Giant Ammonite

[fossis]

Here is a pic of a giant Ammonite, (at least a large one,)
in my neck of the woods.
I heard in Southern Ok, the ranch hands throw them in
mudholes for fill.

Fossis...............

 

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[irbaddadjoe]

Where I am from also fossis. I can get you all you want of those. I'll bring you a nice full one when I come down.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

fossis,

neat.

I thought "Ammonite" was something you used cleaning
your tires :P

Thanks for posting.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[fossis]

Where I am from also fossis. I can get you all you want of those. I'll bring you a nice full one when I come down.

Good deal,

fossis...............

 

[fossis]

fossis,

neat.

I thought "Ammonite" was something you used cleaning
your tires :P

Thanks for posting.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

You been in the "shine" jug again Sherm?

,

Fossis................

 

[Treasure Tom]

Hi Fossis!

Have a look at this!

www.tonmo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2647

Tom

 

[irbaddadjoe]

Thats a big one. Got one half that size. We have lots of broken ones that could get close.

 

[fossis]

Hi Fossis!

Have a look at this!

www.tonmo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2647

Tom

Thanks Treasure Tom, I had read they get up
to a six foot size, but that is "BIG".

If I haven't welcomed you to Treasure-Net yet, WELCOME !!

Fossis.................

 

[Treasure Tom]

Hi Fossis!

Thanks for the welcome! You can probably make enough calamari to feed the entire neighborhood with one giant ammonite!

Tom

 

[Burdie]

I heard that if you saw them and polish them they are worth a lot of money. Is that true?
Burdie

 

[fossis]

I heard that if you saw them and polish them they are worth a lot of money. Is that true?
Burdie

These in this area are rather chalky,
but those found in Africa & other places take a
polish very well, & are a collectible.
here are some pics of Ammonites, & others from
Africa, the locals make a living cutting, & polishing
them for export.

Fossis..............

 

[Burdie]

They are very nice looking polished. thanks for the repy.
Burdie

 

[LanceHall]

That looks to be an Eopachydiscus ammonite from the Duck Creek formation in far south Oklahoma (near Texoma?) .

Here is a pic of a giant Ammonite, (at least a large one,)
in my neck of the woods.
I heard in Southern Ok, the ranch hands throw them in
mudholes for fill.

Fossis...............

 

[Mosasaurfiend]

I know a lot like them natural but
Those polished ones are just beautiful.
Not sure most found in Texas could be polished like those.

 

[Harry Pristis]

I think that those large Texas specimens are internal casts (steinkerns) of the ammonoid shell. The cast is made of fine grain limestone (which will not take a polish) that infiltrated the shell cavity.

Then there are Late Cretaceous ammonoids from the Dakotas which still retain the nacreous shell and need no polishing.

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[Mosasaurfiend]

Thanks Harry, I should have remembered that. There
was a site in this area where the ammonites (ammonoids) had a pearly finish but
although I saw some that came from there, I wasn't as lucky.......


Roz

 

[fossis]

That looks to be an Eopachydiscus ammonite from the Duck Creek formation in far south Oklahoma (near Texoma?) .

Here is a pic of a giant Ammonite, (at least a large one,)
in my neck of the woods.
I heard in Southern Ok, the ranch hands throw them in
mudholes for fill.

Fossis...............

Correct, Welcome to Treasure -Net, Lance.

Fossis...............

 

[fossis]

I know a lot like them natural but
Those polished ones are just beautiful.
Not sure most found in Texas could be polished like those.

Welcome to Treasure-Net, you're probably right about that.

Fossis.................

 

[allen]

that is a wild looking find..