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Absolutely love that feeling of never knowing what you are about to uncover. No words can explain that moment when you catch that first glimpse at a present that's been waiting for you for millions of years!! I'm 5 years old all over again, lol. The icing on the cake is when your kids catch the same feeling and you see the excitement in their eyes when they see that. Ever elusive gem (fossil) lying before them!! Got to love it! < ; ^ ><
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Hello fellow fossil peeps, I am finally adding myself on here as I was told to do by Asa Kaplan almost a year ago. I love finding fossils and making new discoveries or new to me discoveries. I love to learn and I am joining here to learn more and possibly spread some of the things I have learned as well. I live in Missouri south of St. Louis in Jefferson County. This is primarily where I collect in various groups and formations including the decorah group, plattin group, kimmswick fm, warsaw fm, fern glen fm, and St. Louis fm. Favorite fossils right now are cyclocystoids. I have found the one in my profile pic and several hundred more individual submarginal ossicles and 2 more partially articulated rings (one that is also nearly complete). 2nd favorite thing to hunt for is either cephalopods or trilobites and it depends on my mood and location I am searching. Locally we can find a lot of straight cephalopods such as endoceras, actinoceras, cameroceras but coiled nautiloids and ammonites are rare to non-existent in these formations. In Missouri full or even close to full trilobites are also rare finds although I have been lucky to find a few over the past 2 years they are still very rare. Bryozoans and the wild diversity are also a favorite and very diverse in my area. Archimedes, Evactinopora radiata, diplotrypa, and others are prevalent locally. Thank you,
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Hi guys, Julie from new Zealand here saying hello and thanks for letting me join. I've collected rocks for years but didn't know there was a whole new world sitting inside them until I downloaded an app called magnifyer plus about two weeks ago and decided to see if I could see anything.... OMG my mind is blown, I'm addicted and can't stop looking once I start. The whole day and night dissapear with me constantly try to focus for a good camera shot of AMAZEMENT
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I've been a rock hunter for awhile I lack knowledge fossils I'm really interested in these fossils specifically they're really neat I have quite a few more as well but this is a good start
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I just wanted to publicly thank one of our members that recently sent me a fossil package to cheer me up in the hospital. Back in April I had a car accident and broke my left ankle which has been surgically repaired, broke my left arm also surgically-repaired, and 5 ribs. I don't like calling out people positively or negatively without their permission so I will leave it up to remember to identify or not identify themselves. I just wanted to say how awesome it is to be part of a community where members become friends and members do things like that for other members. Thank you it really helped me get through a rough week last week. I would post pictures of the fossils but it would surely give the member away.
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A trip in Ramanessin Brook bearing some EPIC finds!
Fossilian posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Seventy-two million years ago, the place I live was underwater where sharks and all marine life swam. A shark shed its teeth frequently in its lifetime. No wonder the most of the fossils we found are shark teeth. The biggest one we found is approximately 2 inches long. The smallest is 1/10 of its size, both shiny and perfect. On our first trip, we met two ladies coming out of the trail. She frequents to the site weekly along with her sister. Her face lightened up when she showed us the "treasures" she found stored in a small Mentos mint box. " You will enjoy it. It's like only you and nature," she said as she directed us in the direction of the stream. The water splashes and hops over the rock, dense forest blocks the noise from the occasional passing cars, a man running with his barking dog breaks the serenity for a few seconds. But the rest of time, you are truly with nature only. You are with nature which connects you and the creatures that existed 72 million years ago swimming right where you are standing. My 2 favorite finds of the day. A colonial pipe fragment and a TINY, FLAWLESS, and SHINY shark tooth. -
This is the first fossil I ever found. I found it when I was 10 years old. It was at a construction site on the southwest side of Milwaukee. They were digging the basements for a few houses next to ours. I believe this Trilobite is sitting on her nest. I have been fossil hunting ever since. I have lot's of fossil's however I think this one is the best of the bunch. I also hunt for Native American artifacts, Points, Gems, Minerals and anything else i can find in or on the ground. I operate Heavy Equipment as part of my career so I get to do a lot of digging, so I get lucky every now and then.