Calico Jack Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) After Christmas morning everyone was preoccupied with their new gifts, so I slipped out of the house for a couple of hours to visit the Cole Hill Road site in hopes of finding a nice Christmas dipleura. The site was covered in snow and I had to hack away a large amount of frozen overburden. Overall, the rock was fairly barren until the last slab I turned over. Underneath that slab was a complete, prone D. dekayi! Unfortunately it turned into a bit of a jigsaw puzzle upon extraction despite my best efforts and I believe a couple fragments of the pygidium were lost in the slush and mud. L --> R In situ, fossil with scale, the fossil in full view, Cole Hill Rd. site covered with snow- I was digging on the shelf between the two cliffs I'll post more pictures once the jigsaw puzzle is reassembled and the fossil is prepped. Edited December 25, 2018 by Calico Jack 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Congratulations on a Great Christmas find! I Love Cole Hill but don't you feel just a wee bit guilty for leaving your family to fossilhunt on Christmas? Lol 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Jack Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 Thanks @Darktooth! The family didn't mind so long as I was back for Christmas dinner! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 That is some hardcore fossil hunting. Great find. Thanks for posting. 2 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...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Wow, you’re starting to make me get cabin-fever. that’s a great find! 1 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...
fossilized6s Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Awesome piece! Congrats 1 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 And here I am discouraged by rain from going out to my local site this time of year. Nice find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Extreme fossil hunting at its best and a very nice Christmas gift ta boot! Congratulations on a great find. You can be sure I'll be there too when the snow melts in the spring. Thanks for sharing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 What a beautiful Dipleura! Congrats, and merry Christmas! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Dude no way!!!!! What a find I’m so jelly! Now your gonna make me have to go hunt there ASAP!! I just went there the beginning of November for the first time. I found a little baby dipleura. Were you working the shelf half way up the exposure? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Jack Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Al Tahan said: Dude no way!!!!! What a find I’m so jelly! Now your gonna make me have to go hunt there ASAP!! I just went there the beginning of November for the first time. I found a little baby dipleura. Were you working the shelf half way up the exposure? Yep! I was digging on the shelf about halfway between the first and second cliffs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 What a great find! Pity that a few of the pygidium pieces were lost, but it is still effectively complete (Dipleura prones are quite lovely). I admire your dedication to go out collecting in the snow... Are you sure you're not Canadian? 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 @Calico Jack it's always that last piece isn't it. Wish I could have went out on Christmas, my Grandmothers house is half an hour from Calvert but I can't drive yet legally so i'm out of luck. On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Oh man...I was so close to it last time haha @Calico Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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