Blasdell/Hamburg NY

[Fossil-Hound]

@DevonianDigger found this beauty before @Kane could get to it! @Kaneworked hard to dig this slab out but @DevonianDigger cracked the slab open before he could! Hence the new phrase (after his name) is: You've been Jayed!  @DevonianDigger didn't even know it was from his pile. What a find!

 

 

[Trevor]

Excellent bug!

[Darktooth]

Very nice trilo! Poor Kane, he must be 

[Kane]

Meh, didn't work hard -I yank out slabs with ease 

was a great find. We all came away with a lot of great trilos 

[Darktooth]

Where are pics of all the other finds! @Kane @DevonianDigger @jsnrice

[Fossil-Hound]

@Kane you should change your name to human wrecking ball.  @Darktooth we're just getting started. Will post next week when I get home around Wednesday.  You should see some of the things the other guys found. We all had a pretty good day.

[Kane]

10 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Where are pics of all the other finds! @Kane @DevonianDigger @jsnrice

Getting there! Still have a few days worth of collecting to do, and the the drive home, and cleaning up a whole rubbermaid container of goodies 

 

Collective trip report and pictures to come once everyone is settled back home.

[Peat Burns]

38 minutes ago, Kane said:

Getting there! Still have a few days worth of collecting to do, and the the drive home, and cleaning up a whole rubbermaid container of goodies 

 

Collective trip report and pictures to come once everyone is settled back home.

[Darktooth]

Didn't realize you guys are still there collecting. Well good luck finding more goodies. Looking forward to seeing everything!

[Kane]

We got a morning in before the rain. And this little fellow should clean up nice. We'll be back at it tomorrow.

[Fossil-Hound]

@Kane with all your rough rock obliteration I am surprised this one came out intact!

[Kane]

@jsnrice lol... At this point, I just wave the sledge menacingly and the rock gives up its goodies 

[Fossil-Hound]

Three is company. Two gorgeous Eldredgeops rollers and below them on the left is a semi-prone. These were found just before it started to rain. Can not wait to prep the trilobite still in the shale.

[Malcolmt]

Looks like you are having a good one

[DevonianDigger]

Here, since I'm the bad guy, I'll post some of my ill gotten gains!

 

First up is a Spyroceras sp. a little over 6" long. Thanks to @jsnrice for helping to carefully extract this bad boy. He snagged the equally awesome reverse as payment.

 

 

 

A double Eldredgeops rana from day 1:

 

 

After round 1 of prep:

 

 

After a little more prep work:

 

 

And, with a little water:

 

 

More to come!

[Fossil-Hound]

@DevonianDigger yes that Spyroceras sp. was a beauty but my gosh man look at the double prone. Amazing prep job. Can't wait to see what this slab looks like once you've finished polishing it up. It already looks stunning. Also looking forward to seeing the before and after prepping of your mega-prone. In fishing terminology we would call that one a "whopper."  

[DevonianDigger]

A better series of pics of the double:

 

[Umbro]

Hey guys nice finds! My brother and I are planning to come up to the penn dixie area this week. Leaving thursday morning and camping out then finding our way over that area. I saw the place opens this saturday to the public. Do you guys  live near by? 

[Max-fossils]

Very nice trilos! 

[Fossil-Hound]

11 hours ago, Umbro said:

Hey guys nice finds! My brother and I are planning to come up to the penn dixie area this week. Leaving thursday morning and camping out then finding our way over that area. I saw the place opens this saturday to the public. Do you guys  live near by? 

 

@Umbro if you are a member then you can just go in whenever but make sure you send Phil or Jay an email. Membership is $25. The site officially opens to the public this Saturday for Earth Day where visitors are encouraged to clean up the park and dig for fossils. There will be food trucks nearby so bring a few dollars for lunch. Also bring plenty of water and sunscreen for Saturday. I would not recommend Thursday or Friday as the weather will be wet and gloomy. You don't want to be out there during a rainstorm because the metal tools you have will attract lightning and you're in an open field.

[DevonianDigger]

On 4/17/2017 at 10:57 AM, Umbro said:

Hey guys nice finds! My brother and I are planning to come up to the penn dixie area this week. Leaving thursday morning and camping out then finding our way over that area. I saw the place opens this saturday to the public. Do you guys  live near by? 

 

Sorry for such a late response, I took a day to recover after the weekend!

 

I will be working at the site on Saturday for the public opening, so if you come out just ask for me at the main pavilion when you get there and I will meet up with you! Always awesome to meet TFF members in person!

[Umbro]

Thanks guys! Yeah We decided we'll come up tomorrow and stay over night in a forest camping, then make our way to the sight on saturday. 

[Kane]

@Umbro Have fun! The weather should be good for collecting. Just make sure you do not leave any fossils unattended for risk of them getting "Jay'd" 

[Umbro]

Haha I'll keep my eyes active and scanning for him. 

[Fossil-Hound]

35 minutes ago, Kane said:

@Umbro Have fun! The weather should be good for collecting. Just make sure you do not leave any fossils unattended for risk of them getting "Jay'd" 

 

Bawhaha! More like don't leave any slabs unattended! I got Jay'd by the great @DevonianDigger a few days ago. He asks, "Hey man would you like some help with that slab." I reply, "Sure!" 10 minutes later he pulls out this massive twisted E. rana. I swear he has a trilobite detector in his pocket and he knows exactly where they are. In all fairness we did work together to get that bench out, but that Jay is a crafty one.