Ludwigia Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Autumn weather is on the move again, so the farmers are behaving accordingly and plowing up their fields. Time to go for a few strolls in the furrows of southwestern Germany. I was out last week and harvested a few things, although I wasn't quite sure about the quality, since the majority of them were mostly imbedded in matrix. I did give one of the stones a whack, though, which produced the following result: A Megateuthis sp. belemnite split in half with exposed phragmocone. I just had to reduce the excess matrix with my saw and do a slight bit of abrading. It's 12cm. long. The next one, the ammonite Bigotites (Prorsisphinctes) pseudomartinsi (7cm.) needed a lot of work to expose it. It is quite interesting, since I managed to free up the inside of the living chamber shell while leaving the inner whorls intact. There was actually more of the shell within the matrix, but unfortunately some of it was too brittle and broke away. The next two are bivalves. There was also a good portion of extraction involved with both of them. I decided to remove the Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. (6.5cm. long) completely from the matrix in order to expose both sides, but I felt that the Myophorella cf. clavellata (8cm. long) looked better on matrix. A bit of shell is missing at the end but it's pretty well complete. A bunch of tube worms decided to colonize this one. The hinges are always nice on the family members of the Trigonioida, so I at least exposed them with the abrader. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Wow! I just love your finds! ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Amazing what 'a bit of a whack' can do. You have gathered up some true beauties. I've looked for human artifacts after plowing and had some luck, but not like yours. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 5 hours ago, Raggedy Man said: Wow! I just love your finds! Thanks 4 hours ago, Innocentx said: Amazing what 'a bit of a whack' can do. You have gathered up some true beauties. I've looked for human artifacts after plowing and had some luck, but not like yours. Luck certainly does play a role, but there are a good number of relatively productive fields here to choose from. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Beautiful specimens and fantastic preparation work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 Thanks, Bobby Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Oh my gosh, Roger - I LOVE your belemnite!!! Congratulations on a productive day out in the fields! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Monica said: Oh my gosh, Roger - I LOVE your belemnite!!! Congratulations on a productive day out in the fields! Thanks, Monica. That's what you call a lucky split Here's another one just prepped. Strigoceras bessinum 7cm. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 You sure know how to bring out the best in everything you find, Roger. Beautiful work, as always. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Lovely finds and great prep work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Oh boy , more niceness from Roger's workshop! Thanks for the continuing show! 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...
Ludwigia Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Pagurus said: You sure know how to bring out the best in everything you find, Roger. Beautiful work, as always. 2 hours ago, Archie said: Lovely finds and great prep work! 1 hour ago, ynot said: Oh boy , more niceness from Roger's workshop! Thanks for the continuing show! Thanks, everyone. 'preciate your comments Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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