Ramo Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I lke this picture of some chalk in Western Kansas. Don't know why it's like this, but it looks cool. 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...
rejd Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Here is one from the ###### Ranch... White River Fm in eastern Wyoming. The ranch just got sold last year, so I have to work to regain access with the new owners. And one of the owners just died... I post this in memory of Phillip. edi: Hmmm the name got ixnayed... not a worry and not a surprise. Any one who has drive hwy 85 north of Lusk, WY might know the name. What is that eroding out in the front of the picture? A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingdigits Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I must post this again... Cutacre Opencast ...Area G... I always walked down here with great anticipation...Thinking more Arthropleura please!... And often greeted with sigjhts like this... a standing Sigillaria tree.... I must post this again... Cutacre Opencast ...Area G... I always walked down here with great anticipation...Thinking more Arthropleura please!... And often greeted with sigjhts like this... a standing Sigillaria tree.... That's really amazing! Posted before, but here's one of the Blue Hill Shale. I mostly have panoramic and not sure if they will work here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbh Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Southeast Georgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmerlin Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 What nice pictures, very picturesque, fantastic scenery to go collecting in. Hard to beat as you say. Well, it is not bad, not anything like the US. Farmland you are not allowed on to go metal detecting or walking unless you ask for permission, this is just done by sending a letter or talking on the phone and the chances are you will be allowed. Quarries you have to watch out for, but luckily there are documents with long lists of most quarries in the UK, with information on if they are open to the public, SSSIs or not and who you can contact if permission is needed. Many disused quarries you are allowed in without needing to ask for permission, for example the one I posted at the top in Bedford, but if you are not allowed then it will be fenced off and sign posted. The one above has small wooden gates welcoming walkers in etc being an area containing many endangered species. These few are from up mount Snowdon in Wales - I should really get around to posting my collecting trip here sometime. Regards, Nice photos you have caught the view nicely , this is one of my local stomping grounds "A man who stares at a rock must have a lot on his mind... or nothing at all' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmerlin Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Heres one of the beaches I find marine fossils corals etc theres a strand of rocks and pebbles just below the dunes in the foreground this is Talacre beach near to Prestatyn on the coast of NE Wales theres another good beach called Berkley beach that also has nice limestoe corals , brachs etc this is nearer to Prestatyn "A man who stares at a rock must have a lot on his mind... or nothing at all' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Beautiful pictures everyone; the landscapes where we collect vary dramatically. This is in Norfolk - got a bt distracting when the beach was covered with seals though, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 And at the Jurassic Oxford Clay of Yaxley - Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I'll add a few pics from "my" ordovician quarry -Verulam formation with a few feet of Bobcaygeon fm. at the bottom. Since these were taken, the rock wall on the bottom level has been blasted all the way back as far as it will go. Future expansion involves blasting away the upper levels again There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 and a few more There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Near Arkona ON Canada: Mid Devonian (Hamilton Group) along Ausable River: Imaged in IR band.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Heres one of the beaches I find marine fossils corals etc theres a strand of rocks and pebbles just below the dunes in the foreground this is Talacre beach near to Prestatyn on the coast of NE Wales theres another good beach called Berkley beach that also has nice limestoe corals , brachs etc this is nearer to Prestatyn This looks like it would make a nice photo to put in a large frame. Nice. daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Near Arkona ON Canada: Mid Devonian (Hamilton Group) along Ausable River: Imaged in IR band.... OMG, this picture is incredible. I've never seen something like this before. Imaged in IR band? I guess you use some sort of filter? daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenzton Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hello Thomas. unfortunately here in my area of germany are no one naturally rockspots. only in quarrys or sites i can hunt for fossils. Greets Karl I want to die sleeping like my grandfather, not screaming like his passenger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hello Thomas. unfortunately here in my area of germany are no one naturally rockspots. only in quarrys or sites i can hunt for fossils. Greets Karl Very interesting pictures Karl. The small tractor in the last pic looks like it is trapped down in the hole Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Yeah - How do you get down in there to collect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 OMG, this picture is incredible. I've never seen something like this before. Imaged in IR band? I guess you use some sort of filter? daryl. The Camera is a Canon 3000 that has been modified by others to image in the infrared range ... the camera has 680nm filter. I then post process the image to reverse red and blue colour channels and voila.... surreal pictures. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Few more Arkona shots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Kettle Point Late Devonian: Plant in IR: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hi Peter, The plant is teasel, I know that much! Does the IR method bring out any detail or info that you can't get with normal light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenzton Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Very interesting pictures Karl. The small tractor in the last pic looks like it is trapped down in the hole Daryl. Yes you are right, there was no way out. If it was ready, the worker hang it on a crane and lift it out. Yeah - How do you get down in there to collect? I go down over a ladder, and to lift off the fossils, i use the shovel of the excavator. The layer of this site are the labiatus-marl from the lower turonian. Karl Edited December 10, 2012 by Grenzton I want to die sleeping like my grandfather, not screaming like his passenger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hi Peter, The plant is teasel, I know that much! Does the IR method bring out any detail or info that you can't get with normal light? Imaging in IR because one is only selecting a narrow bandwidth of light... images has less colour appear sharper.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a well known Blastoid site in Illinois. Old Vogel school house bridge. A productive pocket for Mississippian Pentremites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a well known area for Eocene plants and animals. A remote area near Bonanza, UT and White River. Shale of the Green River Fm. Parachute Mbr. A long list of beautifully preserved fossils are found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a not so well known area for Rare Lower Cambrian Trilobites. The Chief Range near Panaca, NV deep in BLM land A multi-person excavation with good results for Olenellus chiefensis from the Combined metals layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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