Nimravis Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Today was the 2nd day of the ESCONI Braceville Shaft Mine Trip to collect Mazon Creek concretions. I was not able to go yesterday since I did not arrive back from Puerto Rico until later that night. I did want to make it out today because I had a number of buckets of fossils (Mazon Creek flora and fauna, Indiana and Kentucky Ordovician has plates and loose horn Coral / bryozoan, Moroccan echinoids and Pleistocene/Pliocene shells) to dump out for the participants. I was not sure that the trip was going to go on due to rain, but I did receive a PM from @stats Rich advising me that it was on. I had contacted him before I left for vacation and advised him that I had some buckets that I wanted to dump. Rich and others also had fossils that were dumped yesterday and today. Even though there was quite a bit of rain in the morning, there were a number of ESCONI members who showed up for some fun in the mud, and it was muddy today. I did not stay to do any collecting due to the fact that my wife wanted me to go grocery shopping- lol. If you live in the area you should join ESCONI, you would love going on this trip that is held on two different weekends during the year. Here are a couple pictures that I took while I was at the site. The muddy walk in- Collectors on the hill- Participants going through the “dump pile” of fossils. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Nimravis said: I had a number of buckets of fossils (Mazon Creek flora and fauna, Indiana and Kentucky Ordovician has plates and loose horn Coral / bryozoan, Moroccan echinoids and Pleistocene/Pliocene shells) to dump out for the participants. And I certainly hope you were curtious enough to individually label each and every one with all the proper information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 56 minutes ago, caldigger said: And I certainly hope you were curtious enough to individually label each and every one with all the proper information. Yea- that’s not going to happen, but I did try to identify pieces for people as they were picking through the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred97 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Thanks for the post, Ralph. I only went on Saturday this time, I notice a lot more rain gear on Sunday. It was hot on Saturday with no clouds. It's always a great trip, though. Some of the friendliest people you could meet, and I really appreciate the buckets you and others bring - I always have a look! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I signed up for Sunday, but had to cancel due to some family plans. Looks like I missed a muddy good time indeed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I know my kids appreciate the bucket dumps. The one year we went it had rained all night and the kids kept losing their shoes on that walk in and out. I had to carry one out and go back for the fossils. I'm sad I didn't get to go to any this year or last due to work. I almost called in to go, but ultimately decided against hosing my coworkers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archaeo Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 It really was a muddy, wet day, but my grandsons had a ball (2nd time going there). I really appreciated the time y'all took to trudge out there with concretions & other fossils. That gives the kids hours of exploratory reading & lots of treasures for "show & tell" at school. This is the best group! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 2 hours ago, archaeo said: It really was a muddy, wet day, but my grandsons had a ball (2nd time going there). I really appreciated the time y'all took to trudge out there with concretions & other fossils. That gives the kids hours of exploratory reading & lots of treasures for "show & tell" at school. This is the best group! Looks like they had a blast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archaeo Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Indeed they did, + so did I. I think, tho, they found more rocks than concretions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 3 hours ago, archaeo said: Indeed they did, + so did I. I think, tho, they found more rocks than concretions. LOL on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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