New Members Gaila Posted December 20, 2023 New Members Share Posted December 20, 2023 Hi, I have several recent finds, all on one property, here in N. W. CT. These finds are new to the area, and I first want to show photos of petrified wood, I have found here, in several different varieties,including different types of rocks making them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Welcome to the forum! Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 feel free to post photos of your finds here. We all like to see photos of fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Welcome to the forum from New York! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Hello, Gaila, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. I look forward to seeing your wood fossils. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) assuming this is from northwestern Connecticut. I think about half of our crowd is international and NW CT means nothing. Heck, Northwest Connecticut may still not meanmuch to a lot of out of towners countriers. Edited December 20, 2023 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Gaila Posted December 20, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 20, 2023 Sorry still trying to figure out how to post pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Gaila Posted December 20, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 20, 2023 10 hours ago, Fin Lover said: Thank you for the warm welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Gaila Posted December 20, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 20, 2023 Sorry for the sloppy posted pics, still trying to figure the site out. I HAVE ALOT to post, so I will try to get it figured out for a more enjoyable time for my viewers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Gaila Posted December 20, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 20, 2023 9 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Hello, Gaila, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. I look forward to seeing your wood fossils. Thanks so much for the warm welcome! Morocco, wow!! Sounds like a beautiful place to live! It is cold here right now, and I miss being able to be outside for hours and hours, especially with the long summer solstice days. Anyway I have many many pieces, and I will try to post them in a neater manner. I hope you enjoy them, and little by little, I will provide the story of my rock hounding addiction! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Welcome to the Forum from Central Connecticut. Unfortunately, paleontologically speaking, North Western Connecticut does not have much (if any) sedimentary rock available that would contain fossils. Fossil bearing rocks only outcrop or are exposed on either side of the Connecticut River, ( Hartford Basin) and two very small basins in Southbury (Pomperaug Basin) and Canton (Cherry Brook Outlier). Most of your pictures appear to be metamorphic rocks. I'm not aware of any instances or anecdotes of fossil wood being found elsewhere in CT. Geologic map of Connecticut, with the orange dots outlining sedimentary rock outcrop areas. 3 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Welcome aboard! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 9 hours ago, Gaila said: Thanks so much for the warm welcome! Morocco, wow!! Sounds like a beautiful place to live! It is cold here right now, and I miss being able to be outside for hours and hours, especially with the long summer solstice days. We are still enjoying nice warm sunny days, but it does get to only a few degrees above freezing at night. Yes, it is a beautiful place to live, it is a wonderful country. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Arcand Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Welcome from Canada! One fossil a day will keep you happy all day. Welcome to the FOSSIL ART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, jpc said: meanmuch to a lot of out of towners countriers. We shouldn't use words that don't exist like "meanmuch" and "countriers", because our non-English-speaking members won't be able to translate them into anything meaningful. By the way, what is a "lot of out of"? Is that like something from nothing? Also, welcome from Illinois, United States of America, North American continent just north of South America and slightly west of Greenland. Edited December 20, 2023 by Mark Kmiecik 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Gaila Posted December 22, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/19/2023 at 8:54 PM, Darktooth said: Welcome to the forum from New York! Hi Darktooth, Thanks for the warm welcome! I am an Native New Yorker,from Middletown, NY originally, but grew up in NW CT, since age 3 in 1970. Are you close to CT? NewYork is so large! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Gaila said: Hi Darktooth, Thanks for the warm welcome! I am an Native New Yorker,from Middletown, NY originally, but grew up in NW CT, since age 3 in 1970. Are you close to CT? NewYork is so large! Hello Gaila, I live in the suburbs just outside of Syracuse. My in-laws (who are both originally from Missouri ) were living in Middletown until they retired a few years back. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Hello and welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Welcome from Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Gaila Posted December 24, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/22/2023 at 7:33 AM, Brandy Cole said: Hello and welcome to the forum! Thanks for the warm welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Gaila Posted December 24, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 12/19/2023 at 8:45 PM, jpc said: feel free to post photos of your finds here. We all like to see photos of fossils Thanks for the welcome. I will be posting more soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1719 Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Hi Gaila, Welcome! I am also a central CT collector (actually most of our stuff is from PA). I concur with Tim those look like metamorphic rock and you'd be very unlikely to find fossils in that area. Of course, not too far is the world famous Gilboa Devonian forest in NY. One of my goals this year is to finally get there! Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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