Rocky Stoner Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Just a post to show what this garden patch is made of. This is a typical bucket full of chunks turned up by the plow last year. This patch will be finally tilled this year and seeded over. (might come back later, tho) I guess this is called mudstone as it is just a solid glob of fossils. Here are some pics of one of the chunks before, and after splitting. Very busy in there and quite difficult to get it to split where you want, partly due to being exposed (partially) for a year. Working on the new plow, hope to bust up a new patch in the coming week. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Quite impressive! Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Anyone else want "hash" for breakfast? 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 May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Nice stuff to be searching through! 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...
henpecked Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Looks like Mahantango Fm to me.... what do you appalchian locals think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Stoner Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Thanks guys ! It's quite impressive under the microscope, wish I could share that view. Mahantango is correct, I try to include that in the tags of my posts. Thanks again. Time to get cracking. I see evidence of several trilo"bits" peeking out at me. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Yup. I see that. Thanks for properly tagging your posts. We may not always see that when viewing a post (often read right by the tags) but it is very helpful in making your post more visible by those doing searches on TFF in the future. Looking forward to seeing any interesting specimens that pop out of that hash plate (especially trilobites). Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 @Rocky Stoner I am going to organize a TFF group hunt on your property. What date would work best for you? I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 13 minutes ago, Darktooth said: @Rocky Stoner I am going to organize a TFF group hunt on your property. What date would work best for you? We'll have a large garden patch cleared when we're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Just now, Adam86cucv said: We'll have a large garden patch cleared when we're done. Let us do the work for you Rocky! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Stoner Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Hmmmmm, been thinking of having a "Rocky's Trilobite Roundup". If the guests took all the fossils they found, I'd have to import some fill ! Didn't have much time to hunt today, but did uncover 2 little trilo pieces. A one eyed Eldredgeops cephalon and possibly another small Greenops pygidium. Hard to tell on that one. I still wonder at those eyes ! Cheers, back at it soon ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Love the greenops, and nice prep on that rana head, I know that stuff doesn’t like to split right! “...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 May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 This stuff is quite a phenomenal exposure. Probably worth a paper on its own. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam86cucv Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 18 hours ago, Rocky Stoner said: Hmmmmm, been thinking of having a "Rocky's Trilobite Roundup". If the guests took all the fossils they found, I'd have to import some fill... So note to self bring a truckload of aged manure and compost for a truckload of fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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