Fossil Hunting Trip 5/21/21

[Bergenhoek]

Hello everyone!

 

Bergenhoek here! I'm new to the forum, and also to fossil hunting in general. I'm mostly interested in archaeology, but my friends, @Trevor and @The Jersey Devil have a lot more experience than me and they took me along on a trip with them. It was perfect weather too. Although it was in the low 70's, the shade and  cool water made for excellent conditions for a casual day of hunting. It was the day after I graduated college, so it was nice to spend my first day as a free man searching the riverbeds for fossils. The goal of the trip for me was to escape my dorm room rather than find anything, but I did find some cool things!

 

The first is part of a jawbone from Enchodus sp.

 

Second are some relatively intact goblin shark teeth

 

The next two pictures are part of a tooth from a mosasaur (crazy how I found it on my second ever trip!)

 

Next is just an interesting piece of pottery I found, I really wanted to find an arrowhead but this'll do

 

Next is a Selachian vertebra

 

The last are some shark teeth

 

I found more things, mostly pieces of shark teeth, but that's it. Enjoy!

 

And some scenery from the site:

Edited May 27, 2021 by Bergenhoek

[Trevor]

Yes, this Cretaceous collecting with @Bergenhoek and @The Jersey Devil occurred about a week ago.

 

The the nature of the trip was somewhat exploratory, and we had a slow start. I did post my finds in the ID section awhile ago

but will post them here again. A lot of sifting occurred on that day.

 

 

 

[HemiHunter]

Wow, that's great stuff you found, especially the mosasaur tooth! You went with some awesome collectors, so I'm not surprised. Can't wait to get back up there for another trip!

Edited June 3, 2021 by HemiHunter