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Hello all. This is my first post. Today I was fossil hunting on a small beach area off the side of a road, where there are a TON of rocks. I found quite a few great finds, and this one was my largest. I'm not an expert by any means, and at first I thought this was some kind of horn coral. I posted a photo on Reddit, and one person thought it may have been a trilobite. I didn't think this was very likely, but now that it's been brought up I can kind of see it. The other suggestion was a woolly mammoth tooth (Mammuthus primigenius). This fossil was found on a small beach in western Michigan. I included a photo of the back of the rock since it was suggested to get it from all angles, though there was nothing special on the back so that's why one of the photos just looks like a normal old rock. If anyone can confirm any of my three answers, or give another option entirely, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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hello , Are these fossils? All found in at the beach Te puru ,Thames Corommandel New Zealand . Fossil 1 is roughly 8cm wide 5cm long Fossil 2 is 18 cm wide 15 long Rough estimations as I couldnt take them back with me im a newbie but i believe from what Ive read that theres alot of marine fossils in NZ.
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Good morning! I am a complete novice so this may be very easy for all of you. I was walking the beach along the ocean in Saint Augustine, Florida (northeastern Florida). I always look for shark teeth (of which there are many) but recognize them as being black. I found this tooth and it is cream colored. My husband thinks it might belong to someone’s pet. But, it could be something exciting! What do you think?
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Hello new member here, my name is Robert! I found this site while searching google in an attempt to identify some beautiful items I came across recently while at the beach in san francisco. I understand most of you guys refer to yourself as amateurs, though reading a few forum topics before creating my account I was impressed with the amount of detailed information in regards to your studies and findings. That being said I must admit I am %110 amateur in my knowledge of fossils, different time periods, etc. So please forgive me if I seem to ask simple questions like I don't know what I am talking about, I am still learning. WELL, in regards to the piece I am hoping to learn about (please see attached image). I recently found it while I was at the beach in San Francisco area. It measures 2 and 3/4 inches wide, 2 inches tall, with a shallow depth of a 1/4 inch. My main question is...WHAT is it!? I've seen many sand dollar fossils, coral rock fossils, clam fossils recently on the beaches here, but I've only seen one like this. The milky white crescent shaped object that is offset to the right of the center of the stone, looks like a tiny shrimp or something (again , please forgive my lack of knowledge). Also, the only thing I can relate the slightly irridecesent dark blue-ish streaks to are the inside of some of the mussel shells that I see on the beaches here, so maybe it is in relation to that...? Again, I have no idea but I do speculate much as I've recently grew heavy in interest on the subject and those alike. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone has some pointers on or can possibly identify this, what I believe to be, fossil stone of some sort. I have many photos of all the beautiful items I've recently collected, and needless to say, so many questions I wish to ask you all in regards to them. I am planning to post detailed images of them all in the My collections section but for some reason most of my pictures on my phone exceed the "Max total size of 3.95MB" in the image upload section so I am going to try and take some different pics that are "uploadable". I would be more than happy to take new pics or zoom in closer on any specific area(s), if needed or necessary. Thank you all for your time
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Phosphate nodule has a lot of symmetry, is it a fossil? Found in Charleston SC.
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One day I’ll learn to differentiate between phosphate nodules and fossils, today is not that day. Thanks for any input you have, this object appears to have symmetry on all sides, is it a fossil? I found it on the beach in South Carolina.
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Hey everyone! I’m starting this post as a continuation of this post: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/102463-virtual-fossil-hunting-field-trip/ I’ve decided to start this new thread in prefer to better conform to the sites organizational structure and to serves as a more permanent home for my future adventures. So, if you haven’t already seen it, in encourage you to read it in order to catch up. In light of our current events I’ve decided to practice some self quarantine at my favorite fossil hunting location. The rocks here, the Rio Dell formation, represent an eastward trending embayment from the Pleistocene, overlain by orange conglomeratic sandstones called the Carlotta Formation, indicating and delta environment that fed into said bay. These have all been uplifted by the numerous and complex fault systems that Northern California is famous for. This site is easily accessible via a trailhead about 350ft above the beach.
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Found twenty years ago on South Texas coast. Thank you so much for your help. Measures approx 2 x 3 inches
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I found this while perusing my local beach. It originate off the coast and washed up on shore. It’s in fossiliferous limestone on a bivalve cast. I really can’t figure out what these are. I am specifically talking about the radiating fossils in the top margin of the photo. If anyone has ideas it would be appreciated
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Hi! I found this piece of sandstone in South Wales last week. Are they ammonites?
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I want ask if that structure could be something fossilized ( bone . sponge ... etc ) or just a rock . found on my local beach .many thanks .
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Found this at a beach in south texas, I have no idea what it is.
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I found that shell today on my local beach. I hope to know its kind and epoch . it is 6.5 cm tall and 4.5 cm wid and many thanks in advance .
