t-tree Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Some spoil finds from a few outings into the British Coal measures of Derbyshire. Sphenophyllum Emarginatum Mariopteris more finds too follow......... 12 Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thought this last one might be Cordaitanthus ? Cheers John 9 Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Those are beautiful. Now, I wonder what my friend in Derbyshire is doing this weekend............................. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Awesome, these are excellent! Hope you can make it back out to this site again, the quality of the finds looks great. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Some very cool splits here. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Beautiful! Great quality finds! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facehugger Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Wow, those are fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Very nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Exquisite finds! The relief and coloring are unique! Nice variety, as well. Thanks for posting these, John. Maybe Tim @paleoflor can have a look at these. 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...
t-tree Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 A couple more in shale. Seed Cheers John 5 Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Very nice specimens and I think you're right with Cordaitanthus. Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Great finds @t-tree Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Oh, very nice! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Nice finds! Any idea on how old they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Wow! Those are amazing. Great finds and thanks for sharing them. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echinoid Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Just stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 They’re beauties! Do you just pop them with a hammer or do you do a freeze-thaw cycle on them first? Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Nice finds John! Thanks for sharing. 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...
t-tree Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Thank you all for your comments. 15 hours ago, Trevor said: Awesome, these are excellent! Hope you can make it back out to this site again, the quality of the finds looks great. Trevor i will be going again but it is hard work digging(sore shoulder!) and finding(needle in a haystack) these fossils 13 hours ago, paleoflor said: Very nice specimens and I think you're right with Cordaitanthus. I'm pleased you agree as it is my first piece of Cordaitanthus in all my years of collecting. 5 hours ago, DanKurek said: Nice finds! Any idea on how old they are? Carboniferous 314/304 million years ago. 3 hours ago, UtahFossilHunter said: They’re beauties! Do you just pop them with a hammer or do you do a freeze-thaw cycle on them first? On site with a lump hammer,there are a lot of nodules with nothing in them (when i locate them). Cheers John 1 Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Nice ones! England's version of Mazon Creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Beautiful flora - wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Lovely finds, there are some very delicate details in these pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Those are all great-fantastic detail! Reminds me of Steve's crazy concretionary material from the UK that he use to post. Congrats! Thanks for showing us. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I am betraying all of kid kind by saying this.... WE NEED MORE VEGETABLES IN LIFE! Lovely pieces of forest! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 Again thank-you all for your comments. 22 hours ago, MeargleSchmeargl said: I am betraying all of kid kind by saying this.... WE NEED MORE VEGETABLES IN LIFE! Lovely pieces of forest! Yes we all need more veg Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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