Rain1950 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Grandson is 9; has been in S. CA the last 4 years. His Dad is Navy and was tranferred up here in December. We headed out to check some of the Lincoln Creek outcrops yesterday. First site was all barren siltstone. We travelled into the Capitol State Forest and located a small outcrop and hit paydirt. Lots of shells, but no crabs. The child is a natural at rock busting. I let him keep all but one shell. I kept one good sized pen-shaped shell, which I will carefully work out of the stone. The weather was sunny, low 50s; good for rock busting. The outcrop is new; others have worked it but it's never been mentioned in any local groups. With the closure of the Porter/Malone sites; this is a decent replacement Being mainly a mineral collector, getting out this early was a great cure for the winter blahs; this fossil thing is great therapy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Grandson is 9; has been in S. CA the last 4 years. His Dad is Navy and was tranferred up here in December.We headed out to check some of the Lincoln Creek outcrops yesterday. First site was all barren siltstone. We travelled into the Capitol State Forest and located a small outcrop and hit paydirt. Lots of shells, but no crabs. The child is a natural at rock busting. I let him keep all but one shell. I kept one good sized pen-shaped shell, which I will carefully work out of the stone. The weather was sunny, low 50s; good for rock busting. The outcrop is new; others have worked it but it's never been mentioned in any local groups. With the closure of the Porter/Malone sites; this is a decent replacement Being mainly a mineral collector, getting out this early was a great cure for the winter blahs; this fossil thing is great therapy! Good on you! JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain1950 Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 Snapped a quick pic of the shell in siltstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Is that one of those dentalium (spelling?) shells that indians would use for money? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain1950 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Is that one of those dentalium (spelling?) shells that indians would use for money?RB Yesterday, had the grandson out again; found a few good ones. He told me that it is dentalium; today, I looked it up and he nailed it. The various species go back to Devonian and some still exist today. My first ID and it comes from a 9 y/o . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Looks like a great trip, those fossils look in fantastic shape. That shale is bizarre looking, or is it just me? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain1950 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Looks like a great trip, those fossils look in fantastic shape.That shale is bizarre looking, or is it just me? Not shale; siltstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Looks like a great trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain1950 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Saturday I will have both grandsons; heading up north to sites along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Gonna be fun times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I hope you have a great time and find lots of fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I hope you have a great time and find lots of fossils. That spot does have crabs, but its tough pickins as you found out. Got lucky there two weeks ago. little exposure opposite side of the rd has em two. Have fun up North. The first exposure opposite side of the bulkhead has lots of jacknife clams, keep and eye out for teredo wood and clams on the beach too. fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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