izak_ Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 This really deserves to be pinned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Excellently put together presentation,Nimravis. Hats off ,kudos,cue the pinning on of the merit badge. Agree with all of the above comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Nice record of the past collecting conditions. Makes me think I should do the same with the collecting sites I have done in the past and currently, as they all do change. Also makes me appreciate all the more my own small collection of Mazon fossils (though not self-collected). Law of Diminishing Returns should always be kept in mind when we find fossils that we think are not that great and are tempted to leave them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 @Foozil and @doushantuo thanks for the nice comments. 6 hours ago, Wrangellian said: Nice record of the past collecting conditions. Makes me think I should do the same with the collecting sites I have done in the past and currently, as they all do change. Also makes me appreciate all the more my own small collection of Mazon fossils (though not self-collected). Law of Diminishing Returns should always be kept in mind when we find fossils that we think are not that great and are tempted to leave them! I agree with you and that is why I like to collect what I find and not leave them behind. I always pass on to individuals who seem to have an interest in fossils or to other FF members. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Yes I drop that hint now and then too but usually it's ignored! Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Excellent post! Here are a few pictures from the I & M Canal Corridor Mazon River Outing yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 10:50 AM, stats said: Excellent post! Here are a few pictures from the I & M Canal Corridor Mazon River Outing yesterday. Nice- how was the collecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 12 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Nice- how was the collecting? Pretty good. The river was low. I came home with about a bucket and a half to place in the freezer over the next few months. Here's a few nice opened ones. Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 11:31 PM, stats said: Pretty good. The river was low. I came home with about a bucket and a half to place in the freezer over the next few months. Here's a few nice opened ones. Cheers, Rich Nice and Good luck with the freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 22 hours ago, Nimravis said: Nice and Good luck with the freezing. Thanks! I'll try to remember to post some pictures. Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinus Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Thanks for bring back some memories. I was lucky enough to have collected the area in the 70's and 80's. I stopped there a few times since but it just wasn't like the "good old days". I actually still have a bucket of concretions from that time period that I need to open. I got interested in another collecting area and haven't pursued my Mazon Creek interest. It was nice to see some of the old pictures and stir some memories. A portion of my small Mazon Creek collection can be viewed on line at http://www.crinus.info/mazon.html Thanks Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Joe @crinus I'm glad that you like the post. I wish I was collecting there in the 70s. I checked out your website, and you have some really beautiful Flora and Fauna, I especially like the "Y". Thanks for adding that link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Cool thread. I also have a bucket of nodules I collected in the 90's. To be freeze-thawed one winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 59 minutes ago, jpc said: Cool thread. I also have a bucket of nodules I collected in the 90's. To be freeze-thawed one winter. My issue is that I have about 90 buckets left- there is not a freezer big enough to handle that. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 4 hours ago, Nimravis said: My issue is that I have about 90 buckets left- there is not a freezer big enough to handle that. LOL. But you live in Illinois... they have winter there, right? Buckets indoors and then buckets outdoors. All winter long. Of course, 90 of them would be a full time job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 7 hours ago, Nimravis said: My issue is that I have about 90 buckets left- there is not a freezer big enough to handle that. LOL. That's a good problem to have! 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinus Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 When I had lots of buckets that is exactly what I did. Indoor / Outdoor Wife would really get upset about the buckets all over the laundry room. Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 10:31 PM, stats said: Pretty good. The river was low. I came home with about a bucket and a half to place in the freezer over the next few months. Here's a few nice opened ones. Cheers, Rich Nice finds! I had a family obligation this year so I couldn't make it to the excursion, but I am hoping I can fit it in next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 On 8/29/2017 at 0:44 PM, Nimravis said: My issue is that I have about 90 buckets left- there is not a freezer big enough to handle that. LOL. Leave them in the backyard and bring them in occasionally. That's what I did last winter. My yard does look a little trashy with all my fossil buckets out there though lol. Love the pictures. I always feel I got into the fossil game too late. You doing the esconi dig next weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 8 hours ago, smt126 said: Leave them in the backyard and bring them in occasionally. That's what I did last winter. My yard does look a little trashy with all my fossil buckets out there though lol. Love the pictures. I always feel I got into the fossil game too late. You doing the esconi dig next weekend? Glad you liked the pics- No, I will not make that trip, I just arrived in San Francisco for a 56 mile backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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