ynot Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hey-lo Everybody, I took a couple from the Mineral and Gem Society that I belong to down to STH for June 4, 5, 6. We dug in the east pit for 28 hours between 7:30 am Thursday and 4:00 pm Saturday (it got to hot to stay any longer). There were a multitude of really nice finds made on all three days -- here are a couple pics of the best find, which came out about half way through the first day. More pics.... Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Sorry for the postponement but I just got called away and it will be a couple of hours before I can get back to this. Tony PS in the maen time can Anyone guess what it is? Edited June 7, 2015 by ynot Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Looks like the forward object is a canine tooth and probably a piece of bone for the top one. Try prepping some of it off (not hard!) to reveal what you've got. There may even be some more "prizes" within. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 OK, viewing the STH Facebook page, I see you've already prepped it, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Woah! Awesome Tony!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Nice Allodesmus mandible! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wow Tony!!!! That is awesome!!! Congrats: ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ooooooooooooh!!!! That looks dangerous! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hey-lo All, Sorry for the delay. I see that caldigger has let the cat out of the bag, so here are some more pics from different angles... more pics.... Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 I cleaned it on the evening of the second night, and showed it to Rob Ernst on Saturday morning. Rob took the pic that was on the STH face book page. I think that there are more teeth in the mandible that are covered with a selenite secretion. There is a second k-9 laying under the first with a broken tip (I do have most of the crown of it). It is a little wet in My prep photos. Thanks for looking... Tony PS I will post more of the great finds from this trip as I get them cleaned. Please bear with Me as it may take a while. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Fantastic, Tony! You already have your entry for FOTM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Fantastic, Tony! You already have your entry for FOTM! Thanks, I have to get it properly cleaned (which may take some time), then I will see if it looks good enough for that. Tony Edited June 8, 2015 by ynot Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 WOW! Very very nice. Definitely FOTM worthy. Did I say WOW!! Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 WOW! Very very nice. Definitely FOTM worthy. Did I say WOW!! Thank You, I hope You are right about FOTF, it would be My first fossil that I can enter in that competition. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Thanks Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hay All, Although it seems anticlimactic, there were a lot of other things that were found on this trip. I have not had the time to get most of it cleaned, let alone photographed. Here are some photos of some of the things that I found. These were taken in the motel room after a rushed cleaning. Day one. We met Rob Ernst at the gate at 7:30 and after a little chit-chat We drove to the east pit. We got there and started to dig where I had been digging on My last trip. We had to move to the other side of a small pre-dug hole that was under My tailing pile from the last time. We started to find a lot of really big bones, mostly fragments and vertebrate as soon as we started to dig. When the first screens were done We had several teeth, shark and mammal! There was also an ear bone in matrix in My screen (I think that it is both pieces together). Around 2:00 just after a quick lunch break I found the Allodesmus mandible ( it was dumb luck finding it, but My experience as a rock hound kept Me from smashing it to extract the tooth.)!!! We continued to find a lot of good things for the rest of the after noon, and the 85+ degree temperature was bearable with the large umbrella that Thaelia set up. We left at 5:00 headed to the motel. Day two. We meet with Rob at the gate at 6:00 and went back to the east pit to continue digging in the hole that we dug in Thursday. As soon as We started to dig good teeth started coming out!! We continued to find good teeth and some neat bones all day. The temperature climbed into the low 90's, and the shade from the umbrella was a life saver. This allowed us to keep digging until after 5:00. Then We went back to the motel, with big smiles on our faces. Continued in next post..... Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Some dolphin ear bones and flange I am off to start cleaning the day three finds and will post more later..... Thanks for looking, Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 11390015_926373537423053_8187190776485923758_n.jpg OK, viewing the STH Facebook page, I see you've already prepped it, well done! Woah! Awesome Tony!!! Nice Allodesmus mandible! Wow Tony!!!! That is awesome!!! Congrats: ) Ooooooooooooh!!!! That looks dangerous! Thank Y'All for the comments. I am fairly stoked about this find and the whole trip was a lot of fun, but grueling as well! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRhunter Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wow killer finds and congrats on that Allodesmus mandible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Congratulations, Tony! Great finds above and beyond the jawbone! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diceros Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Some Google figures of the Miocene desmatophocid seal Allodesmus (background info for the find): https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Allodesmus&gbv=2&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ei=XC51VZjBNc61ogTl7oLwDQ&ved=0CBoQsAQ&tbm=isch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wow killer finds and congrats on that Allodesmus mandible Thanks Congratulations, Tony! Great finds above and beyond the jawbone! Thanks Some Google figures of the Miocene desmatophocid seal Allodesmus (background info for the find): https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Allodesmus&gbv=2&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ei=XC51VZjBNc61ogTl7oLwDQ&ved=0CBoQsAQ&tbm=isch Cool link, it is nice to know the relation with other pinapeds! Thanks Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wow!! I had to look up Allodesmus, and this is really a fantastic find. I enjoy the descriptions and results of your hunting, living vicariously and imagining the feeling as you realized what you have. Congratulations!! The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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