I was just out on Willapa hills area, by Fossil Creek, and I was eyeing a few road cuts that seemed like they would be promising. But I've never looked for fossils before, just rocks and minerals, so I wasn't sure what I was seeing in some of the geological formations. I wish I'd had more time to stop and look. Hopefully I can go back sometime soon!
When you see a bank that looks good, look for the white of shells. You may only see pieces to begin with, but keep looking. The other thing to look for is the round concretions inside those you will find fossils. You have to break them open. Good luck hunting
That whole area out there is a lot of fun to hunt, there are many different fossils to find. I will go back out in the spring when the tides are better, I know there is a nice crab fossil waiting for me
Awesome finds. That big vertebrae is really cool, if thats what it is. Im no expert either. They are all really cool. Thanks for taking us along on another adventure :)
I already have it in my mind what I will be doing on the lowest tides this next year. I saw some stuff in that clff face that I would like to take a better look at. Lots of marine mammals bones have been found on those beaches and on a low tide you can dig the beach gravel and find chalcedony clams.
If I found it somewhere else I would say coprolite, but this is a marine layer and I would find it hard to believe that it would survive in that enviroment. It does look like it though.
@@OldGuyAdventures I got to thinking about videos I'd seen about fossil hunting and I think it was either Paleochris or Wildkyle who found coprolites among fossilized shark teeth and aquatic mammal bones. So I Googled information about coprolites and found this article. Mostly it's talking about some dried feces found in a cave from early north Americans but it also mentions the petrified type and how they're formed. It sounds like water environments are the most common places for them to form. So maybe your find really is a coprolite? slate.com/technology/2012/07/fossilized-feces-earliest-americans-shat-in-the-perfect-cave.html
New sub. Thank you for sharing. I am in Washington too and just start picking rock a day ago since I watched another channel that I think you was in it too
I have met up with a few other youtube rockhounders, so more then likely it was me. Thank you for subscribing and I hope you get out and find some good rocks
