GavySwan Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Took our 4-year-old on a little fossil hunting trip to Craigleith, Ontario today. She had a couple nice finds (the kid knows a trilobite pygidium when she sees one!) but we were really hoping to find a whole bug. We were in luck! I’m so pleased with this find. I was looking through broken slabs of shale, prying it apart with my hands, and this little dude was just sitting inches away watching me! I think it’s pseudogygites latimarginatus again. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 That really IS a beauty! -Joe 1 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I think your id is correct. A beautiful find. Congratulations. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I would be doing my happy dance. That is a wonderful find. Big congratulations and thanks for sharing it with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Wow! It's one thing to find a whole trilobite, but finding one that doesn't need prep work is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 You have the correct ID. Nice bug There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Terrific trilobite - well done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Great find. Finding them intact is not easy! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Wonderful find!!! So you were not able to take that trilobite home??? If not, do you give it to the park rangers or just sit it down and let mother nature take it's toll on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 What a beauty! “...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...
GavySwan Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share Posted May 19, 2018 Thanks all! I’m so happy! And thank you for confirming the ID. Minnbuckeye, that’s correct. We typically let them weather because we don’t have the equipment to get them out. A lot of people bring them to the park store if they can get them out, or leave them on a picnic table for others to enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 What a great first for a complete trilobite! Congratulations! 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...
dalmayshun Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I hunt for these near Newberry, the U.P. of Michigan., I keep hoping as you did, for a whole one. One of these days. That is a beauty. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilSniper Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 If it is allowed, I'd take a shot with a good old hammer n' chisel. That beauty does not deserve to be torn apart by nature. It would be better to crack the trilobite while trying to save it than to leave it there and watch it disappear over the months. Cracks can be fixed with glue, anyways. Oh, and did I mention this? Amazing find!! Trilobites like that are what I dream of every night before fossil trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavySwan Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 8 hours ago, FossilSniper said: If it is allowed, I'd take a shot with a good old hammer n' chisel. That beauty does not deserve to be torn apart by nature. It would be better to crack the trilobite while trying to save it than to leave it there and watch it disappear over the months. Cracks can be fixed with glue, anyways. Oh, and did I mention this? Amazing find!! Trilobites like that are what I dream of every night before fossil trips. Agh, I agree! But I didn’t bring a rock hammer or a chisel—I doubt they’d allow us to carry them in the park anyways, but also from a safety standpoint, 4 year olds and rock hammers don’t mix so well. Here’s Sparklesaurus with one of her finds. Luckily there are so many fossils at Craigleith that surface hunting is rewarding by itself. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Raising the kid right, AND finding a beaut of a bugger! I think you can call it a good day. 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...
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