digit Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 The winner of the March 2019 VFOTM goes to... A pair of worthy finds that finished in a dead heat!!! Capybara skull - Pleistocene - Brazos River, Texas Congrats to @garyc!!! Lepidotes mantelli fish - Valanginian, Early Cretaceous - Sussex, UK Congrats to @Birdman!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Congratulations to you both. The way that vote went it would have been very cruel for there to have been a loser. Beautiful finds. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSirmon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Congratulations to the both of you. Beautiful specimens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 It's a tie! Congratulations to both winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Wow both are fantastic winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Congratulations to both of the worthy winning fossils! 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...
Troodon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 We should have multiple winners every month but these are both cool specimens congrat to both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, Troodon said: We should have multiple winners every month We do in a way--our members enter some lovely and drool-worthy specimens each month. Without sounding too much like the "everybody gets a trophy" fad that has recently been watering down competitions for our younger generation, I enjoy seeing all of the entries each month as a gallery of the diverse finds that our members are discovering each month. I always say that all who enter are winners but only one gets the digital award for the month--in this case it was easy to make an exception to that rule to split this month's award between two distinctly different finds that both deserve some extra recognition. Looks like this year's FOTY competition will contain a baker's dozen of entries to choose from making that choice just a bit more difficult to make. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Both deserve the laurels! Great finds! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 50 minutes ago, digit said: We do in a way--our members enter some lovely and drool-worthy specimens each month. Without sounding too much like the "everybody gets a trophy" fad that has recently been watering down competitions for our younger generation, I enjoy seeing all of the entries each month as a gallery of the diverse finds that our members are discovering each month. I always say that all who enter are winners but only one gets the digital award for the month--in this case it was easy to make an exception to that rule to split this month's award between two distinctly different finds that both deserve some extra recognition. Looks like this year's FOTY competition will contain a baker's dozen of entries to choose from making that choice just a bit more difficult to make. Cheers. -Ken Very true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Hi, Congrats to you both. Two fantastic fossils ! I don't think we had capybara in Europe. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Both are nice! Rare! Beautiful? Maybe not too pretty but I would love to be the finder of each of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thanks everyone and congrats to @Birdmanas well. Very cool fish. Although, I think my capybara would eat it for breakfast!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 A tie! Wow! Two absolutely incredible finds, congrats to the both of you!!! 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...
jcbshark Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Congrats to you both, stunning finds for sure Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Congrats! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Congratulations to both winners! Both fossils are exceptional, so this is an excellent outcome. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Congratulations to you both with two desirable specimens. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Oh wow. I just found out. This makes me really happy. Big thank you to everyone. I'm chuffed. And my congrats to GaryC for his great find making joint FOTM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Congratulations, everyone! 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Congratulations. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Congratulations! These are both so cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Congrats ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Woah, a tie! never seen that before! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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