What is your coolest fossil?

[Jessicamae3]

Thanks for the reply on the finds. I am not afraid to say I am definitely new to this.

 

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[GatorBoy]

Your very welcome

 

[Produce Guy]

I found a piece of what a dealer told me was dino poop,I beleive him because he said he would give me $100 for it.

 

[GatorBoy]

Coprolite

 

[Ninjafossils]

DO NOT PURCHASE IT! If you're serious about buying it, post a pic here first. Dinosaur coprolites are not that expensive unless they have a special condition. Around $5.00 at highest price.

 

[Ninjafossils]

I actually just re-read it. I thought you were purchasing. Yes it isn't even close to $100 just because it is Dino poop. Show us a pic and maybe it might be that much.

 

[Ninjafossils]

It's been a while, so I figure I'll stir the pot a little. Here is a section of triceratops frill I found in the badlands of South Dakota. Notice the deep canals in the bone that would have hosted large veins indicating the surface was coated in keratin.

 

[GatorBoy]

Now that's cool!
No Dino bones for me.
Well.. not found by me.

 

[reddirt]

Well I thought I'd add my clam shell here since its pretty much the best fossil I own.

 

[GatorBoy]

Imagine the Pearls that may have been in that thing.

 

[Jessicamae3]

Red dirt, that is by far the most amazing thing I have ever seen! Blows my mind and definitely deserves to be here. Perhaps because it is in one piece...well half. But still, an awesome find and one I could never have imagined seeing.
Are you sure that is not from the set of Fred Flintstone? because I distinctly remember seeing something that large on that cartoon!

 

[GatorBoy]

I didn't find this one.. but thought I'd show it here.
I could actually use an I.D. on it... it was a recent garage sale find.
I have no clue where it came from unfortunately.

 

[Ninjafossils]

It is probably a species of knightia from the green river formation of wyoming

 

[GatorBoy]

Ahhh..thanks

 

[Hunters Haven-NC]

I only have a couple fossils that I've found about 10 years ago while I was dating a lady that was majoring in that kind of study. We went to a dirt pit that had a wall aprox. 30 to 40 foot tall and there was a shell layer near the base where we would search for these fossils. There was also a layer where mammals bones were found. My lady friend had found a mammoth tusk there as well as other related items. Nearby was a small stream that was very narrow and shallow where a few items were found.

This first pic is of the dung that came from the small stream. I believe the smaller portions were possibly from turtles. The larger piece is aprox. 7 inches in diameter and I have no clue what laid that down.
The large dung is bi-colored with the dark side looking like it had been in a fire.


Along with the dung I found this tooth which is about 2 inches in length and is also bi-colored with one side being dark. I was told it possibly could be a alligator tooth.


My last fossils I really love although they were found 40 miles apart. The shell that is complete with outer while shell was found at the pit wall I was speaking of. The clam that is just fossilized sand was found in the river near shore against a bridge piling so I'm thinking it was jetted up from below the surface when the piling was set.


Thanks for letting me share my fossil treasures.

 

[SnakemanBill]

I've got a couple of nice pieces. The first was a marlin rostrum I found at the PCS mine in Aurora, NC, the second pic also form Lee Creek id of a couple of Meg teeth I pulled out of the hills of the Aurora mine. Enjoy!

 

[Chitlin]

My coolest stuff... and I'd say the bigger megaladon is my best because I remember the moment (we) realized what (we) caught... I was fishing with my now departed mother on a friends dock, around 1979, and she snagged the bottom. She ended up pulling up a clump of oyster up on the dock, got her hook free and started to kick it overboard...we realized about the same time what the oysters were attatched too and luckily it didn't get kicked back overboard....and I still have it!

Some other of the coolest goodies I've found...whale earbone, part of a mastadon toot and some other random stuff....

 

[Perico]

Great story!!!