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Hi everyone, I only have a couple weeks before I leave for a new chapter in my life and my best bud has been asking me to take him and his boy on a trip. Ohio is only an hour away for us and is significantly warmer right now. Was wondering if anyone could tell me how bad the snow cover is and if we have a chance at some clean ground.
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Good morning, Tank here. I hate asking, especially when I am probably completely wrong too, but I've given myself a migraine searching through other sites. I've narrowed it down to something between anything and everything thanks to Google. I found this one, and quite a few more as well, along the bank of the Tuscarawas River in New Philadelphia Ohio. Google New Phila Hog Heaven and there is the spot I've been getting them. None are exactly alike but all appear to be somehow connected by color texture and all likenesses I guess. I just haven't any idea what I'm finding and my wife calls it Aliens Baby, which is banned from our home. Depending on what it is, I might get to show her the pics posted are from inside, with some priceless help if possible. Thanks for the chance to ask you all.
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New here hopefully learn more about what my family and I have been collecting for last 7 months. I have been studying and can identify some common rocks and fossils but it's a serious uphill battle starting from nothing. Couple bins of random things we have found.
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An End-of-Year Fossil Hunt with Stromatolites Galore
Elasmohunter posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
What better way to celebrate the end of the year than with a little fossil hunting? And the hunt ended with some spectacular stromatolites; read on! ----- When I got an itch to hit the field last month, I reached out to a quarry in Perrysburg, Ohio to collect fossil and mineralogical samples for donation to academic institutions. The quarry was kind enough to grant me permission to collect on their property for several hours in late December, so when the time came, I suited up and headed out with a trusty assistant. The quarry exposed outcrops of the Lockport and Greenfield Dolomites separated by a thin lens of shale. We were permitted to collect from the outsides of the berm piles surrounding the walls, but I wasn't sure what to expect, as dolomites often exhibit poor fossil preservation, and I had never hunted these units before. Even so, we eagerly hit the berm piles with rock hammers in hand. The quarry wall. The Greenfield Dolomite (red line) sits on top of the Lockport Dolomite (blue arrow), which extends to much deeper than the shelf upon which the photo was taken. The shale horizon between them can be clearly seen as a dark line. Almost immediately, I found a small brachiopod, but then it was several more minutes before we found other fossils. We proceeded to find a variety of reef-building organisms. A small brachiopod (1) and . . . the underside of a Favositid coral (2)? A friend suggested that the larger of these two fossils (3) is a Favositid coral. I'm not sure about the smaller one (4); maybe a bryozoan? This find (5) confused me: it looked like a concretion, seemed to be covered in iron oxide, and had an odd, striped/fluted pattern inside. A friend suggested that it could be slickenslides. It was the only rock that I saw that looked anything like this, and it really stood out against the dolomite. The best finds of the day, however, were undoubtedly the stromatolites. The quarry exhibited them in abundance, and they were readily found throughout the berm piles. The rounded tops of a group of stromatolites. The mottled top of a stromatolite. More layers can be seen just above the left side of the rock hammer. Check out this stromatolite (6)! The coin on it is an American penny. It came from a stromatolite that seemed to be at least 60 or 70 cm in diameter. Not only did we find fossils, however; we also found several crystals, as the dolomites were scattered throughout with crystal-containing vugs. Here's the largest crystal that we found. I haven't tested it with acid, but I suspect that it's calcite. We collected a few other crystals too and even saw some purple ones hiding in a seam in a large boulder. Unfortunately, someone beat me in discovering stromatolites here by many decades, so I didn't make an groundbreaking discoveries, but the trip was nevertheless a wonderful way to round out the year, and all of these samples will end up in academic institutions. May you all have even better fossil hunts in the new year! Cheers, Elasmohunter
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Help with Identification of possible Prehistoric? Camel Tooth?
Imanoldfossil posted a topic in Fossil ID
Help with Identification of possible Prehistoric? Camel Tooth? Thank you for looking at this recent find. I found this on the banks of SE Ohio River yesterday. I used Google Lens to possibly identify this as an prehistoric camel tooth. Interestingly enough, this was found in an old trash dump? on the river with other antique broken pottery pieces. The river has widened over the years and now may envelop old dumps as the soil has eroded. Near the tooth, I found an old Indian Trade Pipe. I may be totally wrong, but I think this is a camel tooth. Many years ago, in the 1940's, I was told there was a circus here in this town and there were camels. I also just did a bit of research and found that John Robinson's Circus was at Middleport, Ohio in 1878 in the days when it traveled by boat. So, many possibilities! Thank you for looking!
