Fossicking Oahu

[Ludwigia]

Sure love that escargot! Congrats to Ms. Brett! I'd serve under her any day!

[belemniten]

I am fascinated in cowries my whole life !

Yours are great ! Congrats ... 

[Plantguy]

Way to go Dan...Nice material in an unlikely place...congrats to the Mrs..

 

Regards, Chris 

[Uncle Siphuncle]

I'll pass along y'all's accolades.

[Shamalama]

Nice finds Dan and congrats to the missus. Not many people go to paradise to find fossils.

[darktheumbreon]

I know this is a preeeetty old post but I just couldn't help myself, never really seen someone "dig" for fossils in Hawaii. The "escargot" or turbo appears to be mostly fossilized Turbo sandwicensis (most likely an ancestor of it! this species is endemic to Hawaii as you can see from its name). Most of the cowries I would assume to be Snakehead cowries (Cypraea (Monetaria) caputophidii) or at least very related to it, these are after all, one of the most common cowries shells you will see in the beaches of Hawaii. This unidentified shell here to the left appears to be a triton, not sure what type because Hawaii seems to have many species of them. Here is a very good website for Hawaii shells you could use if you were interested  . You are pretty correct about the locals, many believe tourists should only leave footprints. They even have myths about that if you take rocks from Hawaii that you will be cursed from Pele! Regardless, these would be pretty interesting specimens if someone wanted to study endemism in Hawaii! In fact, most of the species I listed are unique to Hawaii!

[Dan 1000]

I will be going to Hawaii in September 2018. Are you able to share specific locations on where to look. Thank you.

[Uncle Siphuncle]

4 hours ago, DanKurek said:

I will be going to Hawaii in September 2018. Are you able to share specific locations on where to look. Thank you.

I just drove along the whole west and north shorelines, jumping out wherever I saw gritty, cream colored, eroding layers and boulders.