jwestbury Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 When you took your trip to st. Leon, we’re you nervous? I read that Indiana is lame and doesn’t allow collecting on their road cuts. I plan on making the 3-3.5 hour drive there but I’m so nervous I’m going to get in trouble and I don’t know where to park lol. I’ve read recent posts of people going in the past 6 months, and no complaints or issues. Or are there any sites to find trilobites in that area? It’s not a short drive lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 St. Leon as far as I know is fine to hunt at. Pull off the shoulder - there should be plenty of room to park. Just be careful on the exposed ledges. Have fun, and be prepared to crawl along to find the trilobites there. 1 2 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...
connorp Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Yep, I collect there often as do many others. Just don't dig, surface collecting only. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestbury Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: St. Leon as far as I know is fine to hunt at. Pull off the shoulder - there should be plenty of room to park. Just be careful on the exposed ledges. Have fun, and be prepared to crawl along to find the trilobites there. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestbury Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, connorp said: Yep, I collect there often as do many others. Just don't dig, surface collecting only. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 I agree. No issues for me when hunting there. I’ve been a few times. I know that others besides me and Connor, like @Nimravis and @Jeffrey P, hunt there as well. I haven’t heard them mention any problems. Since I tagged them, they can chime in and correct me if I am wrong. 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I have never had a problem at the many sites I collect in Southern Indiana- St. Leon, Brookville, Lawrenceburg, etc. in fact, I’ve had a couple of police officers stop and get out of the car and talk to me about fossils, and how they used to collect on the roadways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Like Wayne and the others, I've been to St. Leon a few times. I've never had any issues there with police or anybody. It is truly a great Ordovician site. However, last time I was there I didn't see any trilobites. This may have been because of the long drought last summer and fall, but the trilobite collecting there is far better after a good rain. Best of luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxytropidoceras Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) The below guidebooks might give provide you an idea of stratigraphy and fossils. Dattilo, B.F., Aucoin, C.D., Brett, C.E. and Schramm, T.J., 2013b, Fossils and Stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Standard in South Eastern Indiana. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47223595.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190414075146/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47223595.pdf Dattilo, B.F., 2012, Feld Trip #1 – “Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Upper Ordovician in Southeastern Indiana https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47231135.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190219193431/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47231135.pdf Brett, C. E., Schramm, T.J., Dattilo, B F., and MArshall, N.T., 2012, Upper Ordovician Strata of Southern Ohio- Indiana: Shales, Shell Beds, Storms, Sediment Starvation, and Cycles. 2012 GSA North-Central Section Meeting Fieldtrip 405 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47220725.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190328173701/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47220725.pdf Brett, C. E., B. D. Cramer, T. L. Gerke (eds.) 2012a Middle Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Cincinnati Arch: Part 1 Central Kentucky: International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 591 2nd Annual Meeting and 1st Foerste Symposium Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 26th-28th, July, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160607010705/http://igcp591.org/downloads/Cincinnati2012_FieldGuide1.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272350547_Middle_Paleozoic_Sequence_Stratigraphy_and_Paleontology_of_the_Cincinnati_Arch_Part_1_Central_Kentucky_and_Southern_Ohio Brett, C. E., B. D. Cramer, and T. L. Gerke (eds.) 2012b Middle Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Cincinnati Arch: Part 2 Northern Kentucky And Southeast Indiana: International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 591 2nd Annual Meeting and 1st Foerste Symposium Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 26th-28th July, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160607045922/http://igcp591.org/downloads/Cincinnati2012_FieldGuide2.pdf https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Middle-Paleozoic-Sequence-Stratigraphy-and-of-the-2-Brett-Dattilo/6b74111a0c6212696daacb2ea816ae54bc6b041b Possibly more papers at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlton-Brett https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin-Dattilo Geologic maps at https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/?center=-84.967,39.287&zoom=11 https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_82349.htm I hope that this helps. Yours, Paul H. Edited January 28, 2023 by Oxytropidoceras added links to more sources of information 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestbury Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 Thank you everyone! I had a pretty good haul!!! Spent the day out there does anyone have any good tips on washing them? Do you prefer dry? Just with a brush? What about any rusted stuff? Do you use citric oxide? What about algae? Do you prefer water? Soap and water? Thank you! Jessica 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 There used to be (still?). a big sign about "No Digging". Apparently many moons ago someone did some serious digging. Just show common sense when there. Pull your vehicle well off the road, don't liter, and don't knock rocks down into the drainage or into the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 10:18 AM, jwestbury said: Thank you everyone! I had a pretty good haul!!! Spent the day out there does anyone have any good tips on washing them? Do you prefer dry? Just with a brush? What about any rusted stuff? Do you use citric oxide? What about algae? Do you prefer water? Soap and water? Thank you! Jessica Pictures, or it didn't happen. 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...
FossilNerd Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 10:18 AM, jwestbury said: Thank you everyone! I had a pretty good haul!!! Spent the day out there does anyone have any good tips on washing them? Do you prefer dry? Just with a brush? What about any rusted stuff? Do you use citric oxide? What about algae? Do you prefer water? Soap and water? Thank you! Jessica Congrats on making the trip down there and the good haul! I have only ever used water and a tooth brush, or possibly a stiffer nylon brush. I’ve let some of the dirtier ones soak for 5-10 minutes in warm water, but that is about it. Oh, and…. I agree with @Fossildude19Pics, or it didn’t happen! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestbury Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 Sweet thanks guys! I’m doing some washing and organizing today! I’ll update with pictures later!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestbury Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 As promised. Some of my finds. Haven’t had the chance to clean them up much since my trip! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestbury Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 Some more… 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestbury Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 And my biggest cephalopod find. Would be pretty cool to find a large mostly intact one lol. And another death plate. Have a few more and some more death plates to go thru. But this is the just of it 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tales From the Shale Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Dude I love St. Leon if it was a person I would marry it! That is an excellent external trilobite mould. You did good, there's alot of ground to cover for one person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fossil Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 18 hours ago, Tales From the Shale said: Dude I love St. Leon if it was a person I would marry it! That is an excellent external trilobite mould. You did good, there's alot of ground to cover for one person. @Tales From the Shale Dude, you're just making me want to go to this site even more than previously!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fossil Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 22 hours ago, jwestbury said: As promised. Some of my finds. Haven’t had the chance to clean them up much since my trip! @jwestbury Those Trilobite bits are nothing less than AWESOME!! Excellent finds!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 18 hours ago, Tales From the Shale said: Dude I love St. Leon if it was a person I would marry it! That is an excellent external trilobite mould. You did good, there's alot of ground to cover for one person. It does not appear to be a mold, but rather a flexi in ventral view. There's a layer in the Liberty below the minuens butter shale that can produce larger F. retrorsa. It is covered by talus at this site but occasionally specimens find their way out. Possibly where this specimen came from. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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