fifbrindacier Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Meganeura said: D! 1 minute ago, Paleorunner said: U ? Double Bingo ! _ e e d s i _ _ _ _ _ s _ r o _ _ e _ a _ i _ u s "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...
Meganeura Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, fifbrindacier said: Double Bingo ! _ e e d s i _ _ _ _ _ s _ r o _ _ e _ a _ i _ u s Leedsichthys Problematicus Edited October 5, 2022 by Meganeura 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 Just now, Meganeura said: First word is Leedsichthys Yeepppeeeee !!! "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...
Paleorunner Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Leedsichthys problematicus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Just now, fifbrindacier said: Yeepppeeeee !!! I edited it! I remembered the species name - Problematicus Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, Paleorunner said: Leedsichthys problematicus 8 minutes ago, Meganeura said: I edited it! I remembered the species name - Problematicus You both got it ! You're the strongests !!! 2 "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...
Meganeura Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Just now, fifbrindacier said: You both got it ! You're the strongests !!! Definitely not making up for my massive blunder about the waterfalls.... 2 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Meganeura said: Definitely not making up for my massive blunder about the waterfalls.... Hey man, no-one is perfect. Except me. 2 "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...
Paleorunner Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Just now, fifbrindacier said: Hey hombre, nadie es perfecto. Excepto yo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Paleorunner said: Pero, es la realidad ! I have a town and a famous basilica that have m'y name ! I'm an Angel ! Edited October 5, 2022 by fifbrindacier 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...
Ludwigia Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 3 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: Don't be shy man, you deserve it. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Japan Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Sorry, I will won't participate this year. I had a year full of health trouble which stopped me to go on the field for almost a year. I am afraid my present fossils are not good enough this year and I don't want to disappoint a fossil friend somewhere in the world. 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) I hope you'll be better David, take care of you. Edited October 6, 2022 by fifbrindacier 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 October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 I invite you to tell me what's your favourite fossil in your collection and why. Maybe is there an anecdote that links you to your fossil. For me it's the Megalodon tooth i recently found. Firstly because, here, in Europe, it's not a very frequent fossil. Secondly, because that day i wasn't supposed to be on that site. In fact, i was supposed to be on the site of Mios with my club. The outing had been cancelled but i didn't knew it. So i waited and saw no one. As i had drove for about 180 km, i didn't want to come back home with empty hands, so i went to that other site. There, i checked the fallen blocks of clay to see if there weren't urchins inside. Then i took my pickaxe, i gave one kick and the tooth fell on my feet ! That's not a beautiful Meg tooth, but it's mine forever. 4 "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 October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Tell Me what this is ? "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...
Coco Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Brachiopod ribs. And I don’t have a favorite fossil in my collection, there’s too many I like... Coco 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 With apologies to those who've heard all this before................... When I was a tiny tot I had, as many young boys do, a fascination with dinosaurs. So I used to go into my back garden and try to dig some up. I never found any, or indeed fossils or any kind, but I did find bits of pottery, lots of invertebrates and some plant bulbs. I ate many of the latter two categories. Yummy. Concerned for my physical and mental wellbeing, my mother took me off to nearby Kilve beach in North Somerset, SW England. The rocks are Blue Lias, part of the Lower Lias and I found mainly flattened Psiloceras planorbis, huge ammonites in blocks too heavyto carry and some Devil's Toenails; Gryphaea bivalves. On my second or third trip there I found my favourite fossil, the coral Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) tomesi, though I had little idea what it could be at the time. It was years of research, visits to libraries and museums and consulting folk more knowledgeable than I, that really transported me into the more serious side of fossil collecting. So, it holds a very special place in my heart : 8 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) Edited October 7, 2022 by Scylla Posted in wrong topic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 7 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: Tell Me what this is ? Part of the ammonite Cardioceras woodhamense 1 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Thanks @fifbrindacier for messaging me about Secret Santa!! I would have been SUPER SAD to miss it....but HERE I AM AND HERE WE GO!! 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_gotta_rock Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) One of my favorite fossils is this pair of oysters, Isognomon maxillata, from Calvert Cliffs. My daughter and I found them, still together in life state, in some talus at the base of a cliff. Also at the bae of the cliff was a lot of glitter. There was an oyster bed running along the cliffside, about 3m up, from which they other oysters were not so much falling out as crumbling out. Usually all people find are the thick hinges. We carefully extracted it with what we had on hand -- some dead bamboo from a nearby stand of the stuff. I was going to keep the valves together to keep them from breaking. When I cleaned them up, the drying sand just gave way and they separated. This ended up being one of my first meticulous fossil shell prep jobs. These are huge - a whopping 18cm long. Although you just can't see such things from a photo, they are still pearlescent. The oyster bed has since been covered with riprap to prevent further erosion of the back yard of a house that is now only about 50 feet from the edge. Edited October 7, 2022 by I_gotta_rock 5 I refuse to give up my childish wonder at the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 The same thing happens to me as to @Coco I have too many favorite fossils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, Top Trilo said: Part of the ammonite Cardioceras woodhamense Bingo ! That's Indeed a Cardioceras. Edited October 8, 2022 by fifbrindacier 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...
nala Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I'll join in for Europe, PM sent.:) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Secret Santa! I'm in. PM sent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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