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Cap Blanc Nez fossil hunt ( France )


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Last weekend we went on a fieldtrip to the coast of Northern France.

On Saturday morning we went to the beaches of “Cap Blanc Nez” to search for late Cretaceous ammonites in the chalk, although a lot of the beach was covered in sand, we did find quite a few specimens ( Manteliceras and Schloenbachia )

The rise of the tide forced us to leave the beach around 1 pm where we took a break in a local tavern / restaurant.

 

After our lunch we got a little further south to visit late Jurassic deposits.

Here finds were scarcer, but here my girlfriend made a terrific find. She had always dreamed to find some Jurassic marine reptile fossils, and this time she did.

She found 3 Ichthyosaur vertebrae in connection and in situ on the beach.

We also had a nice chat with a local collector who gave us a nice echinoid he found earlier that day.

 

When the sun started to set we went back to our car, just in time to avoid some heavy rainfall.

Too tired to make the drive back home we spent the night at a small hotel and went back for a hunt on Cap-Blanc-Nez on the Sunday morning.

 

The first find I made was a rare Cymatoceras Nautilus :ammonite01: . This one made my day.

Further on the beach we met some fellow fossil collectors hunting for ammonites and we exchanged some info on our finds.

Again around 1pm we were forced to leave the beach due to the tide coming up, but with the bags filled with nice fossils to bring back home.

 

 

1Sst day on the Cap:

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Cephalopods in situ:

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A vieuw on the other side of the channel: White clifs of Dover.

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2nd stop: Pointe aux oies:

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Some Atlantic wall remains:

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The verts in situ :) :

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end of the day:

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Day 2 , back to Cap Blanc Nez:

 

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An overvieuw on most of our finds:

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and a few pieces after cleanup and prepping:

 

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Cheers,

 

Kevin :ammonite01:

 

 

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1 hour ago, Manticocerasman said:

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:drool:...what a haul! :ammonite01::ammonite01::ammonite01:  Let's see some more photos of that Nautilus!!! 

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Neat trip - thanks for the report :) did you two collect the Pointe-aux-Oies vertebrae?

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9 minutes ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

Neat trip - thanks for the report :) did you two collect the Pointe-aux-Oies vertebrae?

-Christian

yes, we got them, we found two extra vertebrae while extracting those 3 . the 3 on top came out perfectly and still in a blok of matrix, but the other 2 broke during the dig. we did bring the broken bits home, we will see if we can salvage them.

 

 

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Looks like it was quite a trip with some nice scenery and finds. The ventrally crushed ammonites are quite interesting in their own distorted way. 

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2 hours ago, PFOOLEY said:

:drool:...what a haul! :ammonite01::ammonite01::ammonite01:  Let's see some more photos of that Nautilus!!! 

There you go

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Wow, what a haul! Impressive!

You did about a million times better than I did when I went there last May... :P 

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Thanks for the great pictures and congrats that you two found so many great things :D

How big are the verts? :drool:

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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30 minutes ago, belemniten said:

Thanks for the great pictures and congrats that you two found so many great things :D

How big are the verts? :drool:

THX Sebastian, they are around 8cm in diameter.

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very cool :envy:

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Beautiful beach and great finds, especially the verts! Thanks for showing. :dinothumb:

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8 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

yes, we got them, we found two extra vertebrae while extracting those 3 . the 3 on top came out perfectly and still in a blok of matrix, but the other 2 broke during the dig. we did bring the broken bits home, we will see if we can salvage them.

 

 

 

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On 30-10-2018 at 3:56 PM, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

Neat trip - thanks for the report :) did you two collect the Pointe-aux-Oies vertebrae?

-Christian

 

On 30-10-2018 at 4:17 PM, FossilDAWG said:

Thanks for showing us these sites and your great finds! :wub:

Don

 

On 30-10-2018 at 4:28 PM, doushantuo said:

classic locality,classy finds,Kev

 

On 30-10-2018 at 5:25 PM, Heteromorph said:

Looks like it was quite a trip with some nice scenery and finds. The ventrally crushed ammonites are quite interesting in their own distorted way. 

 

On 30-10-2018 at 5:54 PM, Max-fossils said:

Wow, what a haul! Impressive!

You did about a million times better than I did when I went there last May... :P 

 

21 hours ago, belemniten said:

Thanks for the great pictures and congrats that you two found so many great things :D

How big are the verts? :drool:

 

19 hours ago, Herb said:

very cool :envy:

 

19 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Great report! Congratulations for the great finds!

 

19 hours ago, Innocentx said:

Beautiful beach and great finds, especially the verts! Thanks for showing. :dinothumb:

 

18 hours ago, goatinformationist said:

Thanks so much for sharing with all of us :raindance:

 

18 hours ago, JohnBrian said:

 

A jig saw puzzle to be put together on a cold wet winter's day when its not fit to be out and about.

 

17 hours ago, aek said:

Very nice finds. Love the Nautilus.

 

13 hours ago, ynot said:

Wonderful finds!

Thanks for the tour.

 

Thanks for al the kind replies.

 

I got an update on my preppwork:

A Mantelliceras sp. I had to make a few restorations. The fossil was brougt back in a few pieces and I had to restore the gaps.

 

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yet another prepp:

 

as found:

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after prepparation:

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An excellent rewarding couple of days, especially that nautilus. Congratulations and as always, thanks for sharing your adventures with us. 

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Amazing finds, and excellent prep work!!!  Congrats!!!  

(By the way, I'm very :envy: - I love cephalopods :))

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23 minutes ago, Monica said:

 

- I love cephalopods :))

who doesn't  :D  :ammonite01::ammonite01::ammonite01:

 

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On 30.10.2018 at 9:29 PM, Manticocerasman said:

THX Sebastian, they are around 8cm in diameter.

Wow that's big :dinothumb: The Ichthyosaur vertebrae in Holzmaden are usually about 3-4 cm big. So again a huge Congrats to you two :ighappy: Please share pictures when you prepped them!

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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