Tidgy's Dad Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 10/22/2018 at 2:04 AM, Nimravis said: Here is a larger concretion and as you can see from the first picture, the stem is right in the center and had inclusions of crystals. @ynot Tony what do you think the crystals are on this one? I think these are siderite crystals. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Caught up again. Some nice pieces, some intriguing and mysterious pieces too! This is one of my favourite threads on the forum. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 4 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Caught up again. Some nice pieces, some intriguing and mysterious pieces too! This is one of my favourite threads on the forum. Thanks Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Today was another day of going through a lot of concretions and not finding much of anything, here are a couple pics of some of my finds. Lepidostrobophyllum lanceolatus- Pecopteris- Subsurface of the non-vascular plant Taeniophyllum latifolium. Myalinella meeki Bivalves- 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I could live with finding just those!! but I suppose its all relative... I havent been out in awhile but I did manage to find part of an Ecphora gastropod in the garage piles today that I actually thought I had never found around here...so much for my keen hunting abilities ...uggh....its all good...I can now check that genus off my todo list and I simply have to find a complete one...lol.. Keep popping open those nodules...looking forward to your next spectacular find. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Plantguy said: Keep popping open those nodules...looking forward to your next spectacular find. Regards, Chris Thanks for the comments Chris. Today I really went through a lot of concretions and was just hoping for more fossils- the good thing is that I am getting through the buckets. Hopefully Sunday the weather will he ok and I can continue to crack some open. So far nothing has opened from the numerous Freeze / Thaws that I have been doing, maybe some will pop soon- fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 12 hours ago, Nimravis said: Thanks for the comments Chris. Today I really went through a lot of concretions and was just hoping for more fossils- the good thing is that I am getting through the buckets. Hopefully Sunday the weather will he ok and I can continue to crack some open. So far nothing has opened from the numerous Freeze / Thaws that I have been doing, maybe some will pop soon- fingers crossed. Freeze/Thaw can be very slow. I tend to go though quiet periods where nothing opens and then all of a sudden a bunch of good ones. What type of hammer are you using? I have a couple large ones I might take a whack at. They have been weathering in my yard for a few years. Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 1 hour ago, stats said: Freeze/Thaw can be very slow. I tend to go though quiet periods where nothing opens and then all of a sudden a bunch of good ones. What type of hammer are you using? I have a couple large ones I might take a whack at. They have been weathering in my yard for a few years. Cheers, Rich I use a regular Estwing Rock hammer, the smaller size one, I get more of a precise hit on the concretion or my thumb with that one- lol. For super large concretions I have had success with a 3 lb mini sledge, thank god that I have never hit my thumb with that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Nimravis, every time you post an update, I open this thread with such anticipation that this time, you'll have found some sort of fantastic early tetrapod no one has ever seen before, which is kind of like a microcosm of your own effort in popping all these concretions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 1 hour ago, jdp said: Nimravis, every time you post an update, I open this thread with such anticipation that this time, you'll have found some sort of fantastic early tetrapod no one has ever seen before, which is kind of like a microcosm of your own effort in popping all these concretions. Thanks, let’s hope that it happens, lately it has been ho-hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 It was a rainy day today, but I still went outside and cracked open some concretions. Here are pics of some of my finds, I will start off with my favorite. Macroneuropteris Here are come of my other finds- Cyclus americanus- Some Myalinella meeki Bivalves A weathered and poorly preserved Euproops danae Horseshoe Crab. A possible shrimp portion- Coprolite- Misc Flora hash plates- 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 5 hours ago, Nimravis said: I use a regular Estwing Rock hammer, the smaller size one, I get more of a precise hit on the concretion or my thumb with that one- lol. For super large concretions I have had success with a 3 lb mini sledge, thank god that I have never hit my thumb with that one. I've got both. I might give it a try soon. For the big ones, I have no real way to freeze them. I have left them out in the mulch to weather. Thanks! Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Nimravis said: It was a rainy day today, but I still went outside and cracked open some concretions. Here are pics of some of my finds, I will start off with my favorite. Macroneuropteris Here are come of my other finds- Cyclus americanus- A weathered and poorly preserved Euproops danae Horseshoe Crab. 3 of my favorites! Always excited to see a Horseshoe Crab! I have 4 from the Fossil Rock area. Do you have the other half? Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, stats said: Do you have the other half? No, that was in the bucket and it looks like it had been outside for a long time weathering- as you can see, it is not in great condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, stats said: I've got both. I might give it a try soon. For the big ones, I have no real way to freeze them. I have left them out in the mulch to weather. Thanks! Cheers, Rich I have left some real big ones outside for years and nothing ever happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 Well it has been a few days since I was able to open some concretions, this time change is really cramping my style, but today, prior to heading downtown I was able to open about 20 concretions from Pit 4 and the area I call “ Across from Pit 4”. Here are my three favorite finds from my quick session today, but before I post those, here is a pic of two concretions (Pit 4) that I came across today and was planning on freezing. Now those two concretions have a great shape and from experience I can tell that there is a 90% chance that they will have a piece of Flora in them and by the shape of the smaller one on the right, I would say had a 95% chance of having a Neuropteris leaf inside. But before putting them back into another bucket that contains concretions to freeze, I always like to tap them and see what happens. Tapping the larger one caused the “shell” to break off and nothing else. I did the same thing to the smaller one and this is what popped out, a beautiful Macroneuropteris leaf. Here is another nice find from Pit 4, I need to clean it up, but it looks like a nice round cross section of Calamites cisti, right at the internode. And last but not least, my third favorite find of the day, this one from “Across from Pit 4”, a very nice Palaeoxyris. I believe that this may be my fourth one that I have found since I started this post. Here are a couple other finds from today. Bark- Neuropteris leaf- Concretions with miscellaneous plant material, I always check these for insects. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi, Well preserved your shark egg ! Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Love the egg case, you're finding a few of those at the moment. The Calamites cross section is very pretty and I like the last couple of Macroneuropteris you've found. And the weathered Euproops was rather nice, i thought. Some nice pieces, Ralph! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Pretty interesting how that calamites cross section has ended up in a nodule. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 52 minutes ago, Innocentx said: Pretty interesting how that calamites cross section has ended up in a nodule. I agree, and if I did not know better, I would think that it was a part of a gear, the points are very sharp and evenly placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Love the egg case, you're finding a few of those at the moment. The Calamites cross section is very pretty and I like the last couple of Macroneuropteris you've found. And the weathered Euproops was rather nice, i thought. Some nice pieces, Ralph! Thanks Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packy Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I borrowed a rock splitting tool when I built my fireplace, it was called a little joey, Had a lever and a sharp edge that you adjusted to the rock, The lever was spring loaded, broke nice corners on the lexinton limestone I was using. it should work on nodules, may be too strong though. Packy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 26 minutes ago, Packy said: I borrowed a rock splitting tool when I built my fireplace, it was called a little joey, Had a lever and a sharp edge that you adjusted to the rock, The lever was spring loaded, broke nice corners on the lexinton limestone I was using. it should work on nodules, may be too strong though. Packy Thanks- Sounds real cool, but I really do not think that anything opens concretions properly except freezing and lucky hammer strikes. Some of these open with a tap of a hammer and others I can rain down Thor’s fury on them and nothing happens. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Awesome new finds, Ralph! 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...
Nimravis Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Awesome new finds, Ralph! Thanks, I was happy with those three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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