Squarepants Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Does anyone like fossicking for fossils? i recently went on a fossicking trip and found some with a very nice friend at Richmond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Sounds like a relaxing hobby!Where abouts did you go?And what did you find?Any pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squarepants Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 I found some ammonites and fossil mussel shells 10,000 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest16631 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 ......here's a few stones and a snail fossil that was given to me by an old friend..... .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest16631 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I found some ammonites and fossil mussel shells 10,000 years old .......would be nice to see some of yours later...........! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squarepants Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Looks very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Get to sleep :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squarepants Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 I will try and post a couple of pics in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest16631 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Get to sleep :tongue: ......:eek:.....:shocked:.....:swoon:......lol....!....goodnight......! ......goodnight Squarepants....... ......look forward to your pictures tomorrow......tink x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incata Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 My husband is very keen on it. Many a weekend have we spent in Dorset (Lulworth area) before moving out here. I don't know much about fossils, but I do know which are the best pubs round there which serve really good food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliem Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I would love to know of some great spots to forage for fossils on the east coast. Any recommendations? Millie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counting Stars Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 My little boy would LOVE to do this! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I found some ammonites and fossil mussel shells 10,000 years old G'day mate, they are a lot older than that, they are 100-110 million years old. Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 I would love to know of some great spots to forage for fossils on the east coast. Any recommendations? Millie x G'day mate, only place I know of around there is the Maryborough/Hervey Bay area. Might have to look in the road cuttings on the road from M to HB. Might help, a geo map of the district, look for KM, the green, dotted portions (Maryborough formation). The fossils are bivalve shells. http://www.geoscience.gov.au/geoportal-geologicalmaps/download?map=125dpi/sg5606.jpg There is a big quarry in the Maryborough area that has good fossils., Baddow Quarry, it has sea urchins Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squarepants Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 A couple of fossils I found at Richmond with a beaut old bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Wow amazing!Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eera Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 All the geological maps and the accompanying interpretation guide are available through Qdex online (they are hard to find, but in there, I'll have to get the full url from my work computer). Any low-energy environemnt should contain them; think mudstone, siltstone etc, coarser sandstones generally won't, and granites are right out! I routinely find them in drill core from the exploration sites, have got some immaculate ferns from Permian sediments - back then our ancestors were synapsid reptiles lounging around warming our sails in the sun. Cool thought that my great-great (x 1000000) grandparents might have chewed leaves from the same bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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