Manticocerasman Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 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: pics of the ammonites of the cretaceous site: 10 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Nice stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Nice finds, I look forward to seeing prepped. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Nice finds, Kevin. You have some work to do by the looks of things. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Cool looking hunting Some really nice finds! Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Nice finds! Really like the heteromorph, please post pictures when it is prepped. 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...
doushantuo Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Good post Kev,with good photography,too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 11 hours ago, jpc said: Nice stuff. 10 hours ago, Darktooth said: Nice finds, I look forward to seeing prepped. 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 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. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Excellent finds Kevin. especially the excellent heteromorph. Belgium and Northern France are definitely on my bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Gah, everytime I see one of your posts from your hunts at the Caps I get jealous! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 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 13 hours ago, Max-fossils said: Gah, everytime I see one of your posts from your hunts at the Caps I get jealous! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Great ammonites, especially the Turrilites! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 the compressor is back, so I started prepping again 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Very nice indeed. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Nice!pas facile d"avoir une turrilites entière! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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