Cris Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 The winner of the October 2017 VFOTM is... The Hesperotestudo (Giant Tortoise) Foot and Associated Osteoderms from the Pleistocene of Sarasota County, Florida! Congrats to @jcbshark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congratulations, Jeff! Stellar find! Well deserving of the honor. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiburon Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Really cool find, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congratulations Jeff! I'm so glad I was able to be there when you found some more of that tortoise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 You need to dip that in gold and wear it around on a big fat chain...congrats Jeff, on a very special find...just awesome! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congratulations on the win, and the fantastic fossil foot! You did good on this one Jeff! 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...
doushantuo Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 That is some find ,folks. Really awesome discovery,and totally deserving of the acclaim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congrats on the amazing find, definitely well deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congratulations. Well deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congrats on the practically unanimous decision. A worthy winner! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congrats Jeff, it is a luck to have found the whole foot ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congrats Jeff. Your ability to find great fossils comes to no surprise to me. But this one is awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congratulations, Jeff! That was one exciting find...piece after piece, after piece... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Congratulations, Jeff! Stellar find! Well deserving of the honor. 9 hours ago, tiburon said: Really cool find, congrats! 9 hours ago, garyc said: Congratulations Jeff! I'm so glad I was able to be there when you found some more of that tortoise. 9 hours ago, PFOOLEY said: You need to dip that in gold and wear it around on a big fat chain...congrats Jeff, on a very special find...just awesome! 8 hours ago, ynot said: Congratulations on the win, and the fantastic fossil foot! You did good on this one Jeff! 8 hours ago, doushantuo said: That is some find ,folks. Really awesome discovery,and totally deserving of the acclaim. 7 hours ago, Foozil said: Congrats on the amazing find, definitely well deserved. 7 hours ago, Peat Burns said: Congratulations. Well deserved. 3 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Congrats on the practically unanimous decision. A worthy winner! 2 hours ago, Coco said: Congrats Jeff, it is a luck to have found the whole foot ! Coco 10 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: Congrats Jeff. Your ability to find great fossils comes to no surprise to me. But this one is awesome!! Thank you all so much! I must admit I was very surprised to see how well my piece was received with as common as the lowly turtle fossil is around here but ecstatic at my second win in vfotm..... with the amazing finds that members here put up for the contest the competition can be fierce 3 minutes ago, old bones said: Congratulations, Jeff! That was one exciting find...piece after piece, after piece... lol Thanks Julianna, I was glad I went back and sifted the area the following week or I would have been missing some of this guy.... really thought I had it all the first day lol Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I knew this would win the fossil of the month. Very nice find. Congrats. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Wonderful specimen. I want one, on a dinner plate... Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 A Fantastic specimen made better by the articulation and the story behind it being found. Had you not been there at the right time, it may have washed away and never been recovered. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Congrats! Terrific find that I know will grace the top shelf of your display case. It's a fossil....it's a puzzle....no, it's both! Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Fantastic find. Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 A beautiful thing. As a tortoise lover and keeper I'm very happy this won. Congratulations! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Great find, great assemblage. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Fantastic Jeff, congratulations. 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...
gavialboy Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 congrats jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Awesome find “...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...
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