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I didn't get out hunting much last year, still working on figuring out how to research and find spots, but a friend of mine invited me out to do some collecting at one of his spots up in Washington State. I took some family with me and we went out over the Winter break in mid December.

 

Pretty cold but beautiful! 

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We're mainly looking for concretions weathered out of the formation, but occasionally you find Callianopsis claws loose in the formation, usually very brittle and in poor condition.

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Lots of mollusks to be found as well as crustacean material

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Our most common find were these Macoma

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We also found some Turritella and Acila

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The find of the day came pretty early on, Robert found this nice leaf, apparently pretty uncommon at the site

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Our spoils after the first hour of hunting

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A giant Callianopsis claw I found, sadly the rest of the concretion has weathered away leaving only an imprint with some shell

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And on the other end of the spectrum a tiny one found eroded out

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We didnt find any Pulalius, Aturia, or vertebrate material but we had a blast and found some pretty nice crustacean pieces

Here's what's almost certainly a crab carapace, have to prep it to ID 

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And a piece that looks to have both claws from Callianopsis and maybe some other pieces from it

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Both of these will have to wait until my micro scribe arrives for further prep, they're both very fragile with poor separation.

While we were up there we stopped at Olympic National Park

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9 hours ago, RuMert said:

Great outing:Smiling: But where's the snow?:D

Thanks! We managed to stay low enough to avoid the snow and ice, but it was plenty cold enough for my taste out there :P

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9 hours ago, deutscheben said:

Nifty finds and enchanting settings!

Thanks, it's definitely gorgeous up here in the northwest! I haven't made much progress on prep so far but I should have lots more finds to post once I go through all the concretions.

Promising claw I'm working on:

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Timelapse uncovering a Macoma:

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