Ludwigia Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I had a bit of time on hand on Sunday; actually the whole day. I felt like getting out, but I didn't particularly feel like doing a lot of hammering, prying and clambering about, so I decided to head out to the fields, since this is the time when the farmers plow up a lot of them. I've discovered a "collection" of fields over a few years of sleuthing around the Geisingen and Blumberg areas, so I figured I'd do the tour again. The only thing which is a little strenuous about this kind of activity is bending over and standing up again. Crisscrossing fields in a grid pattern can get a bit boring too by the end of the day, but the air is fresh, the birds are singing and the cats are on the prowl. I covered 8 fields over a stretch of about 7 hours - they lay quite far apart and I have to drive from one to the next - and 5 of them had a few things worth taking. The thing about field finds is that a lot of the fossils laying there are pretty weathered, so a lot gets left behind, but there are almost always a few thing which could do with a closer look in the workshop. Here's what I took home with me. The ones in the first 2 crates come from a pile of blocks which were stacked at the edge of a field near Geisingen. They had obviously been recently cleared off by the farmer. I whacked open a lot of them, thereby discovering some ammonites within a few, as illustrated in the second photo. The stone is pretty hard, lots to remove, and there's some puzzle work to do, so I'll probably save these until last. I'm not even sure if they'll survive the treatment. I started rummaging through the finds today and decided to begin with the ones at the bottom right, since the matrix is relatively soft and easier to work. I chose the one in 2 pieces where you can see the chambers to begin with. First I removed the matrix from the smaller piece and then glued the two pieces together Then I worked a bit more with the air pen, decided to remove the rest of the matrix surrounding the fossil and had a go at it with the air abrader in order to see what shape the shell was in. So far so good...the rest of the work was done rocking back and forth between pen and abrader. I find it's pretty good for a field find, although I still have a few gaps to fill in with stone meal. I'm also not sure about the species, but I'll figure that out later. I'll post this again once it's finished and also the others as I get them done. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 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...
Shamalama Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I love that red oolite rock! That seems like a lot of work to extract. How many hours did you put into it? -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...
Ludwigia Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 Strange...everything's doubled here...that also happened while I was posting photos. Maybe we should tell @Cris Glad you're enjoying the ride, Tim. Dave, it took me roughly 3 hours. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Hmmmmm, I'm not seeing anything doubled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 I'm not either now. I know I wasn't hallucinating. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Good work on some good finds! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Nice finds. Is incredible that those fossils survived all that activity in the fields over the decades. Its great you have restored their form. I lived two years due west of there ( an hour's drive?) on the Rhine River across from Alsace. In those fields we used to find find a few older artifacts from the wars and earlier times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Way cool finds, again! Looking forward to seeing the finished pieces. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Excellent harvest, Roger! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Very nice. I love ammonites! Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Awesome! Cant wait to see the one with the bumps on it finished. Great job on the prep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 On 28.9.2016 at 0:57 AM, darctooth said: Good work on some good finds! Thanks On 28.9.2016 at 2:15 AM, Canadawest said: Nice finds. Is incredible that those fossils survived all that activity in the fields over the decades. Its great you have restored their form. I lived two years due west of there ( an hour's drive?) on the Rhine River across from Alsace. In those fields we used to find find a few older artifacts from the wars and earlier times. I'm always amazed at how they manage to stay in shape sometimes. So you're familiar with this part of the world? Lovely area, isn't it? On 28.9.2016 at 5:14 AM, ynot said: Way cool finds, again! Looking forward to seeing the finished pieces. Tony On 28.9.2016 at 3:02 PM, PFOOLEY said: Excellent harvest, Roger! On 28.9.2016 at 4:22 PM, Ptychodus04 said: Very nice. I love ammonites! Thanks guys....I'd like to put a smiley in here, but my computor's not allowing me. It's been acting more and more strangely the last few days. I guess I'll have to visit my man soon. On 28.9.2016 at 4:32 PM, JimB88 said: Awesome! Cant wait to see the one with the bumps on it finished. Great job on the prep! Thanks, Jim. The one with the bumps? Do you mean the bivalve at the bottom left? I think that's a Myophorella. That'll be one of the next ones to do. Just needs a bit of abrading. In the meantime I got the one I started finished. I'm not absolutely certain, but I think it's a Homeoplanulites funatus. Diameter 8cm. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Great finds (like always !) Your prepping skills are awesome ! Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Thanks Sebastian....yay! I got a smiley in this time around Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 I got started on another ammonite today. First it had to be glued and then the matrix removed. One side is done, still the other to do. I also got that bumpy bivalve finished. It took a bit longer than I first thought it would since I noticed that it would also be possible to expose the hinge. It's a little weathered, but a Myophorella clavellata in this area is not to be sneezed at. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Ludwigia ' So you're familiar with this part of the world? Lovely area, isn't it?' Yup. In th early 1970's wandered and cycled over the Black Forest and Alsace across the Rhine. Our school was a former WW1 and 2 Military barracks. Old school mate posted this on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Canadawest said: Ludwigia ' So you're familiar with this part of the world? Lovely area, isn't it?' Yup. In th early 1970's wandered and cycled over the Black Forest and Alsace across the Rhine. Our school was a former WW1 and 2 Military barracks. Old school mate posted this on Facebook. Good thing you weren't there when that happened. Where is that exactly? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 I got the other side of the above ammonite finished today, another Homeoplanulites, as well as a Macrocephalites sp. They are both from the same field with the red oolite. The funny thing about these fields is that various horizons get churned around. The Homeoplanulites are upper Bathonian and the Macrocephalites lower Callovian and I found them not twenty feet away from each other. The Macrocephalites is interesting in that it shows the preserved shell on the one side and the calcified internal mold on the other. There is also a tube worm attached to the inner whorls. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Wow. You've brought out the best and restored incredible specimens. The last one is like a work of art...great fossil to bring out and show both outer shell and inner sutures, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 5 hours ago, Canadawest said: Wow. You've brought out the best and restored incredible specimens. The last one is like a work of art...great fossil to bring out and show both outer shell and inner sutures, etc. Thanks, I really do like that Macro. So where did you go to school? Freiburg? Karlsruhe? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 5 hours ago, ynot said: Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 wow..those are nice..love the bivalve especially! Awesome prep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thanks, Jim. I agree, it sure is nice to have another Myophorella in the collection. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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