digit Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 The winner of the April 2022 VFOTM goes to... Enchodus fish jaw - Cretaceous, Cenomanian - Cap-blanc-Nez, France Congratulations to @Manticocerasman !!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Hi, Congrats for this nice find ! Coco 1 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations, @Manticocerasman! That is an amazing find! -Micah 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Well that cheers up my day . I’m having surgery later today. Noting serious but I’ll still have to spend the night at the hospital. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Manticocerasman said: I’m having surgery later today. Noting serious but I’ll still have to spend the night at the hospital. Well, I hope it all goes smooth and fast. -Micah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, Manticocerasman said: I’m having surgery later today. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations! Excellent find! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations for the find and the prep ! Happy to have another french fossil in the FOTM ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Wow stunning find! i will try to make better at the end of the month :)hope your surgery will be fine !accident with the eastwing ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations, Kevin! I've said it before, but this is a fantastic fossil! And to think you almost didn't take it! 2 hours ago, Manticocerasman said: I’m having surgery later today. Hope all goes well! It might not be anything serious, but surgery is never fun and always a risk. 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 All went well, I’m already back in my room. Yust a little grogy. 2 2 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations nice find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 awesome, congrats 1 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations, Kevin! 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Congratulations !!!! It was worth extracting, It looks nice, and very good contrast between the fossil and the matrix. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Congratulations nice specimen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Congratulations. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1 Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 2:25 PM, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: And to think you almost didn't take it! It would have been a shame,. Joyfully you did take it. On 5/10/2022 at 12:06 PM, Manticocerasman said: Well that cheers up my day . I’m having surgery later today. Noting serious but I’ll still have to spend the night at the hospital. How i understand you. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 12:48 PM, Pixpaleosky said: Congratulations for the find and the prep ! Happy to have another french fossil in the FOTM ! We had some success those last months. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Jolly glad to know you're okay, Kevin. Splendid find. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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