Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I found a couple ammonites this summer that needed very little prep. The first is a Pecan Gap fm Pachydiscus travisi, not remarkable for quality of preservation, but rather for presentation. With both impressions and the steinkern found eroded out together, I have “all the pages of the book”, something that doesn’t present often, in my experience. 4 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 August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 The other one is the Georgetown Fm, Mainstreet Member Graysonites sp. that I found last weekend, only the third I’ve found down south in 15 years. One side had a mud plug melt when it hit the water bucket, leaving one side hollowed out, so I opted not to scribe the center due to thinness. I spent 10 minutes scribing the matrix off the obscured horns, and I decided to stop with a light touch. Part of the charm is the peanut butter color, and another part is the roughness imparted by attachment of marcasite crystals. I’m happy with it as-is. 2 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 August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Parting shots. 3 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I have to say that top one has an interesting presentation. I would definitely have kept that one to. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heteromorph Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Nice ammonite duo! The tubercles on the Graysonites sp. are pretty extreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Nice Ammos “...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...
ynot Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Like the puzzle piece. That is a nice story piece. The other is a nice ammo too. 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...
KimTexan Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Very nice. I do like Graysonites. I’ve only found 2 so far. The first one was shattered trying to remove it from the Grayson marl by another person I was with. Arrgh. It had horns about 1.5 inches. The little brother found nearby was much more modest, but still cool. It was covered with oysters. I am not good at prepping and don’t really have great tools for it, but here is mine. @Heteromorph , Matthew talk your mom into driving up and I’ll take you hunting where I found it. I found some nice Mariella brazoensis there too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Nice to have found some conversation pieces. Congrats! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy_D Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Couple of awesome pieces! Love that first one for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Always nice to have ammo's just pop out of the rock, but im assuming thats a bit rare. It is for me. Nice stuff man. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Very nice indeed. You do have some lovely specimens. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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