Fossil finds

Lots of minerals besides gold are valuable!
Post Reply
Message
Author
User avatar
Bman
Paid Member
Posts: 241
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:29 pm
Member Number: 53
Location: deep in the Black Swamp

Fossil finds

#1 Post by Bman »

Have you found a really good fossil? Here's the place to let people know about your find.

8-)
Top
User avatar
Goldenrod
Paid Member
Posts: 241
Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:37 pm
Member Number: 49
Location: lebanon, oh.

Re: Fossil finds

#2 Post by Goldenrod »

will my dad do?
Top
User avatar
Bman
Paid Member
Posts: 241
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:29 pm
Member Number: 53
Location: deep in the Black Swamp

Re: Fossil finds

#3 Post by Bman »

:o
Well...I guess it depends...I know that my kids consider me old enough to have tamed a dino to ride to school...


:lol:
Top
User avatar
Nuggethead
Paid Member
Posts: 393
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:23 pm
Member Number: 22

Re: Fossil finds

#4 Post by Nuggethead »

Bman havent heard from you lately Hope everything is going well You need to see a couple of Mailmans latest finds
OSPA GPAA
Top
User avatar
MAIL MAN
Treasurer
Posts: 1581
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:03 pm
Member Number: 55
Location: Brown County, Ohio

Re: Fossil finds

#5 Post by MAIL MAN »

This is my latest find . It isn't complete, but it is very detailed and even sharp in places.

Image

Kevin P
There's no cure for Gold Fever, but the symptoms are treatable.
Top
User avatar
Flourchild
Paid Member
Posts: 237
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:37 pm
Member Number: 2
Location: the golden hills southwest Ohio

Re: Fossil finds

#6 Post by Flourchild »

Very nice and beautiful detail Mailman that's a great find there. Was it on the surface or in some hard pack material?
A river runs through the Garden of Eden called the Pishon in this river is gold and the gold there is good Genesis 2-10-12
Top
User avatar
MAIL MAN
Treasurer
Posts: 1581
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:03 pm
Member Number: 55
Location: Brown County, Ohio

Re: Fossil finds

#7 Post by MAIL MAN »

It was only a few inches down in some fairly loose gravel.

Kevin P
There's no cure for Gold Fever, but the symptoms are treatable.
Top
User avatar
Nuggethead
Paid Member
Posts: 393
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:23 pm
Member Number: 22

Re: Fossil finds

#8 Post by Nuggethead »

About time you stopped hoarding that fossil I was going to have to put a vote post up for Fossil Hoarder Mail man :D Nice e picture of it too thanks for posting
OSPA GPAA
Top
User avatar
Bman
Paid Member
Posts: 241
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:29 pm
Member Number: 53
Location: deep in the Black Swamp

Re: Fossil finds

#9 Post by Bman »

That is a nice piece you have there, Kevin. I think that is a trilobite fossil.


Thanks for the concern, folks. Life, school and this spring's weather have not allowed me to take time off and drop around...


:(

have found a few nice fossils laying around though...Picking black raspberries for a new batch of wine...
Top
User avatar
Nuggethead
Paid Member
Posts: 393
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:23 pm
Member Number: 22

Re: Fossil finds

#10 Post by Nuggethead »

Great to hear from you BMAN I was wondering if everything has been alright. I figured with school and crops you have been tied up but when I seen mailmans fossil I thought you would like that. I am glad Kevin posted pics. To me not knowing allot about fossils it looked like a toy to me :D
OSPA GPAA
Top
User avatar
susie q
Paid Member
Posts: 265
Joined: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:36 am
Member Number: 51
Location: Columbus, OH

Re: Fossil finds

#11 Post by susie q »

I love seeing other's fossil finds. Beautifully detailed enrolled trilo there Kevin..lucky you. I found 4 recently. The first one is free of any matrix (rock) but it's badly weathered, there's no eyes/features to be found like yours but the body is pretty intact. The others are still encased in rock yet so I'm hoping that after I prep them, they will be as complete and maybe detailed as yours. Another pic is of my finds this season so far waiting to be prepped.


Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image
OSPA, GPAA- Buckeye Ch., NY Prospectors Ch.,
Bald Eagle Ch., Allegheny Ch., PLP
Top
User avatar
Nuggethead
Paid Member
Posts: 393
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:23 pm
Member Number: 22

Re: Fossil finds

#12 Post by Nuggethead »

Those look neat also Suzie, I never find fossils but normally dont look for them. Well I heard the Double D claim has some good fossils on it so I am going to have to look through the tailings after the dredge. Some of them are really neat and I have no idea how you people spot them. Thanks for posting additional pics
OSPA GPAA
Top
User avatar
Bman
Paid Member
Posts: 241
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:29 pm
Member Number: 53
Location: deep in the Black Swamp

Re: Fossil finds

#13 Post by Bman »

Tips on finding fossils.

Look for odd patterns in the rocks as you go moving material. If it looks like a tree branch or other recognizable pattern in the rock, it may have been alive and thus is a possible fossil rock.
Keep any odd looking ones. Of those keep the best ones and take the rest to a rock and gem show...the dealers have to get them from somewhere...
Some are worth the time to pick up.

At the Norris claim, I was finding nice keeper specimens about every other bucketfull of material. Most of you have seen the hand sized coral tubes I found there that are fused together...That is a good example of what to look for. An odd looking rock...
Top
User avatar
Nuggethead
Paid Member
Posts: 393
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:23 pm
Member Number: 22

Re: Fossil finds

#14 Post by Nuggethead »

One day we will actually hook up to prospect instead of having a beer :shock: and you can show me some tips on fossil hunting and prospecting :D
OSPA GPAA
Top
User avatar
hunter434
Paid Member
Posts: 138
Joined: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:15 pm
Member Number: 10
Location: Tuscarawas County

Re: Fossil finds

#15 Post by hunter434 »

The black raspberrie wine sounds good Bman,can't wait to help you drink it. LOL

Mark
"Those Tin Panners has got a go" Pale Rider
Top
User avatar
Bman
Paid Member
Posts: 241
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:29 pm
Member Number: 53
Location: deep in the Black Swamp

Re: Fossil finds

#16 Post by Bman »

Sounds good Bill, be glad to show some examples to you and we can play in the dirt...Lol!!!!



Yep, Mark. About 3-4 years after I make it...needs to age properly, Bartels and James had it right...Think I may just make a batch of B. Raspberry mead (Honey wine) this time around...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :D
Top
User avatar
Bman
Paid Member
Posts: 241
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:29 pm
Member Number: 53
Location: deep in the Black Swamp

Re: Fossil finds

#17 Post by Bman »

your trilobites and rock pictures are neat Susie. A real good find that shows promise!
8-)

I am going to have to break down and get a digital camera and take some shots of some good examples from my collection to put up here...

I found a nice fossil shellfish and matrix mixed rock the other day on the farm...it has some of both the positive and negative fossils prints in the same fracture flake I took off the main rock. There are a lot of them in the hand sized piece.
Top
User avatar
MAIL MAN
Treasurer
Posts: 1581
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:03 pm
Member Number: 55
Location: Brown County, Ohio

Re: Fossil finds

#18 Post by MAIL MAN »

I found this little guy at the Double D while panning Tuesday night after work.

Image

Kevin P
There's no cure for Gold Fever, but the symptoms are treatable.
Top
User avatar
MAIL MAN
Treasurer
Posts: 1581
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:03 pm
Member Number: 55
Location: Brown County, Ohio

Re: Fossil finds

#19 Post by MAIL MAN »

Does anyone know what this is ?

Image

Image

Kevin P
There's no cure for Gold Fever, but the symptoms are treatable.
Top
User avatar
Nuggethead
Paid Member
Posts: 393
Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:23 pm
Member Number: 22

Re: Fossil finds

#20 Post by Nuggethead »

A quarter or some say 25 cents :lol:
OSPA GPAA
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Rock Hounding”