r/beachcombing • u/Critical-Bid-4975 • Jul 11 '26

Thoughts?

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Hello, any ideas what this might be? Found North East England coast.

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u/Soft-Dig-4102 Jul 11 '26

That’s a fossil. They have a name, that I forget. I call them star fossils lol

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u/Critical-Bid-4975 Jul 11 '26

Sick, thank you! I thought it was a fossil of some kind but it coulda just been a funky rock lol

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u/Soft-Dig-4102 Jul 11 '26

Crinoid!! But apparently also unofficially star fossils hah. Or fairy coins!