2024 Fossil hunting in Antwerp, Belgium

[dries85]

Here's some highlights of my summer fossil hunts, cause i obviously can't keep up with the reports. Too much hunting to do 😉 so let's get it over with. Hope i can do some more extensive reports from recent trips i did afterward..

 

Here we go..

 

July 24 - River shore hunt in Antwerp

Starting with a cow jaw..

 

A very worn (as usual) Otodus auriculatus..

 

And a nice hastalis..

 

Striatolamia macrota..

 

And the complete haul..

 

This Isurolamna was also a nice find.

 

 

July 25-27 - Cap Blanc-Nez, France

I went on a 3 day camping trip to Cap-Blanc-Nez in France together with a good friend. About 3 hours of driving from Antwerp. We did some holding, visited the World War monuments and i had the chance of doing some moderate fossil hunting on the branches next to the famous white Cretaceous cliffs..

 

Chain coral?

Worn ammonite or gastropod..

Oyster Shell fossils were pretty common at this certain spot

 

 

Pyrite and ammonite..

Turrilites sp. in the beach floor.. 

And a beautiful sunset to close off with..

 

Some more finds..

Pyritized ammonites..

 

Pyritized Nautilus with crystalized chambers..

Brachiopod?

 

We had a great time anyway, this is defenitely going to become a yearly thing.

 

That's it for now, next part will be up soon..

 

 

Edited September 17 by dries85

[dries85]

More highlights..

 

This summer i went back to the grassy overgrown spot with mixed Neogene quite a few times. The place isn't actually loaded with shark teeth, but the overall quality is really pleasing..

 

July 7

I met up with David at 8am, David left at 3pm with a broken sifter and some good quality smaller teeth. My sifter kept up till 6pm, but then it also went down. This was the result tho..

And some non shark tooth stuff..

 

These are my personal favorites..

 

July 13

Had a few hours left in the evening, so i had to try out my fixed sifter..

With good results, some finds in the evening sun..

 

And the whole lot cleaned up..

 

 

August 3

Again some hours of sifting in the evening sun.. great finds!

Isurus oxyrinchus 

 

Dolphin tooth

 

Galeocerdo aduncus 

 

Isurus retroflexus 

 

And the complete haul cleaned up..

 

I'm thrilled with these 3 Galeocerdo's..

 

 

 

August 17

I met up with David for about 4 hours of sifting.. again some good quality shark teeth amongst a lot of bits and pieces..

 

Cetorhinus maximus gill raker and some dolphin teeth, the usual ray fossils..

 

 

August 22

Had a few hours left after work so i decided to do some sifting.. again 😀 started out great with this little fellow in my first sifter.. Notorynchus cepedianus symphyseal tooth, great find even missing most of the root..

 

I've found some nice Notorynchus and Hexanchus teeth all together that day..

 

A good quality dolphin tooth..

 

And of course.. more shark teeth..

 

 

August 25

Was again a good day for cow shark hunting..

 

 

 

 

September 7

The last time i hit up this spot i defenitely had to work for it, gladly rewarded with some cool unexpected finds..

Not unexpected but great Isurus sp. anyway..

 

My sifting spot for the day..

 

Unexpected whale tooth in great shape..

 

Carcharodon hastalis..

 

Carcharomodus escheri in the sifter ..

 

The whole lot cleaned up..

 

The whale tooth 

 

Dolphin earbones.. @Shellseeker

 

Raja sp. dermal denticles and fish tooth and jaw..

 

That's it from this spot for now..

Thx for watching!

 

Dries

[Denis Arcand]

Nice trove 

[Shellseeker]

3 hours ago, dries85 said:

Dolphin earbones.. @Shellseeker

Thanks for the Heads up.  The last photo is stunning.!

Only easy one and common to Florida.

Stenella open ocean Dolphins 

 

[automech]

Overwhelming! To spend 10 hours, like your July 7th trip, would be a dream come true.

[Lila Pause]

Amazins finds =D
Im new into tooth hunting, and want to try it in my holydays near Antwerp, do you have any locations to share with start searching?

[Fossildude19]

7 minutes ago, Lila Pause said:

Amazins finds =D
Im new into tooth hunting, and want to try it in my holydays near Antwerp, do you have any locations to share with start searching?

 

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