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A Nice Kimmeridgian Ammonite


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The snow had melted back enough in the lowlands that I could venture out to the Danube Valley yesterday in order to try my luck again in the infamous ditch at the side of the road. There was an awful lot of slipped-down overburden to clear out of the way and it also took a while chipping away at the exposure, so my battery was on the wane before I finally found a little pocket with a few retrievable fossils just before darkness set in. Most of what I found wandered into the trade or sell box, but this one here is reserved for my collection. Discosphinctoides sp. 10cm.

 

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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11 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

That is stunning Roger!

 

8 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Beautiful  :envy:

Thanks guys. I'm happy with it.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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Wow! Nice one, Roger. 

Prep is none too shabby, either. ;) 

Well done, sir.

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Great lovely specimen! Excellent prep! Here, here for Roger's infamous "ditch."

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A true fossil hunter, hunched over in a ditch somewhere chipping at a tiny patch of stone! Bravo on the prep, an amazing job indeed!

“...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

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Nice Ammonite Roger :dinothumb:

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Oooh. That's a real beauty, Roger. I love the details you reveal with your customarily awesome prep.

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Start the day with a smile and get it over with.

 

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4 hours ago, belemniten said:

Nice Ammonite Roger :dinothumb:

 

2 hours ago, Pagurus said:

Oooh. That's a real beauty, Roger. I love the details you reveal with your customarily awesome prep.

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Thanks, guys. :D

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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1 minute ago, Kane said:

That is a big sponge. Lovely job on this one! 

And it really is heavy, being a thick-walled calcitized steinkern. It took about 3 hours worth of abrading with a bit of digging out the center with the air scribe.

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

http://www.steinkern.de/

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