fossilized6s Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) So i went with my local club (ESCONI) to a hill they lease for two weekends out of the year for a dig about a month ago. It's nicknamed "Fan Worm Hill" in Braceville, IL. This hill is a old spoil pile from the coal mining, and is filled with nodules from the Essex fauna. We get to dig there, so i was very excited to go! I killed my body and collected about two 5 gallon buckets full. Sadly, most are poorly preserved blanks, jellys or bivalves. I did find one decent polychaete worm and cool associated Jellyfish though.... But now i may have found one of the most interesting pieces in my Mazon fauna. It looks similar to the Sea Cucumbers i find from the South Unit, but i really don't think it is. It's too inconsistent in form and texture. So, I believe it to be a pyrite encrusted piece of coprolite. If anyone has knowledge of Braceville nodules id love to get a confirmation. Thanks for looking! For your amusement, Golden Poop..... Edited October 22, 2014 by fossilized6s ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Sure looks like poop to me. That's a neat one, Charlie! You could always make jewelry out of it! Thanks for posting it. 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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 pyrite nodule, "lightly used" Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 A seriously attractive coprolite to my eyes! NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Haha, thanks guys! It's an interesting piece, that's for sure. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Charlie, that is some very pretty poop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Ya get all the poop you want on this site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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