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I keep soil, rocks, tree parts, etc. in jars. This particular jar started with a piece of wood with a small amount of moss on it, and two rocks. This was all put in the jar about 6 years ago. Throughout the years these sea urchin looking things have grown. Any idea what they might be or who would be a better contact?!
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It's been a challenging season on the Peace River for various reasons. Was sidelined for most of Feb and March with some minor health issues and forbidden by my doctor (and wife) from going in the water until all was healed. Add to that what appears to be a tremendous amount of sand built up in some of my favorite hunting spots by last seasons heavy rains. Then throw in a lot of debris restricting portions of the river to narrow passages. All together it has hindered my luck with any major finds. Can only hope for some of the success our friend Jack - @Shellseeker has been having lately! That said- I still feel blessed to be able to hunt on the river pretty much whenever I choose. I am attaching some photos of the river here that show the downed trees, sandbars and debris that need to be negotiated to travel to one of my old dig sites and a few shots of some of this seasons finds so far. Last season I posted more trip reports and wanted to at least try to catch up with one for those who are interested in seeing photos of the river and some recent fossil discoveries. This initial shot shows the open river with what looks like a dead end ahead I knew the river took a bend to the right ahead so I kept on with the hope of finding my way through. The following shots are of the debris encountered and a sandbar that needed to be skirted to keep going - I was able to squeeze by to the right here and follow the curve of the river. on the next turn I came upon a sandbar stretching almost all the way across Got by this one and then was faced with a few trees that were not present last season This one looked impassable but as I got closer I saw a way through It first required a weave left, then back to the right and eventually threading through several underwater obstructions A few challenges to keep things interesting! Thankfully, the flow was slow and I didn't have to fight a current pushing me into any of the debris. With that paddling report I will finish with some recent finds that make it all worth it. My first mammoth tooth of the season was what I think is a "spit tooth"- Picked up right off the bottom just to the left of where @Bone Daddy is standing in the picture of him in his latest posting, I missed the horse tooth, lol. My second mammoth find of the season was another one I spotted in less than a foot of water and was able to just bend down and pick it off the bottom - This one was found much farther south, below Payne Creek State Park. One of my favorites so far is this whale tooth - one of only three I have found in the last three years- A few more miscellaneous finds that included a dolphin tooth, gator teeth, dugong tooth crown, horse incisor, half a tapir tooth crown and a broken llama tooth fragment. These finds keep me coming back for more. I'll be back out there next week and hope to finish off the season with some more interesting finds! Good Hunting to all!
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What is it about a rock fossil that smells so putrid? A fossil i have stinks to high heaven and almost unbearable to be next to it, especially when it's wet. It's like the smell of dirt but dirt will have a poopy smell to it this has like a high metallic sort of smell and I cant understand why it smells so bad. It smells like a ore of some sort is only way i can explain it.
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Hi all, I found a number of wood fossils in a recent trip to Villa de Leyva, Colombia. I'm not sure of the period as there are a wide variety of geological bands in the area. I have the feeling the lined fossils are Calamites but would appreciate some help confirming and potentially identifying the others. Thanks in advance
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! Been a really fast year, the time has flown by. I planned for this Christmas for months. I didnt have any moneys for any fixin on the trailer but did saved up enough moneys to buy the misses a new 12 quart aluminum cooking pot. Woooo Hooooo! Well, it was used and had a few dents but with my hammer I was able to make it purty round again. Plus, ive been saving some of the best road kill for Christmas dinner. One flattened piece might be a piece of cat? The whole family will be here so let the merry fun begin! Merry Christmas everybody. RB
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I have a couple of rocks that look like seeds. What do you think? Do those look like bite marks on the one on the left? Let's hear your thoughts. The one on the right was in pea gravel at a playground in Iowa, I find fossil shell fossils in pea gravel sometimes. I'm not sure where I got the other one, in central Iowa.
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This is my round 2, of things i found, and helping me properly name and catalog them. First picture, i think is some kind of coral? 2nd picture - Coral also maybe? kinda looks like little suction cup suckers? 3rd picture - Some kinda spiral shell? 4th picture - Another type of shell 5th picture - probally some type of clam shell, i was excited at first and thought it was a crab top shell. 6th picture - I find alot of these types, a shell of some kind? 7-8-9 - This one is weird, looks like some kind of shell, but then looks almost like it has teeth or little legs. Really want to know what this is? (Deer Lake, Pa.) 10th picture - I found this in a secret spot in St Clair, Pa., looks to me like a segment of a fossilized tree, its round, totally flat on top n bottom, and looks like striations lines in bark? if im right anyway knowing type of tree? Thanks in advance to anyone who helps out, i'll just list round one and two for now, till i get some answers, and if i get anywhere with answers i will post some more, thanks all. Paul.
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Hey all, I am in need of a little assistance. I am starting a new research project on the fossil record of American Chestnuts and am having trouble finding any information on their early history and evolution. I have found that they started in Louisiana and moved up northward, but I am having trouble finding dates on when exactly. I was also curious if anyone has an idea of where a good site would be to maybe find an American Chestnut tree leaf (or chestnut) fossil? I know some have been found in Oregon and Idaho, but I am looking for somewhere near southeastern Tennessee. I am willing to make a drive, just don't really have the funds (or time) to fly anywhere to search. Thanks for your help!
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- American Chestnut
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From the album: 2012/13 Discoveries
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