Daryl McEwen Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) Joined up with LAWooten and her husband Ernie, and Ozzyrule244 in Gulf, NC this past Sunday to do a little Triassic fossil hunting. Seeing these fragile 200 million year old plant imprints for the first time is quite a thrill. It also takes a good bit of work to dig and chisel them out from under the pine tree roots which have their little tendrils between just about every layer of consolidated mud shale. Very interesting digging here and nothing like sifting and eyeing for marine stuff farther East. One thing for sure though is Gulf is easily half the distance for me to travel compared to the majority of good fossil places in NC so I'm sure to be back soon. Edited February 22, 2010 by Daryl McEwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Now those are different. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesta384 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I wanan go! does that mud shale extend to VA? i spent some time trying to find a good geologicalmap but couldnt reach any determination with what i did find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Very nice colors You never know what is around you until you look The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Nice Triassic material. Very rare for the east coast. I've only seen the stuff that Flyguy84 posts and yours a definitely different. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl McEwen Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 I wanan go! does that mud shale extend to VA? i spent some time trying to find a good geologicalmap but couldnt reach any determination with what i did find. I'm still very new to the Triassic layers on the mid-Atlantic, but they are here! I managed to find a decent geological map of Virginia. http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/geologic_map.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I'm still very new to the Triassic layers on the mid-Atlantic, but they are here! I managed to find a decent geological map of Virginia. Yeah, geologically, we have a pretty colorful state "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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