minnbuckeye Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 I have not gotten out much locally this summer due to a few issues. Forced myself to step away from my current stresses and hunt some fossils along the Minnesota Iowa border. Found some nice brachs, cephalopods, rugosa coral, gastropods, and fisherites. Nothing special, but it was nice being out again. When I returned home, I was going to hammer a little matrix away from a few of my collections. A large slab had a worn cephalopod in it and I was going to break it out and put it in with the fossils I take to the children's sand pit at a local park. With one swing of the hammer, I decided this one was NOT going to the park! It is amazing how often this happens to me. I wonder how many nice fossils have been left behind only because I quit breaking the rock. Two beautiful Maclurites and a Hormatoma laid hidden underneath the matrix surrounding the cephalopod. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Nice association piece, that’s definitely one for display! “...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 August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 WOW ! ! ! ! ! Incredible find. Congrats! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Stunningly beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 That is fantastic Mike. Beautiful piece. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Well done! I may be partial to the practice of swinging the hammer. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Whoa that’s cool! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 We'll be right up to start tapping away at your discard pile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 wow, those are nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Awesome specimen! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 So lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 2 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: . "Sometimes you have to whack it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Beautiful find Mike Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 In mineral collecting we call those "cabinet grade". Yep, right there in the den in the glass cabinet. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Nice piece! Love surprises. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Love all of those Maclurites gastropods - simply stunning!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Wow very nice Congrats !!! Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Congratulations. I would have definitely been stoked. Those Maclurites are simply awesome. One of my favorite gastropods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Thanks everyone. You appear to have the same sentiments towards this piece as I!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 It is a nice piece. 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...
hrguy54 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Great piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Nice ones! Lucky splits are always the best Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Wow, very cool. I have never seen either of those before. There’s no Ordovician anywhere near here. That is such a great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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