TNGray Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) I know you are probably tired of the Ernst Quarry posts but my three grandkids asked to go for their birthday present, all three have birthdays between 12/29 and 1/1. It was a beautiful day albeit cold for these California natives! Here are a couple of the highlights. My eldest grandson is nicknamed "Old Eagle Eye" for a reason... He found the one on the left. I found the one on the right. C hastalis lower and upper I believe. The lower is truly stunning to hold. I shoveled it into his sieve and he snagged it right away. I tried to claim it but alas, our rule is first to establish possession is the keeper! He found two of the nice ray plates and generously gave me one. I found the puffer plate but didn't know how nice it was until I got it home and washed it. This is our portion of the haul, my wife and I share. This is typical of a day of seiving at the Ernst Quarry. It is a "Pay to Play" site but you get a lot of nice fossils for your investment. The kids get to keep whatever they find no matter how painful it might be for me! Everyone found at least 100+ teeth. My son and three grandkids at Sharktooth Hill, Bakersfield CA. January 3, 2015. Happy New Year! Edited January 5, 2015 by TNGray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoscrawler Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Happy new year indeed makes this okie jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Never assume anyone here is tired of nice photos of fossils from any locality on this forum. It's always especially great to see STH stuff. A lot of my fossil digging life has been spent in those quarries. That's a nice puffer fish specimen - an uncommon find - and a ray tooth plate with four teeth together is quite rare particularly with that more colorful preservation. Nice. The two makos are C. hastalis. I know you are probably tired of the Ernst Quarry posts but my three grandkids asked to go for their birthday present, all three have birthdays between 12/29 and 1/1. It was a beautiful day albeit cold for these California natives! Here are a couple of the highlights. My eldest grandson is nicknamed "Old Eagle Eye" for a reason... He found two of the nice ray plates and generously gave me one. I found the puffer plate but didn't know how nice it was until I got it home and washed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNGray Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Jeez... the auto spell checker needs to be updated with paleo terms! "C hostels" .... LOL!! (now corrected) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Looks like fun! Nice haul and great finds! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Pay to play site sounds a great idea those are a really nice finds. Regards, Darren. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I second that - I never get tired of drooling over the nice fossils found here. I really must go there some day...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Those large Makos are epic! That bone on the top left of the group shot looks interesting.....also some neat looking (marine?) mammal teeth too (5 o'clock from the large bone on the top right corner). There are a couple of interesting small ones with perfect roots and brown crowns. Any chance of some close ups of the bone and mammal teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Nice report. Ive really got to start going out in the field again. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Great finds, I can't get over how many Makos you all find out there. If I find 5 in a day it's a lot! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNGray Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Pic for Doctor Mud. We usually find at least two or three marine mammal teeth. There are many bones which is why they call it the "bone bed" ! (paleo humor) Edited January 6, 2015 by TNGray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) Something seems to have happened to the pictures here. Edit: looks fine now. Maybe I accidentally used Explorer rather than Chrome. I stopped using Explorer since I had so many troubles. Edited January 7, 2015 by Doctor Mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Pic for Doctor Mud. We usually find at least two or three marine mammal teeth. There are many bones which is why they call it the "bone bed" ! (paleo humor) Thanks for the pic. Those little teeth on the bottom right are gorgeous! I wonder if they are pinniped (seal, sea-lion) or cetacen (whales etc.). If I was to guess I'd say pinniped. The bones to the left look like cetacean periotic (earbones) and the top largest bone looks like the distal end of a rib. Bobby (Boesse) would be able to help you out with these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Nice finds! I like the view. -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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