2 Times My Favourite Hunting Spot .. Cap Blanc Nez

[Fitch1979]

Hey all,

After a horrible busy year @ work .. I finally got the chance to go for a few quick trips. For me this means the awesome beach of Cap Blanc Nez, France. Not too much wind, a lot of ppl that searched during summer .. I wasn't expecting much, it was as important to be out oce more then to collect .. I'm sure you know that feeling :-)

It's about a 50min drive from my place .. so I mostly go for a morning or more rarely some afternoon. Depending on the tide and, oh yes, my work.

This is from 2 times 3-4hours searching. I have to say, the second trip, there was at least 200 people looking for fossils. It's a popular place for excursions from schools and universities. As was that day ..

Nevertheless, it helps if you know what you are looking for (this being one of fossil' hunters most important keep-in-minds).

These just came out of paper last days.. I hope I'll get to show you the preps of these ..we'll see...

There are

Ammonites

Belemites

Fish vertebrea

Hamites sp.

Turitella sp.

Shark tooth

Inoceramus sp.(and others)

petrified wood (partially pyritised)

..

Edit: Finds are Albian and Cenoman of age (middle-Cretaceous)

Edited October 4, 2012 by Fitch1979

[Fitch1979]

some more

[Trevor]

Awesome finds!

[dragonsfly]

Niceness !

[Vordigern]

great finds! love the Ammonites

[Fitch1979]

some glueing before prepping... that shiny ammonite looks horrible to do: just clay and a pearl-layer and remains of pyrit:(

going to post some updates on the preps later on as well...

[nala]

Nice finds!the turrilites is very difficult to find like this one,most of the time they are broken or deformed

[sward]

Nice finds! I'm glad you were able to get back out, rejuvinating for the soul. It's painful when you're unable to get out, isn't it? I've been in the same situation lately.

The first pic looks like 2 associated shark teeth. I've never seen that before, always just single teeth. Very interesting!

The turrilite looks really nice. It looks like it may have 4, maybe 5, whorls. The most I've ever found is 3 whorls.

I look forward to seeing some of these prepped further. Keep us posted.

[Fitch1979]

@nala, I got some nice one I found a while ago (still needs to be prepped), it has like 6-7 whorls and is eh .. an estwing hammer long. Nice site you went to around Amiens. you often find shark tooth there?

@sward, it's only 1 tooth with the little tooth being a side-tip from the bigger tip, still in matrix. And yes ehehe ..feels good outside

[Fitch1979]

@ nala

[nala]

@ nala

Wow!! Museum piece!

I went to my closer quarry when i have the time to find small shark Tooth when it's possible

[Boneman007]

Gorgeous finds! Congratulations!

[Fitch1979]

:-)) I don't know if you've seen it, but I didn't chop of the right bottom part because there is another turi hidden there

[Fitch1979]

there is a little jawpiece there, a etyus crab, some lobster parts and further on other pics the two teeth I prepped out roughly allready (one slim one with many striata) and a fishtooth from yesterday and a turiletes just glued

[Fitch1979]

and the prepping goes on ) unprepped the center of the left ammonite is a gastropod .. funny eh