February 2018 - Finds of the Month - Entries

[indominus rex]

On 2/8/2018 at 3:28 PM, Hal said:

Went out last weekend to check a road cut in eastern middle Tennessee, that I have not checked well, but drive by frequently. Found a complete Ceraurus in the first two minutes, just 50 ft from the car. It will need considerable prep work, as it is mostly still buried in the matrix. 10 minutes later, I look down at my left foot and see that I almost stepped on what is probably the best thing I have ever found!

 

Date found: February 3, 2018

Isotelus gigas(?)

Middle Ordovician, Upper Carters Limestone/Lower Hermitage Formation

Eastern Middle Tennessee, USA

Wow, that's a beautiful trilobite congrats, and you just found it lying there.

[oldtimer]

Simply amazing.  That is one awesome plate you have prepped.

I think the competition has just jumped to the next level.

Would like to know how you did the prep work and what tools and techniques you used.

[Max-fossils]

@FossilSloth gorgeous plate! Well done on the prep  

[izak_]

Looks like its the month of the trilobite  Nice finds.

[FossilSloth]

On 2/15/2018 at 7:38 AM, oldtimer said:

Simply amazing.  That is one awesome plate you have prepped.

I think the competition has just jumped to the next level.

Would like to know how you did the prep work and what tools and techniques you used.

 

I really had no idea there so many little critters on that plate until I started prepping it. I just kept finding more and more. I used a Paleo Aro and ended up taking a lot of matrix off. Some trilobites were right on the surface, but others, I actually had to dig down about half an inch to find them. That's why that massive crack disappeared. I mostly just removed so much matrix from that area that it was gone. I then used PaleoSculpt to fill in cracks and divots and areas where I was a little too aggressive with the air scribe. I spent a lot of time trying to match the color, and it never came out perfect, but I decided I had to move on. I also did use an Air Eraser with sodium bicarbonate. The matrix was finished with a dremel and also just plain sandpaper, up to 320 grit. The final finish of the trilobites was accomplished with a dremel with a nylon bristle brush attachment, and a bit of polishing compound. 

[MeargleSchmeargl]

So now we have the Trilo Trio. 2 as found, and one prepped. Really tough competition right now for IP.

 

 

Where are my verts at, though?

[RJB]

On 2/14/2018 at 9:14 PM, FossilSloth said:

I probably spent more time trying to match the color of the matrix than I did actually excavating the bugs. It's still not perfect, but as good as I can get without pulling my hair out.

 

  Im with caldigger on this.  You did a purty dang good job fixing that damage. 

 

RB

[Manticocerasman]

my entry for this month:

found on 17/02/2018

Hemicidaris intermedia

Jurassic ( Oxfordian )

novion porcien ( France )

 

as found:

 

after preparation:

 

[Heteromorph]

3 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

my entry for this month:

found on 17/02/2018

Hemicidaris intermedia

Jurassic ( Oxfordian )

novion porcien ( France )

Beautiful echinoid! 

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

my entry for this month:

found on 17/02/2018

Hemicidaris intermedia

Jurassic ( Oxfordian )

novion porcien ( France )

 

 

 

That's a lovely prep job and a beautiful echinoid. 

But i'm not sure it should be allowed this month, not being a trilobite and all.

[MeargleSchmeargl]

4 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

That's a lovely prep job and a beautiful echinoid. 

But i'm not sure it should be allowed this month, not being a trilobite and all.

That's just cruel (although it'd make it easier for us ).

[D.N.FossilmanLithuania]

Hello everyone!

I will show one interesting fish scale  it is identified as Kallostrakon sp., by the wide and massive tuberculae.

 

Kallostrakon sp., pteraspidomorph agnmathan scale,

The age: Late Pridoli- Lochkovian (Silurian/Devonian boundary)

Location: Varena Town, South Lithuania.

Date of finding: 18th February 2018. 

 

Size is 8 mm diameter.

 

 

 

Please vote if you like it, the genus is identified for the first time in my area!

