Innocentx Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 This one! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Today was a better day for finding fossils, I opened concretions that I collected from Pit 4 and some from Braceville Shaft Mine. Here are some of the finds from Pit 4 (Braidwood Biota)- Coprolite Neuropteris Alethopteris Pecopteris Bark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Lycopod Leaves Myalinella Bivalves Myalinella with Microconchids Here are some of the finds from the Braceville Shaft Mine (Essex Biota) Poorly preserved Cyclus americanus Poorly preserved worm. Possible Shrimp- Bivalve- Essexella asherae Jellyfish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Some of those are pretty good! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 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...
GeschWhat Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Nimravis said: Coprolite Just look at all that beautiful poo! I had a slew of unopened Mazon nodules from one of the forum auctions a while back. I was totally skunked - not one fossil in the bunch. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, GeschWhat said: Just look at all that beautiful poo! I had a slew of unopened Mazon nodules from one of the forum auctions a while back. I was totally skunked - not one fossil in the bunch. That is the way it goes with Mazon Creek stuff, I go through a few hundred everyday and don’t get much. The members who hunt beaches and streams have it made, at least if you find something there you know you are leaving with a Fossil, not the case with unopened concretions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 13 minutes ago, Nimravis said: That is the way it goes with Mazon Creek stuff, I go through a few hundred everyday and don’t get much. The members who hunt beaches and streams have it made, at least if you find something there you know you are leaving with a Fossil, not the case with unopened concretions. Do you do the freeze thaw or just whack? Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, GeschWhat said: Do you do the freeze thaw or just whack? I have so many, literally thousands that I collected years ago, so I am just cracking them with a hammer, though as I am going through them, I am putting the "classic shaped concretions" off to the side and I will freeze / thaw those to see if they pop open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/25/2018 at 6:36 PM, Tidgy's Dad said: As in Mason Creek. Exactly (if such a place exists) “...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...
caldigger Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I have run this batch through a good couple dozen freeze/thaw cycles and the only one that has come close to opening is one that cracked in half during shipping. I'm about ready to bring out Thor's hammer and go at it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 3 hours ago, caldigger said: I have run this batch through a good couple dozen freeze/thaw cycles and the only one that has come close to opening is one that cracked in half during shipping. I'm about ready to bring out Thor's hammer and go at it! I would do that and see if there is anything, don’t hold your breath. I have some many that are totally void or only have misc plant material, that I never keep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Today I opened a number of concretions and then I did what I hate, I hit my thumb. This I then second time in the last few days and it id killing me, but I will be at it again tomorrow. Here are a couple that I found before I quit. Annularia Myalinella Bivalves Every once in a while, I come across a piece of bark, like the one below. Seeing these type of pieces, I always think that they may have been in a forest fire, I could be wrong, but that is what they look like to me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 It almost seems like all the ones with the bivalves are always off to one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 hours ago, caldigger said: It almost seems like all the ones with the bivalves are always off to one side. I agree, and since I never find that species in the "death position", I think that is was rapid burial and they tried to get out- at least that is my theory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 I finally broke a plateau, I went under 100 buckets!!! - now down to 97. The only problem is that most of the buckets can contain +250 concretions each, so I still have to break about +25,000. Hopefully I can do it without hitting my thumb again when a concretion slips. Below are pics of the majority of the buckets and some of the contents. This large Blue tote contains about 1500 concretions by itself. I was a busy boy back in the day when I was out collecting them, I would wear a pack and load it up with concretions and then I would put two other pack fulls on the handlebar if my bike and ride back to the car, hopefully not falling- and yes, I did that too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Nimravis said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 If anyone heard a thump, that was my jaw hitting the ground... 2 “...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...
Haravex Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I .....am speechless want me to fly over and give you a hand whacking some of these 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 and 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...
Nimravis Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 @Peat Burns , @WhodamanHD , @Haravex and @ynot - I know that I had mentioned that I had a lot of concretions to open and I decided to post a pic of what is left. "A lot" is a broad statement, and I wanted to show it- and to think that I have already opened several bucket fulls since I started this thread, but I have a very long way to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 59 minutes ago, Nimravis said: @Peat Burns , @WhodamanHD , @Haravex and @ynot - I know that I had mentioned that I had a lot of concretions to open and I decided to post a pic of what is left. "A lot" is a broad statement, and I wanted to show it- and to think that I have already opened several bucket fulls since I started this thread, but I have a very long way to go. It's simply unbelievable. I like your chances of finding some really good and rare things in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 48 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: It's simply unbelievable. I like your chances of finding some really good and rare things in there. Nope, they are all duds from here on out. Well, except for the very last one of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Holy cow! You have a truly incredible accumulation there, that must be literally over a ton of nodules! I am happy to have just about one 5-gallon bucket full in my garage right now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 50 minutes ago, caldigger said: Nope, they are all duds from here on out. Well, except for the very last one of course. My feelings too. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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