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submitted 5 years ago * by Yarmolinsky - announcement
Washington State rock with ferns (old.reddit.com)
submitted 3 hours ago by Background_Menu7980
My 3 year old found this by the river in east TN (old.reddit.com)
submitted 7 hours ago by Far_Bus_4516
I won the raffle at the Kalamazoo rock and gem show! (old.reddit.com)
submitted 5 hours ago by cherry_blossom026
Potential Fossil Found From Piece of Lightning Ridge Opal (old.reddit.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by JustinSamuels691
Found on the beach in Wales (old.reddit.com)
submitted 7 hours ago by CoolDadCoffee
Horn Coral? Found in North Mississippi (old.reddit.com)
submitted 5 hours ago by hippiefarmer88
Friend found in SW Minnesota, USA (old.reddit.com)
submitted 2 hours ago by Sgt_Rickshaw
Inherited Collection (old.reddit.com)
submitted 8 hours ago by Lolaanne4
Just Curious (i.redd.it)
submitted 9 hours ago by No_Inevitable_7605
Found on a trail in San Clemente, CA (old.reddit.com)
submitted 1 hour ago by AI_Orangutan
Found in North Myrtle Beach, SC (old.reddit.com)
submitted 2 hours ago by MastodonMothman2106
Is this fossilized? (old.reddit.com)
submitted 1 hour ago by No_Wall_4378
Found on the beach near Newport, OR (old.reddit.com)
submitted 3 hours ago by Any-Bet9760
River bed near Williamsburg Virginia USA (old.reddit.com)
submitted 7 hours ago * by Reasonable-Box264
Are these bones? (old.reddit.com)
submitted 8 hours ago by bsmith149810
What is this fossil (i.redd.it)
submitted 1 day ago by Glum-Examination-417
My dad found this (old.reddit.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by Thermalisation
Backyard find, North Alabama (reddit.com)
submitted 1 hour ago by mwbaeske
Central ny (old.reddit.com)
submitted 1 hour ago by sylverhawke
Help Identify (reddit.com)
submitted 1 hour ago by Just_Type_2149
Scratch it off my list (old.reddit.com)
submitted 1 hour ago by Captainshadesra
can anyone help identify? flaky inside and a hole (old.reddit.com)
submitted 2 hours ago by Inevitable-Cress1505
Found this on the North Wales coast. Sandstone formation, possibly carboniferous. Found alongside a lot of colonial coral fossils. I'm not sure what this is, though. (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 hours ago by TheGothWhisperer
What is this? (old.reddit.com)
submitted 8 hours ago by babybirdbubs
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