ischua Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Cold weather has taken vacation here and Fall is stretching well into snow season. @DevonianDigger and I put new tools to the test and Penn Dixie delivered as usual. I think we moved about a ton of rock The Pile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Two rollers and a prone to work out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 I have been looking for these two all year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I can barely move, lol. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 The Pit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, DevonianDigger said: I can barely move, lol. I feel for you. Working that layer is back breaking. Nice twins, Ischua! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Congratulations. Nice haul, especially that double. Yeah, looks like you worked your butts off. Would love to see the final prepped versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Nice late season haul!! As has been said-- like the multis! 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...
Fossildude19 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Looks like you got yourselves lots of prep material for the winter. Nice report and finds. Regards, 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...
Kane Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 You both moved a lot of rock, and it seems you were well rewarded for the effort. Certainly some great stuff to play with to keep cabin fever at bay over the winter. Good report and finds! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 I slept like a log last night and my hands are stiff but I'm real happy with our haul. We ended up leaving a lot of stuff because we couldn't carry anymore even with the wagon. The day started out slow with with not much coming out of the rock. We then moved to the pit and the fossil gods smiled on us. We found most of everything Penn Dixie has to offer and reached a point we needed to cull what we had. I know we left some nice pieces behind. As we were packing up to go we had to take a deep breath and not look at the ground because we kept grabbing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 I did a rough prep to get an idea of what the pair looks like. They are both a little flat and one has a missing pygidium cephalon the very tip of both cephalons are crushed. There is a cephalon of a third poking out that I'm not sure I will do anything with. At this point all I have is baking soda which wont put a dent in this matrix but other stuff is on the way. This gives me time to do a good clean and add a little depth in spots. There is a spot under my thumb that needs a closer look but could be horn coral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 On 11/3/2016 at 7:36 PM, ischua said: I did a rough prep to get an idea of what the pair looks like. They are both a little flat and one has a missing pygidium cephalon the very tip of both cephalons are crushed. There is a cephalon of a third poking out that I'm not sure I will do anything with. At this point all I have is baking soda which wont put a dent in this matrix but other stuff is on the way. This gives me time to do a good clean and add a little depth in spots. There is a spot under my thumb that needs a closer look but could be horn coral. Don't know how I missed this one, but it came out really well. Nice job on those. Regards, 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...
ischua Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks for the kind words. I'm really hating this matrix lol. I have messed on and off with the HF air abrader and cant get it to do much. I have raised enough funds for a MicronBlaster but still cant get myself to hit the buy button. I have hit overload and I'm sort of frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinodigger Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 On 11/3/2016 at 6:36 PM, ischua said: I did a rough prep to get an idea of what the pair looks like. They are both a little flat and one has a missing pygidium cephalon the very tip of both cephalons are crushed. There is a cephalon of a third poking out that I'm not sure I will do anything with. At this point all I have is baking soda which wont put a dent in this matrix but other stuff is on the way. This gives me time to do a good clean and add a little depth in spots. There is a spot under my thumb that needs a closer look but could be horn coral. BEAUTIFUL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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