Manticocerasman Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Today we had a field trip with the "Lithos" geology club at my favorite hunting spot. Although the day started with freezing temperatures, the sun quickly rose the temperatures during t morning and gave us a beautiful day. the last time I visited the quarry the finds were disapointing due to the lack of activity in the quarry, but today we were lucky and the past week a new acces road was being dug to the side of the quarry, straight through the Matagne slate. It didnt take long before I found my first fossils, at first a few halve goniatites, but after a while a complete large specimen and a nautiloid that I had never seen before at this locaton. we searched further in the quarry where we found the spot where the rest of the slate was dumped, resulting in a couple extra goniatites, one of them was an exquisite specimen and a 2nd nautiloid. Note that al the goniatites this time weren't Manticoceras specimens, but an other Gephuroceratinae: Crickites sp. they differ from the former with a more bulbous shape and large size ( up to 30cm in diameter ) In the afternoon we prospected the usual scree piles at the back of the quarry where we found a multitude of small pyritised cephalopods and I even found a broken nodule with very rare placoderm remains. Natalie also found a large and complete Crickites sp. at this spot This day turned out to be one of my most productive days at this location. 19 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Yaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You had a good day! You certainly look happy enough in the photos. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 What fantastic finds! . Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Congratulations on a fantastic hunt! Cephalopods rock! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Thanks for a great report and pics. Nice finds! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Nice - all around! Congrats on the finds. 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...
caldigger Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Looks like you're getting items all set for this year's Secret Santa exchange. What are they quarrying the material for at that site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Yaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You had a good day! You certainly look happy enough in the photos. Thx Adam. 10 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: What fantastic finds! . Don Thx Don 10 hours ago, Monica said: Congratulations on a fantastic hunt! Cephalopods rock! Thx Monica. They sure do 5 hours ago, Darktooth said: Thanks for a great report and pics. Nice finds! Thx Darktooth. 4 hours ago, ynot said: Nice - all around! Congrats on the finds. Thx Tony. 4 hours ago, caldigger said: Looks like you're getting items all set for this year's Secret Santa exchange. What are they quarrying the material for at that ? They are to heavy to send by mail They are quarrying for road ballast. The center of the quarry is a devonian reef ( bioherm), so they have to remove the fossiliferous slates and limestone beds on the sides of it to get to the material. All the unwanted material is dumped in a field at the back of the quarry and offers us a great place to look for fossils 2 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 A little update, I started to prepp the pieces: 2 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlEyes Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Great founds. I love all of them. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Kevin, Thanks for posting all of these wonderful finds. We don't see cephalopods of this size, too much, in the Devonian areas I collect from. Wonderful to see a great trip report and finds, this deep in winter. Congratulations. 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...
FossilsAnonymous Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 @Manticocerasman , Very nice finds. I don't get much opportunities to look at these types of fossils. Thanks very much. On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 28 minutes ago, OwlEyes said: Great founds. I love all of them. Thank you for sharing. Thx 23 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Kevin, Thanks for posting all of these wonderful finds. We don't see cephalopods of this size, too much, in the Devonian areas I collect from. Wonderful to see a great trip report and finds, this deep in winter. Congratulations. Thx Tim, honestly we dont see them very often here either, it is unusual to find those in this size. They are excavating the upper parts of the matagne formation, it apears that the cephalopods here get a lot bigger than the other layers. 20 minutes ago, FossilsAnonymous said: @Manticocerasman , Very nice finds. I don't get much opportunities to look at these types of fossils. Thanks very much. Thx, glad you like them. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Those are some BIG cephalopods! Great finds Kevin, good job! 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...
JarrodB Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Amazing finds. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Excellent! Can't wait to see those things finished! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 22 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Excellent! Can't wait to see those things finished! I've finished one a complete 25cm diameter goniatite, Crickites cf. 5 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Manticocerasman said: I've finished one a complete 25cm diameter goniatite, Crickites cf. Fantastic! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 WOW ! ! ! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 an update on my prepp work: We also found a couple of Nautiloids this saturday. This is the 1st one: ( size: 14cm long and 10 cm wide ) some kind of Oncocerid. as found: after the prepp: 2 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Beautiful goniatite and nautiloid - what monsters!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 @Ludwigia and @Fossildude19 I prepped the goniatite that Natalie found, an other monster of 27 cm diameter . Crickites sp. Late Devonian Frasnian Matagne formation Chimay ( Belgium ) as found: during prepp: finished: ( I might continu the center with an airscribe later ) 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 WoW! 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...
Ludwigia Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I must say, those things are really impressive! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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