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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 11 2014, 06:53 PM
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Dan, those look great! In the second pic... I've seen this up there before.... that stalk on the lower portion of the rock, I think it's either Asparagus or Bamboo. The fossilization on the bottom image still looks like Dendrite to me.
It was totally my pleasure to pick that locale with you! I'm so glad we stopped there on our way. I can spend a whole afternoon there getting lost in those layers, so fascinating. Not many people can appreciate a good lil fossil hunting session but a bunch of us here sure can! I'm uploading a couple pics of my finds shortly.... -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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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 ColoradoProspector Some very neat fossils at this spot for sure as th... Aug 10 2014, 01:29 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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