[D.N.FossilmanLithuania]

And the second find-

 

Ohesaareaspis sp. , cephalaspid armor plate.

1. The age: Ohesaare formation, End of Silurian.

2. Date of finding. February 2nd 2018. 

3. Location: Varena town, South Lithuania. 

 

[caldigger]

2 hours ago, D.N.FossilmanLithuania said:

 

I'm thinking a catastrophic event disrupted a Devonian barbeque.  Just saying!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, caldigger said:

I'm thinking a catastrophic event disrupted a Devonian barbeque.  Just saying!

 

 

That's silly. 

A buried picnic outing, these are clearly Paprika Flavour Crinkle Cut Chips (crisps) 

[oldtimer]

Very nice  echinoid you have entered.  The detail in nice.

But it's not a Trilobite.

[thair]

Here is an entry for all those little fossils out there wishing to be recognized.

Date found: 2-19-18

ID: Cladodus sp. "Baby one"

Age: Pennsylvanian , Late Carboniferous

Location: Coleman County, Texas, "Wilson Clay Pit"

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

14 minutes ago, thair said:

Here is an entry for all those little fossils out there wishing to be recognized.

Date found: 2-19-18

ID: Cladodus sp. "Baby one"

Age: Pennsylvanian , Late Carboniferous

Location: Coleman County, Texas, "Wilson Clay Pit"

 

 

Tiny but pretty little tooth.

Nice find! 

[hauyn888]

Last Sunday we had fantastic weather and I met with my collector colleague for brachiopod hunting ... I had an incipient flu in my bones, but I really wanted to go collecting ... finally I found a reward for this small, inconspicuous piece of greywacke that fascinates me because of the visible inner structure. I'm always surprised how such filigree structures are preserved in the coarse-grained greywacke. Of the many finds that day, this was my special find. Unfortunately, I do not have a binocular with a phototube ... but a small, cheap, Chinese handheld microscope camera, it can zoom up to 2oo times magnification and at the same time send digital images to the PC ..... awesome! (... for the beginning ) Here are the results:

 

 

Fossil: crinoid stone core
Age: Devonian, Lower Devonian
Formation: Emsium 392 - 407 Mill
Date: 18.February 2018 ~ 14:00 h
Location: Grauwacke quarry near Niederfell, Untermosel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

 

The fossil is a dump finding and was not prepared - photographed as found.

Thanks again to Ray for the photo cube - his first use.

    

 

 

    

 

     

 

      

 

      

[hauyn888]

Here are some further pictures from the location Niederfell.....a quarry with fund guarantee - in every 2nd stone is a fossil ....

currently my favorite site (20 minutes by car from home) for the quick luck and satisfaction after a hard week, wonderful view of the moselle, sunshine, fossils, what more could you want ....

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

44 minutes ago, hauyn888 said:

Here are some further pictures from the location Niederfell.....a quarry with fund guarantee - in every 2nd stone is a fossil ....

currently my favorite site (20 minutes by car from home) for the quick luck and satisfaction after a hard week, wonderful view of the moselle, sunshine, fossils, what more could you want ....

 

Photos? 

[Dave pom Allen]

Found  nice tricoplaterian gregi  crab yesterday from the Miocene rocks of Motunau beach, north Cantarbury, new Zealand.

[JohnJ]

13 minutes ago, Dave (POM) Allen said:

Found these couple of nice tricoplaterian gregi  crabs yesterday from the Miocene rocks of Motunau beach, north Cantarbury, new Zealand.

Pick one for your entry, please, and post in the format requested.  Thanks. 

 

@Dave (POM) Allen

[sixgill pete]

On 2/20/2018 at 11:51 AM, Manticocerasman said:

my entry for this month:

found on 17/02/2018

Hemicidaris intermedia

Jurassic ( Oxfordian )

novion porcien ( France )

 

as found:

 

after preparation:

 

 

What a gorgeous echinoid

[John S.]

Saurodon Fish Jaw

2/1/18

Dallas, TX USA

Atco Formation of Austin Group

85 mya

 

i finally found a jaw with teeth still attached