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Briggs Road Fossilhunt 2/24/18


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Today I took a trip to a much underrated fossil site, Briggs Road, in Earlville New York. For those who don't know Briggs is only a couple miles North from the much talked about Deep Springs site. I had been wanting to get back to the trilo layer here as this is a great spot for Eldredgeops rana But this road is a seasonal use road so when it snows they only plow until the last house before the site and leave a big pile of snow blocking the road. Finally after a few days of warmth the snow pile was gone. The rock here is quite weathered right now and all I used was a small pry bar to help break off pieces from the main wall. My older son David had rehearsal for an upcoming play at school. So only Dylan and Devin were with me. Me and Dylan did the most searching while Devin was just being a boy. Throwing rocks and ice into the small pond that formed in the quarry was his thing today. We found tons of cephalons and pygidiums. I found a nice almost complete prone trilo in the rubble pile that I thought was whole. I was very sad when I saw that most of the left side was gone. I did find one small complete roller in matrix and a few that may be wholebut will require prep to fi d out for sure. Dylan seemed pretty content as he found more trilo parts then he ever has before. We stayed for about 3 hours. I wanted to stay longer but I promised them we would only be there a couple hours and I didn't want to push it. Here is some of our finds.

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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Thanks for the report, Dave. I haven't been to that site yet, but I'l have to try it out next time I take a trip to the area. You and Dylan made some nice finds. Especially for February!

Mike

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Nice finds, love the trilos! :trilo:

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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1 hour ago, Pagurus said:

Thanks for the report, Dave. I haven't been to that site yet, but I'l have to try it out next time I take a trip to the area. You and Dylan made some nice finds. Especially for February!

Mike

Mike if you decide to come out this year  Briggs is definitely worth checking out. It is so close to Deep Springs you could hit up both sites in the same day. Deep Springs seems to produce more Greenops and Dipleuras but Briggs has more Eldredgeops though I have seen Greenops and Dipleura material there as well.  

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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1 hour ago, GordonC said:

Great specimens. You are certainly a hard core E. rana guy. NY weather not the best today.  G

Actually the weather here wasn't too bad, atleast by my standards. Mid 40's , cloudy, but no rain or snow. Pretty good for this time of year. I will try to get back next weekend if the weather cooperates.

Hopefully I can pull out some nicer specimens.

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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Nice trip report! You know, when the boys are much older they are going to look back with nostalgia on those days they went out fossil hunting with dear old dad. :) 

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1 minute ago, Kane said:

Nice trip report! You know, when the boys are much older they are going to look back with nostalgia on those days they went out fossil hunting with dear old dad. :) 

I hope they will take their kids too! Heck I hope I get a chance to take their kids!:)

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Thanks for the comments. I really do like trilos a lot, and I am glad spring is right around the corner so I can get out more.  This year I would like to find some other New York trilo species to add to the collection.

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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Great report, Dave!

Thanks for posting. 

I need to get to Briggs Road this year.  :) 

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Wow! These are some incredible finds! 

 

I also had to smile at your descriptions of your son Devin being a boy. My young'uns aren't quite into fossil hunting yet, so they spend a lot of time being kids while I search beaches. :) It's wonderful that your son Dylan is helping!

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Great finds and congrats on getting out in February to collect! Not often one can do that in the NE. ;)  Briggs Rd. has been on my radar but I have never really done much collecting there. Glad to see there is something worth digging for.

-Dave

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