Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Since Tropical Storm Erin dumped 10 inches of rain in South TX late this week I scrapped my coastal fishing plans and did a little fossiling instead. The body count: 1 shark tooth, 10-12 crabs, 2 good ammonites, 150-200 echinoids of 5 species, lots of nice gastropods, all from the Corsicana formation (Upper K, 67 MYA). From there I did some scouting for Upper K exposures along the San Antonio River and didn't find any, but I did blunder into a small, abandoned gravel pit where I found a nice caramel colored Pleistocene horse lower molar. I'm pretty happy with the day's take home pay. If Hurricane Dean sucker punches South TX I may end up doing a repeat trip next weekend. Any other tales from the field out there from this weekend? 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Nice haul, but wheres the pics? : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 A No pics yet. Many of the echinoids are covered in marl and need prep to bring out their full glory. Did you get the report I emailed you last month? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Yes i did, i think you should start a website and [post regularly on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 I kick out a similar report monthly and have for the last 3 years. However I'm a bit too strapped for time to fool with a website too. I try to allocate as close to 100% of my non family discretionary time to collecting as possible. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 @Uncle Siphuncle Its been 13 years, got them pics yet? Mods - don’t worry, resurrecting this one thread as it’s the oldest in this section 1 "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 19 hours ago, Ash said: @Uncle Siphuncle Its been 13 years, got them pics yet? Mods - don’t worry, resurrecting this one thread as it’s the oldest in this section You know what they say" Pics, or it didnt happen!" I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 I wish I could roll back the collecting clock to the halcyon days of yore! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I remember this post. Dang it, that means I have been loitering here for at least 13 years. I know a few of us have been here that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 2 hours ago, jpc said: I remember this post. Dang it, that means I have been loitering here for at least 13 years. I know a few of us have been here that long. I remember that day specifically. After cleaning everything and counting, I had 228 echinoids and 22 crabs. It was a 5 gallon bucket full of prep work. I prep fossils on lunch hours at work, and all the rain knocked out power at our building multiple days for hours at a time, so I was able to scrub the hours away on all those echinoids while computers were down and everyone else was idle. 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Ah memories. Those are the true treasures to collect "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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