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From the album: Most of my collection
Collected off hwy 64 east of Selmer, TN in 2014. From the Coon Creek formation. Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian. Largest segment about 1 3/4 in. × 7/8 in.-
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- cretaceous baculites
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From the album: Most of my collection
Specimen collected April 6th 2014 from a Late Cretaceous Campanian formation in Sardis, TN.-
- cretaceous botanical
- fossil eucalyptus.
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From the album: Most of my collection
Amber in Late Cretaceous wood, probable Seqouia species. Campanian.-
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- amber in matrix
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From the album: Most of my collection
Amber in Late Cretaceous wood, probable Seqouia species. Campanian.-
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- amber in matrix
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Here is a very large tooth i found about 2-3 weeks back. It was found in this state of decay, and even though it looks bad, i'm actually impressed that i was able to save and preserve as much of this specimen as i did. The tooth was practically falling to pieces when found, just geting it back to the lab was almost impossible, then trying to extract it from the ferrocrete matrix was right at hopeless!....i layered it with hardner as i cleaned some matrix away...slowly, alittle at a time...still, some was lost and this was simply the best that could be done to save what bit of the tooth i could. With that being said, i wouldn't be a bit suprised if it is in such a state that it can't now be identified! I'm hoping though that someone can give an i.d. This tooth may be ugly, but what i had to go through to get it, i'm very proud of it. i can only guess at how much was already missing by the time i found it....it seems to have been about a 1/2 inch in diameter (or a hair more) in cross section at the base originally. This tooth does compare favorably w/ another Mosasaur tooth i have, but i'd like the opinions of anyone else i could get please, cause i'm not certain what mouth it came out of. I will also attach an "in situ" of the tooth to show what a job i was in for. Thanks for anything you all may be able to tell me about it. It's Late Cretaceous, Campanian.
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- Campanian
- cretaceous teeth
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From the album: Most of my collection
For a description, reference the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale.-
- amber
- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
The begining prep of the second state record specimen. For a description, see the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale.-
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- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
A pic of the beginning prep of the second state record specimen. For a description, see the first photo of this material combined with a scale.-
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- cretaceous amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
On the afternoon of November 22nd 2013, in the middle of the pouring rain, i found this huge Amber specimen in a Late Cretaceous formation. Location unspecified. This is the current unofficial Tennessee state record. It broke the previous Amber state record which was also set by myself barely two months before finding this specimen. It's the size of a hamburger! The first state record was set by the late mr. Bruce Wade and stood for 99 years. I have been told this specimen is in the top 10 largest Amber specimens to ever be found in America.-
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- cretaceous amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
For a description of this specimen, reference the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale.-
- amber
- cretaceous amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
For a description, reference the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale.-
- amber
- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
Another pic of Late Cretaceous Amber from the Sardis formation in Henderson county Tennessee. The largest specimen shown here is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.-
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- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
To save from retyping the same words, see the first picture posted of this material combined with a scale.,there the description is noted.-
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- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
On september 20th 2013 i found this huge Amber specimen at an unspecified location, it is also Late Cretaceous. There have been 3 state records for Amber, i hold 2 of them. The first was set by the late mr. Bruce Wade. That record was surpassed by this specimen 99 years later. This specimen almost doubled the previous record. I have been told it is in the top 10 largest Amber specimens that have ever been found in America.-
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- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
Another view of a small selection of Late Cretaceous Amber from the Sardis Formation in Henderson county Tennessee. As noted already, the largest pictured specimen is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and a green amber.-
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- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
A small selection of Late Cretaceous Amber from the Sardis formation in Henderson county Tennessee. The largest pictured specimen is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and strangely is green amber.-
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- amber resin
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From the album: Most of my collection
On September 16th 2013, i discovered this Late Cretaceous Amber in the Sardis formation in Henderson county Tennessee. It was the first of much Amber i have since recovered. The largest specimen pictured is about 11/2 inches in diameter.-
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- amber resin
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Starting a thread on them good'ol Exogryas, as time goes i'll steadily be adding to it for all the Exogrya lovers out there. I have lots of this material, just haven't been able to get to most of it yet for preping. I got the big ones, the little ones, the tiny ones, ones that are so riddled with holes they look like swiss cheese, the ugly, the stunning, and the average...lets start with the finest Exogrya i've ever seen, it was previously posted in a thread entitled "A Museum Grade Exogrya." I've never yet saw one on display that looked better than this.....most aren't even on its level.
