Have a number of fossils, but no idea what they are, can anyone help me?

[rosespetal]

Hi and nice to meet you all!
This is my first time on this site, and a great find indeed as I've found a few fossils through the years, plus MANY MANY years ago, purchased some online, but have NO idea what they are, they've sat in my jewelry box for AGES and I have lost the paperwork to ID them. I am truly hoping someone can help me as it would be GREAT to know what they are, and their age, I find it fascinating to hold in my hand something ancient, but it would be even better to know exactly WHAT it is LOL!! I may even have a rock from outer space, who knows lol I recall purchasing some cool things, but, it truly was SO long ago.

I recently also found some more on my own, but still no clue, and a few look like how footprints are preserved but IDK they truly ARE or maybe I am just creative, I truly hope someone can help me out
Here are photos of my goodies, thank you for any and all help I TRULY appreciate it!
1-3 were purchased online, #3 is from KS I know that.
4-6 were found in NJ breaking rocks that looked layered in or near a lake.

 

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[Harry Pristis]

Hi and nice to meet you all!
This is my first time on this site, and a great find indeed as I've found a few fossils through the years, plus MANY MANY years ago, purchased some online, but have NO idea what they are, they've sat in my jewelry box for AGES and I have lost the paperwork to ID them. I am truly hoping someone can help me as it would be GREAT to know what they are, and their age, I find it fascinating to hold in my hand something ancient, but it would be even better to know exactly WHAT it is LOL!! I may even have a rock from outer space, who knows lol I recall purchasing some cool things, but, it truly was SO long ago.

I recently also found some more on my own, but still no clue, and a few look like how footprints are preserved but IDK they truly ARE or maybe I am just creative, I truly hope someone can help me out
Here are photos of my goodies, thank you for any and all help I TRULY appreciate it!
1-3 were purchased online, #3 is from KS I know that.
4-6 were found in NJ breaking rocks that looked layered in or near a lake.

Welcome to the forum, 'rosepetal'!

Items 3-6 I don't recognize, but items 1 and 2 are fragments of cephalopods. No. 1 is part of an internal cast of an orthoceras-like shell:

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No. 2 is an internal cast of the shell of an ammonoid.

 

[mamabear]

Nice finds Rosepetal. Maybe some better pix of 3-6 would help ID. welcome to Tnet! always glad to see another woman join in!

 

[Indian Steve]

Number 1 looks like crinoids to me. I found a lot of them in Indiana when i was a kid {103 years ago}

 

[rosespetal]

Wow thanks Harry! I will look them up and take a look see about them how exciting!

Thank you Mamabear! I am glad to see another chick digging fossils! Pun intended LOL!

LOL Indian Steve, 103 yrs ago.... then you indeed are more the fossil possibly! JK
#4 to me looks like a footprint, like the dark view of one, #5 is some type of plant life but IDK what kind, and #5 looks like a foot imprint or similar, the rocks we found were when some lakes were receeded severely from the lack of rain this year, and many many yrs ago also, we look for the rocks that you can see the lines of formation, and then just throw them in hopes they split apart at their slices, and they did, these are the goodies we found. I know #3 was from Kansas, but thats all Ihave for info, for all I know THAT ONE is the meteror (cant recall how to spell it) but I am thinking by its looks maybe it is a fossil within that clump of rock or something? got me I will try hunting online more tomorrow at fossil pics to try to get a clue. I will try and post better photos tomorrow of them as mamabear said, I am just whooped tonight. Hopefully someone can figure them out, I've searched and seen SOO many fossil pics to try to find these and it's a needle in a haystack!

Thank you all so much for the warm welcome and great ID'ing skills!! I'll be back tomorrow w better ;photos. THANKS AGAIN!!

 

[old digger]

Welcome to TNET! The subject in photo #1, sure looks like a cronoid stem fossil. The subject in photo #2, is that of a baculite fossil. Photo #3 I am not sure, would be helpful with more close up photos. As for the last couple photos, I really do not see any possible fossil.

Here is a photo of one of a few baculites that I have found.



Notice the iredesent motherpearl still on this specimen.

 

[rosespetal]

Old Digger, IDK that's the same as mine, because mine has lines on it like segments on both and they are all fairly close in how they are spaced too?

Here is #3 and #5 again, #3 looks like there's something IN it but IDK what lol for all I know this is the meteror I know I have one SOMEWHERE and #5 has the patter on the face (the white) of plant life, it would have been underwater plant life, and was found within the rock in the layers that broke apart. It does slightly dip down where this pattern is on it, you can feel a small indentation.

 

[cpc988]

Has anyone ever found any of these? These were found in a creek bed in Arkansas. Really big shells size of your hand. Any ideas on the name ?
I think there really old and very neat!

 

[old digger]

Has anyone ever found any of these? These were found in a creek bed in Arkansas. Really big shells size of your hand. Any ideas on the name ?
I think there really old and very neat!

Welcome to TNET. Looks like you have some shell fossils, Nice.


P.S. Just to let you know, you should start your own thread. It's rather impolite to hijack someone else's thread with your own seperate queestion.

 

[cpc988]

Sorry didn't know- my mistake

 

[rock]

Welcome to the site rose!

 

[rosespetal]

Thanks Rock- hay what does B.P. mean in your signature? I'm usedto AD and BC w/ coins, but- idk what BP is lol- besides a gas station around here :P

 

[rock]

Yeah that station is rite down the street from me also. But B.P. means Before Present. And that term is used a lot in the artifact world. Always glad to help

 

[redtailvision]

Harry - Love the avatar!!