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From the album: Fossils
This is the first Otodus I ever found. It is from the Aquia Formation along the Potomac River and measures 1.15 inches. Only the root was sticking out of the indurated matrix and it took several hours of chiseling with a sharp screwdriver to reveal the crown. -
Hello all! I've been fossil hunting with my son for about 6 years now. We've hunted in MD, WV, DE, and PA and have made finds from the Ordovician up through the Miocene. Recently we've been hitting central PA pretty hard, finding some really good Devonian, Carboniferous, and Silurian spots. I've gotten a lot of good info on locations leads and fossil IDs from this forum over the years. I figured it was time to officially join! 🙂 I'm looking forward to learning and growing through being part of this community. Gary
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Hello! I’m new from the DC area and appreciate this forum. I’ve been to NJ and MD sites, but am a novice with this hobby as of late 2023. I love searching solo or with our kids, but also am curious if there are any vegans or punk rockers around here?! I just shared some finds for ID help from NJ but will post some others in coming days that I have from MD. Looking forward to an upcoming trip to SC, too! ❤️ Resources on your favorite books, podcasts, etc always welcome, especially for a gem and fossil obsessed elementary aged kid (and his dad).
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From the album: Fossils
Otodus aksuaticus shark vertebra form the base of the Woodstock Member of the Nanjemoy Formation, Early Eocene. The diameter varies from 3 to 3.25 inches. -
Got a surprise day off work on Tuesday so I decided to hit the cliffs to make the most of the day off. I got to the ramp around 10am to launch my kayak and headed to a beach I hadn’t been to in a little while. The trip started slow but I found a couple nice Hemipristis teeth to start getting my hopes up. I want finding to much in the wash and the water was to murky to find anything deep so I spent some time looking through debris around some fresh falls. Lo and behold a beautiful 1.75” Thecachampsa tooth is sitting right on top of one of the falls. It dried with some strange white staining that I wasn’t able to clean off, but none the less it’s still a great tooth. Continuing on I find a heartbreaking 2.3” megalodon that was broken almost in half (at least I got the larger half). Finishing up I got a few more nice Hemis and a handful of other nice smaller teeth. All in all in was a good day along the cliffs and it sure beat working. Thanks for reading, see y’all next time.
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On the last two trips my son and I have made down to one of our favorite spots near Saint Leonard, MD we found these specimens. I've some guesses about what they are but would appreciate some corroboration. All were found along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland in the Choptank formation.
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Found at a goodwill in MD. Unsure if it's a fossil or seed.
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Me and my girlfriend got the kayaks back out to adventure along the Calvert Cliffs on Saturday; the weather was unseasonably nice, getting up into the low 60s. The nice weather melted last weeks snow so I was hoping the thawing would bring out some nice finds. We launched a little before sunrise and had a beautiful calm kayak journey to the cliffs. As expected with the nice weather, a good number of other hunters started arriving by foot, kayak, and boat. A fellow kayaked snapped an amazing picture from the water of me at the base of the cliff and was kind enough to share it with me. With other hunters arriving I told my girlfriend to start working quickly down the beach, and I’d work slowly and methodically behind everyone else. I took my time, talking to everyone as they passed, giving my girlfriend more time up the beach. I wasn’t finding much walking behind everyone, but I was hopeful I’d find something nice tucked away that people missed. My hopes were realized when I spot a gorgeous 1.56” megalodon sitting in about a foot of water! 5 people must have walked passed it! As I caught up to my girlfriend a lot of the other hunters had turned back so we had some fresh beach ahead of us. She had found a nice 1.48” megalodon, a couple nice hemis and a pretty little retroflexus! Looks like the plan had paid off. We continued to the end of this stretch of beach finding a couple more nice hemis and I got a nice lower hastalis. With the beach being heavily searched the walk back wasn’t very fruitful but my girlfriend did manage to snag a nice mostly complete shark vertebra. It was a crowded day on the beach but it was nice talking to everyone, hearing about past finds and other fossil stories, but most of all it’s just nice to spend a beautiful day outside with family and friends! Till next time y’all, thanks for reading.
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From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Calvert cliffs state park, Calvert co. MD. Calvert fm. -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Calvert cliffs state park, Calvert co. MD. Calvert fm. -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Calvert cliffs state park, Calvert co. MD. Calvert fm. -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Calvert cliffs state park, Calvert co. MD. Calvert fm. -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Calvert cliffs state park, Calvert co. MD. Calvert fm. -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Calvert cliffs state park, Calvert co. MD. Calvert fm.-
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From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Calvert cliffs state park, Calvert co. MD. Calvert fm. -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Matoaka Beach, Calvert co. MD. Choptank fm. -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Gastropod from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Gastropod from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
bivalve from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Gastropod from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Gastropod from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Gastropod from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
gastropod from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland -
From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
Gastropod from the St. Mary’s formation. Calvert co. Maryland
