Rockin' Ric Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hello ya'll! I'm amazed at the variety of fossils that can be found in my state. For a long period of time, I was locked into finding mostly flora specimens from the Carboniferous period and didn't realized there were more than just plants waiting to be found. Of course I've recently been adding resting traces to my collection. Last week I joined several of my friends for a fossil hunt in the northern part of our state. The goal was to find Crinoids in Bangor Limestone from the Carboniferous, Lower Mississippian. I have one Crinoid in my collection that I happen to stumble upon it while looking for Carboniferous flora fossils. Being a noob for this kind of fossil hunt I couldn't believe all the marine fossil hash plates littering the ground, I wanted to pick up every single one and put in my bucket not realizing I had two buckets to fill and it was a long walk back to the truck! We didn't just find Crinoids, some of the other fossils were of Archimedes/Fenestella, Crinoid stem pieces, Horn Coral, Burrows/Conostichus, Blastoids, Brachiopods and others. The hunt was a blast, now I have new additions to my collection and some to give away. Crinoid and Brachiopod Crinoid with surrounding Fenestella Crinoid Stem with splayed flowerette Splayed Crinoid flowerette with stems Archimedes with attached Fenestella? Archimedes/Crinoid stem hash plate Blastoid with surrounding Fenestella 1 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...
Scylla Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Two buckets of that would be a great day! Thanks for showing us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Nice finds Ric, start some plans now to add another room to your house for more display/storage! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoscrawler Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I love the feeling of going somewhere new and finding new fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Those are all very cool, especially the blastoid and the crinoid head. Big congrats. Looks like a spectacular place to collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Rick, The Archimedes bryozoans are actually composed of those fenestrate type pieces, (the spiral shapes extending out with the lacey bits) so, they are one and the same. Nice finds! Regards, Edited January 4, 2015 by Fossildude19 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...
Cluros Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Have you hooked up with the Alabama Paleontological Society? I went down to Bama a few years ago and contacted their President at the time and his group took me out collecting with them. They do a number of trips throughout the State and they are a great group of people. I provided a link below. http://www.alabamapaleo.org/Alabama_Paleontological_Society.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluros Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I would suggest that you learn as much as you can about your State. I live in a State considered by many to be free of fossils but have a great time collecting here because I am constantly reading old State geology reports and GSA reports. I then go out and try to find the old locations and look for new ones by using bedrock maps. It's a lot of reading but I'm not a skier and I need something to fill those long, cold, winter nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Ric Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 I would suggest that you learn as much as you can about your State. I live in a State considered by many to be free of fossils but have a great time collecting here because I am constantly reading old State geology reports and GSA reports. I then go out and try to find the old locations and look for new ones by using bedrock maps. It's a lot of reading but I'm not a skier and I need something to fill those long, cold, winter nights. Thanks Cluros, I am a member of APS. This fossil hunting trip was with several members of the group. Had a blast! Still learning and finding new fossils each time I venture out. 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...
JimB88 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 those are nice..they should prep up nicely with an air abrader! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Ric Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Thanks guys for the kind comments! Look forward to more hunting and collecting! 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...
FossilDAWG Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 ... but I'm not a skier and I need something to fill those long, cold, winter nights. Ice fishing? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Great finds Ric!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On 1/12/2015 at 11:32 AM, Rockin' Ric said: I am a member of APS. This fossil hunting trip was with several members of the group. I would love to go fossil hunting at this site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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