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Hi, I live on the Isle of Wight which I know has a good reputation for fossil finds so I want to make the most of living here and get out looking for some. I was just wondering if there are any laws regarding fossil hunting like if I find something am I allowed to keep it or do some things have to be declared if found in certain areas. I know with metal detecting there are some regulations that can catch you out. Thanks.
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Hi, can anyone help with an ID here, found in Dorset, UK. Its big, 10" across.. Thanks in advance!
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Hey everyone!! I sent pictures of my fossil, that I found on a Devon beach a few years back, to a museum in the UK to see if they could help me identify what it was! I personally thought it looked like a claw! And my sister thought a mussel! Turns out it was neither! I have attached the lovley little reply I received from the gentleman at the museum so you all can read too! It’s a Horn Coral! Which is a solitary coral, that became extinct many MANY years ago! Pre-Jurassic Period! I'm posting here in the hopes that anyone else might have any more information to add about this? I’m quite excited, and I’m ready to put it in a little frame somewhere so it can stay safe. Any and all input is appreciated! Thank you guys! Abby C FullSizeRender.MOV
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Hi all I was out with the kids and found this ,is it a leech ?
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I have come across these 2 fossils whilst digging a trench in work, I'd be grateful if anyone has any information for me, these where in the same rock/stone. Thanks Also I'll get better photos when home.
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Hi people, I have a query regarding the contents of some siderite nodules from a Duckmantian fossil forest site in N Wales for my PhD project. I had thin sections made of parts of several nodules and they all seem to have an abundance of 'faecal pellets'; rounded, often curved (banana-ish) shaped, mostly stratified pellets. These pellets have been replaced by siderite (FeCO3) and sometimes include pyrite and seem to have been the locus for early sulphate reduction by bacteria before conditions arose for the siderite precipitation. I've attached SEM images of the thin sections showing some of these pellets. We have only found a couple of fragments of crustaceans (Euproops I believe) and the host sediments were fine sands and silts. All the images show individual pellets with scale bars but "pellet5" is a zoomed out image showing the abundance of the pellets. They are all replaced by an Fe-rich siderite and are all quartz free. "pellet6" is different with a mottled texture and some potential apatite mixed in. Let me know if anyone has seen similar textures before and/or what could have made them! The palaeoenvironment was purely freshwater with meandering river systems, with a dynamic lycopod dominated fossil forest ecosystem. pellet3.pdf pellet2.pdf pellet1.pdf pellet5.pdf pellet4.pdf
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Found this on the beach in Essex, UK. Can anyone help with IF? No idea at all!
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Is this a real Liopleurodon tooth? Forums, please let me know. I appreciate everyone's help! thank you! Scientific name: Liopleurodon sp. Origin: Cambridgesire, England Stratification: Oxford Clay Formation Period: Callovian-Middle Jurassic Size: 31.7 x 19.9 (mm)
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Is this a genuine Baryonyx tooth? Unfortunately this tooth is currently sold out. Information is located Brook Bay, Isle of Wight, England Formation Wessex Formation - Wealden Group Size is 1.08 inches long. If anyone knows, please let me know. I appreciate everyone's comments! Thank you very much!
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Is this a genuine Baryonyx tooth? If anyone knows, please let me know! I appreciate everyone's comments! thank you very much! Information will be posted later.
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Found this at my local river near Manchester in the UK close to a recent landslide, it looks like a tree bark or something to me and is a foot long. Any help to identify and date would be appreciated.
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Found in Stroud, Glous, UK Its very faint, but I think I can see 6 segments from the top view (image 2), but it also might be my imagination. The piece of rock is quite regular shaped, almost a perfect dome-shape. It does have a bulge on one segment, which to me looks like its excess rock that I could attempt to clean off... but also mixed in there might be part of the better preserved outer-shell as I can see what appear to be patterns emanating from the centre... either that or they are bits of other fossils that got stuck inside this one. Bottom: Top: Side:
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Anyone recognise this? Phosphatic nodule, Brigantian (U. Mississippian) marine shale, Co. Durham, UK. Nodules from this bed often contain fish bits, as well as cephalopods, inarticulate brachiopods and (rare) conulariids. Not cleanly broken but the shape is ringing a bell... concave counterpart
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Hi Guys, I’ve been doing a bit of hunting this summer and thought some of you might like to see what I have found , this trip report is mostly going to focus on finds as in the moment, I wasn’t great at taking photos now I’m not very organised so we aren’t doing this in a chronological order, I’m just going to describe each site separately the bulk of my hunting occurred on the Isle of Wight, so it is only natural that we start there, I’m going to start with one of the less interesting sites, whale chine (an image from the internet) , I stopped here on the way to the needles for an hour and a half, so not long enough to find much. the beach wasn’t scoured so the famous lobster beds were not exposed and I went in not expecting to find much, this was correct but I loved the scenery I started by finding the bone bed that crops up here and at yaverland( I had had success at yaverland before this trip) as this wasn’t so dependant on a good tide, this material is made up of oysters and is supposed to constrain a lot of vertebrate remains. however, I found it far less productive than yaverland so after an hour of splitting bonebed, I checked out some lower greensand boulders, which were rich in shells and other fossils which I mostly left there for others to see. Anyway onto the finds this pictures spans about 60 cm, sorry for lack of scale 1. corals from the greensand boulders, any IDs are welcome 2. Various fish scales from the bonebed 3. a tooth leading into both sides of a rock, requires prep 4. a strange tooth in a different type of material, i am dissolving some of this to see if it is dense with vertebrate remains 5. A hybodont fin spine in cross section ( I have both sides so requires prep) 6. Ignore, it’s a tooth from yaverland 7. a strange tooth in cross section, not sure what I’m going to do with this 8. A croc tooth, very well preserved, needs some prep though, Anyway I’ll check in with more as we continue through the summer, I might want to get some pieces prepped and I am prepping some myself hope you all have a great summer
