minnbuckeye Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Last weekend, I decided to venture out to my favorite site to find trilobites. It is a site better visited during dry weather, but I couldn't wait! I do not know which was muddier, the truck or me when I packed it up. Here is the location without the mud visable. This material is best approached by splitting larger slabs of matrix. The result is always a bunch of trilo-bits. This is a nicer hash plate found that day 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 After finding this hash plate, I cleared an area close to it and discovered this trilobite! 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 It was a great start to the 2018 season!! 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Truly a trilo-triumph to kick off your 2018 season! This will be a tough act to follow! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Beautiful bugs I can see why this is your favourite site. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Nice trilo! Asaphus, correct? 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...
Raggedy Man Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Just now, MeargleSchmeargl said: Nice trilo! Asaphus, correct? Isotelus ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I knew I should of stopped there. I was thinking...I bet hes there finding all the good stuff...rofl ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 11 minutes ago, Raggedy Man said: Isotelus Ah. That was my first thought, but I heard that trilobites that look really similar are called Asaphus (either that or my dusty memory lane is fried). 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...
Kane Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, MeargleSchmeargl said: Ah. That was my first thought, but I heard that trilobites that look really similar are called Asaphus (either that or my dusty memory lane is fried). You had the Order correct; Isotelus spp. are asaphids. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 11 minutes ago, Kane said: You had the Order correct; Isotelus spp. are asaphids. Aaaaah, ok. No wonder they looked so similar! 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...
Fossildude19 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I see FotM material! Great find! 1 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 What a gorgeous one-eyed pirate of a trilobite! Looks a wonderful, if rather muddy, location. That hash plate's pretty nice, too. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Really nice trilos! Spring has Sprung! Trilos for Everyone! It is nice to see us Northerners getting our rewards! After spending all winter looking at all the sharkteeth being found! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Looks like you found some real beauties! I wish we had trilobites like that down here in Texas! -Joe 1 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I would crawl through mud for a site like that. Nice! "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Paciphacops said: I would crawl through mud for a site like that. Nice! Kind of like a ....................... I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Beautiful Bugs! I love asaphids, especially isotelus. “...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...
dalmayshun Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 gorgeous, both the location and the fossils., so glad you photograph in situ, also....so helps me as a new hunter, when I am out in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I need to travel to MN.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 I need to travel to MN.... Anytime, @Peat Burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: I need to travel to MN.... Anytime, @Peat Burns I may have to take you up on that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I think that those are very pretty- great finds and pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 (that was my reaction when I saw your beautiful complete Isotelus sp.) Wonderful finds, Mike!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Incredible finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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