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Hi everyone, fellow Charlestonian here. I've recently got back into shark teeth hunting and have been to a few locations such as behind the YMCA and in those creek branches round there. I am posting here to ask everyone if they have any good locations they would share. I know this community is tight lipped and secretive when it comes to this, but I was hoping there would be a few individuals who didn't mind helping someone actually find some good finds. I get most sites are on private property or the individual has connections to get onto quarries (i.e. Black River Fossils), but I know there are viable locations out there that are not well known too. Thank you.
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Hi, I found this forum when searching for history of the Thames River in London, Ontario. I keep finding amazing fossils in my yard, I don't recognize many of them so I was trying to look them up, as well as learn about the earth beneath me. I want to know about the age and makeup of this area. I found Kane's posts and pictures of finds in the London vicinity, and have learned a great deal in a short period of time. I'm so excited to learn that I'm living on top of such ancient bedrock. That's exposed! I've always loved digging around for fossils, having spent hours sitting in the school yard meticulously looking through the rocks with my girlfriend. I found a trilobite there, couldn't believe it. Just a little bitty trilobite was curled up, just sitting there waiting for me to pick it up. That was on the south side of Chicago in the mid 60s. (I've always wondered where that gravel came from.) So I'm an amateur, love rocks, it's plus if a fossil is in there. I just love being outside and exploring, I love the quiet and solitude, nature. Hate ants. Sorry. Just learned that a black ant can live 15 years. ugh Anyway I have enjoyed the posts on this forum and appreciate the pictures and fossil identification that members post along with them. I want to learn and appreciate this expertise in this forum. Debbie Kraft Dorchester, Ontario
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Found in my yard in Dorchester, Ontario on the Thames River. I've found several of these in my yard. Is it a crinoid? I'd sure love to know what an experienced fossil hunter would call it, as well as what era it might be from. Looks like there is one large one through the rock, with other little things in there.
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Understanding the Formations of Charleston and Dorchester Counties, SC
cthamon posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Okay, I posted this yesterday and I’m not sure if it was that it was too long winded, in the wrong spot, or both. So, I will attempt to boil it down. There was a post on this topic in 2011 but I feel like there’s certainly more knowledge on this now. 1. What formations are megalodon teeth coming from? The plausible ones are the Parachucla (22ma), Marks Head (18ma), and Goose Creek Lime (3.5ma), all within the umbrella Hawthorn formation. The CofC Museum lists almost every specimen as coming from the Goose Creek Lime, yet the hottest spots at best have the Raysor formation(2.5ma) exposed. 2. Are said spots only good underwater where the river has cut through to the former three? 3. Is material between the Marks Head and Goose Creek era extant in any areas? People have suggested that the size of some teeth would place them in the middle of these two time periods, unless there’s reason to believe they’re reworked. 4. Wanting to see pictures of the formations mentioned (excluding Marks Head which is only subsurface), in addition the Wando and Chandler Bridge formations if anyone has pictures lying around.- 3 replies
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