Up at the mine today

[Bruce R]

Walking around at lunch time looking at tree fossils, here's a piece that's too brittle to move , a tree cast, in slate : View attachment 1315420 best find, a double full cast in hard rock : View attachment 1315421View attachment 1315422View attachment 1315423 here's a full cast in slate, severly flattened : View attachment 1315424View attachment 1315425View attachment 1315426 and a couple other fragments in hard rock : View attachment 1315427View attachment 1315428View attachment 1315429View attachment 1315430View attachment 1315431View attachment 1315432

 

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[trapperart]

Very cool

 

[relic lover]

So you're hunting through the mine tailings for fossils? I never thought of that I have an old strip mine on my property I should check it out

 

[relic lover]

Cool finds by the way

 

[scruggs]

Interesting...nice fossils you found...maybe one of the oldest finds on the boards?

 

[Bruce R]

View attachment 1315679View attachment 1315680View attachment 1315681View attachment 1315682. Yep, I search the mine tailings, been doing it for 30yrs, sell quite a few, got $ 350 for one once.

 

[huntsman53]

Awesome finds! I have seen similar stuff while traveling through the old mine locations West through North through Northeast of where I live. I have always been interested in getting some the dark gray (grey) almost black Slate to replace the Slate of some of my' Turkey Calls but it appears I need to concentrate more on the fossils, especially the Petrified Wood. I have a fairly large specimen of Petrified Wood as well as some smaller ones but have never tried to sell them.


Frank

 

[BrassEagle]

Bruce R You should be more careful with those rocks use your tailgate not your hood, you put big scratches on your hood!

 

[Bruce R]

Bruce R You should be more careful with those rocks use your tailgate not your hood, you put big scratches on your hood!

I hate showing the whole truck, people would think I dug it.

 

[Bruce R]

I don't think these are considered petrified wood, more like castings as this is all sedimentary rock, much different than the mineralized stuff from out west.

 

[favored papa]

dug it LOL That is how I got mine.

 

[huntsman53]

I don't think these are considered petrified wood, more like castings as this is all sedimentary rock, much different than the mineralized stuff from out west.

Looks like petrified wood to me but I will defer for more knowledgeable folks to chime in.


Frank