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I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/13/2006 9:38:40 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 813 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline I made it out digging for a couple hours after work today before it got dark. I didn't find anything too interesting, at least I don't think so. I found a Putnam Glass Works wax sealing fruit jar from Zanesville, a small Higgins ink from Brooklyn, Newyork, and a French Gloss from Massachussets (sp?) But here is the interesting thing. I tried to get a good picture of it. I believe it too be some kind of fossil, maybe a tooth? Attachment (1) _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. Post #: 1

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/13/2006 9:39:22 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 813 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline another Attachment (1) _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 2

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/13/2006 9:40:02 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 813 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline last one Attachment (1) _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 3

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/13/2006 10:27:35 PM    Ye Olde Prospector   Posts: 614 Joined: 1/23/2005 From: Bath, Maine Status: offline Hi DiggerBryan, Yes I think that is a coral fossil. Google images "fossil coral" or "cnidarians" and you will find similar pics and info. Think we used to find them in New Mexico and they are found in central US as well. Probably found most anywhere fossil corals are found. Hope this helps. Cliff (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 4

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/13/2006 10:32:53 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 813 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hey Cliff, thanks for the quick reply. I think you are right about it being a coral fossil. I did a google search and some pictures look very similiar. Now my next question. Do you think someone tossed it in the dump or was it there naturally? _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 5

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/13/2006 10:37:47 PM    Ye Olde Prospector   Posts: 614 Joined: 1/23/2005 From: Bath, Maine Status: offline Hi Bryan, If there is limestone bedrock anywhere around that area it probably weathered out of the bedrock. There is a lot of limestone in Ohio area. It looks waterworn on the surface so was probably carried a ways by water. Cliff (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 6

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/13/2006 10:42:00 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 813 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline I'm really not sure. The dump I'm digging is right beside a creek. So the water wearing makes sense. _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 7

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 12:07:37 AM    JGUIS   Posts: 1712 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline Hey Digger, check out this site.  Your fossil is more than likely about 350-500 million years old when Ohio was covered with seawater.  Good find. _____________________________ A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and gives a fool something to stick in his mouth. (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 8

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 2:24:47 AM    madman   Posts: 4960 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline  hey gang  found these on the shore of the river i dig, it was fossils before bottles lol mike Attachment (1) (in reply to JGUIS) Post #: 9

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 2:27:05 AM    madman   Posts: 4960 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline one more Attachment (1) (in reply to madman) Post #: 10

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 6:19:21 AM    madpaddla Posts: 2845 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Madman and Bryan: Amazing stuff you guys got there.  I have never come across anything like that.  Great finds guys.                  Madpaddla (in reply to madman) Post #: 11

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 9:37:57 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5444 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online That is a horn coral. You can use Google and find a lot of info on them. Its a pretty common type of fossil. I have found fossils, crystals, arrowheads, and other similar stuff in dumps. Kids picked up cool looking stuff off the ground back then just like they do now and it often ended up in the dump. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 12

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:32:12 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline This threads opened my appetite for showing you some of my fossils. They were found on Thames shores. First picture is from a kind of sea urchin I don't know the name. Sorry! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 13

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:33:34 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline Next is an unknown shell. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to Mihai) Post #: 14

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:35:04 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline This is the preserved inside of a sponge, apparently. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to Mihai) Post #: 15

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:37:21 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline This might be the impression left by the club like shaped spine of another sea urchin, Tylocidaris. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to Mihai) Post #: 16

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:39:33 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline Unidentified. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to Mihai) Post #: 17

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:40:50 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline Colony of some small stuff I forgot the name. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to Mihai) Post #: 18

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:42:31 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline Impression of a part of another sea urchin, Temnocidaris. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to Mihai) Post #: 19

RE: I think I dug a fossil?? - 6/14/2006 3:43:39 PM    Mihai   Posts: 276 Joined: 1/3/2006 Status: offline Shells. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Mihai This whole worlds wild at heart and wierd on top (in reply to Mihai) Post #: 20

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