Manticocerasman Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 During our holiday in the ardennes we made a compulsory stop at our favorite hunting spot for devonian cephalopods. There has been a lot of new activity in the quarry, but sadly not in the best deposits for fossils. They are also starting to fill the older spots with ground. But the usual exposures were still delivering some goniatites from time to time. And we dit get quite a good haul this time. There was one notabely well preserved Manticoceras sp. and as a bonus we had a rare nautiloid. I cleaned up a couple of the goniatites with chemical prep; the result was spectacular. 13 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Good haul! I love the way these look after prep. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Great finds and prep, Kevin! Thanks for showing us. Always jealous of your goniatite finds. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Great finds! Congratulations. I never tire of seeing your lovely goniatites. Nice to know they can still be found there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Very nice! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Nice stuff. Do you coat them with something or do they clean up with the dark color? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 16 hours ago, jpc said: Nice stuff. Do you coat them with something or do they clean up with the dark color? I use some color deepener that is used on marble surfaces on them to make them stand out from the matrix. 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everhardus Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Spectaculair indeed !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Shaman Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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