Wolf89 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Nimravis said: On a lot of them yes. I soak the flora pieces on vinegar and scrub it with a tooth brush. Sometimes you have to repeat it a couple of times. What do you do with all these?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, Wolf52893 said: What do you do with all these?!?! Some I keep, others I put up in auctions to benefit the Forum and others I pass out to people interested in fossils. I know you were looking for fossils, if you are interested, send me a PM and I can send some out to. As another member stated, check with you parents first to see if it is alright if you can receive some. I do not want any fossils in return and I will pay the postage. Let me know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Man you have been busy! Some really awesome plant finds! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Plantguy said: Man you have been busy! Some really awesome plant finds! Regards, Chris Thanks Chris could not get to any yesterday as I was at the Climbing gym and tonight will not be any good. At least next week I am taking a weeks vacation and hopefully will put a little dent in my hoard. Lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 I have not been able to get to my concretions over the last couple days, but today I was able to opened several and here are pics of a couple that I opened. Gotta love the Supersized Essexella asherae Jellyfish when you find the. I know I have stated it before in previous posts that I put out on Mazon Creek fossils, but Essexella are my favorite animal to find at Pit 11 or Braceville Shaft Mine, they may not be a Sexy as some of the other fauna, but some of them are just outstanding. Annularia Neuropteris Coprolite Bark Calamites Bark With Internode 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 More nice stuff there, congratulations. Thanks for the continuation of the show. 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...
deutscheben Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Nice Essexella, big and well-defined! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Sometimes you have to whack it !! Great thread enjoying seeing the finds in your nodules. John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 29 minutes ago, t-tree said: Sometimes you have to whack it !! Great thread enjoying seeing the finds in your nodules. John Thanks John, glad you are enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Some of those Neuropteris are pretty nice apart from the jellyfish. And the Calamites is great. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Today was another crappy day for finding Mazon Creek fossils. I spent roughly 6 hours opening a few hundred concretions from the Braceville Shaft Mine and also from Pit 4. Nothing special was found at all today, but the good thing is that I did get rid of a bunch of concretions. I did change something up today, as I found concretions that have the "Perfect Shape" for Mazon Creek concretions, I put them off to the side and I will freeze / thaw them over the winter to see if anything pops out. Below are some of the finds, again, nothing special. Pecopteris Fern Annularia Bark Coprolite Essexella asherae Jellyfish Myalina Clams Though the below concretion is not a fossil, sometimes you opening one and find what appears to be Chalcopyrite. Hopefully tomorrow my luck will change and I will find something a little more showy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 What amazing finds, Ralph - WOW!!! I love all of the flora (they're exquisite!), and that mineral is stunning - the colours are beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Monica said: What amazing finds, Ralph - WOW!!! I love all of the flora (they're exquisite!), and that mineral is stunning - the colours are beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing! Thanks Monica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Today I opened up 325 concretions that I collected from Pit 4 during March of 2002. Another not too spectacular day for finds. It took me approximately 5 1/2 hours to open the concretions, I believe that I hit a concretion between 1 and 10 times to open them. If I average around 4 hits per concretion, the equates to about 1300 swings of the hammer. One of the great things about cracking the concretions open with a hammer is that it helps my grip strength for climbing on very small crimpy holds, my favorite. I digressed, let me continue- many times concretions that I say are duds do contain various plant parts, that I never keep, here are some examples of of those type of concretions. Though not the greatest preservation, it is nice when you find two different types of fossils in one concretion. Neuropteris ans Macroneuropteris Here is my favorite find of the day. Microconchids, now call are not uncommon, but this is the first example that I have found since I started this thread, and though I do not know the exact amount of concretions that I recently opened, it has been a lot. Microconchids are usually found attached to bark, etc. and can be found with multiple specimens. Other times, they can be found on mollusk shells, as with the Myalina below. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 9 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Spirorbis Actually, Microconchs. A recent revision. Even the hash’s of various plant bits have a beauty to them. 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Today I opened up 325 concretions that I collected from Pit 4 during March of 2002. Another not too spectacular day for finds. It took me approximately 5 1/2 hours to open the concretions, I believe that I hit a concretion between 1 and 10 times to open them. If I average around 4 hits per concretion, the equates to about 1300 swings of the hammer. One of the great things about cracking the concretions open with a hammer is that it helps my grip strength for climbing on very small crimpy holds, my favorite. I digressed, let me continue- many times concretions that I say are duds do contain various plant parts, that I never keep, here are some examples of of those type of concretions. Though not the greatest preservation, it is nice when you find two different types of fossils in one concretion. Neuropteris ans Macroneuropteris Here is my favorite find of the day. Spirorbis sp. (Polychaete worms) are not uncommon, but this is the first example that I have found since I started this thread, and though I do not know the exact amount of concretions that I recently opened, it has been a lot. Spirorbis are usually found attached to bark, etc. and can be found with multiple specimens. Other times, they can be found on mollusk shells, as with the Myalina below. I liked some of yesterday's Myalina. I believe the latest thinking is that Spirorbis didn't evolve until the Miocene, so all of these Mesozoic and Palaeozoic forms are now thought to be microconchids from the class Tentaculata. Those are really nice though, whatever they are! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Here is some of the flora that I found. Neuropteris all but the little piece had very crappy preservation. Annularia Asterophyllites Bark Possible Stigmaria with round rootlet scars. By far, Myalina was the by far the most common fossil found. Coprolite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 9 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Actually, Microconchs. A recent revision. Even the hash’s of various plant bits have a beauty to them. I really hate when they change names, I can never keep up with them. I agree about that the plant parts, but they become too numerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: I liked some of yesterday's Myalina. I believe the latest thinking is that Spirorbis didn't evolve until the Miocene, so all of these Mesozoic and Palaeozoic forms are now thought to be microconchids from the class Tentaculata. Those are really nice though, whatever they are! Adam and @WhodamanHD I changed the name, hopefully I did it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Adam and @WhodamanHD I changed the name, hopefully I did it right. You need to edit out the 'polychaete worm' bit. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Adam and @WhodamanHD I changed the name, hopefully I did it right. Yeah, and what Adam said. By the way, you can call me Mason 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...
Nimravis Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Just now, WhodamanHD said: Yeah, and what Adam said. By the way, you can call me Mason Thanks Mason and I just took out Polychaete worm. @Tidgy's Dad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 minute ago, WhodamanHD said: Yeah, and what Adam said. By the way, you can call me Mason As in Mason Creek. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: As in Mason Creek. Ah, word association. Things like that help this old mind remember. Now if I could just recall what the associated word was in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, caldigger said: Ah, word association. Things like that help this old mind remember. Now if I could just recall what the associated word was in the first place! Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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