aaronboydarts Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Here we go. If you all want to see bigger images just let me know. I'm not quite sure what the last fossil is, but it's interesting. Feel free to let me know what it is if anyone knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I'm originally from Wisconsin and fly there twice a year - looked for fossils at High Cliff State Park (found one) - still interested in fossil sites in the state and delighted to see more people sharing their Wisconsin fossils on the Forum! Really a nice posting and examples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks for the info about High Cliff State Park. I'll be sure to check that out as well. I'm going to visit another spot on the Milwaukee River tomorrow near Grafton and Cedarburg where there are several outcrops I've heard about. If I find anything worthy I'll post images. Until then here are a few more finds from earlier this year. I'm not sure if the last fossil is a coral or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Besides the quarries in Illinois with such trilobites they use alot of Silurian ballast on our railroad tracks in Illinois. Most of it seems to be from Joliet and Kankakee areas where the Silurian quarries have lots of trilobite and cephalopod remains along with the other usual Silurian invertebrates. I have walked the tracks a bit --less busy ones are nicer- in southern Illinois with a friend who now has over 300 trilobites from the rr ballast, mostly Calymene but a few other whole ones as well. Nice finds! russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Thanks Russ, That's a great idea looking along the tracks. I'm sure it's only a matter of time til' I find a trilobite :-D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Before it gets too cold out my pup and I are trying to get a few more fossil huntings in. Here's some of todays crop. I've got a lot more than this, but these were a few I was trying to figure out. I'm guessing the last one is some worm borings? The second one looks like a birds foot but I'm sure it's a plan of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Just two more for now. The first one I think (?) is Pentamerus I found today. I traced over it with red to make it clearer. The other is actually a piece of lannon stone in my neighbors yard that appears to contain a large cephalopod. I'm guess the full length is just over a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Before it gets too cold out my pup and I are trying to get a few more fossil huntings in. Here's some of todays crop. I've got a lot more than this, but these were a few I was trying to figure out. I'm guessing the last one is some worm borings? The second one looks like a birds foot but I'm sure it's a plan of some kind. Aaronboydarts, Neat finds. The first two are brachiopod imprints. The 3rd looks like either a coral or bryozoan, and the last one - not sure - may just be a rock. I'd break that one open and see what's inside, but that's just me. You're finding some cool things. Regards, 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...
aaronboydarts Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thanks for the information. Lol, yeah, I'm kinda curious to crack the last one open. I'm still in touch with my old physics teacher and he thought it was something but had no idea what. I guess it could just be an interesting mineral formation. Yeah, I guess I'd better crack it open. Thanks again :-D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 One more fossil query for you all. What is this? I posted a similar cephalopod above but I'm not sure if this is one as well. It tapers to a point but the grooves are much more prevalent. I wondered if it was something mechanical, but it's grooves don't match a drill bit. Anyhow, any ideas friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Indeed, it's a cephalopod! Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattobh Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Aaron -- Great finds! The longish drill-like ones are definitely Orthoceras fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Thanks for the info guys. The Orthoceras was so cool that I thought for sure it couldn't be a fossil, but I'm glad it is :-). And welcome to the site Matt :-), it's one of my favorite sites. Lol, now I just gotta figure out what my profile picture fossil is. It's a piece I found earlier this spring at Grant Park. Be Well :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Go Wisconsin! Who says there aren't fossils in Wisconsin? I'm originally from Wisconsin, now in Pennsylvania... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 First fossil hunting of the new year in Wisconsin. Not anything fancy, I think it's the top of a crinoid. I found a great one last year which you can see on an earlier post, but I was happy to find something today. As soon as the weather gets into the 50s I'm sure I'll find some better samples. Just wanted to share the first of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evren Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looks like an external mold of a horn coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Thanks, It's a little worn out, but I think you're correct on second look. I hope to have some more exciting specimens soon to share. Be well and thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfowler Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I am new to fossil hunting and I am located in Milwaukee as well, it is nice to know there is something to find around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfowler Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Went out to the beach at Doctor's park and found some similar to what you have found. Some of the ones I picked up seem to have some sort of metal in with the fossils. Is that normal with these kinds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfowler Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I went out today and found a small rock with what I believe are crinoid impressions. I know it isn't as impressive as most of the stuff on the forum but I am new. I will try to post pictures tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 awesome, please share :-). sometimes a fossil may seem rather common, but on more examination you can find other things in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Pretty good fossil hunting day in Milwaukee Wisconsin at one of my favorite spots. A lot of ones I usually find, but a couple special new species as well. I'm kinda searching on a borderline area of Silurian rocks but as always, enjoy and feel free to comment. Viewers here often see things that I've over looked or misidentified. The first one if my favorite find of the day, a beautiful spiral shell. That's a new one for me. The fifth image might be coral? I'd have to get out one of my books to be sure. I attached a detail of that one as well. I'll put up a few more later today :-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 A couple more finds today, but mostly the common stuff. I was excited after the pieces I got a few days ago so I tried to get lucky again, but I guess every day cannot be a lucky day. The first find was just this shell cluster and the second I'm not sure if it's a fossil or not, maybe just a mineral formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronboydarts Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Another mystery fossil friends. Does anyone have any idea what this fossil is? There are a few visible ones in this rock, but the long dark triangular shaped one in the middle that appears to have shards coming off of it has me baffled. I guess it could be plant based or maybe a cross section of something more common. Either way I cannot seem to find any thing resembling it in my fossil books. Another south easter Wisconsin fossil has me baffled. Thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 The lacy bit is a bryozoan and the lower curved part is the end of a Atrypa brachiopod. Devonian Aged. The gastropod in post 50 is pretty nice! It might be a nautiloid not sure Also those little stem items are Tentaculitids . My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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