Truckload of Fossils !!!

[RJB]

  First time or second time in my intire fossil hunting life where I canceled on a trip.   My son is a bit lucky cause he has a father who has connections.  anyways, he took off for several days and went to a few different formations and I have to say,,, did extreamly well!!!  Here are some photo's of some exraordinary fossils!!!   Just a few pics,, more to come.

 

RB

 

Holy Cow!!!  and yes, he's got the other side to make this a very large and complete Sphenodiscus!!!

 

A super nice spheno!!!  This one is going to be freakin gorgeous!!! 

 

 

Gunna take some work but this is the color that is good as it gets!!!  Plus lots more in the rock!

 

This one is the one I want!!!  This one is special and is a very nice female spedini and a very special nicolleti!  along with some other stuff!!!

 

 

  This looks to be a super nice medium sized sphenodiscus!!! 

 

This is a part of a big conc from the Pierre shale.  Lots of stuff in these!

 

Same concretion.

 

Same concretion.  A puzzle but gunna be fun. 

 

A bit beat up on the outside of the concretion, but could be a super good b-grade ammonite!!!?

[caldigger]

Wow there's a lot going on with this chunk.  Please update us with a finished pic when you get around to prepping it. 

[Randyw]

Wow! Some great finds there!

[Darktooth]

I cant wait to see those prepped! Let's get cracking RJB!

[Randyw]

25 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Let's get cracking RJB!

Yah! Dang the snow! Tunnel your way out to the shed bundle up and get cracking! 

Frostbite builds character! 10 fingers are for sissies! 

[Darktooth]

Snow? Am I missing something?

[Adam86cucv]

5 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Snow? Am I missing something?

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/30/765694898/up-to-4-feet-of-snow-montana-hit-by-unprecedented-winter-storm

[Randyw]

45 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

Snow? Am I missing something?

Heck yes! Rjb in that monster snow storm. It’s breaking records all over 

[ynot]

Pretty nice finds, Your son did well.

Like the others, waiting to see them prepped out.

[FossilNerd]

Those are gonna be beautiful when prepped! Can’t wait to see them finished. 

[Wrangellian]

Some of those look pretty good already, like they won't need much prepping!

[Monica]

I love the colours on all of these ammonites!!!  Congratulations to your son for such a great haul!

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Looking forward to seeing those beautiful ammonites prepped!

[RJB]

15 hours ago, caldigger said:

Wow there's a lot going on with this chunk.  Please update us with a finished pic when you get around to prepping it.

The only bad thing about this rock is that he didnt save the other piece!   The spedini is going to have a place with no shell on it.

 

13 hours ago, Randyw said:

Yah! Dang the snow! Tunnel your way out to the shed bundle up and get cracking! 

Frostbite builds character! 10 fingers are for sissies!

Some funny stuff right there! 

 

11 hours ago, ynot said:

Pretty nice finds, Your son did well.

Like the others, waiting to see them prepped out.

Yeah, to say the least.  These are just a few of what he found. 

 

11 hours ago, FossilNerd said:

Those are gonna be beautiful when prepped! Can’t wait to see them finished.

You and me both, and Coleton too.

 

10 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Some of those look pretty good already, like they won't need much prepping!

He's got one that really doesnt need much prepping but didnt get a picture of that. 

 

5 hours ago, Monica said:

I love the colours on all of these ammonites!!!  Congratulations to your son for such a great haul!

I'll tell my son.  Hes all smiles right now and for some time to come.

 

3 hours ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

Looking forward to seeing those beautiful ammonites prepped!

Grab your popcorn, its gunna be awhile.  Gots to fix my electrical problem too.

 

RB

[Al Tahan]

excellent!!!!! 

[Wrangellian]

10 hours ago, RJB said:

He's got one that really doesnt need much prepping but didnt get a picture of that.

RB

I'm thinking about pics #1, 2, 5, and 8... they don't look like they'll need much more than a touch-up here and there, if that. But maybe you can see things that I can't...

[crabfossilsteve]

Those buggers are spectacular and the colors could compete with the sun.  Way cool.  But, your son hasn't been adequately trained in fossil collection,  always keep the negatives!!!

 

 

[crabfossilsteve]

Mean't to add some Ha ha ha.

 

[RJB]

18 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

I'm thinking about pics #1, 2, 5, and 8... they don't look like they'll need much more than a touch-up here and there, if that. But maybe you can see things that I can't...

For me, there is a heck of alot of hours to get those prepped out the way I want them.

 

1 hour ago, crabfossilsteve said:

Those buggers are spectacular and the colors could compete with the sun.  Way cool.  But, your son hasn't been adequately trained in fossil collection,  always keep the negatives!!!

I taught him to keep the negitives just in case there is some shell material or a small part of something.

 

RB

[Wrangellian]

3 hours ago, RJB said:

For me, there is a heck of alot of hours to get those prepped out the way I want them.

 

Each to his own, I guess, but I am of the 'don't overprep' school and those four specimens as they are would not look bad in my collection! I've got a ton of other stuff that needs prepping more than they do, anyway..