Umbro Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I'll be taking a trip up there early august and Im gonna post my finds. I've heard about Gilboa area So I might have a look there. The camp resort I stay at in Rondout valley has lots of fossils. Anyone know of anyother sites in this area? -Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) Hello Umbro, Just got back from Gilboa. Found some cool things in Scoharie Creek. http://www.thefossil...reek-gilboa-ny/ The whole place there is fossiliferous, so - if you check at the Nickerson Park Campground - they MAY let you access the creek there, and fossil hunt - check in at the office. Their Website: http://www.nickerson...campground.com/ I'd call and ask if you can park there and fossil hunt. Also - check this website: http://bingweb.bingh...sGeographic.htm and this fossil collecting site in particular - in Scoharie : http://bingweb.bingh...e/Schoharie.htm Spent about 4 hours there - (Trip Report to follow soon!) and found many brachiopods. The site is about 30 minutes north of the campground (Gilboa). Pleasant ride up there - if you need further info - please PM me. Good luck, and Regards, Edited August 10, 2011 by Fossildude19 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...
erose Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I'll be taking a trip up there early august and Im gonna post my finds. I've heard about Gilboa area So I might have a look there. The camp resort I stay at in Rondout valley has lots of fossils. Anyone know of anyother sites in this area? -Jon In that part of the Catskills there are very thick sections of Middle to Upper Devonian strata without any fossils and then you hit a few layers that might be packed with marine invertebrates. And since it was deltaic there can be concentrations of plant fossils as in what's found at Gilboa. I once found one of those big stumps out in the Rondout reservoir when it was really low and before 9/11 and high security. In close to where you will be staying I would just start hitting road cuts and stream beds until you find stuff. If you go up to Gilboa then shoot a bit further up the valley to that site at Schoharie for Lower Devonian fossils. And if it is as hot as they say out east now then look up and find the Blue Hole for some ice cold (full body brain freeze) swimming. The water is so clear you can see the trout 20 feet down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 thanks guys! Yeah I've got a small outcrop of rock near my campground. The place is littered with limestone filled with fossils. There is some shale along rondout creek. I'm looking foward to going up to gilboa to search for plant fossils. There are numerous outcrops along the side of route 209 going all the way to kingston. I've got my camcorder and camera ready so I'll be posting videos up on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 Ill be posting some photos soon, Im on a sprint wireless card up here in the campground. I think the group of shales and limstones im looking at are from the hamilton group. I've been finding dark to light gray shale and mudstone up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 I realized i hadnt updated this with photos. So I figure I'll add a few , I have plenty from my trip and plan on going back in april and may For some reason the upload button is not working with firefox browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Some more area shots of scholarie creek. I plan on camping there this time. Notice the water wave markings in the second photo. I also noted the plant stem and debry in the rocks around the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Pretty place; I'd love to camp there! Did you get to the Gilboa area? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Couple of more photos coming.. these two photos are of a large sized 25 lb rock with what appears to be a plant stem of some sort found in rondout creek near rt 209 accord ny. I'm not sure what kind of sedimentary rock it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Yes i did get to the gilboa area. but i could not find any place other than schorlaie creek to hunt for fossils. heres two things i noticed while hunting north of the dam area near a camp ground area. Im not sure what that fossil is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 I have about 5 or more photos.. These are so more shorts of scholarie creek and the bedrock therein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 next up are some fossilsi happen to find right near my camping area in rondout creek .. the single rock is one that I had happen to hit randomly and what was inside astounded me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 I split the rock open and I found a unique kind of brachiopod. The other photo is some random fossil i found near a stop going to west hurley from kingston. i think the road was rt 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmense Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 What a nice spot to have access to, camping and fossils, now your talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 ...these two photos are of a large sized 25 lb rock with what appears to be a plant stem of some sort... This could be a plant stem cast, but it looks more like a filled burrow to me. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 This could be a plant stem cast, but it looks more like a filled burrow to me. This is true. Im not sure what it is. i found it in a creek full of conglomerates and mud stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) Hey Jon - Thanks for updating the post - good to see you found some stuff. Looks like the brachiopods are spiriferid brachiopods! Reply #13, pic 2 in the upper left looks like possibly Mucrospirifer mucronatus. Spirifers are tricky though. Also kind of resembles Spirifer sowerbyi. Have to have Shamalama or Fossildawg take a look and let us know for sure. Scoharie creek is a pretty and productive site. Congratulations on your finds! I also like all the trace fossils and burrow/stem cast - that area is famous for Devonian plants. Thanks again for sharing! Regards, Edited March 2, 2011 by Fossildude19 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...
erose Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) Man I miss the Catskills! Those deep dark forests and cool mountain streams. The long-winged spirifer is Mucrospirifer mucronatus, and there is a fair amount of intraspecific variation for that species. But they are common in those rocks. There is a small exposure along a road at a place called Dormansville where we (NYPS Field Trips) used to collect large slabs covered in those white on rust M. mucronatus specimens. It was one of those sites that looked like nothing but junk, but when you got out of the car and started poking around...! Lots of other neat stuff too. Schoharie Creek always confused me because of the way it starts way up high in the Catskill's upper most mountains pretty darn close to the Hudson River but then heads west and then north and eventually makes it's way to the Mohawk Valley and river. It takes the long way to the sea. Edited March 2, 2011 by erose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Thanks guys, I've been looking for spots in the catskills to hunt for. I'm also scouting north of where i live in putnam county for fossils. i've heard reports of fossils being found in dutchess county near poughkeepsie. I may investigate when the ground thaws a little. I'll keep updating this thread with my finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophie1988 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I have been told that their are coral reef fossils in the catskill creek in catskill NY. I have had no luck finding any just mud and clay. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look on the creek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbro Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 I have been told that their are coral reef fossils in the catskill creek in catskill NY. I have had no luck finding any just mud and clay. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look on the creek? hey sophie. I've heard the same for the catskill creek too from people who have grown up in that area. I'm thinking about taking a trip up there myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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