jhemphill Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 when people find fossil do they just go out in the woods and find fossils or do they actually go to social "parks/locations" and if, so where might I be able to go if I wanted to find fossils in ct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Neither, really. Connecticut is not very fossiliferous, and there are only a few areas where fossiliferous rock outcrops. It's not like Texas, or New York, where you can just walk into the wilderness and find fossils. (Not disparaging those who worked hard and sweat blood to find their honey holes.) You have to research a whole lot, and then try to find the correct spots that have fossils. Then, you hike around in the woods, and find nothing, or next to nothing for many years. You have to ask private property owners for permission. Or the State, or the Nature Conservancy. Then you finally get a spot, and start either digging, or chipping away at a rock face. Splitting tons and tons of shale. And then, maybe, you get lucky, and find some fossils. Regards, 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhemphill Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Thanks fossildude19, so I understmad that ct may not be the easiest to fossil hunt in, but I do have access to the southwestern coast of ct and the beach. I know beaches are supposed to be full of fossils but I've spent lots of time at the beach not really seeing anything fossil like. Is there anything specific I might need to do to find fosails at the beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Unlike the southeastern part of the US, the northeast isn't really well known for its fossils on the beach. New Jersey gets some washing up, as does New York, but these are rare finds. Connecticut,... not so much. Only beach fossils I have ever heard of, were found near New Haven, on the coast. The fossilsites website lists it as : Killiams Point New Haven CT 41d16m46sN 72d48m54sW Holocene (4000BP) Gastropods-Littorina It also lists this site, which I have no knowledge of. Bethel Fairfield CT in Pleistocene Bethel Marl Pleistocene Bethel (CT) Campeloma,Galba,Gyraulus,Helisoma,Pisidium,Planorbella,Valvata,Musculium,Sphaerium Sorry, but that is all. Basically, the only fossils you'll find on a Fairfield County beach are gonna be snowbirds who came back from FLA. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhemphill Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thanks again anyone had and luck at Killiams Point? If so what have u found or where else in ct have u had luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertomimo Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I am going to be going to the Lubec area in Maine this August. Are there any good fossil hunting areas I should visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I am going to be going to the Lubec area in Maine this August. Are there any good fossil hunting areas I should visit? These are listed for Washington County at the Fossilsites website. ubec Washington ME At Lubec Bluff on shore. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. Pleistocene Presumpscot mollusks ME0120 | , Lubec Washington ME Carrying Place Cove. Outcrop of Presumpscot clays. May or may not be fossiliferous Pleistocene Presumpscot mollusks ME0121 | , Machais Bay Washington ME In glacial moraine at Holmes Bay in NE part of Machais Bay Pleistocene Presumpscot Mollusk-Portlandia ME0122 | , Perry Washington ME 44d58m North,67d4mW Collected in 1860s by William Dawson Devonian plants-Barinophyton Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhemphill Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Going to Wyoming near Yellowstone national park and wanted to know if you guys had any info or tips on how to spot fosails on the mountains and plains I'll be on. I will also be I nh for some time this summer and wanted to know where I might go to find fossils there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) Check the fossilsites web site. Regards, Edited June 13, 2015 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Going to Wyoming near Yellowstone national park and wanted to know if you guys had any info or tips on how to spot fosails on the mountains and plains I'll be on. I will also be I nh for some time this summer and wanted to know where I might go to find fossils there too. WY is full of fossils. Finding them can be easy, or not. Finding out who owns the land and getting permission is much more difficult and time consuming. Trespassing may get you shot. The immediate area around Yellostone is not too productive, but once you get to Cody.... Answering your original question, the best way to spot the fossils us to walk around with your eyes to the ground. You ought to consider a trip to one of the green river fish quarries. You will not be disappointed. NH and Hawaii are the two absolutely non fossiliferous states in the union. One is all granite, the other all lava. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 WY is full of fossils. Finding them can be easy, or not. Finding out who owns the land and getting permission is much more difficult and time consuming. Trespassing may get you shot. The immediate area around Yellostone is not too productive, but once you get to Cody.... Answering your original question, the best way to spot the fossils us to walk around with your eyes to the ground. You ought to consider a trip to one of the green river fish quarries. You will not be disappointed. NH and Hawaii are the two absolutely non fossiliferous states in the union. One is all granite, the other all lava. Actually, some fossils and many subfossil birds have been found in Hawaii. Including some shark teeth. http://www.blackriverfossils.org/Hawaii/TripReports/tabid/54/pt/1/Filter/488/Category/488/Default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circuitcat Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Hello everyone, I just moved back to CT (Farmington/Bristol area) and I was wondering if there is any interest in setting up some fossil hunting expeditions. I know the pickings are slim here in CT, but a trip to northern NY or adjacent states may be promising =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Actually, some fossils and many subfossil birds have been found in Hawaii.... To whit: "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Hello everyone, I just moved back to CT (Farmington/Bristol area) and I was wondering if there is any interest in setting up some fossil hunting expeditions. I know the pickings are slim here in CT, but a trip to northern NY or adjacent states may be promising =D Hi. I live in New York and collect here. If anybody's interested in coming out I know a number of good spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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