Fossil hunting in Dallas, Tx

[Echostatic]

This was my second time going out ever. I didn't find any shark teeth or anything awesome like that, but I was pretty pleased with the results!

Looking through shale in a creek, and in the gravel washed out by recent rains, I found some nice stuff. First, three shells completely removed from the rock, and one strange piece of... Something.

That piece is strange. It is very heavy. It does not react to a magnet, and check out the other side.

It has some sort of shiny flecks of... Metal? It's very pretty.

I think I found two shells stuck to each other here.

Lots of fossilized shells here.

I'm not sure, but I think these are pieces of petrified wood.

Finally, with the light almost gone, I began to make my way out. But, I saw something peeking out from under a rock. I managed to break away the shale around it, and this gorgeous imprint popped right out!

That was a really nice way to end the day.

 

[TJE]

Nice start to your collection.

 

[old digger]

Not sure on your first item, but I see some fossil bi-valve shells (clam) in your 3rd and 4th photos. And that last photo of the fossil mussel is really nice one.

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Echostatic]

On closer inspection, I believe the rock in the first and second image is shale, it has a thin, crumbly crystal layer running through it that I have seen in the shale walls of the creek before. The metallic flecks are, I believe, pyrite.

 

[bulrush]

Blobbly looking thing: it's a coprolite (petrified turd) from a robot tyrannosaurus from 250 million yrs ago!