TFF Spring Gathering at Deep Springs Rd. in Central NY

[Darktooth]

8 minutes ago, Max-fossils said:

Wow, those finds are insane. I'm really getting more and more jealous that I couldn't make it, it seems like it was such an awesome, beautiful day with a bountiful of finds from everyone. Really glad though that you guys had a blast!

 

(This might start becoming repetitive, but I just can't say it enough:) I am LOVING the bivalves!!!

Well Max since you and your family love to travel so much, you should persuade your parents to visit New York!

[Max-fossils]

Just now, Darktooth said:

Well Max since you and your family love to travel so much, you should persuade your parents to visit New York!

Hahaha, very true. But I've already tried to convince them to go to so many places (because so many are awesome for fossil collecting) that they're not exactly so eager to listen to my requests as much  I did manage to convince them to go to Cap-Blanc-Nez next week, so that's great!  

[Darktooth]

1 hour ago, Max-fossils said:

Hahaha, very true. But I've already tried to convince them to go to so many places (because so many are awesome for fossil collecting) that they're not exactly so eager to listen to my requests as much  I did manage to convince them to go to Cap-Blanc-Nez next week, so that's great!  

I hope you do well there and of course share your adventure with us!

[Max-fossils]

31 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

I hope you do well there and of course share your adventure with us!

Thanks Dave  

And you can of course count on a big report being made shortly after the trip  

[Fossildude19]

Well, a bit late to the party, but here are some  pictures I took

 

The moon at 0-Dark 30 when I got on the road. 

 

      

 

 my finds:

 

Pelecypods

 

 

 

Brachiopods

 

 

 

Gastropods

 

 

Cephalopods

 

 

Phyllocarids & Bryozoan

 

 

And Trilobites

 

 

 

 

 

Still have to take pictures of my fossil gifts from other members. 

Hopefully tomorrow.

[Fossildude19]

Some individual close ups:

 

Paleozygopleura hamiltonae with encrusting Bryozoan,  and a steinkern in matrix. 

 

       

 

 

Possibly Holopea macrostomas

                                                                

 

Another bryozoan covered Paleozygopleura hamiltonae.

 

 

Rhinocaris columbia phyllocarids

 

 

   

 

Fenestella sp.

 

 

 

 

Tornoceras uniangulare nautiloid

 

 

 

Greenops sp.  both enrolled. 

      

Eldredgeops rana enrolled:

 

 

 

[Jeffrey P]

A lot of great specimens there, Tim. Congratulations. I particularly like the bivalves- Cimitaria, Paleoneilo, Cypricardella, and Pholadella out of the matrix, and the Palaeozygopleura gastropods wrapped in bryozoans. Here's another addition to the fauna list, an unidentified crinoid stem- resembles Pentacrinus with the star-shaped discs, but isn't. Anyone want to make a stab at an ID, go for it. Thanks. 

[Peat Burns]

On 5/1/2018 at 9:40 AM, Kane said:

 

I see a beautiful Devonochonetes in there!

[Peat Burns]

@Fossildude19 beautiful photos.

[Fossildude19]

6 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

@Fossildude19 beautiful photos.

Thank you, sir.  

[Jeffrey P]

6 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

@Fossildude19 beautiful photos.

I second that.

[Tidgy's Dad]

7 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

I see a beautiful Devonochonetes in there!

Me too! 

Yummy! 

[Tidgy's Dad]

57 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

I second that.

I third it! 

Nice finds, Tim! 

 

[Fossildude19]

2 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I third it! 

Nice finds, Tim! 

 

 

1 hour ago, Jeffrey P said:

I second that.

 

Thanks, guys.  

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 5/2/2018 at 11:28 PM, Jeffrey P said:

A lot of great specimens there, Tim. Congratulations. I particularly like the bivalves- Cimitaria, Paleoneilo, Cypricardella, and Pholadella out of the matrix, and the Palaeozygopleura gastropods wrapped in bryozoans. Here's another addition to the fauna list, an unidentified crinoid stem- resembles Pentacrinus with the star-shaped discs, but isn't. Anyone want to make a stab at an ID, go for it. Thanks. 

Nice! 

We have 'pentacrinites' type stems from the Devonian here in Morocco too, but I don't know the genus. 

[Darktooth]

Well, better late then never Tim! Looks like you did very well! I an really glad everyone came away with some nice finds. I can't wait to go back and split apart some of those nice slabs!

[jpc]

Looks like a great trip.  Thanks y'all for the multireporter report.  

[Max-fossils]

@Fossildude19 that is an amazing haul! 

Well done Tim! 

 

I'm still surprised at the level of preservation of the bivalves (and the gastropods!) of the area, especially considering they are that old. 

[Darktooth]

35 minutes ago, Max-fossils said:

@Fossildude19 that is an amazing haul! 

Well done Tim! 

 

I'm still surprised at the level of preservation of the bivalves (and the gastropods!) of the area, especially considering they are that old. 

The pictures don't do justice to the preservation of some of the material that comes from there.

[Max-fossils]

58 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

The pictures don't do justice to the preservation of some of the material that comes from there.

Somehow, I'm not even surprised...  

[Darktooth]

Today I checked on the matrix that I brought home from the Briggs Road portion of Saturdays hunt. The matrix has been sitting in my garden and today most pieces had enough cracks running through them so I decided to look for hidden treasures. There was only one piece that gave up something more than what you saw on the outside. This started out as just an Eldredgeops thorax and pygidium.  After breaking apart it revealed an enrolled trilo with only the thorax showing. Then there is a nice Cephalon almost totally exposed along with two other cephalons showing just eyes and cheek! I haven't tried my hand at prep in quite some time but I think this may be worth giving a shot.

[Darktooth]

Ok so I wanted to share one more thing. I know I already showed the tiny Dipleura I found. It was the highlight of my day. It is approximately 5 cm or 2inches long. I found it while trying to clear off a ton of debris offmy intended digging spot. I was using a hoe to pull down they derbris which was mostly small flakes. Every once in a while the hoe would snag a bigger chunk. At my leisure I would inspect some of these chunks. I just was fortunate to inspect the right one. The trilo was barely hanging on to a very fractured chunk of rock. Luckily I was able to break off the flake it rested on without it breaking into a bunch of tiny pieces. I thought the left side was missing. On closer inspection I found that the left side was folded over and flattened. The trilo has some cheek and nose damage. Regardless a very nice find in my book. I took some close-ups that I hope you will enjoy.

[Kane]

That’s a great Dipleura, Dave! 

[Darktooth]

18 minutes ago, Kane said:

That’s a great Dipleura, Dave! 

Thanks Kane! I can't stop looking at it!

[DevonianDigger]

@Darktooth, that's an awesome one! Lucky dude!