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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Astraeospongia sp. Decatur County, TN Beech River Formation Silurian -
Length of fossil is 6 mm. Is this a shark or ray tooth? Thanks for any help!
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Hello from middle TN, looking for fellow hunters!
darkskykosmos posted a topic in Member Introductions
Hello, I have had a profile for a while but never used it. I am sorta new to fossil hunting (a little over a year into it so far) and I recently moved to Pulaski, TN and have spent quite some time looking at all the roadcuts in the area. If you have recently driven on 64, you may have seen me parked at all the roadcuts looking at the rocks and fossils! I am curious to learn more and meet anyone in the area who has spots they know about. I have quite a few on 64 and in the area around Pulaski mapped out and am continuing to explore the area. I have found all sorts of bivalves species, crinoid pieces, gastropods, cephalopods, one trilobite head, worm tubes, tabulate and horn coral, etc. I also have a couple of digital microscopes and am trying my hand in hunting microfossils in soil samples from different areas of the world. I'm usually available weekends if you're in the area, I know there's more fossils and new locations out there! I also work in Huntsville so if you know anything in between Huntsville and Pulaski I could check out I'd love to know. I did notice east of Huntsville has some big roadcuts too, but haven't had a chance to investigate since then. It was raining pretty hard the day I saw them. I'm also in the VBAS in Huntsville if anyone on here is a member. It's the astronomical league chapter in Huntsville, my other passion is learning astrophotography. Chris -
I found pumice in the Little Harpeth River in the Nashville Tn area. Does anyone know why it would be there? I can't find a history of volcanic activity in the area.
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ID requested on possible petrified wood (maybe bone?) found in Tennessee Cumberland Plateau
Rdwills posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone. I recently moved to central Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau where I have been enjoying hunting stone points in the creeks and woods. I recently found some chunks of what I thought might be petrified wood and would be grateful for ID help. Here are the details per the ID TIPS post: Date: Found February 2023 Location: Van Buren County, Tennessee USA Site details: bank of a small creek in close proximity to a spring Found with: a few stone points and stone point fragments and some smaller pieces of possible bone or petrified wood Dimensions: longest side approx. 79mm, width approx. 65mm, thickness approx. 45mm. Weight: 5 oz/142 grams thanks for looking and for any help.
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Greetings from around Nashville! A long time forager through this forum, I finally decided to treat myself to a membership, as a birthday present. Ever since moving out of the bayou to Tennessee (where I discovered rocks actually exist), I have been nonstop collecting rocks, minerals, and especially fossils of all sorts, to no small complaint of those immediately around me. I only collect as a hobby, for the fascination and sheer joy of being the first to find something unseen for ages, or possibly never heard of. As a "backyard scavenger", I mostly only collect what I find myself (I don't buy, that takes out all the fun and reward of adventure), and the majority of my fossil expeditions happen at my creek – but, before you judge, I am constantly surprised by all the things that this creek yields (which I have now nicknamed "the portal") every flood season, I honestly haven't really needed to look anywhere else, though I certainly love to. Living right on the edge of the Central Basin and Western Highland Rim, the general fossils are Paleozoic era (Ordovician-Mississippian), but according to the geologic maps, creeks and rivers can bring in some Mesozoic and Cenozoic, creating a slew of possibility. I am far from an expert, but thanks to this forum so far, I have widened my knowledge and understanding of rocks vastly, and hope to continue to. I expect to be clocking in a lot of time in the ID section soon, as I go through my accumulated stashes... yeah I'm gonna some help. Can't wait to meet you all! Happy hunting/digging/shale cracking, and keep an eye out for what turns up at the portal!
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Hello All, I'm new here. Living in middle TN and am a student and lover of all things nature. I have a creek on my property that I like to poke around in and have found some interesting things that have led me here. Looking forward to learning and expanding my knowledge of all things fossils!
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Hello everyone! Just wanted to say I enjoy geode hunting and spelunking. Interested in the search for precious gems and crazy formations!
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Hey, I’m a rock hound from TN. I’ve loved fossil and gem hunting for as long as l can remember. I’m trying to pass on my amateur love of the hunt to my boys. Looking forward to learning so much more alongside them and you all! -Mme Digger
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I'm still trying to find an example of a xenomorph for @Rockwood and I ran across this strange scene on my 57 pound rock (yes, we weighed it) from my son's land in Pulaski, TN. I know from what I learned here that the pink part is trepostome bryozoan fossils (I love the coloring, by the way!). It appears to have almost a shell over it, though? And in another place a portion of it is "peeking through" the shell like substance? Is that another type of encrusting bryozoan? If so, would that make this a xenomorph? Thanks! Ramona
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I found this bone on the shore of the Wolf River in TN near the Dale Hollow reservoir. Curious to know what it might be. The bone looks fossilized but I have no idea. Any ideas what this might be?
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another bedrock small one inch an half. Fossil? Has hole in center one side of rock is about half an inch and the hole goes down inside half of that at least, sorta curvy an lots of texture. I tried my 5x magnifying lamp to look inside an tried the flashlight while taking picture. I just took one pic of the 19 pics in a group -if it will load, didn't know which pic (if any) is well enough to see. It was in the flowerbeds where I found the other fossil rock. I can bring up individuals if you want a bigger few of certain ones.
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It has it all around it an on the ends this one was mostly covered. It might be 2” long an half inch tall on ends an almost a inch tall at tallest point for size. Some shell it looks. I found it in my aunts flowerbeds she had bought rock in 1969 to cover 7 beds. So when I weeded them I'd dig out interesting ones. She's had the same rocks since then. She'd have the rocks cleaned an put back . Kodak, TN. I thought it was the most interesting one. Thought to share. Thank you.
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So, I found this in an area of TN where several marine fossils have turned up (various Gastropoda, trilobites, and more), but this was unearthed at the site of some serious deep water erosion and a small land slide at the banks of a lake. It looks to me like a skull of some sort, where the animal in question perhaps keeled over and laid for a looong time on its right side, hence the “squashing” of that surface. Apart from the somewhat mashed right side, and some chipping to the snout, it’s otherwise perfectly symmetrical.
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Hello, new to fossil hunting unless you count a few thousand in pea gravel play grounds. I l live near coon creek paleo site in McNairy county tn which I think is a good spot for marine fauna. I'm interested in developing this as a hobby for me and my daughter to participate in together. Looking forward to learning from everyone.
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Attached is another fossil found over 20 years ago in Overton Co TN.
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Attached is another fossil found over 20 years ago in Overton Co TN.
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Hello all, I've got boxes and boxes of rocks and fossil-ish bits and pieces that have been collected almost exclusively from an area of NE Tennessee. This particular spot is unique in that there have been massive excavtions done decades ago in the course of the TVA's projects, revealing lots of fascinating things that would otherwise have been stuck, forever, beneath tons of dirt. Flowing water hasn't hurt, either, and most of these items are in the exact state in which they were found. There are many more, some much more compelling and interesting than these, but in the interest of time and space, I'm trying to just be methodical at this point. That said, if anything appears to be worth a closer look, please say so, and I will take more detailed shots, describe further, etc, and I will continue to photograph the rest in the meantime. Thanks in advance for any advice and assistance in identifying or ruling out "just rocks", etc!
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Hi I found this piece in middle Tennessee at the lake and its very odd,heavy,and different would luv any thoughts second picture of bottom
