Manticocerasman Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Yesterday I visited my favoriet hunting spot with a few friends. Since the weather forcast was realy good we made sure to bring a portable bbq, meat and drinks. Me and my girlfriend were the first at the location, we made a quick prospect for devonian cephalopods, but there hasn't been a lot of activity in the quarry since our last visit. Once the group was complete we tried our luck in older parts of the quarry, but only a few cephalopods were found. At lunchtime we set up our little bbq and equipment and enjoyed our lunch ( this was fossil hunting in style ) the afternoon we continued our search for fossils. only one extra large goniatite was found by a friend, on the other hand, my girfriend made an exellent discovery, she found a large piece of placoderm that is likely to belong of the same specimen we found last year, it wil soon join the rest of the pieces that are being preped at the museum now. On the way home we made a quick stop for prospection in an other quarry, but appart from a few nice calcite cristals we had no luck here. Still, we had a realy fun day one of the 2 goniatites I found that day: Lunchtime Hexagonaria next to the BBQ: the placoderm fragment found by my girlfriend ( Natalie81 ) The large goniatite of my friend calcite crystals from the next spot: growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Snatch that gigantic goniatite while he's not looking! The placoderm your girlfriend found is also quite nice. Looks like an ideal day: lovely looking site, fine weather, good collecting, good company, and some nibbles. A perfect day! Thanks for sharing the trip with us. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Looks like the perfect way to spend a day. You may not have found much, but it really doesn't matter on days like that and what you did find was excellent. Hope the placoderm part does fit with the others. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Nice report with some very good finds! It looks like it was a great time, Kevin! That cephalopod of yours is not bad at all! Thanks for posting. 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...
FossilDAWG Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 A good time with good friends and some good fossils: what more could one hope for? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Looks like you had a great trip, love the placoderm! “...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...
belemniten Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Thanks for sharing this wonderful report with us Enjoyed your nice pictures and congrats that you guys found some nice stuff Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchDinoDude Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Cool idea to have a BBQ in the quarry and nice finds Kevin! Groetjes Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Great report and finds!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Belgium, and no cold liquid, hoppy refreshment? That might come in a six-pack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 5 hours ago, goatinformationist said: Belgium, and no cold liquid, hoppy refreshment? That might come in a six-pack? you didn't spot the pack of beer between the orange juice bottle and the cola bottle right from the blue frigobox? growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Nice report! Enjoy seeing fossils from Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 What a wonderful way to spend a day! Thanks for taking Us along (virtually) 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...
JarrodB Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Nice finds. It looks like a fun trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 19 hours ago, Manticocerasman said: you didn't spot the pack of beer between the orange juice bottle and the cola bottle right from the blue frigobox? No, my eyes were filled with your very fine cobb of calcite crystals. Fossils and minerals are my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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