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- coon creek formation
- exogrya
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Unknown Bone From Very Near Base Of Demopolis Formation (Campanian)
Tennessees Pride posted a topic in Fossil ID
This is a bone i recovered right at the Sardis/Demopolis contact about 4 years ago. It seems to have been right at the upper Sardis, and immediately below contact. I've always thought it unusual for it to be of a whitish color. 5 of the 6 confirmed Dinosaurian bones that have been found in Tennessee were supposed to have been found in the same area of the contact...and true enough, lots of those D-bones were of a whitish color...also several of the frags found with them. Another thing remarkable about this bone is it's density! For it's size, it's so heavy that i've actually questioned if it had a hollow place in it for marrow.....strange....makes me think it possibly may be a very thick bone because it had to support great weight or something=toe bone? Anyways, ihad it looked at once and was told there was to much missing for a sound i.d. to be made....to me however, it appears there may well be enough still there for a reasonable i.d. I was thinking the basic overall shape to be pretty much the way it looked originally....ofcourse there is missing bone, but to me, the "front" pointed part is original, and still discernable....you can still see a bit of outside surface in that spot (in my opinion). Also also the sides, it appears here and there, there is original surface bone still detectable. The back has been "munched" pretty good, & appears to even have predation marks, but you can still clearly make out a socket area, what i will be calling the "bottom" area, may be missing some that if there, would have gave it a slightly different appearance....because i can't make out a surface bone texture there in any spot. I truly hope somebody can i.d. this, cause i personally think it may be a somewhat rare find....what do you think?- 8 replies
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- Basal Demopolis
- late cretaceous bone
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About 3 weeks ago i inspected a outcrop of Silurian limestone for just a bit, found several items,but this one stood out to me as rather strange. As i normally hunt the Cretaceous, this specimens identification may seem elementry to those who tear up them Silurian formations....but it's a mystery to me. the length of this lil'dude is between 1/2-3/4 of an inch. Where the dark material can be seen, it was originally covered w/ that same brown material that the rest of the specimen is composed of....the damage had happened before me finding it....tragic. What do we have here?
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Monster Amber Specimens Have Been Found!
Tennessees Pride posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
On the evening of september 16th. 2013, right @ dark, Amber fossil resin was discovered for the first time ever in Henderson county,TN. This discovery was made by myself. On the afternoon of september 20th. 2013, i discovered a specimen of Amber that my wildest dreams had never imagined! Hahhaaa....yea!!! It snatched away the previous state record sized specimen from the late (& great!) Professor Bruce Wade, like it wasn't even there! His record specimen was about a inch and a half in diameter, and it stood for 99 years until i came along on that fateful day! It is an honor for my name and accomplishments to even be mentioned in the same paragraph as mr. Wade's.....here's to you Bruce!!! The sept.20th. specimen has rough demensions of about 4in×3in×2in thick., and a lovely red color. It's exact weight is 149.2 grams, or 5.263 oz. Needless to say, i went straight awol crazy after finding that!.......so......the story doesn't end here! No sir!.....was struck down w/ the worst case of "Amber-Fever" the world has ever seen! (still haven't been able to shake it off) so there i was hunting in the middle of the pouring rain on the afternoon of nov. 22 nd. 2013 when the magic happened again. Found the largest Amber specimen i've ever seen in my life. It's about the size of a hamburger. (Robble-Robble! ). So, barely 2 months after breaking the state record, & before it could even be documented.....i broke my own record......here's to you Bruce Wade! Rest in peace Brother! These discoveries of mine i have for the most part been relatively secretive about. Since finding the wonderful objects, i have began to actively work with a prestigious University and two intellectuals that it is truely an honor to meet. I must for present remain somewhat secretive about sites/locations/time periods/ stratigraphy/lithology......ect., ect. Because revealing that information will jeopardize their work, and i could never do that. If i like it or not,it is the way it has to be until all has been finished. This experience has taught me that patience is truely a virtue, good science doesn't happen overnight,but painfully takes an untold amount of months....but, it just has to be that way. But when all is finally completed, Henderson county and the great state of Tennessee can take pride in their true-blue "native son", and the wonderful things that lie right in their back yard. Praise YAHVEH!- 76 replies
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- amber with inclusions
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Is this not what i think it is? Certainly appears to me to be a microtektite. It is about 3/16 of an inch in length. I have place a sliver of pet wood to point it out. I have left it in the original matrix to better show what's going on......have i went crazy or is that not Spherules in that matrix here and there w/ it too?!?! And what's up w/ that unidentified black striated tubular shaped object there in the matrix? Sometimes volcanic micro glass (from pyroclastic debris?) Can resemble an impact Tektite (especially to my untrained eye! ), so i don't know perhaps this stuff could be from an eruption? I do have to ask one thing, and i beg your pardon....please don't ask me specifically where i'm recovering this material right now. I want to say badly, but i just can't presently...but in the future i promise to. It certainly is late Cretaceous from West Tennessee. As far as i can find out, this material has been unknown until now.....if it's what i'm thinking it is. I am also gonna post a couple pics of what i'm thinking will be Tektites, they are out of the matrix, so the shapes can be made alittle better....if they aren't good enough resolution, forgive me, they are somewhere around 1/2 the size of the one in the matrix(or alittle larger), & i am limited w/ the resolution of my phone. One of em reminds me of a lil' Bananna. so whatcha think....am i a complete fool, or maybe here is some evidence of deep impact/volcanic eruption?
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- impact glass
- late cretaceous
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