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Trammel Fossil Park (or other Southern Ohio sites)
ShanLambert posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I will be visiting family around Christmas in Northern KY and was looking at trying out Trammel Fossil Park. This will be a new type of fossil hunting for me, as I am from SC and used to creek hunting for shark teeth and other sea fossils. Has anyone been to this park and would like to give opinions/advice/ pointers? Thanks for any help! I'm excited to look for some new types of fossils! ~Shannon -
Hello! I have been lurking on this Forum for a while because I was very busy lately and still is! I found few fossils and I thought it might be trilobits- pieces of trilobite and also something else that I thought it seems 'fishy' and somewhat resemble a fish spine. These fossils are not found in situ but the bedrocks are Silurian. If they are trilobites, it would be my first time found one! I found this on the beach of Lake Erie, just east of Toledo, Ohio two weeks ago. Approximately half centimeter. Yesterday, I found this fossil on the beach of Lake Michigan in Kenosha, Wisconsin - just north of Illinois state line. It looks like a cross section of a trilobite to me. Approximately a centimeter and half wide. Unknown and resembles a fish spine, approximately two centimeters long. Thank you in advance and I am looking forward to seeing the responses!
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Found in a river in central Ohio. The stem made me feel it might be a fossil??? It’s very hard and about the size of a tablespoon. Thanks for your help in identifying.
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How to clean this sandstone(?) out of these cool rocks I found
rock finder posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
I'm not entirely sure what kind of rocks these are but I found them in a creek in central Ohio. The dark colored rocks form thin wafers with lots of undulations and connections to other wafers, and then appear to get filled in with some kind of ... maybe sandstone? I don't know. If you apply a bunch of pressure and friction to the tan filler rock it will gradually crumble away, but I'm wondering if there's any faster/easier way to remove it from the larger of these two rocks so I can see the darker rock's features and crevices better. I read online that DMSO can help disintegrate sandstone, although I'm not sure if it would do any damage to the darker bands of rock since I'm not sure what those are. I'd appreciate any information or insights you could provide!
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Greetings, all! After exploring outcrops and spoils piles from Quebec down to Florida, we are heading west from Delaware to Crawford, Nebraska and back this fall. Planning to stop by Sylvania, OH and Clear Lake, IA. Probably Richmond, IN. Any other suggestions? Thoughts on these three?
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Hello TFF friends, I recently recieved some Ordovician Brachiopods from Ohio and would love some help with getting IDs for them, First up are two Lingulid Brachiopods from the Waynesville Formation: I have not been able to find much on the brachiopods from this formation, the brachiopods also look slightly different so I am not sure if that indicates some kind of different species or these are just differences between individuals. Both are about 1.5 cm in length Next up are two rhynchonellids, these two are preserved together and are about 2 cm in width, perhaps Lepidocyclus sp.? Then finally, there are some brachiopods that I believe are Platystrophia sp., also liberty formation: Thank you for any help!
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I purchased a couple of buckets of fossil/rocks from a friend who found them in the Ohio/Indiana area...which he told me was Ordovician and Silurian. Unfortunatly I've lost the paper that described where this section of fossil/rock came from. At first I thought it was a Crinoid...upon further inspection I noticed that there were patterns along with the ridges. So, I scribed it out of the rock. I noticed that one end was slightly larger than the other and that it was on the "Oval" side. There is a bit of pyritisation...especially inside the small end. So, I'm not really sure ...but I found one similar on the internet(last photo). It looks to be the same but would like your opinions. Thanks Greg
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While heading to visit family in southern Indiana, I decided to leave a day early to do a bit of collecting in the Cincinnatian. The first stop was, as usual, St. Leon, to look for the famous Flexicalymene rollers. In the past, I've usually found 2-4 per visit, but was quite lucky this time, walking away with 10 rollers and my first prone. Here are a couple in situ shots. After a couple hours at St. Leon, I headed towards my hotel. As it turned out, it was just down the road from Trammel Fossil Park. I had not been here before. It exposes several formations (which are helpfully marked). I only spent about 20 minutes here but did find a beat up edrioasteroid (my first!) in the Miamitown. I would imagine it is very picked over, but it's a neat place to visit nonetheless. The following day I woke up quite early and drove down into Kentucky to check out a couple spots in the Kope along the AA Highway. Not much success was had, so I decided to head back towards Cinci to visit a popular site where the crinoid Ectenocrinus is often found. Again, little success. That was until I decided to flip over one last rock sitting right next to my car. And as luck would have it, the rock was covered in crinoids. At least half a dozen individuals were visible, but I suspect that many more are buried.
