Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I felt industrious a couple weeks ago and cleaned up the fossil barn, flushing a couple unprepped Maastrichtian Dakoticancer concretions out of hiding. I guess I went on a harvesting spree as houses dropped on the old site. Anyway, prep started with little exposed, and except for a chunk missing out of its butt, this isn’t a bad crab, esp ventrally. I didn’t take pics at the beginning, so this photo sequence starts somewhere in the middle. It’ll keep. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Nice looking crab. 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...
RJB Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Love all the pustuals! but yeah, not the best crab, but still purty dang cool!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Very nice! Well done, sir, as usual. 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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 1 hour ago, RJB said: Love all the pustuals! but yeah, not the best crab, but still purty dang cool!!! RB Yeah, these fast eroding nodules never preserve all appendages. Most of my finds over the years were legless carapaces, maybe with some nubby knuckles. Some collectors have tried to talk me out of the better specimens, but with the source pinched off, I’ve held onto my favorites. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 nicw crab! “...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...
Darktooth Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Good prep job! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Very nice crab! As you say, the ventral side is pretty darned good. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 14 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: have tried to talk me out of the better specimens, but with the source pinched off, I’ve held onto my favorites. Scotty and I were just talking about you yesterday, about crab locals being shut off and you finding some concs in Washington before a huge area was closed off. Even heard about a guy who got caught. Things are really changing. so glad i started when I did. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 hours ago, RJB said: Scotty and I were just talking about you yesterday, about crab locals being shut off and you finding some concs in Washington before a huge area was closed off. Even heard about a guy who got caught. Things are really changing. so glad i started when I did. RB Again, the do gooders everywhere continue to shut down what is fun and personally rewarding. Texas is losing good sites to thirsty cities as impoundments swallow creeks and rivers. If there is anything worth doing, do it now! Better yet, do it yesterday. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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