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Fall is falling, and leaves are as well. What happened to Summer? 

 

With another change in seasons comes another month, and a new Member of the Month is crowned. :)

 

This months, MotM, by unanimous staff vote, is :

 

 

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Since June of 2008, (13 years!)  Mathew has been sharing his Mid Devonian finds from his ever generous creek in Kennedy, NY.

He has a knack for finding some really interesting looking pieces.  True, ... Matt doesn't find dinosaurs, or shark teeth, or crabs, but his "common" Devonian invertebrate finds are always a welcome sight, and remind us how UNCOMMONLY beautiful even common fossils can be.   :)


Matt shows us that all fossils are cool, and can bring their own charm to our attention, and anyone can appreciate a moment frozen in time.

 

Matt, thanks for sharing your fossils with us! I personally enjoy your posts, and enjoy seeing what you have found in your creek with each new trip. Keep up the good work, my friend.


If you wish, feel free to tell us about how you came to your fossil paradise, and found the Fossil Forum.
Cheers, Matt!

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minnbuckeye Regular Member

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Congratulations Mathew!!!!!!!!!!!! They finally picked you as the best of the best. Your posts have always been of interest to me. Now that you have been crowned, do not stop showing us your finds. 

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ThePhysicist Regular Member

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Congratulations! :brachiopod:

"Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan

"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman

 

Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone

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JohnJ Regular Member

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Congratulations, Matt!  Your participation all these years has not gone unnoticed.

 

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The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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Wow, Matt, you have been posting a long time. I never knew! 

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Love your creek posts, so please keep them coming.

 

Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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Congratulations, Matt! I'm always glad when I see what you found!

Start the day with a smile and get it over with.

 

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Congrats Matt ! Your messages are always filled with the joy of your discoveries. Bravo to you, keep showing us !

 

Coco

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Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici
Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici
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Congratulations, Matthew!!!

 

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We want to hear the story of how you developed your passion for Devonian fossils.

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Major Congrats Matt!  :yay-smiley-1::tiphat:

I am always enthralled by what you find in that magic creek you have.  Being from Texas which has little to nothing in the way of Devonian exposures, I find the Devonian inverts very interesting and beautiful, esp. the brachs and the corals. Keep posting those finds, I LOVE seeing them.  :default_clap2:

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Congratulations, Matt!  (its about time you and your creek snagged this award)

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Congratulations

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Congratulations, Matthew.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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