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Jeffrey P Regular Member

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Roger, the more of these exquisite specimens you show prepped, the more I can appreciate the extent of your success. Any one of those beauties would be a worthwhile day for me. Those inner whorls are awesome and so beautifully exposed. Superb prep work as usual Roger. Congratulations and thank you for sharing.

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6 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Roger, the more of these exquisite specimens you show prepped, the more I can appreciate the extent of your success. Any one of those beauties would be a worthwhile day for me. Those inner whorls are awesome and so beautifully exposed. Superb prep work as usual Roger. Congratulations and thank you for sharing.

 

5 hours ago, ynot said:

Yea, what Jeffrey P. said!

 

Thanks and you're welcome. And I'm still not finished with this batch.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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So. Here come the next ones. This time with some before and after photos again. The first one I call an ammonite boat, at least it looks like one with the missing part of the outer whorls. It's a good size with 16cm. diameter. First the before.

 

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Homeoplanulites sp.

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The next one, a Macrocephalites, could have been a boat too, but it wasn't all that well preserved. However, there's an object perched on it which I can't classify. It could be a crinoid holdfast, but I've never seen any signs of crinoids at this site, which is why I've just sent off a search query to someone who might know.

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The last one for today is another Homeoplanulites sp.

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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Roger, you really are an artist!!!  To be able to uncover such beautiful specimens from chunks of rock must take amazing skill - well done and thanks for sharing!

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2 hours ago, Monica said:

Roger, you really are an artist!!!  To be able to uncover such beautiful specimens from chunks of rock must take amazing skill - well done and thanks for sharing!

 

:blush:Aw shucks. It certainly does help to have the right tools at any rate.

 

I just heard back from my befriended paleontologist, who confirmed that the mystery object is indeed a Millericrinus sp. crinoid holdfast. He has also never seen anything like it in the entire formation, let alone the zone. Looks like I've found another rarity :megdance:

 

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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11 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

 

:blush:Aw shucks. It certainly does help to have the right tools at any rate.

 

I just heard back from my befriended paleontologist, who just confirmed that the mystery object is indeed a Millericrinus sp. crinoid holdfast. He has also never seen anything like it in the entire formation, let alone the zone. Looks like I've found another rarity :megdance:

 

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Oh. My. Goodness. Wow!!! Wow!!!! That is just the coolest specimen, Roger!! Congratulations on the rarity, but you had me at the pic!!! Ammonite and crinoid holdfast...! We need more emojis for times like this! :faint:

 

Leah

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6 minutes ago, jewelonly said:

 

Oh. My. Goodness. Wow!!! Wow!!!! That is just the coolest specimen, Roger!! Congratulations on the rarity, but you had me at the pic!!! Ammonite and crinoid holdfast...! We need more emojis for times like this! :faint:

 

Leah

 

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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Well, I finally got the rest of them done today and finished off some little jewels. I often have fun with these little guys by uncovering the septal walls with the abrader. The first 3 I left on matrix pedestals. They range in diameter from 3.5 - 4,5cm. The largest of the smaller ones in the last photos measures 3.5cm. 8a.thumb.jpg.84dc00bd78f0f7940e8fb5fd3aba2aad.jpg

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I'm off to the Wutach again tomorrow, so please wish me luck. :fingerscrossed:

 

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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I don't know, it looks like You have to much luck already!:P

 

Very nice finish to a great day's collecting there!:envy:

 

Tony

 

PS Was just kidding--- GOOD LUCK!!!:thumbsu:

Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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I wish you lots of luck on your next fossil-collecting adventure - looking forward to seeing what you find... :popcorn:

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3 hours ago, PFOOLEY said:

Good luck!

 

3 hours ago, jewelonly said:

Best wishes on the collecting trip tomorrow! :) 

 

51 minutes ago, ynot said:

I don't know, it looks like You have to much luck already!:P

 

Very nice finish to a great day's collecting there!:envy:

 

Tony

 

PS Was just kidding--- GOOD LUCK!!!:thumbsu:

 

17 minutes ago, Monica said:

I wish you lots of luck on your next fossil-collecting adventure - looking forward to seeing what you find... :popcorn:

 

:D Thanks everyone! With so many good wishes I can only hope for success.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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27 minutes ago, PFOOLEY said:

Take camera.

 

:) Thanks for the reminder. Believe it or not, I actually thought of it myself and put it on my "take with me" pile already.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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On 7/14/2017 at 3:42 PM, Ludwigia said:

 

As a matter of fact I have, since we traded a few years back.  2 of them. I used air pen and abrader.

 

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Behold!  Sort of an anti-climactic inner whorl, but the wax treatment looks awesome! Thanks! 

 

-Happy Hunting!

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Wow! grats on the rare crinoid holdfast! The ammos look awesome! And good luck collecting!

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4 hours ago, Pilobolus said:

Behold!  Sort of an anti-climactic inner whorl, but the wax treatment looks awesome! Thanks! 

 

-Happy Hunting!

 

You're welcome and thanks.

 

2 hours ago, JimB88 said:

Wow! grats on the rare crinoid holdfast! The ammos look awesome! And good luck collecting!

 

Thanks Jim. I just got back. Made some good finds again and even remembered to take my camera this time. I'll start a new thread with a report on the day later on.

 

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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3 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

I'll start a new thread with a report on the day later on.

 

 

:yay-smiley-1: :popcorn:

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6 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

even remembered to take my camera this time.

HOORAY!!!

 

6 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

'll start a new thread with a report on the day later on.

 

:popcorn::popcorn:

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.

 

 

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