Monday, February 20, 2012

sunday fossil hunt!

Sunday was pretty nice. The sky was blue and cloudless... sunshine made the air warm, no wind was present, and there wasn't a lot of snow to speak of. Sunday was perfection.

A perfect day is easily wasted and I didn't feel like doing that. Mudd, Kyle, and I hopped into the truck and drove towards my new favorite ditch. This is what we found.
Overall, pretty damn successful. We even found a new kind of fossil. In the top photo you'll see some fossils that look like branched coral...yup, I'm pretty sure those are branched coral. Its always cool to find a new specimen for my collection.

Another cool thing...THIS IS A GEODE DITCH!!! I found evidence of geodes. More on that tomorrow.

3 comments:

  1. quite a haul. i guess i need to get into some ditches. My mama always told me to stay away from dirty things

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  2. mama normally knows best. "I got 99 problems but a ditch ain't one."

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  3. Those branched corals are pretty sweet.
    We should go on a field trip to the driftless area to check out algific talus slopes. I never been

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