flipper559 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Here is a few of my Lucky finds for 2019 Mazon Creek fossil collecting season. I will try to keep adding to it as time and posting ability permits. My wife and I collected 14 times in 2019 at 4 different areas. We had a great time, met many great people, learned a great deal, on our adventures. Anyhow, I'll give this a try, and apologize in advance for the less than perfect photos. Phil 20 Link to post Share on other sites
thair Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 That one is cool Link to post Share on other sites
Nanosaurus Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Very lovely!! Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 My scorpion !! Found open. You never know !! My personal find of the year !! I'd rather be lucky then good any day. 21 Link to post Share on other sites
Bobby Rico Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Both very beautiful indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
connorp Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Wow, spectacular finds! Are these from Pit 11? Link to post Share on other sites
caldigger Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Finally some Mazon Creek fauna that actually looks like what it's supposed to be! 4 Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Both very nice indeed. What besties are we looking at then? Sorry, I didn't label them, the fish is an Elonichthys' peltigerus I believe. If I am mistaken, some of the other Mazon Creek guys will correct me. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, connorp said: Wow, spectacular finds! Are these from Pit 11? Thank you !! The scorpion is from pit 11, the fish is from the creek. Both were open finds. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 28 minutes ago, caldigger said: Finally some Mazon Creek fauna that actually looks like what it's supposed to be! Thank you Link to post Share on other sites
RCFossils Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 51 minutes ago, flipper559 said: My scorpion !! Found open. You never know !! My personal find of the year !! I'd rather be lucky then good any day. This is a beautiful and rare specimen. Congratulations on a wonderful find! Link to post Share on other sites
FossilDAWG Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Amazing and drool-worthy specimens. Makes me want to pack the car and head to Mazon Creek tonight! Don 2 Link to post Share on other sites
caldigger Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Amazing and drool-worthy specimens. Makes me want to pack the car and head to Mazon Creek tonight! Don Pack some warm clothes, I believe they are in the "freeze cycle" right now. Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, RCFossils said: This is a beautiful and rare specimen. Congratulations on a wonderful find! Thanks Rob !! Very lucky find indeed !! I have a long way to go to catch up with all your specimens. I've learned so much from your posts and threads. Thank you !! Funny thing about this one is I didn't realize what it was until I was washing my concretions a few days later and noticed the body section. I took it in the house under good light and discovered what it was. It's a fairly thick jelly fish like concretion and had a lot of calcium on it. I dissolved that off with vinegar and it came out nice. Are there different species of scorpions ?? I don't see much in the Mazon Creek Fauna book of Wittry's (although I do see one of your's on the cover). And saw your whip post a short while back. Anyway, thanks for the comments !! Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Scylla Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: Amazing and drool-worthy specimens. Makes me want to pack the car and head to Mazon Creek tonight! Don I'll come too! Can I get a ride? Link to post Share on other sites
Carboniferouspat Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Both just amazing . I am totally jealous. Congratulations !!!! Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 @thair @Wayan Man @Bobby Rico @connorp @caldigger @RCFossils @FossilDAWG @Scylla @Carboniferouspat Thanks for the kind words and comments !! Phil Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 35 minutes ago, Carboniferouspat said: Both just amazing . I am totally jealous. Congratulations !!!! Thank you !! There are still fossils to be found. I have just been collecting for a year . I here all the stories of the good old days of collecting in the 50's 60's 70's 80's and such. Yes, collecting is a bit tougher today , but many things still out there !! Link to post Share on other sites
Misha Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I agree with the others, these fossils are absolutely incredible, I wish I will get to go there eventually. Link to post Share on other sites
Wrangellian Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Wow! Yes, obviously many things still to be found there, despite all the talk of how much easier it was in the old days. I was going to ask, how did something like that get left there by all the previous collectors? I guess the lesson is: pick up everything you find, if possible, even if it doesn't look too interesting, and clean and examine it closely at home! I've come home unknowingly with a few good things that way, from my local haunts. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
deutscheben Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Those are both truly breathtaking- that scorpion in particular is a find of a lifetime! It is so well-preserved and has such intricate details visible. I saw you mention it in another thread earlier this year and I have been waiting for you to post it. I hope your wonderful luck continues. (and with 14 trips in a year I think there is also a lot of dedication involved there too) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 19 minutes ago, deutscheben said: Those are both truly breathtaking- that scorpion in particular is a find of a lifetime! It is so well-preserved and has such intricate details visible. I saw you mention it in another thread earlier this year and I have been waiting for you to post it. I hope your wonderful luck continues. (and with 14 trips in a year I think there is also a lot of dedication involved there too) Thank you sir !! We did spend a lot of time in the field this year, and I have found that the more time you put into it, the luckier you can be. Had a blast collecting this year, ticks and all !! Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 19 hours ago, Wrangellian said: Wow! Yes, obviously many things still to be found there, despite all the talk of how much easier it was in the old days. I was going to ask, how did something like that get left there by all the previous collectors? I guess the lesson is: pick up everything you find, if possible, even if it doesn't look too interesting, and clean and examine it closely at home! I've come home unknowingly with a few good things that way, from my local haunts. Well, I wondered the same thing, but considering that area is like 1600 acres or something like that, I would venture to guess that some of the areas haven't been searched in many, many years. In particular the hardest to reach places, thickest brush places, poison ivy places ,etc. those are the areas I like to search out. I do not believe any previous collectors saw it, or saw what it was if they did see it. It wouldn't be the type of thing they would throw back on the ground. And opened concretions don't last forever out in the wild, they break down and disappear . I like to think that I rescued this one !! Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 This one I believe to be an insect, poorly preserved, maybe an Eucaenus ovalis ?? If someone can ID this one, please do !! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
flipper559 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 And some Mazon Creek Flora. a couple I thought were kind of pretty. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
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