Nimravis Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 With it being a great sunny, 76 degree day, I figured that I would go outside and crack open some concretions from Pit 4. The concretions that I picked to open did not have the greatest shape to them and most were end pieces from what would have been larger concretions. I knew from the shape of these end pieces that they would contain some type of fern. This time around, I was at about an 80% success rate of cracking concretions that had a fossil. The one good thing with the concretions that were found at Pit 4, was that the majority of them contained fossils. I only see one keeper in this group, an Asterophyllies, it should clean up nice and I don't find them very often. Pecopteris Ferns Lycopod Leaves / Neuropteris Stems / Bark Asterophyllites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Cool Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Nice! What do you do with the fossils that aren't "keepers"? “...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...
Nimravis Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 2 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Nice! What do you do with the fossils that aren't "keepers"? Give them away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Nimravis said: Give them away Well Ralph, everything I have gotten from you has been a keeper in my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Nimravis said: Give them away That's good! I was just curious, Ive heard of people who have "throw away piles" of fossils, almost all fossils are keepers in my book (hate when they get eroded to dust). “...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...
Nimravis Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 9 minutes ago, caldigger said: Well Ralph, everything I have gotten from you has been a keeper in my books. Glad you like them Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: That's good! I was just curious, Ive heard of people who have "throw away piles" of fossils, almost all fossils are keepers in my book (hate when they get eroded to dust). No I would never do that, I also pick up fossils from other locations that I collect for the sole purpose of giving them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Awesome Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerogrower Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 13 hours ago, caldigger said: Well Ralph, everything I have gotten from you has been a keeper in my books. I'll second that! The box you sent me was amazing in my book. They are all keepers to me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 That Asterophyllies is sweet! I like the 3D look it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, CBOB said: That Asterophyllies is sweet! I like the 3D look it has. Thanks, that is why I also like it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I was in my basement today trying to crack a few nodules collected on that Mazon River collecting day through the I&M Canal Foundation Fundraiser they had this year. I have gone through most of them but have a few still. Here's a cool one that cracked open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 4 hours ago, CBOB said: I was in my basement today trying to crack a few nodules collected on that Mazon River collecting day through the I&M Canal Foundation Fundraiser they had this year. I have gone through most of them but have a few still. Here's a cool one that cracked open. Very nice and a keeper.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Nice finds guys! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 37 minutes ago, Plantguy said: Nice finds guys! Regards, Chris Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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