Terry Dactyll Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 (edited) Heres a new addition to the old collection..... Coroniceras charlsei... 17 " Lower Jurassic... Lyme Regis Dorset Edit.... I think there are elements of origonal nacre preserved within the calcite on top of a rib and a small triangular piece.... Edited September 30, 2010 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 They come so complete over there... Beautiful really.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Drooling over here! You rock. :bow: In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Still incredible, Steve. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 That looks awesome! Must have took you ages to prep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Its totaly awesome and big!!!!! i love ammos O and i was wondering what is that sliver of shell that is at the mouth of the living chamber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Extremely nice, will send shipping address.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Thanks for your intrest Guys & Gal's..... I'll be adding a little nautilus to the old collection next....I'll post you a pic.... Roz.... theres a little reconstruction about a half an inch wide strip that covers most of the upper left hand quadrant's outer edge where the sea had worn away the ammonite and keel... and the very centre of the shell was crushed which I carved back into the rock...so not quite complete having about 3% reconstruction but looking good now.... Frozen Turkey.... the slither of shell is the remnants of the body chamber wall that had crushed or collapsed....Its big but I got loads to do bigger.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Hi Steve, Man! I'd love to drink a cup of tea with you in your garden sometime! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Roger.... you'd be very welcome although the fossils only stay out there for the photograph Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Steve, Congratulations on another beauty! Man,... you do an awesome job! Thanks for sharing! Regards, 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...
Ludwigia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Roger.... you'd be very welcome although the fossils only stay out there for the photograph Thanks Steve. It's a date! One of these days.... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Drooling over here! You rock. :bow: Ditto That is awsome!!!! Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 what a find!! ammos are scarse over here but i really wouldnt mind finding one like that!!thats like the most perfect ammo ever -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 what a find!! ammos are scarse over here but i really wouldnt mind finding one like that!!thats like the most perfect ammo ever You think that ones good then you need to see his other ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 he has better better ammo's?!? -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 he has better better ammo's?!? Go to his profile and check out his content. He has some cool stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Thanks everyone....Glad you like it.... I enjoy seeing all your fossils and reading everyones contributions to.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Heres the little nautilus I mentioned Ive added to the collection.... It had been crushed in places and the sea had beat it up but its turned into something displayable... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 WOW... invertebrate of the (next) month? :wub: Your ammonites are gorgeous, and your way to prep them is better yet!!! I wish to see them in person :o Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hey- How much does one of those little ammonites weigh? Just curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Cheers guys.... The ammonite is 56lb and the nautilus is 32 lb.... roughly double that prior to prep.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beck man Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 hello mate people find great stuff like that on the cleveland cliffs i think we are on the same geological timeline, what i cant understand is me and my doughters pick up the same local fossil sea life on the surface of fifty ft soil and red clay deposits.? tara for now heath. beck man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) Barnes.... During the last iceage the ice sheet covering Britain moved in a north to south direction .... Redcar, possibly north of where you are talking of where you find these fossils has the same lower jurassic strata (Identical beds) as the fossils that I find down south in Lyme Regis Dorset, hence the similarity in what you find....so basically the weight of the ice sheet and rocks that had attached to it ground them out of their insitu siltstone beds and carried the fossils south....finally depositing them amongst the rest of the red glacial clays/till and pebbles..... There are some very nice fossils found as 'glacial erratics'.... along the east coast......Heres a 'glacial erratic' in my collection a chunk of the Semicostatum layer... Lower Jurassic containing the ammoniteArnioceras Semicostatum found south of Whitby on the Holderness Coast....possibly originating from the Robin Hoods Bay area.... Edited October 13, 2010 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacialerratic Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 That is a great find! What a beauty. How much of it did you need to prep out? I'm a bit jealous... the glaciers over here weren't as kind! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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