Group NJ Cretaceous Fossil Hunt: 21 Oct. 2017

[Trevor]

Hello everyone, this is Trevor. Today, 21 October 2017, fossil forum members bucky, frankh8147, Trevor, non-remanie, and Frank's brother, Shane, all went to an NJ Cretaceous stream to do some collecting. The weather was exceptional; still cool enough to wear a sweater but not extremely cold. The day was overall excellent for fossil hunting. We got everything and headed up a small tributary. The finds throughout the entire day were average or somewhat on the lower spectrum of things. However, towards the upper half of the hunt, Frank snagged a pristine condition plesiosaur vertebrae with his hands by feeling in the water. Anyone in New Jersey could heard his triumphant yell of pure elation. Additionally, at the end of the trip, Frank and Shane may have stumbled upon the outer cranial portion of a mastodon skull (Pleistocene), which was apparently just propped up against a rock in the stream. I didn't get to see it but he will surely post it. Well, I shall post my finds. I went to another brook the other day for a little while, that is where the colonial pipe end is from (I did not find it on this trip). 

 

 

 

[sixgill pete]

@Trevor looks like you guys had a really good day. I am extremely fond of Cretaceous sharks teeth. Great finds.

[Trevor]

Just now, sixgill pete said:

@Trevor looks like you guys had a really good day. I am extremely fond of Cretaceous sharks teeth. Great finds.

 

Thank you, Cretaceous finds are some of my favorites. I am attending college in Ohio right now and it is very frustrating at times to be deprived of Cretaceous fossils. This was the last day of my fall break so I had to squeeze in a hunt. 

[Miocene_Mason]

Nice finds, sounds like you had a good day! I thought I heard some yelling in the distance....

[wetwilly]

Sorry I missed the trip! Was in the Jim Thorpe area ... I thought I heard Frank as well!

[frankh8147]

Haha, I was basically mentally checked-out when I found the Plesiosaur vert. so that was quite the burst of energy realizing what I had in my hand!

 

Glad you enjoyed the trip, Trevor. As I recall, everyone had some nice finds; this was a really fun trip! Here are some picture of my vertebrae. I'll post the pictures of that bone in the fossil ID section sometime soon.

 

[frankh8147]

And here were a few of my brothers' favorite finds.. Ammonite section, small vert, gastropod, Ischyrhiza rostral, enchodus tooth.

[JohnBrewer]

Great finds guys.

[sharko69]

11 hours ago, frankh8147 said:

Haha, I was basically mentally checked-out when I found the Plesiosaur vert. so that was quite the burst of energy realizing what I had in my hand!

 

Glad you enjoyed the trip, Trevor. As I recall, everyone had some nice finds; this was a really fun trip! Here are some picture of my vertebrae. I'll post the pictures of that bone in the fossil ID section sometime soon.

 

Wow!!!! Congrats!

[frankh8147]

11 hours ago, sharko69 said:

Wow!!!! Congrats!

Thanks!

[bucky]

Saturday was such a great day out with fellow fossil lovers! This trip did not produce my first mosasaur tooth but it did produce some exciting finds from the group. Here are some shots of what I picked up. Thanks everyone!

 

[bucky]

One more

 

[Carl]

I was there with ya'll in spirit! NICE plesiosaur vert!

[frankh8147]

On 10/23/2017 at 9:28 AM, Carl said:

I was there with ya'll in spirit! NICE plesiosaur vert!

Thanks Carl!