andreas Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Yesterday I started my fossil season 2018. It was the first real warm spring weekend this year. What a good feeling to get out again on such a beautyful day. Fortune was along with me and so I found several Triassic ammonoids. The small ones in the block are of upper Carnian(Tuvalian) age. The black Arcestes are of Norian age. Much snow is still on the higher mountains so it will last longer to start collecting at higher locations this year. regards Andreas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Nice ammonoids! A beautiful hunting place you got there! “...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...
Monica Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Stunning scenery - wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreas Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 yes beautyful it is. The scenery is wonderfull all times of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Sigh! Glad to see that you're off to a good start! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Wow! What a place to hunt for fossils!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heteromorph Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 You sure do haunt some beautiful places. Nice ammonoids! Do you ever find Triassic heteromorphs there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Beautiful location and some lovely finds. Thanks for sharing. I am fascinated by Triassic fossils. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 6 hours ago, andreas said: I don't think I could stop taking pictures long enough to find any fossils here. How can you even bring yourself to look down instead of out!? Lucky!!! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Where is that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Malcolmt said: Where is that Salzburgerland, Austria. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 9 hours ago, DevonianDigger said: I don't think I could stop taking pictures long enough to find any fossils here. How can you even bring yourself to look down instead of out!? Lucky!!! No problem, fortunately, we have this scenery day in - day out. So there are indeed a few moments in between to look down for fossils . Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreas Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 19 hours ago, Heteromorph said: You sure do haunt some beautiful places. Nice ammonoids! Do you ever find Triassic heteromorphs there? Yes, I've found Cochloceras and Rhabdoceras. Peripleurites and Vandaites are on my list. You can view a slab with Cochloceras from that area in my album. Malcomt, this is near Salzburg like Roger said. He was there with me. 360°pic was taken with one leg in Germany and one leg in Austria. On the left end of the panorama you can see the runway of Salzburg airport and the town Salzburg in the distance. RJB and Tidgy's Dad there are more scenery and Triassic ammonids on my blogs. Please be free to read it if you are interested. Devoniandigger, to look down is the easier part of the game, to bring down what you find is sometimes harder. FranzBernhard is right, we are blessed with nature. But beauty always is in the eye of the beholder and of course everyone can get used to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 14 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Salzburgerland, Austria. Dunno why, but the images from there remind me of the Cascade range out west. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Congratulations on your ammonoid finds. The scenery is magnificent. I would love to see the Alps again. What a great place to collect. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwestbrook Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 3:43 PM, andreas said: yes beautyful it is. The scenery is wonderfull all times of the year. Just the beautiful peaceful scenery would make any fossil collecting trip worthwhile, even if no fossils were found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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