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Hi Everyone! I should preface that this collection of photos were taken on multiple occasions to this location. I just wanted to share with you all typically, what my experience fossil hunting is like. This is not the only location or formation that I personally collect from, but it is the most frequent location I visit and is relatively accessible at all times of year. Anyway, essentially what we’ll be seeing here is the deposits of a 2ma old bay, represented by the Rio Dell Formation, then the Carlotta Formation, orange conglomeritic sandstones representing a delta that flowed into said bay, all uplifted by a faults driven by subduction. ON TO THE PICTURES!
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We went beachcombing at McFaddin Beach near Sabine Pass, Texas yesterday and found some interesting bones as well as a mammal tooth yesterday. I am aware that most of these are likely not fossils but I was still wondering if someone can still tell me what they are.
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I found two bones off the Oregon coast in the Nye / Astoria formation, both Miocene around 15 - 20 million years old roughly. The formation has yielded demostylians. cetaceans (dolphins, sperm whales, baleen whales etc.) and pinnipeds (seals, sealions etc.) I know looked at a few images of sea lion and seal flipper bones. NOPE Then I moved on to cetacean and it matches the thickness and shortness of the bone I have. (these bones are worn but I believe they still hold most of their original shape. This is not some weathered rib, it has a shape which is hourglass like not due to the ocean but the original form of the bone. a tumbled rib would never have an arch but would rather be declining in one direction, not on both sides, exactly like a pectoral flipper digit.) So I am fairly certain I am in the cetacean family. I know I won't get past here as its not likely to get a species from two digit bones. But I do believe that I can find whether it is in the order of cetacea.
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Hi, my first post on this forum and probably not the most exciting for regulars on here. I found this fossilised vertebra while walking our dog on Mablethorpe beach, part of the Lincolnshire coastline. This is not a usual place to find fossils, however it's around 40km south of the Withernsea cliffs which release many fossils as they erode at a rapid rate. This is my first ever proper fossil find, so to me is quite a big deal. My son who's a geologist reckons it may be from a shark. The only thing that makes me doubt this is the fact that there appears to be a groove where the spinal column may have run with two locations either side where something has snapped off. Perhaps it is from a large fish. The material is fossilised and definitely not bone or cartilage.
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Went for a quick two day Galveston get-away. Weather was PERFECT.....75 degrees. Gotta love Texas Winters....and then it dropped to 30 and we had snow flurries the night we got home. Yeesh. So I went to a few spots that were recommended to me to find shark teeth, crabs and other fossils. No luck on the shark teeth, sadly,, nor the crabs, even more sadly.. but I did finally have a little luck at the last site. I was super excited to find a lovely small vertebrae and a bit o bone! Pleistocene era bits, from what I understand of the Galveston bay area. Also found a couple of interesting hash plates- one of coquinas and the impression of larger shells on the backside. That makes me believe these are indeed fossils and not just modern shells. Speaking of....I did find two beautiful little shells that I am not 100 percent sure are modern...perhaps they are pleistocene? I am not at all familiar with this era. And while I did not find any shark teeth, I did find a nice little fossil shop on The Strand and bought some Morrocan shark teeth. So there....i have shark teeth from Galveston. I'm not sure this is fossil or not. But it's pretty cool. Morrocan Shark teeth for $5. Had to buy my stupid shark teeth.
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HI I found that bone yesterday on the beach of the mediterranean next door to the entrance of the suez canal where the suez canal authority used to evacuate mud containing stones resulted from the bottom of the suez canal in the mediterranean sea infront of the that beach . I spent several years collecting agate and ignoring bone but yesterday I went to that beach to collect bone where I found that bone . please identify and many thanks in advance .
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Ok so I'm fairly new to hunting fossils my daughter is really into it so we gathered tools and found some in a road cut. Aparently here on Vancouver island there are a few reefs at low tides that are supposed to be great places to look my silly question is how the heck do you see anything when most of the surfaces of the rocks are covered in barnacles? Its hard to tell much of anything lol! Any tips for a new hunter?
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I'm posting this for a friend who found this little oddity mixed in with broken shells on North Myrtle Beach. My first thought was vertebrae but it seems to lack an obvious center hole, although the white spot in the first picture looks like it could be a filled-in hole. I haven't seen it in person so I can't describe it any better than that, and sorry for the photo quality...not my pics. I know that's not much to go on, but any thoughts on what it could be would be much appreciated.
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Hi there! Not sure if this is anything at all? Beach-find mysteries are the best. Thanks!
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Hello everyone! I was at the beach today looking at the rocks and other things washed ashore rather than paying attention to my partner like a good hubby, and came across these two items which looked kind of like bone fragments. Can anyone please help me determine whether these could be bone fragments or whether they are concretions/nodules? Thanks in advance!
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This dog could win fossil of the month! https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/17/dog-finds-dolphin-like-ichthyosaur-skeleton-beach-somerset-11918149/
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Picked this up at Charmouth Beach (UK) where mainly marine fossils are found (ammonites, echinoderms etc) but not sure what this might be. It's hollow and the inside has the light brown bumpy impressions running all the way through. Any suggestions on ID are appreciated!
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