Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 This year I pulled the trigger on heading to Penn Dixie for the Dig With the Experts weekend! Definitely would highly recommend . I drove up from Boston to the Buffalo area on Thursday and spent the day Friday digging with @Malcolmt and @JamesAndTheFossilPeach. It was a blast! Thanks again guys for giving me a lay of the land. Credit to @JamesAndTheFossilPeach for the find of the day with a giant Eldredgeops (pic below). Saturday and Sunday were spent looking for trilobites in the roped off Dig With the Experts section of excavated shale with some success. Monday I drove back to Boston, and stopped to stretch my legs in Glenerie, NY to walk a stretch of road looking for Devonian brachiopods and gastropods. Got a couple! All in all, a great trip... although I'm nice and sore . Here are my takeaways from the weekend. I tried to get a bit of the entire Penn Dixie Ecosystem keeping at least one of everything and as many trilobites as I could find. I wish I took more pictures Saturday and Sunday, but I was too busy splitting shale . Cheers, Barret 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Friday, before the dig @JamesAndTheFossilPeach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Saturday, Day 1 of Dig with the Experts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 More Eldredgeops rana and a fat roller! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Plenty of molts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Some mortality plates. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Don't forget cephalopods, brachiopods, nautilus, horn corals and crinoids (stems). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Nice finds- looks like you had a successful trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Glenerie, NY pit stop. Some more brachiopods, a decent sized gastropod and a small gastropod with a +1. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Beautiful specimens! I gotta go to Penn Dixie soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Nice finds, some decent trilobites and I love the other pieces too. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Looks like you got some great bugs there. Enjoyed the opportunity to meet up and dig with you and James on the Friday. You put in a lot of work moving all that rock..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Some great ones for sure, but I'm glad to see some people don't just take home trilobites from that place, though I know it's the main drawing card! What is the item on the right in your last PD pic? I guess the thing on the left looks like an orthocone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Wrangellian said: Some great ones for sure, but I'm glad to see some people don't just take home trilobites from that place, though I know it's the main drawing card! What is the item on the right in your last PD pic? I guess the thing on the left looks like an orthocone. Hey Eric! I think the specimen to the right of the orthoconic nautiloid might be a goniatite ammonoid - I found one myself this past weekend so they're around... @Bguild Great finds, Barret! I was at PD with my daughter on the Sunday - it's too bad we didn't meet up because I brought brownies to share with forum members - perhaps next year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Bguild said: Glenerie, NY pit stop. Some more brachiopods, a decent sized gastropod and a small gastropod with a +1. That brachiopod in the lower right hand corner I believe is Chonetes hudsonica which are fairly uncommon there. That it is the best one I've seen. Congratulations on that and your Penn Dixie trilos. Nice score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Monica said: Hey Eric! I think the specimen to the right of the orthoconic nautiloid might be a goniatite ammonoid - I found one myself this past weekend so they're around... Thanks, that makes sense. All I could see was a blob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Looks like it was a fun (and productive) weekend. Glad to see some old friends were in attendance and that brownies were available--it just wouldn't be a group hunt without brownies or cookies. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Monica said: Hey Eric! I think the specimen to the right of the orthoconic nautiloid might be a goniatite ammonoid - I found one myself this past weekend so they're around... @Bguild Great finds, Barret! I was at PD with my daughter on the Sunday - it's too bad we didn't meet up because I brought brownies to share with forum members - perhaps next year... I showed up right at 9 on Sunday as everyone was walking over to the dig area. Totally missed the brownies . I'll for sure be going back, many more TFF members to meet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Great finds and report. Now I just have to convince wife to go back to NY during one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 20 hours ago, Bguild said: I showed up right at 9 on Sunday as everyone was walking over to the dig area. Totally missed the brownies . I'll for sure be going back, many more TFF members to meet! Viola and I arrived at 11am so the brownies were enjoyed around lunchtime (I think right after the second time we were told to go to our cars because of lightning) when Gus found me (after he asked a few different women in Ontario-plated cars if they were me ). If you're there next year when Viola and I are there, then hopefully we can meet up so you'll be able to partake in the brownie-eating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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