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Last weekend I made a trip to western New York in search of Eurypterids. I went to a spot recommended by member @Buffalopterus. He had been telling me about the spot for the past few months. The site is in a creek, which exposes the Phelps, Victor, and Morgantown formations. It is mostly float material though there is solid exposures as well. While Eurypterids are rare here they have been found, usually as partials. I decided to give it a shot. As I had limited time I only spent about 2 hours at the site. For me it was mainly a scouting mission. I spent some time breaking some fresh material straight from the stream bed as well as breaking into the float material. I am sad to say I did not find a single tidbit. But I am not deterred, as I have seen the ones my friend has found there and I know I just have to keep trying. As they say "Better luck next time". Here are some picks of the area and where I worked. I will keep you updated about future trips.

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Next up is my trip yesterday to a Eurypterid site in Eastern New York. This site is where I found my October FOTM winner. Now a couple weeks ago I had come here hoping as always to find something nice. I spent a fair amount of time removing fresh material. All that I was finding was bits and pieces. Then towards the end I split open a chunk and exposed a decent partial. There is some body segments, head, paddle, and feeding appendages. That got me a little excited, so I stayed a bit longer. Then I pulled a stupid move like a big dummy.

Instead of putting the find immediately in my truck, I set it next to me while I continued to work. You all all know what happened next. I couldn't find it when it was time to leave! Ooohhh was I mad! I should have known better, I am not new to this. After looking for awhile I just gave up. It is not that the find was great, but after busting my but moving slabs I wanted to atleast leave with something.

So yesterday I went back and told myself to atleast spend a few minutes trying to find it. 

And I did!

Spent a total of about 3hrs. Split rock, removed a few slabs of fresh material. This time I didn't really find much other then a telson and tiny bits but atleast I found what I misplaced last trip. I am really getting into searching for Eurypterids and starting to learn more about them. Here is a pic of my prize.

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Glad you've been getting out there, Dave!

Great find, as well.

I'd be happy with a find like that. :)

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Glad you found your lost eurypterid fossil, a very good find for that difficult site. Love the (chelicera) appendages protruding from the prosoma. Congratulations. 

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excellently documented field trip, good photography.

Kudos !!!! 

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Very nice Dave... Just knowing that eurypterids have been found in such a place would keep me coming back many times until I found one.

I guess we've all set a fossil down absentmindedly and then lost track of it, when the collecting box/bag/vehicle was right there waiting. It's so annoying - like you say, we're not new at this. At least you found yours again, so all you've lost is a bit of time.

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16 hours ago, Darktooth said:

instead of putting the find immediately in my truck, I set it next to me while I continued to work.

 

Just did this last week on a trip back from Washington DC. Eighteen hours of driving mandated taking some breaks as my eyes tired. So what is one to do, pull over at road cuts and look for fossils. At one such site, I split a piece of shale exposing a beautifully preserved prone trilobite. I set it on a large rock so as not to loose or forget it. I did both!

 

Great trip reports! I wish we had eurypterids in my area

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Ouch! 

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3 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

 

Just did this last week on a trip back from Washington DC. Eighteen hours of driving mandated taking some breaks as my eyes tired. So what is one to do, pull over at road cuts and look for fossils. At one such site, I split a piece of shale exposing a beautifully preserved prone trilobite. I set it on a large rock so as not to loose or forget it. I did both!

 

Great trip reports! I wish we had eurypterids in my area

Well now you need drive drive back and find it!:DOH:

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