GeschWhat Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 9 hours ago, Nimravis said: Hopefully I can do it without hitting my thumb again Have you tried holding them with tongs? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 38 minutes ago, GeschWhat said: Have you tried holding them with tongs? You need to feel the rock to become one with it- lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Nimravis said: You need to feel the rock to become one with it- lol Ralph is a staunch believer in the " No pain- no gain" philosophy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Today was a bark kind of day- Here are a couple of my finds. Calamites Other Bark pieces- Flora pieces and Myalinella Bivalves I hate it when the large concretions do not contain fossils. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Today was a hot one, and I spent 4 hours outside with the temp feeling as if it was 111 degrees. Not was it hot, but it was also Groundhog Day with similar finds. Annularia Lycopod Leaf / Stem Pecopteris Lepidodendron Bark Bark Coprolite Myalinella Bivalves 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 I recently read a post either on the Forum or the Forum’s Facebook page, where someon had mentioned to the “poster” that Mazon Creek concretions are Cale’s “nipple rocks” or “nipple Concretions”. Though in all my time collecting them I have never heard them called that, here is why they would be called that by some collectors. Although I do not recall ever finding anything in concretions that are formed the way this double one is, I would still pick them up, as I did with all concretions. Sometimes I would find things in concretions that really should not have had anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 12 hours ago, Nimravis said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/28/2018 at 5:25 PM, Nimravis said: I finally broke a plateau, I went under 100 buckets!!! - now down to 97. The only problem is that most of the buckets can contain +250 concretions each, so I still have to break about +25,000. Hopefully I can do it without hitting my thumb again when a concretion slips. Below are pics of the majority of the buckets and some of the contents. This large Blue tote contains about 1500 concretions by itself. I was a busy boy back in the day when I was out collecting them, I would wear a pack and load it up with concretions and then I would put two other pack fulls on the handlebar if my bike and ride back to the car, hopefully not falling- and yes, I did that too. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Some of those latest Calamites pieces are incredible! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Today I spent 5 hours outside in the high heat, "feels like 109 degrees". I was going through a ton of concretions that I collected in April and May of 2000 from the Braceville Shaft Mine. Here are some of the finds from today. Shrimp or Polychaete worm, need to look closer at it. Polychaete Worm Myalinella Bivalves 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 I believe this to be a poorly preserved Belotelson magister Shrimp. Myalinella Bivalve with Microconchids Bark with Microconchids 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Cyclus Coprolite Annularia Neuropteris Pecopteris / Neuropteris Bark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 The Cyclus is nice, though I prefer the one you sent me! The second polychaete is a beauty and all the microconchids are pretty nice too! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB2 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I have just spent the last hour or so going through this thread. Absolutely amazing!!! I am new to all of this and myself and my family (teenage daughters included) went out for the first time in the spring to collect near Monster Lake in Braidwood. We didn't get a lot, but enough to get started. The pictures have been a tremendous help. This thread has been most educational and very inspiring!!! I want to thank you so much for your time and diligence. We're hooked 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 37 minutes ago, HB2 said: We're hooked We've got You now!! Enjoy the addiction to fossils! 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 9 hours ago, HB2 said: I have just spent the last hour or so going through this thread. Absolutely amazing!!! I am new to all of this and myself and my family (teenage daughters included) went out for the first time in the spring to collect near Monster Lake in Braidwood. We didn't get a lot, but enough to get started. The pictures have been a tremendous help. This thread has been most educational and very inspiring!!! I want to thank you so much for your time and diligence. We're hooked I am glad that you like and have thought about stopping it, but I decided to continue to show members what it is like to collect Mazon Creek concretions and what you might find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Today was another hot day and I spent several hours going through the rest of the concretions that I collected from the Braceville Shaft Mine (Essex Fauna) during April / May 2000. I will start with my best find of the day and why Mazon Creek fossils are so great. Now this fossil is the most common polychaete worm, but being able to have a soft bodied animal is truly spectacular. Here is Didontogaster cordylina or as most collectors referred to it a "Tummy Tooth Worm". This concretion opened perfectly with one strike of my hammer, and after being cleaned up with some water, you can see its jaws (arrow) in the gut region. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nimravis Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 This worm did not fair as well with my hammer, but that is the risk when you swing like "Thor"- LOL. Today was a true Myalinella Bivalve day and I found enough to make clam chowder, here are some of the finds. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Here are a couple Myalinella Bivalve with Microconchids. Here are a couple Flora pieces. Annularia Neuropteris Mariopteris nervosa Bark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Fantastic Tummy Tooth Worm, that one is really well preserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 WOW! Some real stunners there, Ralph. 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...
ynot Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Nice Tummy tooth worm! Evolution sure did produce some odd critters. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Wow! We see their burrows so much over here we forget something actually dug them! Awesome worm 1 “...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...
HB2 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Nimravis said: I am glad that you like and have thought about stopping it, but I decided to continue to show members what it is like to collect Mazon Creek concretions and what you might find. It is very much appreciated, keep up the great work you're doing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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