Crinoid Queen Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 My friend Paleosupply and I decided that yesterday was the day to go to Crawfordsville, IN to hunt. This is the first time I have been able to get out since the fluke warm days in February. As we are driving over there my local person calls me back and says it rained "a lot" the night before. As we are about 1/3 of the way there this makes us very disheartened. We decided to late to turn around any way. We get there and YAY the creek was higher than average but not too bad. As usual every one took off in their own direction and tries to sniff out their own spot. Then after a while of little to no luck we all converge on the "spot." For only 3 people we dug up a lot! Usually only get that much up when RobRussel and the rest of the gang comes We had to make like 5 trips (one special for a plate that paleosupply found. That sucker weighed at least 180lbs! It took all three of us to carry it out.) On the way home was the real fun though! As we are driving, my boyfriend calls and says there is a tornado warning at home. So we turn on the radio and start hearing every few minutes another tornado warning start popping up in another locality closer and closer to the west of us and we appear to be headed on a collision course with the storm..... About the half-way point we meet with one of the nastiest storms I think I have ever been in in my life. It starts down pouring rain and with the lightning it is so whited out we could only see a few yard in front of us. The lightning was like think yellow bolts and the sky was the eerie green color and everything! Then we start to see the rain start frequently alternating directions from which it is coming....right to left, straight at us, left to right and then behind us. The freakiest thing was then we both spotted a conical shape in the clouds to the left of the freeway. I don't know if it was just our minds being scared or really was a funnel cloud! It would not let up either just kept coming, meanwhile the radio and Paleo's phone are buzzing off the hook with warnings. Paleo had to drive like 30mph for almost an hour. The only reason we were able to keep going is the car in front us' tail lights. We finally make it to my place about 12am (after a 3 hr drive turned into almost a 4.5 hr one). Poor Paleo had to drive another hour home. Then he texts me and says he is stuck in traffic because a Semi was blown on it side by the wind! I think we both agree that is enough excitement for one day...... The crazy things we do for our fossils ha ha -CQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Glass sponge (or at least what I have been told it was?) Nice little Inundate no idea yet What do you guys think Taxocrinus? No idea yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Multiple Plate 1 Eretmocrinus and a Cyatocrinites Histocrinus I think it is a gastropod... Hope it is attached to something! Reverse Probally a Scytalocrinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Couple Agaricocrinus' on the same plate Cyathocrinities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) I found a Brittle Star too First one of this species! Beautiful Agaricocrinus. I think the best find of the trip!........ Then as I clean it off to take pics......... I think That there is a second brittle star in her too? What you guys think is that what it is or just wishfull thinking? Edited June 1, 2013 by Crinoid Queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 CQ, You certainly do live up to your screen name! What a fantastic haul! Congrats on that Brittlestar! Thanks for posting - great report. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 What we won't do for fossils - I can attest. That is a nice hexactinellid! Am I seeing that right, it's about a foot long?? Very nice finds, can't wait to see them prepped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Great haul girl! In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 What we won't do for fossils - I can attest. That is a nice hexactinellid! Am I seeing that right, it's about a foot long?? Very nice finds, can't wait to see them prepped. Thanks for verifying the ID for me I saw those for like 6 years never thinking they where anything ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 WTG Deb! You guys killed it! Glad to see the honey hole is still productive! I'm sorry I wasn't able to make the trip. Now that my Mazon hunting grounds are overgrown I'm anxious to hit the shale's again, and Cville's on the radar! Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thanks for verifying the ID for me I saw those for like 6 years never thinking they where anything ha ha I can't be sure but I did see something similar on ebay once, but it was nowhere near this size! Impressive. Anyway it does have the characteristic crosshatched spicule (skeleton) pattern and the overall vase shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Oh!!!! that's what I call the mother of all field trips Debbie, I have several photos of you both. Please send me a working email address, so I will send you the pictures Nando Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 It was certainly worth the wait in order to make such wonderful finds! Looking forward to seeing the end results. The return trip was even more exciting than the hunt itself. Glad you all made it home unscathed! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Nice Taxo! My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 The return trip was even more exciting than the hunt itself. Glad you all made it home unscathed! Isn't that the truth! That is usually the most boring part too HA HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrguy54 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Those are all nice as is. I can't wait to see them prepped. If I came across that glass sponge in the field, there a good chance I would have mistaken it for a burlap impression on concrete. I need to be more careful. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) Finnaly got a day off to finish it Barycrinus rhombiferus, Agaricocrinus splendens with Onychaster flexilis brittle star Edited June 7, 2013 by Crinoid Queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Beautiful... Quite a difference between 'before' and 'after'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Nice Cirren you've got there! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Finnaly got a day off to finish it Barycrinus rhombiferus, Agaricocrinus splendens with Onychaster flexilis brittle star DSCN1419 (800x443).jpg DSCN1421 (800x637).jpg beautiful beautiful beautiful :) Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Wow great stuff!!!!! Congrats on all the wonderful finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry739 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Wow. I would love to be able to prep this well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 STUNNING! You are an artist prepping! Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 STUNNING! You are an artist prepping! Bev Wow. I would love to be able to prep this well. Awwwww thanks you two beautiful beautiful beautiful :) Wow great stuff!!!!! Congrats on all the wonderful finds! Thanks again for lookin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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