Fossildude19 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Hello all! July 3rd dawned (literally) early,... at 5:00 am for me. I had been up the previous morning at 3:00 am, to travel the 6+ hours from Connecticut to the annual 4th of July Jones/Browning family reunion, at my aunt's lake cottage in Rushford, NY. I was excited this morning, though, with the prospect of some good fossiling in good company. After the usual morning ablutions, I packed the Pilot, with snacks and fossiling gear, and shoved off at 6:00am. I was headed out on the 56 minute drive from Rushford to the super secret location in the Buffalo area. I had been to this area twice before, and had come away with some of my best trilobites to date,( A few Eldregeops rollers, and one prone, but messed up Greenops possibly?) so I was hoping for a repeat performance, at least. Was I wrong,... but, ... I digress. Muttering under my breath to the Fossil Gods, while "GPS Lady" guided me in her heavy handed way, to my destination. Doh! Need gas!! Found a station on the route there, and after a quick fill-up, disregarding even coffee in my excitement, I was off again to the refrain of "Recalculating!" ... yeah... yeah,... I'm goin, I'm goin! Jeeze! The sunny summer sky was turning threatening, to the north,( the directon I was headed!) and I drove with trepidation to the locality. Darker skies seemed to want to confirm the weather guy's baleful forecast of "Pop up T-storms". Great! Well, rain or no rain... Onward and upwards. Arriving at my destination, I pulled into the lot, and found Xonenine (Carmine) waiting for me. We got out of our cars, shook our hello's, ... and started almost immediately to converse about fossils as we made an exchange of fossils. I liked Carmine right away, and we seemed to hit it off. The rain started up while we stood talking over the fossils, and let up again, just as suddenly. The weather guy was wrong again. What else is new? After a short time discussing our trades, we decided to get moving. I had to leave by 12 - noon, or would have to face the wrath of She Who Must be Obeyed. (Don't want that!) So after moving to the lower lot with our vehicles, we geared up, and set out into the creek. Entrance to the creek on the left. We headed left under the small bridge, and I mentioned to Carmine ( Who, by the way, is a great guy. Modest and down to earth, and generous to a fault!) that sometimes trilos could be found in the concretions that can be found weathering out of the shale cliffs. Carmine using his xray eagle vision to find fossils. View looking back under bridge. He immediately grabbed a large one out of the base of the cliff, roughly a 2ft x 1ft round honker of a concretion, and proceded to smack it with a sledge. This stuff is HARD! Well, Carmine is no slouch with a sledge, and boom, the concretion splits. There is a roller Eldredgeops, right in the center of this huge thing. I took some time to break out the chunk with the roller in it, as Carmine had deffered to me, as his guest, ( Did I mention he is a gracious host?) and I finally got it out, in the midst of which I found another, smaller roller, which broke out fairly easily ... I insisted he take it, and he reluctantly agreed. We worked our way down stream, splitting shales, ...(the Mucrospirifers were plentiful)... and finding wildlife... Carmine finding more cool stuff... We moved along, and started to search near the second bridge, finding the much harder limestones that produce giant favosites, brachiopods, trilo-bits and pieces, and horn corals. ... ... TO BE CONTINUED>>> Tomorrow... 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...
Ramo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thanks for the report Tim, we've been waiting all day for it. Can't wait for tomorrows update!! Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Ric Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Great report Tim, look forward to the continuation! WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Tim & Carmine... Great trip report and what a wonderful place to hunt... the weather man in the Uk is always wrong too... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy784 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Welcome back Tim. Looks like a nice place to hunt. I never think to take my camera along for background/in the field shots, makes for a nice story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Sigh!!!!! Wish I was there I'd love to go a-hunting with you guys. Best wishes, Roger Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Wow! Great report! Can't wait to hear and see more pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 great report Tim, sounds like you guys had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Sigh!!!!! Wish I was there I'd love to go a-hunting with you guys. Best wishes, Roger That makes two of us! Anyone want to come to Tennessee? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Wow, great trip report so far. Looking forward to tomorrow. I think I know where you guys might be... -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Nice trip report Tim! PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi-God Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Yeah, I like a good report with pics to go along with. Kind of a nice looking spot too. And I've always found that fossil hunters, for the most part, are really good people. Generous, helpful and always willing to share a good story. Just like yours. I'm also waiting to read more. And seeing more. Thanks! .. *NOT an expert.I haven't a clue what I'm doing.But I'm loving every minute of it. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 That makes two of us! Anyone want to come to Tennessee? :D Roger usually says what a lot of us would The place is an ideal hunting area and not only and Carmine is an ideal hunter and not only . We have a lot more to see . Thanks a lot, Tim, for sharing your nice adventure Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 well, I was ready - camera loaded with pictures, new computer purring quietly, sated, all its favorite software reinstalled... I pulled the memory card to put in the new PCs, what? Card Reader? There is none!!!!! I'll pick one up... "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Thanks all! I appreciate your patience! I'm composing the next installment! 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...
sue in ohio Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Glad you had a great time Tim, love the pics. Wish I had had the pleasure of meeting and collecting with Carmine when I was up there last month. Can't wait to see what's next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 On 7/11/2011 at 9:38 PM, sue in pa said: Glad you had a great time Tim, love the pics. Wish I had had the pleasure of meeting and collecting with Carmine when I was up there last month. Can't wait to see what's next. New installment is up. It can be found HERE! 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...
Sinopaleus Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 sounds like you guys had fun! i was only 280 miles away from ya guys back then! you guys should have waited for me!!!! nahh, just jokin. great finds!!! love the eldregeops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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