JohnJ Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 The Winner of the May 2016 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month is the Aturia alabamensis nautiloid from the Eocene Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina, USA! Congratulations to Don (sixgill pete) on his rare Eocene discovery! This is his second win in the contest! Thanks to all the other members that voted and participated in the contest. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 A very worthy specimen... too bad it is not in my cabinet...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations Don ! I really like that! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Congratulations, Don. You presented a remarkable specimen. Got my vote. Edited June 6, 2016 by PFOOLEY "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 You got my vote with that one too Don, 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...
ynot Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations! 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...
abyssunder Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 It is a great one ! Congrats Don ! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations, Don! Well deserved. Wonderful fossil. 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...
Troodon Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Very nice specimen, congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 I loved that the minute I saw it! Congratulations, Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Love to find one of those....Congrat's on a wonderful specimen. TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 A very worthy specimen... too bad it is not in my cabinet...... Thank you Malcom, coming from you with some of the things I have seen that you found, means a lot. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations Don ! I really like that! Thanks A.B. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congratulations, Don. You presented a remarkable specimen. Got my vote. I appreciate it. But even more I appreciate you and everyone else participating. No matter what they cast their vote for. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 You got my vote with that one too Don, Congrats! Thank you Jeff. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congratulations! Tony Thanks Tony. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 It is a great one ! Congrats Don ! Thank you. It is in my top ten finds. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congratulations, Don! Well deserved. Wonderful fossil. Regards, Thank You Tim. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Very nice specimen, congratulations Thanks Troodon. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 I loved that the minute I saw it! Congratulations, Don. Thank you Julianna. If you would have told me a few years ago that I would have won invert FOTM twice, in a state known for vert fossils; I would have said you were kookoo. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Love to find one of those....Congrat's on a wonderful specimen. Thank You Tony. 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...
Ash Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 It was how it sits on the pedestal that won my vote. Congratulations! It also looks robotic and cool "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Thanks Ash. 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...
MikeR Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Congrats Don! As a fan of the Eocene, I am truly envious of that Aturia. Edited June 7, 2016 by MikeR "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congrats Don! As a fan of the Eocene, I am truly envious of that Aturia. Thanks Mike. 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...
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