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At the end of October 25°C, much too warm for the time of year against a long-term average of 10.9°C. On the other hand, perfect weather to go looking for fossils in the stream. The village of Mamelis near Vaals looked magical. Behind these houses is the stream and here it is only 10 to 20 centimeters deep. The Selzerbeek rises on the Vaalser Berg and has a length of approximately 13 kilometers. At Gulpen (ZL) the stream flows into the Geul. The stream runs mainly through Vijlener limestone (Upper Cretaceous / Maastricht Formation / Vijlen Limestone). This means that you can encounter all fossils from this stratigraphic layer. In particular, brachiopods, sea urchins, belemnites and bivalves are among the finds. Many amateurs, but also professional palaeontologists have known the stream for a long time as a location for fossils from various eras. I especially found a lot of parts of belemnites. Fortunately also some whole belemnites, a part of a flint sea urchin and what and some other Cretaceous material. The stream was crystal clear, you could see the belemnites with some luck, look at this photo, which gives a magical image The day was successful. Although I didn't find much it was a lovely afternoon in this beautiful setting. Just before sunset, I was able to take a few nice pictures of the beautiful Limburg landscape at sunset.

Are these belemites ? They were found in Big Creek Preserve, NJ

Over the holiday weekend we managed to head North to Wyoming. A few pictures and a few "finds" enjoy Started off with a Badger Headed to a place called "talking rock" Checked out some of the indian work and took a few pictures. The Indians would sit in these spaces and work on there arrowheads. Not much shade to be found out on the prairie. Lots of small pieces covering the ground that had been worked.

I got to Willow Brook around one o'clock pm and met with someone who lives alongside the stream to get permission to hunt the area. All the gravel bars had snow on them and the water was freezing. The temperature fluctuated from around 32 degrees Fahrenheit to around 18 degrees, not including wind chill. The fossils keep freezing in my bin and the water on my waders formed into little icicles. I stayed there for about 2 hours and then decided to go to Ramamessin. Ram was less productive than the sparse finds from Willow. I stayed there also for 2 hours and felt defeated so I left. Willow Brook finds Gastropods Ghost Crab Claw Internal Belemite Molds Ramamessin Finds Ray Vertebrae Bone

Hey all, I've been enjoying this forum now for several months, even traded with some members allready, and it's just such a nice community! Thanks for this. I have some stuff I want to trade (exchange). For the fun. For the collection. Numerous things as sharkteeth, whale/dolphin vertebrae, crab, belemites, pet wood, trilobites, ammonites, bivalves/gastropods... Pictures will be posted every several weeks. What am I looking for? 2 Things: a/ ANYTHING from Cap Blanc Nez (from Escalles to Strouanne), France b/ ANY albian/aptian (from ANYWHERE) ammonite or heteromorphe ammonites I could trade for other stuff, to trade your stuff further (joy! joy! *ahum* this is for helping you out with your collection, just don't get me bankrupt on this by transportcosts :-)) To get an ID, allready some global pics below: vertebrae/bulla/mix shark teeth Antwerp -Belgium Hexy- Antwerp-Belgium Misc -Antwerp-Belgium Whale- Antwerp-Belgium 'Coeur de Boeuf'-Chatillon-s-Seine-France Misc. Carboneferous quarry -Elouges -Belgium Misc. Carboneferous quarry -Elouges -Belgium Some Bivalves -Antwerp-Belgium Sharkteeth-Antwerp-Belgium