bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I set out this morning not sure what I might find, with just a route to drive, that I picked out the night before. I stopped at a road cut, because I thought I saw something in the hill side. But as soon as I walked to the back of my truck, a state trooper pulled up behind me. I waved {hello like} and walked to the side of his truck as he rolled down the window. He said "need any help?" I said "nope just doing some rock hunting" as I held up my hammer. He said "ohhh how fun, what are you looking for?" I said" plant fossils or anything cool". He got excited about the fossil thing, as we kept talking I thought he was going to get out and join me, LOL... anyway as soon as he drove away, I found a fossil and new fossil bed. Here was my first find... and the fossil bed.... Note, the dike runing through the middle. Oddly the leaf fossils came from the right side, and none from the left side. left side up close.... note, some carbo wood Most leaf fossils I've seen or found, are fairly two dimensional, with exception to some laid down in some wave action. In the next post you'll see why I called this 3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 This leaf roles around at 180 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) I almost forgot, this is southwest Oregon, Oligocene, little butte volcanic series. They almost look like someone, went out to the yard and picked up an old curled leaf an stuck it in a rock. Edited February 12, 2012 by bdevey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 I found this nice fossil wood in the mix.... and I'm likeing this one alot, but a little lost with it.... I have a little more to add tomarrow......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) very pretty site to collect Bob, and a nice haul.That broken stemmed plant is too nice and as you say, if those leaves were any crisper, I'd have alot of trouble believing they were fossil, nice trip! Edited February 12, 2012 by xonenine "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...
Wrangellian Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Nice sampling.. Scott (piranha) will know something about these. The '3D' ones must have been the result of turbulence and/or rapid burial. I have a few like this from my local Cretaceous sandstone (darker than your matrix but apparently similar grain size), the rock frustratingly doesn't split as cleanly as the flat stuff. Is this a new site that no one knows about except yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I like this sort of happening Like all mine and i might tell just one other person maybe but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Nice stuff, and it looks like you ran into a good cop. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 very pretty site to collect Bob, and a nice haul.That broken stemmed plant is too nice and as you say, if those leaves were any crisper, I'd have alot of trouble believing they were fossil, nice trip! Thanks Carmine, Here is another pic,...I was hopeing for grass at first, but looks like sequoia or metasequoia? {Carmine note the back ground, anything look familiar? thanks agian, I just bought a new camera, will post some photos soon.} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Nice sampling.. Scott (piranha) will know something about these. The '3D' ones must have been the result of turbulence and/or rapid burial. I have a few like this from my local Cretaceous sandstone (darker than your matrix but apparently similar grain size), the rock frustratingly doesn't split as cleanly as the flat stuff. Is this a new site that no one knows about except yourself? Hi Eric, I agree and agree, but there was no spliting, it would just fall apart when I picked it up, exposing the plants. And sadly fell apart more than wanted,, many times. I have never heard of the site, but it's a road cut, along a hwy, so I'm sure someone has explored it before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) Hi Eric, I agree and agree, but there was no spliting, it would just fall apart when I picked it up, exposing the plants. And sadly fell apart more than wanted,, many times. I have never heard of the site, but it's a road cut, along a hwy, so I'm sure someone has explored it before? I've had that problem, my local shale doesnt quit falling apart as soon as you touch it.. Very frustrating. Could be known by others then I guess, if it's a roadcut, but obviously (and luckily) it's not overcollected. Last summer I found out my local roadcuts are being scavenged by others when I found the imprint of an ammonite with chisel marks around it..... &^%$# I don't think that's a (meta)sequoia, the 'needles' look too long unless I'm misinterpreting the scale (are they the same as the needles in your metasequoia in pic#1?), but I cant say what it would be otherwise. Would be cool to have grass fossils, that would be a first for me! Keep looking and let us know.. Edited February 12, 2012 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 I like this sort of happening Like all mine and i might tell just one other person maybe but This site i'm keeping to myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) Nice stuff, and it looks like you ran into a good cop. Well done. He was a good guy,.... Im sure he was racking his brain about the laws. Its always good to know more about the rules than them. lol Edited February 12, 2012 by bdevey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 I've had that problem, my local shale doesnt quit falling apart as soon as you touch it.. Very frustrating. Could be known by others then I guess, if it's a roadcut, but obviously (and luckily) it's not overcollected. Last summer I found out my local roadcuts are being scavenged by others when I found the imprint of an ammonite with chisel marks around it..... &^%$# I don't think that's a (meta)sequoia, the 'needles' look too long unless I'm misinterpreting the scale (are they the same as the needles in your metasequoia in pic#1?), but I cant say what it would be otherwise. Would be cool to have grass fossils, that would be a first for me! Keep looking and let us know.. Sorry everyone about no size reference... Here are some more pics....The longest one in this pic is 1 3/4 in the longest in this one is 1 inch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman56 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Cool finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 They are beautiful! So well preserved they could have fallen off the tree last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Those leaves are fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Awesome finds! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeman Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Very nice find, I'd keep it too myself as well! Troy Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Great finds, Bob! The small one in the center of the pic in Post #9 looks like some kind of conifer? Very cool. Thanks for posting them! 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...
vertman Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Nice fossils! I especially enjoyed the site pictures. I really like seeing the places where others are able to find fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Sorry I'm late to the thread Bob... absolutely fantastic fossils... Congrats! :Bananasaur: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeman Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Now that is too cool! I love the detail. Troy Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Thanks everyone, for your commments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) Don't mind if I crop and enhance a bit; trying to get a good look at the middle one - but still not sure what I'm looking at... Edited February 13, 2012 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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