Fitch1979 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 the white cliffs of dover - must have many fossils too ehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch1979 Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 After glueing, prepping, treating with paraloid comes ... breakfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I can't thank you enough for posting these, what a nice picture of those famous White Cliffs of Dover. Recently traded for some echinoids from Dover, you can pick up a lot of material there. And nice pyrite ammonites by the way! Is that the French version of the Gault Clay at Fokestone? Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch1979 Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 yup thomas .. thats's the cliffs I allways imagin myself what if C. Cesaer stood there for the first time.. he would have thought 'snarge, still more land to conquer overthere' And yes, these come from the clay (not all are pyritised) - such a variety of species inthere. The chalk cliffs are a little younger and have quite some nice species as well. Larger too You ever went hunting on Folkstone? I've got a friend sometimes going overthere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everhardus Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Nice specimens ! Greetz Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Excellant! Thank you for sharing. The pictures of the cliffs are beautiful. Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Nice finds! I enjoy the pictures of local terrain and collecting sites just as much as the fossils. Thanks! Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 beautiful fun ammonites. Thanks to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Nice view & nice fossils! Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 delicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 thanks for posting here those nice pictures Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Awesome specimens, you have done well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 WOW, How long does it take to collect that many ammonites from that area? BTW Thanks for posting the Dover Cliffs pic, I have not seen that particular view anywhere until now. (Shocking amount of smog, but whatever!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch1979 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 WOW, How long does it take to collect that many ammonites from that area? BTW Thanks for posting the Dover Cliffs pic, I have not seen that particular view anywhere until now. (Shocking amount of smog, but whatever!) Success in collecting fossils at this site varies a little towards few parameters: a/ time in year (everyone goes out searching in summer and with calm weather there is less erosion) b/ your knowlegde of the site (and the fossils), like some weeks ago there was 200 ppl looking (schools, universities) for fossils there and I still believe I found more in 1/2 day then them all together one day c/ a healthy dose of persistency and concentration (not as in you-have-to-behave-asocial-in-the-field) d/ luck, after all These 2 plates were collected at least in 5-6 times searching. What is actually not a bad result. Ofcourse there are those superdays and those horrible fossil-absent days too :) The smog I think you refer to is the middle darkish area on the picture in the cliff at the horizon? Thats actually because the cliffs are lower there and you can see the hill's surface there: grass. Its not smog If its a rainy/smoggy day, you can't see the other side (= UK) Yesterday morning it happened I arrived there still dark in the moring - and you could see all the lights at the English Coast .. quite nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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