silverphoenix Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Went out petrified wood hunting and out to Whiskey Bridge with MikeD this weekend and had a great trip! A little much excitement for one day, but I brought back some nice finds though. I'll show the Whiskey Bridge trip first--I found some very nice teeth and a fish jaw as well. I also came across a water moccasin that I thought was dead, but when I went to pick it up with my pick axe, it bolted for the water and startled me pretty badly...new lesson: ALWAYS treat a snake as though it is alive, no matter how dead it looks!!!!! These are all from a new lens I found as opposed to the older one. Here's the better petrified wood pieces I found, including a complete petrified wood round (not for sure what it's from--it's sort of squared) The rain had raised the water levels considerably, but there was still nice stuff out there. It'll be interesting to see what happens when the rain stops and the water goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Nice finds! I especially like the gastropod selection. The square piece of wood looks like an old fence post which gives it some mystique. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Haha it is square, nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-Man Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Cool stuff - but it's time to find a nice nautiloid at WB! O What is geology? "Rocks for Jocks!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Im with shamalama. I like the gastros. Can I ask what age this stuff is? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Im with shamalama. I like the gastros. Can I ask what age this stuff is?RB Middle Eocene, ~35 mya, Stone City member of the Crockett Formation. See HERE for more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 +/- 35 MYBP is very late Eocene. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Nice finds, love the shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 +/- 35 MYBP is very late Eocene. Oops. Thanks for the correction. Anyway, the fossils are supposed to be Middle Eocene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 A few pics to add from the trip. It seems a few was all I took. Spent too much time hunting. Whiskey Bridge. Recent rains washed down a lot of new dirt and laid a lot of fossils on the surface. silverphoenix is in the background. The river was up a few feet. Also a big dead snake that SP brought back to life (didn't know it was in the picture at the time) . It is a least 5 ft. long. Apparently, if you are a snake, guts hanging out of your mouth (or maybe your partially digested dinner) doesn't mean you are dead. If you look carefully in the center of the pic, you can see the root of a shark tooth in the matrix along with shells and shell fragments. A little dental work and a nice, big tooth extracted by silverphoenix. At another area we collected, a fossil collecting mama bird and eggs. The rectangular rocks are petrified wood. The ripe blackberries were good, too. Excavating a big hunk of petrified wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Nice! The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 great finds and nice pics, looks like you guys had a good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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