JamieLynn Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Just got back from a trip to England - still fighting the jet lag a bit! 7 hours time difference makes for interesting sleep patterns! Thought y'all might want to see what I all I found in Great Britain! Of course, we started in London, doing all the London things, including the Natural History Museum! Got to see Mary Annings plesioarus and mosasaurs. And the archeoptyrix! And the dino room!! And much much much more.....whew. Left London to visit friends in Bury St. Edmund, near Cambridge. We went to see the Sutton Hoo burial near Ramsholt in Suffolk which I had heard of a fossil hunting spot there- didn't really get to look much because there was a boat burning at the docks.....so fire trucks and smoke and commotion. I found out later that the main hunting area was a 45 minute hike from the waterfront, so I kind of missed out. Wasn't really prepared to hike that far, with friends who aren't really into fossil hunting, so I contented myself with poking along the water front and found a couple of little things.... (not the shell, I found that embedded in the dirt at Framlingham Castle, not sure if it is a fossil or just a shell). I'm not really sure what any of them are, the bullet shape I was assuming was a cephalopod, but it might be a phragmocone and I really don't know what the little round one is, perhaps a vertebra? I didn't have a coin for scale, but the little round is 3/4 inch. Next on the fossil tour was Yaxley Hampton Vale lake near Petersborough. I had heard it was a good spot, if somewhat picked over, but I found it to be quite good! I didn't find any ammonites (which I was hoping for) or crinoids (although my friend who was driving found a HUGE crinoid stem - beginners luck, the rat). But found a nice sized belemnite, plus these those neat little white spicule things. I saw them ID'd somewhere a while back (sponges, I think) , but now I can't seem to find what they are called, so if you know, please let me know! A Swan at Yaxley: But the highlight of the trip was a guided tour around Weymouth, with the interesting and outspoken Adrian Davies! He picked us up and toured us all around Portland Island and Weymouth with info on the history of the town plus stops for fossil hunting! First stop was to a cobble beach with "roach stones"...what we in Texas call Rattlesnake Rock. My husband found a dolphin spine washed up (I really wanted to take some of the vertebra, but decided they might not let me back in the US)! You can see all the cobbles around the dolphin. My "roachstones" The view from Portland looking back toward Weymouth: And the best for last - my finds of ammonites (16 of which are pyrite!) , crinoids, belemnites, a phragmocone, a sponge and a bit of bone plus some other stuff: A few more pics of my finds: Me with my nose to the ground- it was a bit chilly and windy...and then I came home to the Texas heat.. And then a day later, I went to the Quarry at Midlothian on a 100 degree day. But that's another story..... 16 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Great trip report! Glad that you had such an interesting and successful trip. Those ammonites are quite nice. Your other finds are not too shabby either! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 1 hour ago, JamieLynn said: Wasn't really prepared to hike that far, with friends who aren't really into fossil hunting whaaa?! Hmm, sounds like you need to get some different friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 This would make for a nice wallpaper for your computer home screen. Every time you click on the computer, it will be a reminder of your trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Wow! What a great trip!! Thanks for sharing it with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 @caldigger - you read my thoughts exactly on both accounts....hahahah! Thanks @Darktooth and @grandpa ! I was quite happy with my haul! 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Beautiful ammonites! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Great report and really love the finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWhite Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Cool trip! Up until a year ago i lived literally opposite Sutton Hoo! The walk from Ramsholt is a long one! If you ever end up in deep dark Suffolk again let me know and i would be more than happy to show you a few places in the area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Wonderful fossil finds - congrats! I especially like the belemnite phragmocone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 me too! It was a special find! Adrian has one that is not crushed at all....AND pyratized ....looks like a beautiful metal ornament. But he gets to hunt there every day, so I think my find is not too shabby for a first time out! hahhaha 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Looks like a great time, thanks for sharing! Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Sounds like you had an excellent excursion. I really love how you have arranged and photographed your finds from Weymouth, it's quite pleasing to the eye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilo Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Sounds like a great trip, We all love the Jurassic coast too. hope you saw the amazing Stegosaurus skeleton in the Earth Hall at the NHM. The best one in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, trilo said: Sounds like a great trip, We all love the Jurassic coast too. hope you saw the amazing Stegosaurus skeleton in the Earth Hall at the NHM. The best one in my opinion Is it's thagomizer intact? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 nice fins, careful as pyrite stuff especially if still salty, will begin to rot very quickly if not treated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 On 9/15/2019 at 2:40 PM, JamieLynn said: ... ... ...awesome! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilo Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 23 hours ago, JohnBrian said: Is it's thagomizer intact? its almost a complete skeleton and one of the best preserved one too. all four thagomizer are present and nearly perfect. Just check out on the nhm London homepage- you can see a 3D view model and read more details of it and its history outstanding display I tell you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 7:34 AM, deutscheben said: Sounds like you had an excellent excursion. I really love how you have arranged and photographed your finds from Weymouth, it's quite pleasing to the eye! Thank you! I have almost as much fun photographing them as I do finding them! Almost..... www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 5:14 PM, trilo said: Sounds like a great trip, We all love the Jurassic coast too. hope you saw the amazing Stegosaurus skeleton in the Earth Hall at the NHM. The best one in my opinion Yes indeed!! It was interesting how they have the dinos elevated...the light shines through them and makes interesting shadows! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Great account of what must have been a great trip! @JamieLynn "these neat little white spicule things" in your second fossil pic - they're serpulid tubes, Genicularia vertebralis. A distinctive species from the Oxford Clay (Callovian). 2 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 ahhhh! Thank you! They are cool little things! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_ Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 @JamieLynn I know I am a bit late to the conversation but a top tip for Hampton Vale is to take a sieve and wet sieve the silt from just into the water. Here the water had eroded it out of the cliffs and is much more productive. I found some beautiful little ammonites and lots of gastropods with some nice fish and shark teeth. Also on my first trip I found some fish jaw segments so it is defo worth doing. But be careful with pyritised fossils as they need to be soaked to avoid decay! Harry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Nice load of ammonites 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 14 hours ago, Harry_ said: @JamieLynn I know I am a bit late to the conversation but a top tip for Hampton Vale is to take a sieve and wet sieve the silt from just into the water. Here the water had eroded it out of the cliffs and is much more productive. I found some beautiful little ammonites and lots of gastropods with some nice fish and shark teeth. Also on my first trip I found some fish jaw segments so it is defo worth doing. But be careful with pyritised fossils as they need to be soaked to avoid decay! Harry Wow...yeah..that would have been a good idea!!! Perhaps someday I will get to return and I will take that advice! I was happy I at did at least find some stuff surface collecting so was not at all disappointed! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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