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    I am not the bravest, but yet I am fearless. I am not the wisest, but yet not a fool. I am not the strongest in body, yet stronger in heart. I am the Running Horse, riding proud and free.

    Oct 2009
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    171

    Please help ID!

    Well, I went relic hunting along a local stream and came across these two interesting items. I have seen the one on the left many times, but this is larger then what I have normally found.

    How about the snail type piece to the right?
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    Please help ID!-imag0262.jpg

    Thanks in advance and HH!

    Shane

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    Feb 2009
    Northcentral Florida
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    Re: Please help ID!

    Both appear to be internal casts, or steinkerns, of a straight cephalopod and of a coiled gastropod. In the Cincinnati Region, they would be Ordovician in age. Cincinnati is a terrific area to collect all sorts of invertebrate fossils!
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    “A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
    --Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"

  3. #3
    us
    I am not the bravest, but yet I am fearless. I am not the wisest, but yet not a fool. I am not the strongest in body, yet stronger in heart. I am the Running Horse, riding proud and free.

    Oct 2009
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    171

    Re: Please help ID!

    Thanks for much for the information!

    Yes, it is very easy to find those cephalopods around here, I was just surprised to see how large this one was.

    Thanks again!

    Shane

    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Pristis
    Both appear to be internal casts, or steinkerns, of a straight cephalopod and of a coiled gastropod. In the Cincinnati Region, they would be Ordovician in age. Cincinnati is a terrific area to collect all sorts of invertebrate fossils!


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    Jul 2004
    Shelbyville or any yard where the owner will let me detect!
    ace 250
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    Re: Please help ID!

    cool finds !!
    ALLEN

 

 

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