Nimravis Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Today I figured that I would crack open a couple dozen concretions to see if there was anything of interest. Hitting them with a hammer is not the preferred practice, but I have so many that I could never freeze / thaw them in 2 lifetimes. The concretions that I opened today were collected from Pit 4, mostly flora and fresh water fauna are found at that location. Today I found the run of the mill ferns, leaves and a couple very pretty pieces of bark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Looks nice. 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...
Nimravis Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, ynot said: Looks nice. Thanks Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Those are some nice fossils! If you don't mind me asking, about how long does the freeze/thaw method take per batch? Hope to collect there someday. “...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...
Peat Burns Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Nice ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: Those are some nice fossils! If you don't mind me asking, about how long does the freeze/thaw method take per batch? Hope to collect there someday. There is no magic number- i have freeze / thawed some that popped after one cycle and some that have not opened even after 50 attempts. That is the reason that I do both methods (freeze / thaw and whacking with a hammer). 2 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: Nice ones! Thanks-I only like the last two pieces of bark that I opened, I always have a love for nice pieces of bark. The other fossils are not ones that I would keep for my collection and will pass out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Haha! I just read this! That's what I did last Sunday too. Just smashing away. I wasn't as successful as you though. Most of my nods come from Pit 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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