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 Mar 29 2012, 05:47 PM
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Hi all,
I went fishing today and worked one of my fossil layers in the canyon on the way home (NF) to complete my day.  Most of the fauna fossils I find from this location are severely fragmented (not specimen grade) and the matrix is fairly brittle. This one is nearly a complete leaf (unknown species) in a decent matrix... so I made a keeper out of it. Fun! 
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Aug 10 2014, 01:29 PM
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Some very neat fossils at this spot for sure as the pics already show on page 1.
 Recently I got to visit this spot with Swizz and I actually found a few neat samples myself. We'll definitely have to visit there again.Here are a few pics of some I brought home, many different types of plant leaf and stem material. I have no idea on the id's of each plant other than what looks to be a large maple leaf. Each picture hopefully shows the texture each fossil has of the original stem/veining for each plant type too.
Thanks for the fossil stop off Swizz, fun stuff! 
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swizz Leaf Fossils Mar 29 2012, 05:47 PM
traddoerr that is a great find! we to can't seem to ... Mar 30 2012, 03:32 PM russau about 42 years ago,when i was in the Army in Europ... Mar 31 2012, 05:13 AM swizz Good story russ!
I did a repeat of my last... Apr 2 2012, 09:18 AM Kevin In Centennial (like!) Apr 3 2012, 10:36 PM Mrs.CP I really like the first one you posted, great find... Apr 4 2012, 07:08 AM swizz Thanks my fellow nerds Kev and Denise.
More fi... Apr 4 2012, 09:12 AM Mrs.CP Have a great time tomorrow!
With your lu... Apr 4 2012, 07:33 PM swizz Today I started on this wedge of layers
This is ... Apr 30 2012, 04:26 PM Woody That is some good looking stuff you got going ther... Apr 30 2012, 09:09 PM swizz We can hit this layer anytime on the way to & ... May 1 2012, 05:33 AM Mrs.CP Awesome finds, especially the branch! That one... May 1 2012, 07:14 AM CODIVER very cool, I have found some great shell fossils i... May 1 2012, 08:35 PM
swizz QUOTE (CODIVER @ May 1 2012, 08:35 PM) Ha... May 2 2012, 06:30 AM swizz This chunk weighs about 25lbs. It has a lot of clu... Sep 21 2012, 08:55 PM Mrs.CP Awesome finds and great pictures Chris! It alm... Sep 22 2012, 07:50 AM swizz Dan, those look great! In the second pic... I... Aug 11 2014, 06:53 PM swizz These are my keepers from that short dig.
Unknown... Aug 11 2014, 07:06 PM Caveman Beautiful finds! Aug 11 2014, 08:42 PM Mrs.CP Very cool finds guys! You will have to spend m... Aug 18 2014, 07:06 AM swizz Here are a couple more keepers from the same forma... Apr 7 2015, 07:54 AM Crusty Awesome! Wish y'all were closer :( Apr 7 2015, 08:21 AM swizz It is on the way to the claims Crusty so if you ev... Apr 7 2015, 08:30 AM Crusty QUOTE (swizz @ Apr 7 2015, 08:30 AM) It i... Apr 7 2015, 09:31 AM NewRockHounder RE: Leaf Fossils Apr 9 2015, 12:10 AM joshualoun awesome Apr 9 2015, 11:29 AM swizz Josh, Colin,
You guys are also welcome up here an... Apr 9 2015, 11:43 AM Dave S. Hello all.
Just wanted to show a few pics of th... Jun 23 2015, 04:34 PM Crusty If this is close to Swizz's joint, maybe if we... Jun 23 2015, 07:32 PM swizz I am rained out from work and heading out to look ... Aug 27 2015, 09:32 AM Crusty QUOTE (swizz @ Aug 27 2015, 09:32 AM) I a... Aug 27 2015, 09:34 AM swizz Wow, it was a glorious day! I found some inter... Aug 27 2015, 08:01 PM swizz Here are some pics from that little excursion.
Th... Sep 14 2015, 06:53 PM Crusty Here's the final extraction. Crusty is now the... Sep 29 2015, 01:12 PM swizz QUOTE (Crusty @ Sep 29 2015, 01:12 PM) Th... Sep 29 2015, 04:58 PM Crusty QUOTE (swizz @ Sep 29 2015, 04:58 PM) May... Sep 30 2015, 07:59 AM swizz Other finds of interest from the day.
2015-09-14_... Sep 14 2015, 06:58 PM Mrs.CP Sweet fossil finds!! That one that Crusty ... Sep 15 2015, 11:38 AM swizz Thanks Denise! I took home some rough that I ... Sep 28 2015, 02:07 PM Mrs.CP Going to make it a multitask dig day when you head... Sep 29 2015, 09:22 AM swizz I"m thinking I need to spend a full day at ea... Sep 29 2015, 10:06 AM swizz I have the rest of the day off so I'm gonna go... Sep 29 2015, 11:09 AM Mrs.CP You lucky duck!! Have fun out there today ... Sep 29 2015, 11:55 AM swizz My neighbor Steve came along this time. We prospec... Sep 29 2015, 05:26 PM |
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