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We've been having a warm spell here in southern Germany for almost a week now, which gave me the chance to check out my favorite spot in the ditch in the Danube Valley where the Kimmeridgian ammonites can be found. I had done a drive-by about ten days ago to check it out, but although the snow was almost gone at the Lake of Constance where I live, it was still piled up to half a meter in the valley. But like I already mentioned, the temps have been well up over freezing for a good week now, so I figured I'd have another go. Knowing that the spot I wanted to work at was in a hollow, I took along a large measuring cup in order to bail out and was prepared to make dams and sluices. So I was looking forward to a mud bath and that's just what it turned out to be. It was worth it in the end as you shall see and besides, anything is better than being cooped up at home because of you-know-what. I took these shots when I arrived, so you can see what I had to cope with. The layer I want to get at is under a foot of water at this point. Here's my trusty measuring cup after the bail-out and a bit of shoveling and hacking. So now I could get to work at the layer. And here come the first ammonites. These ones are small and hard to see because of the mud. Continued...
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