Fossil Hunting Yesterday (pics), Success! |
Fossil Hunting Yesterday (pics), Success! |
May 16 2010, 10:25 AM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Managed to get out yesterday for some fossil hunting. Although the pics don't show it... the weather was kinda gnarly. A rain/snow mix made the hike and prospecting a sloppy adventure. I was so mud-encrusted by the time we got out of there.... I had to hose myself off at a carwash on the way home.
But it was well worth it! I took the field pics with my Droid since I didn't want to hike in the slop with my nice camera. The cleaned specimen shots were taken at home here with the DSLR a few minutes ago. Hopefully GB can chime in with some pics of his finds from yesterday... he found some really cool stuff too! A friend took us to this spot and requested that we keep it under our hats so we are not at liberty to disclose the location. Field pics: This is part of the wall we were working. The layer of fossilized leaves is high on the wall and difficult to access. It's steeper than it looks and was slick as snot... lots of loose debris. GB & I braved it to the top several times and extracted rough, then took it down to carefully split layers open and reveal fossils. The matrix is extremely fragile, especially when it's wet. Specimen pics: These are the items that I carefully packed out and collected. I used a textile gun on the lightest setting to clean these. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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May 16 2010, 11:15 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
WOW!! a fossilized dogs head with colored fur! what a find! thanks for the pics. my wife has been wanting to go fossil hunting for sometime now...thisll (maybe)spure her into action!
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May 16 2010, 08:41 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Nice finds Swizz, looks like you guys had a great day out there.
Very cool details in the leaves patterns revealed. What are the parallel lines impressioned from in the second to last picture? Thanks for sharing the pics and day with everyone. CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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May 20 2010, 10:46 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 12-June 09 From: Highlands Ranch, CO Member No.: 6,927 |
Nice finds Swizz, looks like you guys had a great day out there. Very cool details in the leaves patterns revealed. What are the parallel lines impressioned from in the second to last picture? Thanks for sharing the pics and day with everyone. CP Looks like the hard work on a crappy day was well rewarded indeed! Some very nice leaves there! |
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May 21 2010, 06:03 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 3-September 08 From: Aurora Member No.: 6,577 |
Nice looking fossils, Swizz, with some good clarity - Thanks for posting.
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