Bone Valley Trip - some awesome finds.

[Meganeura]

Went with my wife to a pay site today - our second time here, but I convinced her to let me stay all day instead of just half the day this time! Overall it was a very lucrative hunt, and I’ve walked away with my new fav finds! Also had the pleasure of meeting @Nimravis who told me to post here, as well as taught me about a bunch of the fossils I found.

Anyway, the finds:

 

Starting with my fav, a mostly intact whale vertebrae:

 

My new favorite Meg tooth - which happens to have lightning in the root:

 

A baby posterior Meg tooth:

 

 

 

And multiple Meg fragments, including a file/hollow tooth:

 

 

 

A partial mako and multi-layered ray mouth plate: 

 

 

 

 

Some gorgeous snaggletooths, sting ray barb, shark vertebrae, and bone/antler that my wife found that we’re not sure what it is:

 

 

 

 

And the rest of the many teeth and ray plates and other fossils we found:

 

 

Overall it was an awesome day! Next week I’ll be taking a canoe down Peace River and will hopefully have some fun finds to share!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Marvelous finds. 

I envy you as one of my ambitions in life is to meet up with Ralph. @Nimravis

[Nimravis]

Great finds and it was great meeting you and your wife.

[Meganeura]

8 hours ago, Nimravis said:

Great finds and it was great meeting you and your wife.

It was great meeting you too Ralph!

[Fossildude19]

Great finds!

Thanks for showing us.

[mr.cheese]

I am just a little jealous! I like the idea of a paid site, not something we have in the UK I don't think? If you don't mind me asking how much is it and what kind of rules is there? Is it a free for all on a 1000 acres or piles of overspill from a quarry or something? The idea fascinates me!

 

Great finds by the way too!

[fossilhunter21]

Those are some very nice finds! I especially love that little posterior meg.  

 

Thank you for sharing,

 

-Micah

[Meganeura]

6 hours ago, mr.cheese said:

I am just a little jealous! I like the idea of a paid site, not something we have in the UK I don't think? If you don't mind me asking how much is it and what kind of rules is there? Is it a free for all on a 1000 acres or piles of overspill from a quarry or something? The idea fascinates me!

 

Great finds by the way too!

They give each of us individual piles of material/gravel, a hose, and you spray down the pile. @Nimravis has a much more detailed post with pictures of the site itself and the layout that will do a much better job answering your questions though!

 

And thank you very much, they’re definitely my fav finds!

[Meganeura]

3 minutes ago, fossilhunter21 said:

Those are some very nice finds! I especially love that little posterior meg.  

 

Thank you for sharing,

 

-Micah

It’s my first fully complete Meg tooth too, so I’m pretty happy about it!

[JohnJ]

6 hours ago, mr.cheese said:

If you don't mind me asking how much is it and what kind of rules is there?

 

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