Darktooth Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Today I had the pleasure of meeting up with @Dsailor at The Cole Hill Dipleura site in Sangerfield. After getting blasted with snow earlier in the week, I wasn't sure if we would have favorable conditions to hunt but decided to give it a shot. We were greeted at the site with aleast a couple feet of snow in the pulloff and about a foot or so up on the cliff. We both decided we didn't drive all this way for nothing. I brought my trusty snow shovel and he he'd a small shovel, so after trudging up th side of the cliff wecleared a spot for us to start working. It really didn't take to long to clear a decent spot. Also it did not take long before we started spotting stuff. I was surprised at the amount of stuff Dom was finding. He found quite a few cephalons and pygidium s from Dipleuras and even some Greenops which are more rare from this site. He also was finding a lot of cephalopods amongst other goodies. I seemed to find a lot of gastropods this trip. Then our hearts started beating when he uncovered the body of a Dipleura. We thought for sure it was whole. After a while of trying to carefully remove the surrounding matrix he was able to extract the body with pygidium intact but the cephalon was missing. Still a great find. I was very excited for him and glad he was able to leave with some good stuff. My collecting was kind of meager but I had good company and the sun came out which made the day a blessing. I hope Dom will share his own input into todays hunt when he gets a chance. Here are some pics. 1- This is how we we greeted. 2- After we had dug for awhile. 3- Gastropods 4-5-6- Dipleura pygidiums I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Next pic is a Dipleura cephalon on the opposite side of the pygidium specimen from pic 6 in previous post. The rest of the pics are unkowns to me. Please feel free to Id them if you know what they are. Also feel free to berate me for not knowing these fossils that I have collected for so many years! I guess I have been kinda of lazy when it comes to identifying my finds. Actually there is a lot of items I did identify in the past and simply did not retain the info. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsailor Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Had a great time meeting Dave today and he was awesome in showing me the site and where to look for productive areas. His knowledge of the site and how to extract fossils from it is really excellent. I just got home from another obligation and only have time to post a few pics. The snow was deep but once we got to the right spot we worked together to clear it off and had a really productive hunt in a very small area due to Dave's knowledge. What struck me the most about the site was the quality of preservation. I found a trilobite eye and was able to see the compound lens. That is pretty freaking cool. We found cephalapods, brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, and trilobite parts. Everything but the brachs I have never found before so a great trip altogether. and here is a small sample of what I found and a big thanks to Dave. the second photo is a small trilobite part but gives a good idea of the quality of preservation (the tiny bumps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsailor Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 gastropod and partial greenops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsailor Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 These guys were a big hit for me. I think they are so cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsailor Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 If you look close on the first photo, you will see the compound eye, I was talking about. The second is another Greenops butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 WOW! Love those mollusks, especially the gastropods and that bivalve. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Great finds! Y'all that have to brace the snow are truly devoted. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nice finds! 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...
Pagurus Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I'm happy you guys were rewarded for your lunacy determination. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite6769 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I drove by there Saturday, but I didn't have a shovel and it was snowing very hard when I got there. Congrats guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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