Hi All,

Well this weekend I went on another Amazonite dig. I chose a slightly different spot than I had been working recently. It was an area that I had visited many weeks before and at the time I was finding better material in a different location. This time I had intended to just walk past it in route to another spot I wanted to further prospect but something caught my eye and I scratched around a little bit. Boy was I glad I did. Within a few minutes I was finding some really nice material. I even found a few low-grade combos. So here is a short video that is titled, “My Best Colorado Amazonite”. Enjoy, Woody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC4G4IQwveA

Looks like you found yet another great spot Woody, you've got quite the knack! Some really nice pieces of Amazonite you recovered there!

Fantastic finds Woody! Definately sweet looking Amazonite!! Thanks for sharing the video with us.

Woody, those look great! Can't imagine what you've got hiding in that backpack. hmmm
As always, love the video too! Aspen looks good and healthy.

This weekend I went fishing with a buddy in his new boat. The fishing started out fairly well, within 5 minutes I caught a really nice Walleye and soon we both had 2 fish a piece. We decided to move to another location and on the way over he wanted to see what the new boat could do. So with the new boat at its top-end, “which is around 65”, we rounded a Conner and ran right into some ruff waves from another boat. The first wave launched the boat skyward and when we came down the next wave sent the boat into an unexpected hard let turn. This left turn created enough G-Force that it tore my grip from the Oh Jesses handle. I went flying through the air in the Superman position and my unprotected ribs on my right side landed squarely on the Conner of the driver’s console. This turn of events put fishing for the rest of the day very low on my priority list. I was in a heck of a lot of pain and finally conceded that I need to go to the Doc’s. 5 hours later the Doc said everything was still intact which surprised me but hey, I’ll take it. Which brings me to what I did on Sunday;

Not being able to get around much I had a nice specimen of material that I was saving for just such a rainy day. It showed great potential for having lots of hidden Shark Teeth still inside the Sandstone matrix. I intended to completely take it all apart and see how many teeth I could get from just this one little piece but it seems to look best with just a little off the top. Most of the teeth break up during the removal process so I did not wish to damage any more. There is close to 50 teeth and fragments visible in this one section of rock. It took me a long time to do it but for the first time in many a weekend, I had a lot of time on my hands. Have a good one and watch those ribs, Woody.

Woody, that is AWESOME (not the ribs part)!
That's an incredible specimen and I agree that cleaning it up rather than extracting is best for that piece... it is excellent, I haven't seen a cluster like that.
I feel for ya on the ribs. During my skiing career I had many odd injuries... broke nose twice, split chin, two thumb separations, both wrists, etc. By far my most memorable, painful, and recurring injury was two fractured ribs which I will never forget. Keep your ribs wrapped tight (I used a neoprene rib brace with velcro) and don't sneeze, yawn, or cough for while. OUCH!
I feel for ya buddy, nurse those ribs... they can take a long time to heal. Watch yourself after they heal also, my injury partially recurred years later when I aggravated the same ribs while just leaning over the edge of a stone parapet wall on a building. Not as bad, but it still hurt again for a coupe of weeks.
Stay away from slow horses and fast boats? haha
Coincidentally, I also was fishing and fossil hunting yesterday and did well on both counts! Not as exciting as your find or adventure but I will add some pics to my Leaf Fossil thread later today.
Take care of those ribs, we'll be mining together again here soon I think.

Awesome finds Woody! Most people didn't even know they could find shark teeth here in Colorado.

I really like the last pic you posted. That clump filled with teeth is awesome!! I would just clean that one up a bit and leave as is.
Great finds and thanks for sharing your trip adventures with us.
Love em'!

Thanks,

All those pics are of the same rock. I had intended to take it all apart and see how many I could get out of it. Once I reached this point I had to stop. I agree it looks just fine that way it is. Also most of the teeth I did extract broke in the process. So I did not want to risk it any more. later~

I hope your ribs are healing up nicely!! I miss reading your digging updates.

Me too... you better not be just sitting on the couch and eating bon-bons Woody.

in Manhatten KS. theres a fossilized shark in the rock bank that got washed out after some flooding years back.

Thanks guys,

I’m excited about getting out this weekend. I’ve been cooped-up way too long. Russau you mentioned they found some shark fossil out by Manhatten, KS. I’ve actually done a bit of poking around in that area myself. I used to walk the Kansas, Republic, and Blue Rivers looking for fossils. Mostly found old Buffalo bones. I spent many a night fishing Milford and Tuttle Creek as well.


The first pic is a Buffalo Vertabra. Very old but not quite a fossil. The second pic is fossilized and I can only guess what land creature it might have belonged to. The third pic is...... well now I'm just bragging lol.

I think that Cat is older than those bones, holy cow!

Hi All,

Been awhile since I was able to get out and do much. I can't belive I haven't been out and about for over a month. I'm starting to feel like a City Slicker. This weekend I was suspossed to head up north and do alittle digging in the dirt at the claims but the forcast was not looking favorable. Turns out it wasn't too bad up there after all. But I made my choice and on Sunday I went south to do a little fishing.

Can you say, "Nice Crappie"!

Nice "paper-mouth"!
Glad you had a Crappie day!!