New Members Wilco65 Posted December 14, 2017 New Members Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) Hi all! My name is Shannon. I started fossil hunting about a year and a half ago while visiting family in Michigan. I had forgotten my childhood love of rock and fossil hunting until my cousin took my dad and I to a nearby quarry. (If you're a great lakes rockhound the words "quarry" and "Michigan" are synonymous with Disneyland) Middle aged and older, all of a sudden the three of us were 8 years old again. So many wonders beneath our feet! Back in Illinois I found that the area where I live, about 40 miles inland from Lake Michigan, is geologically part of the Great Lakes system. The fossils I find where I live are marine fossils, primarily from the silurian period, and they're EVERYWHERE. It's apparent that this part of the world used to be a giant reef back when it was floating south of the equator. Edited December 14, 2017 by Wilco65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Welcome. I'd very much like to be surrounded by Silurian outcrops. Am I jealous,then? Only a teensy weensy itsy bitsy little bit The carbon dioxide storage capability of those bioherms is great,BTW. Recovering the hydrocarbons form the fossil reefs,then storing the combustion waste in them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 2000CHRT_301468_7.PDF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Welcome from Germany. Nice polished corals! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 A very warm welcome from Morocco! Some pretty corals there! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Welcome from Maryland! Cool finds! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Welcome from the State of Oklahoma. Glad you found your childhood fun again. Good luck on your future quests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. 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...
Gizmo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Welcome from Minnesota! Beautiful finds...congrats. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Welcome from California. Nice corals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Welcome to The Fossil Forum from Texas! Glad to have you with us! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Welcome to TFF ! " 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...
Scylla Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Welcome from New York! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Welcome, from DeKalb. Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Welcome from the Western Chicago Suburbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hi Shannon. Welcome to the forum. 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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