A Trip to Cory’s Lane

[Isotelus2883]

 This afternoon I headed to Cory’s Lane for some digging. I unfortunately completely forgot about the tide, but thankfully it wasn’t very high when I arrived. A group of four was already there, and they said they didn’t find much “except for maybe a piece of grass.” 
  The shale is very crumbly and oily, and virtually blank most of the time, so my hopes were not very high. I did find some decent, albeit very badly preserved ferns. Identification of these is very much welcomed, as I don’t know much about these. Rhode Island Formation, partially metamorphosed.

My first find, Crenulopteris? 

Weird fern that was at a different angle to the bedding planes. Very badly preserved.

 A decent fern.

Another I think of the same species, split from the first block.

Some weird rusty things. Macrospores?

The day’s haul.

It was quite fun, the shale did split easily, it was just quite dirty and greasy. I should return again at a later time and hopefully find better material.

Edited August 20, 2023 by Isotelus2883
Bad photo.

[Fossildude19]

Nice finds. 
Your first looks more like Alethopteris. 

Species level would require being able to view the venation of the pinnules..

 

 

[Pagurus]

I'm glad you had fun and made some good finds. I enjoy collecting there near the sea, but I've had days where I've found nothing and others that were quite good. You did rather well. Thanks for sharing your finds.