Infidel Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Decided to take it easy today and go out for a hike/fishing trip/fossil hunting/exploring trip at a little spot a few minutes from the house. Got the river and a fishing buddy of mine was already there fishing. The first gravel bar I started poking around in I found 3 small echinoids within 30 minutes, didn't find another for the next 2 hours. I've really started looking for the micro stuff now, which is probably why I saw these. Found a couple of things I can't identify, maybe someone can help. Take it easy, but take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Cool finds. I find most of my good stuff right near my house also . It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 You've got some nice specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon1 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Nice finds! Here are all of my finds that I found in or near Round Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon1 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Finds in or near Round Rock, TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Neat finds! I'm probably wrong but the piece in pics 2-7 looks like a fossil nut to me. Not familiar with what you can find down there but that is what it looks like to me. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Neat finds! I'm probably wrong but the piece in pics 2-7 looks like a fossil nut to me. Not familiar with what you can find down there but that is what it looks like to me. Thanks, that's the oddity I'm trying to figure out. No idea what it might be, but it's definitely fossilized, and not just another pretty rock. Pretty sure everything should be cretaceous in origin that I find, but I'm new to stuff, so who knows. I checked out a new spot today, both for fishing and fossil hunting. Miles of cliff face eroded by the river, and yet no fossils anywhere. I found an ammonite piece and an echinoid piece in the gravel bar, nothing else in 4 hours. It was cool exploring though, and the fishing was pretty good. Take it easy, but take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Great finds! Its always good when the fossils are close to home. What kinda fish didya catch? In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megateeth Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Very nice Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Great finds! Its always good when the fossils are close to home. What kinda fish didya catch? I catch large mouth bass, guadalupe bass, red breasted sunfish and a few other sunfish. Big carp when I get lucky. Take it easy, but take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks, that's the oddity I'm trying to figure out. No idea what it might be, but it's definitely fossilized, and not just another pretty rock. Pretty sure everything should be cretaceous in origin that I find, but I'm new to stuff, so who knows. I checked out a new spot today, both for fishing and fossil hunting. Miles of cliff face eroded by the river, and yet no fossils anywhere. I found an ammonite piece and an echinoid piece in the gravel bar, nothing else in 4 hours. It was cool exploring though, and the fishing was pretty good. The fossil in 2-7 is a solitary coral. Parasimalia (sp?) I believe, or something like that. Think horn coral but without the outer layer and not as pointy or tapered. There is one of those odd rules that says if you get something really great in the first few minutes the rest of the day will be a bust. That can be countered by the day when after fruitless hours and hours you are headed back to the car and you have to get home and you find the most awesome thing sitting next to the car. And don't get me started on "beginner's luck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 The fossil in 2-7 is a solitary coral. Parasimalia (sp?) I believe, or something like that. Think horn coral but without the outer layer and not as pointy or tapered. There is one of those odd rules that says if you get something really great in the first few minutes the rest of the day will be a bust. That can be countered by the day when after fruitless hours and hours you are headed back to the car and you have to get home and you find the most awesome thing sitting next to the car. And don't get me started on "beginner's luck." Thanks for the help. Maybe this is it? Take it easy, but take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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