Nimravis Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Well I decided to stop again at the Garage Sale at an ESCONI members house. It had been a rainy night and before it opened at 10 am I along with another gentleman helped the owners daughter remove tarps that were covered with a lot of water. After that, I and a number of others began to look around for new items that had been placed outside since last week. I found a couple things that caught my eye, I don’t know if the prices are good for a couple things that I purchased , but it was to help the owner and I was willing to pay the price that I did. These trilobites appear to be from the Ordovician of New York, but I would not be surprised if they came from Canada, maybe @Kane can confirm. For these pieces I paid $130.00 I believe that they are Ceraurus and Isotelus. I got 3 Ceraurus- And then these Isotelus. I also got this box of Agatized Coral from Florida for $50, I have never owned a piece of this. To be continued- 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nimravis Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 I picked up this misc bags of Oligocene turtle shell pieces and random bone pieces for $5.00 from Nebraska. I bought this flat for $2.00 that was identified as coming from James Dick Quarry and for the life of me I am having a brain cramp on the id- I have seen them before but can not remember. @Northern Sharks any help would be appreciated. (EDIT- Thanks @Wrangellian for the ID "Edrioasteroids"). I bought this Saint Marie’s Cement Company- Bowmanville pieces for $4.00, I wanted to split them and see what, if anything was inside. I believe the bottom two pics might be a cephalopod. For those interested, the Garage Sale will be on again next Saturday - pm me if you want the info. @stats I missed you today. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Mike, your agatized coral is "Tampa Bay Coral". Now very difficult to find. Lots of coral found these days is from where I go in the northern part of the state and southern Georgia in the North Withlacoochee river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, Sacha said: Mike, your agatized coral is "Tampa Bay Coral". Now very difficult to find. Lots of coral found these days is from where I go in the northern part of the state and southern Georgia in the North Withlacoochee river. Thanks- I forgot to tag you on that, I know you had a great piece up in an auction recently that I believe @caldigger won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Again, wow. Nice edrioastreroids! (I don't know the specific ID).. I'd snap them up. Can't believe someone would start sawing thru them for any reason whatsoever - did they stop partway because they realized the blunder they were committing?? I have to say, I don't see any coral structure in those Florida pieces. They just look like chalcedony to me. Can anyone point out coral features for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 44 minutes ago, Wrangellian said: I have to say, I don't see any coral structure in those Florida pieces. They just look like chalcedony to me. Can anyone point out coral features for me? The outside of the pieces should show the normal structure of finger corals in tampa bay coral. The internal structure in these corals is usually gone. My corals will retain external structures in all pieces and internal structures in those pieces less thoroughly replaced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Wrangellian said: Nice edrioastreroids! (I don't know the specific ID). That's what they are, thanks. I knew I had seen them and now I remember that they could be found in a road cut in Kentucky but I never found any. I also think they did the cut by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I can't believe you got a whole flat of them for $2. I'm living in the wrong part of the world.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 45 minutes ago, Wrangellian said: I can't believe you got a whole flat of them for $2. I'm living in the wrong part of the world.... I almost did not buy them, but when I looked closer I recognized something, but could not put my finger on it so I decided to take them and for $2.00 you can't go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 The seller must have known what they were selling, or did they not? I'm glad you looked closer, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Wrangellian said: The seller must have known what they were selling, or did they not? I'm glad you looked closer, anyway. The daughter is running the sale and she isn’t a collector and she is trying to get rid of everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Orthoconic nautiloid And those edrioasteroids are very nice - she could've gotten A LOT more for them than $2 - you got a GREAT deal on those, Ralph!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Jealous and again... The agatized coral is beautiful! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 The edrios are likely Isorophusella incondita. They are quite prolific at very specific levels of the JD quarry, but that being said, $2 was an absolute steal! Also, I don't think your last Ceraurus is as advertised. By the look of the pygidium, I'd say it's the much rarer Ceraurinus marginatus and as such, would be from the Lindsay (aka Cobourg) formation at Bowmanville. The Bowmanville pieces you split contain, among other things, cephalons from Triarthrus eatoni and pygidia from Pseudogygites latimarginatus along with the cephalopods Geisonoceras tenuistriatum. That material also contains abundant ostracods. I don't see any in your pics, but they are only 1-2mm long and would be glossy black. 4 There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Agree with the above. Also, the yellowish Ceraurus may be a Leviceraurus mammiloides. The Isotelus with “pointier” cephala may be Isotelus “mafrizae”. 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Your James Dick flat was the steal of the century. I would easily have plopped down $100 for it. The edrios are likely Isorophusella and that makes a lot of sense coming from JD a long time ago 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 @Northern Sharks , @Kane And @Malcolmt thank you guys very much for your expertise in these pieces- they all caught my eye so I bought them. I will look closer at all of the pieces to see if I can find anything else. Unfortunately I am in downtown Chicago heading to the Bears Game in a skybox, this is something that I really do not want to do, but I’m going with some people from work so I figured I’d be a team player- I would much rather be at home working on my Fossil‘s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I agree that most of the edrios are Isorophusella incondita. However I think the one below is a much rarer species, Belochthus orthokalus. See this page from @crinus's excellent web site for photos of other specimens. I would say that flat of edrios is worth at least 200 times what you paid for it. Don 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 6 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: I agree that most of the edrios are Isorophusella incondita. However I think the one below is a much rarer species, Belochthus orthokalus. See this page from @crinus's excellent web site for photos of other specimens. I would say that flat of edrios is worth at least 200 times what you paid for it. Don Thank you for the info- I will have to check next tie to see if there is anymore- this flat sat there a while before I grabbed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Geez, at the garage sales in my area, all you find is baby clothes, junk toys, junk furniture, junk tools, and junk kitchen stuff! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Darktooth said: Geez, at the garage sales in my area, all you find is baby clothes, junk toys, junk furniture, junk tools, and junk kitchen stuff! Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Darktooth said: Geez, at the garage sales in my area, all you find is baby clothes, junk toys, junk furniture, junk tools, and junk kitchen stuff! I feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Nimravis said: I feel your pain. Apparently you don't! You have gone to this garage "fossil" sale, 3 times! That is like the Kardashians saying "We are just normal everyday people like you." I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Darktooth said: Apparently you don't! You have gone to this garage "fossil" sale, 3 times! That is like the Kardashians saying "We are just normal everyday people like you." I know and I will be there Saturday again for any new things that look interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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