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A question about the brachiopods Paraspirifer bownockeri
Misha posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hello everyone, I have been wondering about this for a bit but only now that I atually have one of these in my collections have I decided to ask this, All of the P. bownockeri I have seen have been pyritized and I wanted to ask why this is, I do not know of any other brachiopods like this because while there are some I have seen preserved in pyrite they are from areas where the rest of the fossils are also pyritized, from what I have seen its mostly just this species that is commonly found fully pyritized from this formation. The only thing I can think of is maybe they are found in a specific layer which is why they are the ones that are primarily pyritized. So my question is, what causes this? Also do these brachiopods come preserved in other mineral such as calcite? If anyone knows or has any useful sources I would love to hear it! Thank you very much, Misha- 7 replies
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My son found this in our rock bed landscaping. We live with the Dayton, Ohio region.
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We found this piece in our creek located in Licking County, Ohio. We’ve been wondering what it was from for a several years now and have never found the answer. it is very light weight. Hopefully someone here can assist us!
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This little bone chip is from the Dundee Limestone (Middle Devonian) of Ohio. I find a lot of bone fragments in these rocks, but this one seems different. In particular, along one edge there look like there might be serrations, so maybe a tooth fragment? It measures approximately 1cm at the largest dimension. Thanks for any input.
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This past weekend I was able to hunt in the Middle Devonian Silica Shale in Ohio for a couple of hours. I found a lot of great things, but I think this took the cake for me. It was my first good find of the day, and the only specimen I've found in 5+ trips to this site. I don't have my Silica Shale book with me right now, but I believe it to be Hyperoblastus reimanni. In situ Cleaned up
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I found this specimen in the Silica Shale (Middle Devonian) of Ohio this past weekend. It measures approximately 2cm at the widest point. I have not come across anything like it before. I'm getting a fish vibe but I'm not certain. Any thoughts? Front Back
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I recently found this fossil while walking in a shale creek bed in Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Northeast Ohio just south of Cleveland). The area is late Devonian - early Mississippian. The piece is approximately 11cm x 7cm (4.25in x 2.75in). Any help in identifying it would be greatly appreciated.
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I have no idea what this is. Any ideas? I really don’t want to break it open unless you guys suggest I do so. I think I found it in a field - my area is north central Ohio. It’s heavy and not brittle at all. Feels smooth but kind of like dry mud or clay. I don’t think it’s a rock but I need your help please. Thank you.
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Hi there! I recently purchased an awesome Flexicalymene trilobite. After unwrapping it, there was a bonus surprise fossil! I didn't think too much of it prior to buying, and just thought it was a matrix blob from the seller's photo. But I'm pleasantly surprised! My first thought was that it was a piece of coral or some type of ocean plant. The info card that came with the trilobite states that it was found in Mt Orab, Ohio, USA in the Arnheim formation. Wondering if any of you cool cats would be able to identify what it is? I'm just curious and interested in learning more
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Looking for help identifying and prepping a cephalopod fossil.
Neurodynamic posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, I am an amateur fossil hunter whos level of knowledge is pretty limited. I love going out and hunting but my ability to identify and prep what I find is quite limited. I found this cephalopod fossil near Cincinnati Ohio a couple of years ago and it is by far my best find ever. I'm typically fine picking at or grinding away with a Dremel trying to prep my finds as they are usually small bits. Nothing I'm worried about ruining. This is something different and I'm pretty apprehensive about working on it. I read there isn't much harm in gluing it back together and I attempter this. It looks ok but 2 pieces didn't take so it's still in 2 pieces. There are also many very thin pieces of shell that came off the back when I dug it out. There also appears to be a small trilobite in the underside of the rock. What I would like to know is more information on the species it is, as well as if there is a person or place I can send it to get prepped. For identification purposes here is what I know. The area it was found in Cincinnati Ohio in a bed known for Cambrian era fossils. Estimated age is 450-500 million years. I am not a rich man so I cannot afford to spend too much on prep but it is the best fossil I've found so far. I would be willing to spend as much as my budget allows on getting it cleaned up and put back together. I do not know what to expect price wise so if anyone has a guestimate please let me know. Thanks ahead of time to anyone that can help me out.
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Request for feedback on fossil field guide visual layout
pefty posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I'm working up a series of fossil field guides for various formations. I'd like to provide a visual indicator of which fossils are rare, which are common, and which are abundant, without getting in the way of the visual layout of the fossils & identifying information. The complete set of categories I am working with is {Abundant, Common, Rare, Very Rare, Common to Abundant, Rare to Abundant, Rare to Common, Present, and Questionable}. Has anyone seen a good way that a field guide of any kind has provided such a visual indicator as a page-wide element of visual layout? Attached is my first draft for the brachiopods of the Zaleski Flint Member of the Allegheny Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Ohio. All feedback welcome! Thanks.
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