NJ Collecting

[Trevor]

Dear fellow forum goers,

 

I am on fall break from college in Ohio and I decided that I needed to do some fossil hunting. In about a week's time I managed to get out four times. The first trip was to a KT Boundary site. For those who do not know what that is, it is a transitional period between the Cretaceous and Paleogene. There were very few fossils at the site and the collecting conditions were less than optimal but it was nonetheless fun exploring. Next I went to an Eocene/Miocene site and struggled to get any real traction with the finds. I came out okay considering that I didn't stay too long. The last two hunts were both at Cretaceous sites and this is where I found most of my finds. Of the two, the latter was on Friday October 26th and was with Frank (frankh8147) and Jeff (Jeffery P). Frank found a cool mosasaur vertebrae and Jeff found some rare species of ammonite whose name evades my mind. I thought the day was pretty nice and overall optimal for fossil collecting. Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a nice day wherever you are & have a productive next hunt.

 

Kind regards,

Trevor

 

 

 

 

 

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[ynot]

Looks like You made some good finds.

Thanks for sharing.

[Gizmo]

Very nice, congrats! 

[The Jersey Devil]

Sweet stuff Trevor. Can you post some more pics of the pipe-like object in the first set of Cretaceous pics?

[Darktooth]

Nice score of goodies!

[Max-fossils]

Very cool finds! Looks like you did very well, congrats!

[Trevor]

7 hours ago, The Jersey Devil said:

Sweet stuff Trevor. Can you post some more pics of the pipe-like object in the first set of Cretaceous pics?

 

It is piece of a colonial clay pipe.

[Darktooth]

Is that a plesiosaur vert in pic 5&6?

[Trevor]

15 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Is that a plesiosaur vert in pic 5&6?

 

Yes. It is actually my first complete one and I have very happy with it. That day was grudgingly slow but fortunately I was rewarded with such a find. We really have to take a trip together in the spring or summer. 

 

 

[Trevor]

1 hour ago, Max-fossils said:

Very cool finds! Looks like you did very well, congrats!

 

1 hour ago, Darktooth said:

Nice score of goodies!

 

8 hours ago, Gizmo said:

Very nice, congrats! 

 

9 hours ago, ynot said:

Looks like You made some good finds.

Thanks for sharing.

 

8 hours ago, The Jersey Devil said:

Sweet stuff Trevor. Can you post some more pics of the pipe-like object in the first set of Cretaceous pics?

 

Thank you everyone.

 

[Woopaul5]

Nice vert!!! Welcome back. Hopefully today’s rains washes some new material out

[Darktooth]

@TrevorThat vert is an awesome find! What is that object, gray in color, dead center in photo #9? I found something similar when I hunted with Frank in July. If I can find it, I will post a pic for comparison.

[The Jersey Devil]

1 hour ago, Darktooth said:

@TrevorThat vert is an awesome find! What is that object, gray in color, dead center in photo #9? I found something similar when I hunted with Frank in July. If I can find it, I will post a pic for comparison.

 

Enchodus jaw 

[Darktooth]

2 hours ago, The Jersey Devil said:

 

Enchodus jaw 

Thanks, didn't recognize that until you said it. It looked different to me than the ones that I have collected in the past.

[Darktooth]

5 hours ago, Trevor said:

 

Yes. It is actually my first complete one and I have very happy with it. That day was grudgingly slow but fortunately I was rewarded with such a find. We really have to take a trip together in the spring or summer. 

 

 

I will be sure to make that happen this spring.

[The Jersey Devil]

12 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

I will be sure to make that happen this spring.

 

Maybe I might be able to join you guys.

[Darktooth]

Fine with me, the more the merrier. (As long as you don't find all the good stuff).

[The Jersey Devil]

8 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

(As long as you don't find all the good stuff).

 

I'll try not to haha

[Jeffrey P]

Congratulations Trevor. You really made out with quite a haul during your break. It was a pleasure meeting you and collecting with you and Frank on Friday. Here's a picture of my finds from that day:

[Trevor]

42 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

Congratulations Trevor. You really made out with quite a haul during your break. It was a pleasure meeting you and collecting with you and Frank on Friday. Here's a picture of my finds from that day:

 

It was awesome meeting you Jeff and I am disappointed we couldn't have met sooner. Hunting with you and Frank was an excellent way to conclude my break. Also, could we possibly get some better pictures of the ammonite? 

[The Jersey Devil]

That heteromorphic ammonite is probably Nostoceras or Didymoceras.

[Max-fossils]

7 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Congratulations Trevor. You really made out with quite a haul during your break. It was a pleasure meeting you and collecting with you and Frank on Friday. Here's a picture of my finds from that day:

 

Nice haul! I love the little brachiopods!