Inversand glauconite mining pit today

[blobbottlebob]

Cool bones Steve.

 

[xxfollyxx]

For some reason those snail shells gave me a craving for Boston Market Mac N Cheese, looks like a great time. Is this an annual event?

 

[Steve/sewell]

Actually Travis it is monthly but the township wont promote it as heavily. If you sign up for the email notification ( which I did ) when I get the next one I will let you know. I would imagine that as late fall and early winter settles in the crowds will be much thinner.

 

[AntiqueMeds]

These are not the bones of ancient animals. They were put in the ground by Satan to confuse people. Everyone knows the earth is only 6000 years old.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Here is the boundary level iridium content material. All of the tiny shiny silvery grey specs are Iridium. This is aftermath material from the asteroid that impacted in the gulf of Mexico which caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs in a matter of weeks.

 

[Steve/sewell]

2 . Another view of the same specimen. Amazing isn't it that this mushroom cloud traveled the globe in weeks and pretty much wiped out all of the creatures on land,only some of the deeper ocean dwelling species survived. You can see this same line in mining pits around the globe.

 

[AntiqueMeds]

so do people get to keep any decent finds or do the professionals swoop in and grab anything that looks good?

 

[Steve/sewell]

Here is a piece from the boundary line which was super heated from the ash that rained down on the sea bed.It changed this material to almost to a glass like consistency.

 

[xxfollyxx]

ORIGINAL: Steve/sewell

Actually Travis it is monthly but the township wont promote it as heavily. If you sign up for the email notification ( which I did ) when I get the next one I will let you know. I would imagine that as late fall and early winter settles in the crowds will be much thinner.

That would be awesome Steve, digging 100+ year old artifacts is sweet, digging artifacts that Satan put there, 60 times as old would be amazing. []
I would really appreciate a PM when the email arrives, I could come help beat some of that crowd away with a stick.

ORIGINAL: AntiqueMeds

These are not the bones of ancient animals. They were put in the ground by Satan to confuse people. Everyone knows the earth is only 6000 years old.

Think you just stirred the religion pot.

 

[Steve/sewell]

ORIGINAL: AntiqueMeds

so do people get to keep any decent finds or do the professionals swoop in and grab anything that looks good?

Both Matt,it depends on how savvy the amateur paleonproctologist is I guess.....[8D] And yes they wanted anything you found that was important to the site. We were getting table scraps in comparison.It was a lot of fun though but to crowded. Another view of the hard glass like substance.I believe if you look closely you can see fossilized shells in this one.