Finds from a previous spot after rain

[Shaun-DFW Fossils]

Today was my first chance to get a couple of hours outside since we had a heavy rain. I went to a favorite local creek and walked the exact same paths I took a few weeks ago, but with the algae getting washed away and more erosion, I had my hands full. My 3rd shoe clam since I started hunting less than a year ago, my biggest holaster, and some nice mortoniceras ammonites. I believe the formation is Fort Worth formation but it may be Grayson/duck creek, it’s all close by. Johnson county, TX

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Beautiful harvest, and very beautiful sea urchin, which suffered on top, it is deformed.

 

Coco

[Shaun-DFW Fossils]

8 minutes ago, Coco said:

Hi,

 

Beautiful harvest, and very beautiful sea urchin, which suffered on top, it is deformed.

 

Coco

Thank you Coco! Yes, lots of detail intact, the only flaw is that indentation created by whatever hit the urchin originally “back in the day.” I have a couple of large macrasters not shown as well!

[Coco]

It’s not necessarily a defect. I started my sea urchin collection with one that had been cut in half and had fossilized both parts side by side. When we know how fragile the shell of a sea urchin is, I admire the fact that they are damaged but preserved anyway.

 

Now, I don’t know what happened to it, but he has a history.

 

Coco

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nice finds!

[trilobites_are_awesome]

Great finds!

[FossilNerd]

Great stuff! It’s amazing what a little bit of rain will uncover. 

[Pagurus]

It would be a lot easier to shrug off my flooded cellar after a rain if those downpours resulted in finds like yours!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

40 minutes ago, FossilNerd said:

 It’s amazing what a little bit of rain will uncover. 

I agree.

It rained here quite heavily last week and washed away a lot of the dirt.

For the first time in months I was able to see some of my skin!