Al Tahan Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I can’t wait for spring ugh. I had 3 hours to fossil hunt today (including drive time) and I live 35 min from Cole hill rd. It’s been on my do list before we get buried in snow lol. My fiancée is 29 today!! She got her hair dyed today so she was going to be busy for the afternoon. When she did that I slipped out for a few hours before the birthday festivities. Perfect compromise lol. The outcrop didn’t have much snow on it. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 I did mostly hard labor and didn’t get to split as much rock as I would have liked but I was trying to set up for future hunts. I want to actually try to do some detailed field work here at some point. I’m interested in trilobite orientations. I love structural geology. I find it interesting that the trilobites in buffalo are upside down (usually)and the ones at Cole hill are not (usually)...I’m also interested in directional orientations.....For another day. I did find this monster though. No cephalon but still huge!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Here are 2 nice specimens with scale. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Final product for the day. I did get some Gastropods and Brachiopods as well but they aren’t being very photogenic lol. I forgot to mention the nice cephalon of a greenops I found. Finds that I kept: 1 dipleura cephalon 1 greenops cephalon 2 dipleura pygidium large dipleura missing cephalon various brachs and gastropods thanks, Al 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Great report Al- wrap one of those up as a gift for the GF- but stay back, she will probably throw it at you- lol. Great finds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Top notch trilos! 2 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Very cool trilobite pieces. That next to last pic shows some amazing detail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Your not kidding when you say "huge"!!! RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 A good trip, Al. It may take a few boxes of moult partials before landing the whole Dipleura enchilada, but persistence is key! I certainly wish we had a more accessible site like that around here at this time of year! 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Nice trilobits! Some of those are a really good size! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Nice finds, Al! I especially love the almost-complete Dipleura - the ornamentation on the pygidium is gorgeous! Happy belated birthday to your fiancée, by the way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Very cool finds Al! That big cephalon is very impressive 7 hours ago, Al Tahan said: Gastropods and Brachiopods as well but they aren’t being very photogenic lol Maybe a little prep would help? Otherwise water often also works a bit. Either way I would love to see them (please) 1 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Some how I just knew that you would be going there this weekend. Lol. Nice finds all. The Greenops are pretty rare from that site. I found one complete specimen years ago. And only a few partials since then. 2 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Thanks! @Nimravis @WhodamanHD @KimTexan @Tidgy's Dad @Monica @RJB the pictures don’t even do justice. It looks bigger in real life lol. I thought they say the movies make you put on 10 lbs lol. Lies! Haha @Max-fossils they are really dark and fragmented. Some of the brachs you can hardly tell it’s a brach lol. The gastros I collected looked nicer @Kane it is lucky I was able to get out there! If I keep at it I’ll get that really good mantle piece lol...in time.....and perhaps I’ll get some good structure data! Ha. Have you ever been to Cole hill Kane? You would probably love it. @Darktooth your starting to know me well haha. I keep doing these unplanned trips last second. We gotta try to get a hunt in! Many hands make light work .....and complete greenops! wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 @Al Tahan -- No, I haven't had the pleasure. The site looks very easy, access-wise... No trudging through deep woods or negotiating treacherous rivers to get at the productive layers! I do, however, have some Cole Hill fossils courtesy of Darktooth when we all met up at DSR last spring. I'm hoping Cole Hill will be on our NY "spring fossil tour." Still in the planning and coordination stage. Of course, you'll hopefully be available! Last year was a pretty good sized crew, and maybe it'll be even bigger this spring. 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1719 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Al, very cool! Especially for a cold January day! My son Ian is at RPI and I've thought about taking a day trip to places around him like Coles Hill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I hope to have the opportunity to collect DSR and Cole Hill someday. Bucket Listers for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Kane said: @Al Tahan -- No, I haven't had the pleasure. The site looks very easy, access-wise... No trudging through deep woods or negotiating treacherous rivers to get at the productive layers! I do, however, have some Cole Hill fossils courtesy of Darktooth when we all met up at DSR last spring. I'm hoping Cole Hill will be on our NY "spring fossil tour." Still in the planning and coordination stage. Of course, you'll hopefully be available! Last year was a pretty good sized crew, and maybe it'll be even bigger this spring. Never know I may even attend this time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Wow, just Wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Kane said: @Al Tahan -- No, I haven't had the pleasure. The site looks very easy, access-wise... No trudging through deep woods or negotiating treacherous rivers to get at the productive layers! I do, however, have some Cole Hill fossils courtesy of Darktooth when we all met up at DSR last spring. I'm hoping Cole Hill will be on our NY "spring fossil tour." Still in the planning and coordination stage. Of course, you'll hopefully be available! Last year was a pretty good sized crew, and maybe it'll be even bigger this spring. sure hope so.....if I know long enough ahead of time I can make almost anything happen lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 35 minutes away, huh? I had planned to get to Cole Hill this past fall but my car rebelled. I will try to get there next Spring, though. You did great there! Mike 1 Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Pagurus said: 35 minutes away, huh? I had planned to get to Cole Hill this past fall but my car rebelled. I will try to get there next Spring, though. You did great there! Mike Shoot me a message if you ever make your way out there. I’ll come help haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Congratulations. Nice finds and effort to take advantage of a brief opportunity. Cole Hill is four hours away from me so I would be lucky to get there more than three times in a year. This could be my lucky year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I travel between Michigan and Maine, crossing at Buffalo and heading towards Scranton before heading up to Maine....is Cole Hill along the way? I have heard there are some places near Scranton as well, but it seems I am always traveling through there in the dusk, so can't really check things out in the distance or by the side of the road. Thanks for entertaining the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 hour ago, dalmayshun said: I travel between Michigan and Maine, crossing at Buffalo and heading towards Scranton before heading up to Maine....is Cole Hill along the way? I have heard there are some places near Scranton as well, but it seems I am always traveling through there in the dusk, so can't really check things out in the distance or by the side of the road. Thanks for entertaining the question. Cole hill is about dead center in the middle of New York. If you were coming from Michigan to Buffalo take the thruway through New York instead of going down to Scranton. You can get off at the Canastota exit and take some back roads to get there. Unless you have to go to Scranton for something important. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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