nice fossil,s. New piece of property and ive found about 15 really nice pieces and probably 40-60 halves that are broke, over last two days with only about 4 hours total. i know im missing a lot of stuff and time is a factor. i wish i could post more than one pic to show a few. many complete sea shells top and bottom intact, many things that i know are something that ive been picking up. i have many small items that im finding out what they are as i go but its so much and as i say time is a factor. thanks for any tips.
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Here is a small crab concretion I found many years ago, probably about 16 or 17 years. This crab you can see the arms of the crab sticking out of the concretion. This crab comes from Oregon and is in some of the hardest rock ive ever delt with!!! I saved this one for my collection just to show an unprepped crab from this local. About 90 miles away, you can find the same species of crab, but in a totally different and much softer rock. Here are pictures of both. These are known as Orbitoplax weaveri and Eocene in age. RB
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today in the creek I found a snail and brachiopod in this rock
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi this is matt again today in the creek I found this great fossil with a snail and a brachiopod in it here are some photos
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Hello, I found this today in a creek bottom in SE Montana. Any ID help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Alrighty, looking at the calender I see the "Penn Dixie digging with the experts" trip is in full swing. We will demand pictures and at least a brief dialog report from members that attend. And the Aurora fest is not far behind so same goes for that as well.
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My daughter and I came across this on the shore at Big Bay, Ontario this morning. Could someone tell us what it is?
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I recently got a new air abrasive as my old one finally bit the dust. The old unit was a paasche air eraser that was pretty decent, but the up time I got from it was pretty low as I spent a good amount of my time refilling the really small canister with abrasive. I decided to get a remote Paasche AEC unit to remedy the problem I had with the old unit, but as of now I'm firmly disappointed with it. My problem is I am getting almost no abrasive cycling through the unit. I'm not getting clogs at all, and the air is moving freely from the compressor to the end of the unit, with pretty good air pressure being output. I dried my abrasive in the oven for about an hour at 250oF to dehumidify it after I noticed the lack of powder flow, thinking moisture was the issue, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Anybody have any ideas? Right now it is taking me probably about a minute to remove a thin film of shale off of a single crenulation of a small (.25 inch) brachiopod. Occasionally my unit will spurt out a bunch of abrasive at random, and when this occurs the cutting rate is pretty good, not as good as my old unit, but certainly serviceable. Shaking the canister can artificially boost the powder flow, but only during the duration of which it is being shaken, and clearly this isn't a good way of achieving the effect I want. For those who may be curious, this is what the unit looks like:
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My wife and I went fossil hunting today, and I found several that I am working on their IDs. However, I don't have a clue as to what this one is. Any help is appreciated. It was found in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the Corryville formation (late Ordovician).
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Hi guys! Saw this fossil online for a cheap price and I was wondering if it was real. I’m not very familiar with these Moroccan fossils but this piece looks ok to me, I just prefer to ask. The left fragment piece looks a bit weird. It is 30cm. Thanks for the help (this is the only picture I have,sorry...) kind regards
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My son found this tooth in the field. I’m trying to identify which animal it came from. It looks like the root of the tooth and a broken top part. Can anyone help?My son found this tooth in the field. I’m trying to identify which animal it came from. It looks like the root of the tooth and a broken top part. Can anyone help?
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Information: Squares in the background are 1/2 CM. (object is roughly 2.25X1.25X0.5 CM) (length-width-thickness) Unfortunately I don't think location information will be much use here but: Found in western Montana (United States)(near Great Falls) in a graveled driveway. No idea where it might be from, or if it was already here before the driveway. I'd be more than happy to provide more pictures/angles if it'll help. My little auto-adjusting light was being extremely temperamental with these pictures for some reason.. they are a fair bit darker than the object actually appears in-hand. The inner "tooth" is nearly pure black. I thought when I first picked it up that it was a tooth of some sort.. but the more I look at it, the more I'm thinking some sort of concretion. I don't claim to have any experience whatsoever with fossils, so I could easily be wildly wrong. Any of you more experienced folks recognize it? As a side note, if it does turn out something other than a normal rock, would I want to try to remove it from the other material? Any recommendations on doing so safely?
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I thought I would post my collection of self found fossils. This will be a work in progress. I will start with some of my favorites. Here are my megs from Brownies Beach, Calvert Cliffs Maryland
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Hey everyone, totally new to this site, just signed up. I found (actually my dog found) what seems to be a petrified mushroom in our backyard in Colorado. I know these are very rare but not sure what else it could be...any suggestions? I appreciate your help!
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Hi friends, I've bought some fossils in the last years, however I know few fossil stores on internet that buy for a good price and post overseas. My favorite store is fossilforsale.uk and fossilera.com....so, could someone help me to find some good stores on internet? Thanks
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Hi all, Found this at the beach in Cap-Gris-Nez, France. The fossils there are usually Jurassic, but I'm not sure if this one is from the same layers. Looks like it might be a sponge to me? Maybe not. Looking forward to your opinions, Max
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very big fossil shell I found in the creek today 5/18/2018
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
hi everyone this is matt again today in the creek when I was fossil hunting I broke open a stone and found this giant clam in side it came from the kennedy N.Y. area which is all devonian I think ? here is a photo
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Our coffee table. Little of this, little of that. Smalls go in Rikers, big stuff in cabinets or on shelves. Medium sized stuff needs somewhere to live too..
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productella lachrymosa fossil find from the creek today
matthew textor posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
hi everyone this is matthew again today in the creek I found a fossil called Productella lachrymosa it is from late devonian and is found in New York and the Appalachians here is a photo of the fossil
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