I Find the Neatest Fossils in Driveway Gravel

[River Rat]

Pretty dang neat!

 

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[BC1969]

That is really cool, nice find.

Mike

 

[River Rat]

This one looks just like mine. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/fossils/74764-small-star-fossil.html

 

[old digger]

So, Mrs. River Rat has been out finding some amazing fossils! Well, I believe it is a cronoid fossil, the star is the inner design of the stems' structure.

 

[River Rat]

Thanks, Old Digger! It's so amazing how these are created. People actually find the "stars" just like in the photo?

 

[Salura]

Cool! I'm hoping to get a load if gravel for my driveway in the spring. I'll be sure my OCD prescription is full so I'm not compelled to look at each stone. (Only half kidding)

 

[jeff of pa]

that"s a cool fossil RR

 

[Tnmountains]

You are finding them in your driveway? No way! Pretty cool River!

 

[Plumbata]

Nice crinoid cast! For years I've obsessively checked the sorted landscaping gravel for fossils/minerals when I come across patches of it. Because it is usually glacially deposited material dug and sorted from sand/gravel pits it is nicely rounded and worn so the harder exposed fossilized structures really "pop" in a particularly attractive manner. I've found many spectacular coral specimens including perfectly intact and beautiful colonies, chain corals, rugose coral petoskey stones, trilobite casts, agates, geodes, and even a piece of a mammoth molar. I've also found pot pipes and once stumbled upon a patch of morel mushrooms growing in a small raised bed of gravel in the middle of a parking lot, lol. I love hunting gravely creeks but the washed and sorted gravel beds are extremely convenient and easy to search.

 

[VERDE]

Hey Rat!! REALLY NEAT FIND!! Just out for a Sunday stroll in the driveway!! He He!! CONGRATS!! GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[rock]

Thats a nice looking fossil.

 

[River Rat]

I have to cross the driveway in order to go to the coop to feed the fowl. Just so happens that I was pulling weeds from the driveway as I walk, being my eyes were so close to the gravel, it really struck my fancy. Wonder why is takes more that 20 minutes to walk to the mailbox & back. LOL!

 

[old digger]

So have you found anymore nice ones?

 

[shannonjunk]

I like to relax in my driveway with my dog and sort through it for fossils. I've actually had people stop and ask me whether I'm okay [as though I'd fallen and I couldn't get up] I usually find what I assume to be Petoskey Stones or a similar coral colony type fossil.

 

[curious kat]

That's really interesting and because I've not seen one like it before thought it was a joke at first....very nice!

 

[2beachmaiers]

Question on a find

Nice crinoid cast! For years I've obsessively checked the sorted landscaping gravel for fossils/minerals when I come across patches of it. Because it is usually glacially deposited material dug and sorted from sand/gravel pits it is nicely rounded and worn so the harder exposed fossilized structures really "pop" in a particularly attractive manner. I've found many spectacular coral specimens including perfectly intact and beautiful colonies, chain corals, rugose coral petoskey stones, trilobite casts, agates, geodes, and even a piece of a mammoth molar. I've also found pot pipes and once stumbled upon a patch of morel mushrooms growing in a small raised bed of gravel in the middle of a parking lot, lol. I love hunting gravely creeks but the washed and sorted gravel beds are extremely convenient and easy to search.

Just found this in gravel drive. Any ideas?