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Post by wingedwishes on Sept 24, 2020 13:49:51 GMT -8
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Sept 24, 2020 14:08:42 GMT -8
Post by wingedwishes on Sept 24, 2020 14:08:42 GMT -8
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Sept 25, 2020 4:37:34 GMT -8
Post by wingedwishes on Sept 25, 2020 4:37:34 GMT -8
I may be able to ID them if you post a photo. I'm more familiar with West Texas for the reptiles I collected in my youth.
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Sept 25, 2020 5:02:30 GMT -8
Post by exoticimports on Sept 25, 2020 5:02:30 GMT -8
We were recently hiking/ collecting along a riverbed when I discovered this huge fossilized disk shaped "something" sticking out. I hammered at the surrounding shale, but really needed a hammer.
Upon returning home I researched what this awesome fossil could be, turns out it's just a concretion.
Back when I was a youth I found a 1" perfect fossil Eurypterid. I went to grab a hammer and returned, but couldn't find it! I knew exactly where it was, the whole area was only 10m x 3m, but darned I could never find it again.
Chuck
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Sept 25, 2020 6:41:38 GMT -8
Post by jhyatt on Sept 25, 2020 6:41:38 GMT -8
I pick up the odd fossil when collecting and nothing much is flying. The summit of Big Black Mtn. on the VA/KY border (the highest point in KY)
has a trail with a fair number of plant fossils (it's also a well-known Erora laeta spot).
jh
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Sept 27, 2020 10:39:09 GMT -8
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Post by leptraps on Sept 27, 2020 10:39:09 GMT -8
I found a huge Geosphere in central Indiana (Low Gap State Forest. It is currently a great door stop!!
Over the two years I worked on collecting Lepidoptera in both the Low Gap and the Yellow Wood State Forest, I collected lots of pieces of Geospheres and several intact spheres.
The creeks/stream beds had many fossil.
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Jan 30, 2021 17:40:27 GMT -8
Post by 777 on Jan 30, 2021 17:40:27 GMT -8
Here are some of my fossils I found in the creek I go to.  This belongs to what looks like a worm creature, this is probably either a well preserved cross section or a mouth.  These are a bunch of cross sections of the worm-like creatures I was talking about. The one at the bottom perfectly shows its tube body. They are very thin.  I have no idea what animal this is, but it is a very large tube thing. There are a couple more smaller tubes sticking out.  Here is a hole.  Here is a normal fossil, a single bivalve shell. These are extremely rare for me to find at the creek. These are some of the rocks, the rest are just the usual worm creatures. If you know what these are, feel free to tell me what kind of animals they are. |
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Jan 30, 2021 23:09:17 GMT -8
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Post by eleodes on Jan 30, 2021 23:09:17 GMT -8
Here are some of my fossils I found in the creek I go to. This belongs to what looks like a worm creature, this is probably either a well preserved cross section or a mouth. These are a bunch of cross sections of the worm-like creatures I was talking about. The one at the bottom perfectly shows its tube body. They are very thin. I have no idea what animal this is, but it is a very large tube thing. There are a couple more smaller tubes sticking out. Here is a hole. Here is a normal fossil, a single bivalve shell. These are extremely rare for me to find at the creek. These are some of the rocks, the rest are just the usual worm creatures. If you know what these are, feel free to tell me what kind of animals they are. The first two appear to be Hematite nodules, the third one may be burrow replaced with Hematite, the fourth one is difficult to make out for sure, the fifth is definitely a bivalve mollusc, possibly in the Pectin genus group (Pectin, Acanthopectin, Aviculopectin). |
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Jan 31, 2021 0:34:09 GMT -8
Post by kevinkk on Jan 31, 2021 0:34:09 GMT -8
I collect rocks sometimes, agates and petrified wood, my prize agate is an enhydro, I think that's spelled correctly. It's an agate with a water
bubble inside,I've got bigger agates, but they're just big, not a rock with a prehistoric water bubble.
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Jan 31, 2021 8:31:33 GMT -8
Post by 58chevy on Jan 31, 2021 8:31:33 GMT -8
I used to find lots of large ammonites (12" diameter or more) in a vacant lot across the street from my parents' house in Ft. Worth, TX. Also found lots of crinoid stems & horned lizards (alive, not fossilized).
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Jan 31, 2021 12:26:55 GMT -8
Post by 777 on Jan 31, 2021 12:26:55 GMT -8
kevinkk and 58chevy, do you have any photos of your fossils and agates? I would love to see them.
I don't think the tubes are nodules, but I could be wrong. They are just like the big burrow but smaller. The big burrow even has smaller tubes branching out that are just like the small tubes. When I use my air scribe to clean a tube, the delicate tube breaks off and reveals how deep the tube goes into the rock the more I use the air scribe. I now believe that all these rocks have a network of burrows, each burrow has its own uniform width. If you think that I am wrong with my speculation, feel free to correct me.
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Jan 31, 2021 12:38:57 GMT -8
Post by kevinkk on Jan 31, 2021 12:38:57 GMT -8
The water bubble agate is virtually impossible to depict in photos or video, at least for me, it takes light, positioning and movement
to detect the bubble, it's big enough, perhaps 2 large peas would fit inside, maybe more. Finding was amazing- I picked it up as an agate,
but only after polishing was it seen for what it was.
I've found many fossil shells, but for me, they're boring and took up space. Maybe if they were less common, it'd be more interesting.
I do like that picture of the crinoid looking thing.
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Jan 31, 2021 13:16:02 GMT -8
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Post by leptraps on Jan 31, 2021 13:16:02 GMT -8
I pick up the odd fossil when collecting and nothing much is flying. The summit of Big Black Mtn. on the VA/KY border (the highest point in KY) has a trail with a fair number of plant fossils (it's also a well-known Erora laeta spot). jh I forgot about the fossils on Black Mountain. I have several, nothing spectacular. There was a road to the northeast at the base of the mountain to the North East. I collected several Erora laeta along that road. They sort of vanished from the summit years ago. However, it has been a number of years since my last visit to Black Mountain. |
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Jan 31, 2021 15:06:37 GMT -8
Post by 58chevy on Jan 31, 2021 15:06:37 GMT -8
777,
Sorry but I no longer have the fossils I mentioned.
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Feb 2, 2021 13:54:54 GMT -8
Post by wingedwishes on Feb 2, 2021 13:54:54 GMT -8
I like all the responses! I'll be seeing my friend at the Wegner crystal mine in Mt. Ida in mid March. I enjoy digging there.
For crinoid stems, I go to a road cut near Peru Kansas next to a water tower. They are piled loosely 3-4 deep at the top of the road cut. Just sit on the ledge and scoop them in!
My favorite has to be the Peace River in Florida. CanoeOutpost.com gives you everything you need to sift for shark teeth and more.
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