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a very windy fieldtrip in the North of France


Manticocerasman

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This Saturday Natalie and I hit the road towards the jurassic and cretaceous clifs in the North of France.

This is a 2h trip from where we live, so we left early to make most of the use of the favorible tides on those beaches.

 

the 1st stop were the Titonian deposits near Wimereux, not the most easy place to find fossils, but with patience some nice fossils can be found.

Th big problem although on this trip was the wind... this made it relatively hard to search for fossils.

 

we did manage to find a couple of jurassic ammonites, one of them was more than 30cm in diameter but needs a lot of cleaning.

 

In the afternoon we went to the beaches at the cretaceous clifs near Calais. here again the wind gave us a hard time blowing a lot of sand in the air. 

Although the harsh conditions we did find a few decent cenomanian ammonites, including a nice heteromorph turrilites sp.

 

pictures of the Titonian deposits and finds:

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pics of the ammonites of the cretaceous site:

 

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Nice finds, I look forward to seeing prepped.:popcorn:

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I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.

 

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Cool looking hunting :1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76: Some really nice finds!

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

Regards Sebastian

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11 hours ago, jpc said:

Nice stuff.

 

10 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Nice finds, I look forward to seeing prepped.:popcorn:

 

8 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Nice finds, Kevin. You have some work to do by the looks of things.

 

7 hours ago, belemniten said:

Cool looking hunting :1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76: Some really nice finds!

 

2 hours ago, ynot said:

Nice finds!

Really like the heteromorph, please post pictures when it is prepped.

 

1 hour ago, doushantuo said:

Good post Kev,with good photography,too

 

 

Thx everyone, the pictures of the prepped specimens will folow. but it will take a while, our compressor is broken and is in repair, I don't know when we get it back. 

Once the prepping tools are back in order I'll start with the heteromorph ammonite.

 

 

 

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Excellent finds Kevin. especially the excellent heteromorph. Belgium and Northern France are definitely on my bucket list. 

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Gah, everytime I see one of your posts from your hunts at the Caps I get jealous! :envy:

Very cool finds once again Kevin!

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

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16 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Excellent finds Kevin. especially the excellent heteromorph. Belgium and Northern France are definitely on my bucket list. 

If you ever get here let me know, I can show you around :D

 

 

13 hours ago, Max-fossils said:

Gah, everytime I see one of your posts from your hunts at the Caps I get jealous! :envy:

Very cool finds once again Kevin!

Max, on 26 and 27 october this year I'm guiding 2 day fieldtrip at this location with Natalie for the "BVP"

perhaps you can come along?

 

https://paleontologie.be/excursies-activiteiten-2018/

 

 

 

 

growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional.

 

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8 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

 

Max, on 26 and 27 october this year I'm guiding 2 day fieldtrip at this location with Natalie for the "BVP"

perhaps you can come along?

 

https://paleontologie.be/excursies-activiteiten-2018/

Hopefully I'll be free then :) 

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

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the compressor is back, so I started prepping again :yay-smiley-1::ammonite01:

 

 

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