First trip of the season was to "Red Hill" 5/13 with DVPS

[fossilcrazy]

The Delaware Valley Paleontological Society field trip on Saturday May 13th looked like it was going to be washed out. The weather turned remarkably well. Temps and Humidity were great for pulling down a shale wall. More than 3/4 of the day was trying to start big blocks moving. Much chiseling and prying allowed a tall column to come tumbling down (my foot still hurts). The first picture shows the prying and the layer of Devonian Archaeopteris plants I've been tracing for 3 seasons. The second pictures shows what rolled out. The layer was true to form revealing a beautiful Archaeopteris macilenta frond. This would be my first near whole specimen of this species for me. That is my happy face after some several hours of hard labor. I have a lot of trimming to do and cleaning it up for pictures to submit for IPFOM. Nice start for the 2017 collecting year.

[Fossildude19]

WOW! 

Amazing specimen, John! 
 

Thanks for posting this - can't wait to see it cleaned up. 

Regards,

 

[FossilDudeCO]

Thanks for the pictures and the report! GREAT find!

[fossilized6s]

Congratulations on the beautiful find. 

[ynot]

Definitely ipfotm worthy.