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I have searched the site and had a read of a few threads regarding Riker boxes in the UK dating back to 2017. I have dealt with Just in case for a few years now and they have decided to call it a day since the increase in shipping costs recently. They might start up again if the costs come down. So this leaves me a problem as I sell all my fossil teeth etc in Riker boxes, I bought all his remaining stock but that wont last long! Did anyone in the UK have any luck with finding a supplier? I might end up going down the import route, if so I will have an ask around on here to see if I can get sizes that would be helpful to UK people on here and see if it might be viable to help everyone out at cost price. I have spoken to Riker direct and they pointed me to their online site for overseas but on their online it comes out to roughly £9 for a small one (120, 4x3 inches)which is stupidly high, so I will see what I can work out!
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Hello everyone, A friend of mine and his family will be headed to the south-central and southwest portion of UK for a vacation next week. He asked me if there were any places to collect fossils. 20 years ago I did some collecting in Charmouth, but I know times and permissions change. ANy recommendations on where he could take his family and what if any restrictions or limitations there may be? thank you
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I have had a bit of a weird issue occur. I have shipped to the US without issue a fair few times but lately I have run into some problems with prohibited goods. So I shipped a Mammoth Molar an Ammonite and a stand and the parcel got held up as I didn't declare the stand and mini Ammonite, fair enough no worries, I spoke with Fedex and they said I used a third party (parcel2go) so I must go through them as the agent. Nice and easy to fix and had to re state the contents of the parcel as a Woolly Mammoth molar fossil, and an Ammonite and a stand, all good sorted and done. I have shipped a fair while ago the auction win off to Texas which also had extras inside so I though I had better check all is good and it said delivered so assumed all done. The recipient has been off air for a while and hadn't answered my messages so was unable to check with them. Anyway the parcel got returned to me a few days ago! After a long live chat with parcel2go again they informed me that the parcel contained prohibited goods! As Spinosaur teeth and an Ichthyosaur vert breech their rules regarding transporting ANY animal parts. I said they are fossils so do not have any actual animal parts at all, they said sorry teeth are teeth! So this leaves me with an issue! They refunded me the postage but not the insurance so I am left a bit out of pocket by this but that is not really the problem, I have a parcel that needs to be in Texas but it isn't permitted but it was with a parcel posted after that one it was? Help!!
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Not sure if I've found a fossil. Can anybody help me ID this, please?
Flashgordon posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone, my sister and I went out on walk at a local nature reserve this morning in the UK. With the weather being so hot recently, water levels have dropped in the ponds and the lake that are situated in the reserve. I found this shell sitting at the edge of a very hidden pond. It was NOT found in rock, it's very light weight, very fragile. Is it still a kind of fossil? Thanks guys
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Hello! Complete newbie here. I went looking for fossils for the very first time last week and came across a few interesting things that I don't really know what I'm looking at. I won't bombard you with them though ha, but if anyone can help me identify this that I found at Whitby Bay, UK I'd be much appreciated. Any idea on age? Also any tips on looking after it? Do I need to seal it or anything. Thank you in advance! Also, can anyone say how old they think the mussel may be also? So excited to learn about this subject span widgetpan widget
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Hi, I'm newly into fossils because of my son, so I have no idea what this is although I thought it looked a little like a tentacle. Length: 9mm Width: 4mm at its widest. Found on Worthing beach, West Sussex. Not entirely sure of our geology but I know we're a chalk area with flint, the stony beach is a mixture of stones including a lot of flint but also other rocks. Thank you!
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"A crown-group cnidarian from the Ediacaran of Charnwood Forest, UK"
FranzBernhard posted a topic in Fossil News
Link to BBC News: Auroralumina attenboroughii Link to paper: Auroralumina attenboroughii Franz Bernhard- 3 replies
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Hi all I picked this up today whilst walking near a reservoirin the U.K. The geology is Carboniferous, namurian in age. The block is about 6 inches by 6 inches. Thanks
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Hello, Here is another crinoid I'm curious about ID. It's Silurian-aged from the Upper Wenlock Layer of Wren's nest, Dudley UK. The plating makes me think this is a bit of crinoid calyx poking out of matrix, measures about 1cm. I do see a plate missing, but I wonder if it's possible there's more crown buried in the rock that's worth prepping out.
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