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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 25 2009, 1:50 PM EDT
Hello everyone. I am in OK City for my grandson,s first birthday. I stopped at one of my favorite fossil sites and found several great fossils. I was able to identify all but one. The site is a Mississippian Byrozoan reef. Above the reef (shaley limestone) is a sandstone river bed that was an ancient delta. The one I am not sure of is spetacular.If I identify it I think it would bring a good price (if I sel it) maybe $150 dollars. Around Tulsa there are some species unique to the area including a jellyfis like creature (Conostychus). There are lots of branching bryozoan fossils, brocapods, crinoids, and many other ocean fossils. There are some sharks teeth. If you are in the Tulsa area email me and I will put you on to it. I have posted many sites in Oklahoma, this site I will share on a request bases. Bill Do you find this valuable?
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Rockhound5555 |
1. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 25 2009, 3:13 PM EDT
Bill we have some fossils that we can't find anywhere and trying to identify. This is our e mail address would you write and give us yours so we can talk and not fill up the wiki. Rockhound5555@yahoo.com.Have a great time with the grandson they grow up so fast and get him out rockin. Tim and Sharon
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pvjjh |
2. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 26 2009, 10:56 AM EDT
Hey Bill, sounds like you had a very productive trip to your grandson’s b-day. Happy b-day to the little guy! :-) I look forward to the pictures and where you stop on the return trip. Hopefully you are clear of the tornados and yucky weather. Sounds like there is some bad stuff around you. Have a safe trip back home. Paul Do you find this valuable? |
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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
3. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 26 2009, 3:16 PM EDT
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I will post some pics this afternoon. I have a fossil collection but I don't mention it much on the WIKI. There is not much interest in fossils on the site. I have donated some nice fossils to Universities. Billie ANN found a prehistoric camel skull on an ancient white sand beach. It was a Miocene camel that died during a period of higher sea levels. We might have found the whole skeleton if we had dug the site. The site was in south just north of Princeton, Arkansas. Most of my collection is marine fossils. The South Dakota guys really have some of the best fossil collecting in the world. What about Washington. I know Andy added a site which had information about a museum that allowed some collecting of fossils at the park. I believe the site is the Stonerose Interpretive Center.Bill Do you find this valuable? |
TallTomSr |
4. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 26 2009, 4:54 PM EDT
yes you are right Bill it is the Stonerose interpretive center. but we have a lot of places to collect fossils in our state. Locally we have several places to collect crab and mussel fossils and not far from me are places where people collect fish and plant fossils.Please post some of your fossil pics. There isn't a lot of chatter about fossils but there are a bunch of us who so collect them. It is just them durn agates are deeper in the addictive system,,LOL Tom Do you find this valuable? |
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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
5. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 26 2009, 5:07 PM EDT
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Agates on the WIKI have the majority of folks addicted. Swallow one or two of them and you are hooked. They have a 12 step program called Agates Anonymous. The first step is to admit that "i am powerless over agate." I have seen poor souls get addicted after their first trip. It is that strong. The cure rate is small- less than 5%. It should be included in warning to newbies. I have seen men loss their families over the strong hold on them. The only hope for a family (and its a harsh one) is to get the whole family addicted. I spoke with your daughter while waiting for you to get to the phone. She is a very nice young lady but she is a addict to agates. You can tell it in their voices. That excited I can not wait to the next trip (fit) It is a tough one.Bill Do you find this valuable? |
WilliOfTheValley |
6. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 26 2009, 5:29 PM EDT
Bill & Tom,Speaking of Stone Rose, Andy and his son Jason went there this weekend. They should be home sometime today. I asked Andy to get me a fossil since I couldn't go. Willi Do you find this valuable? |
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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
7. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 26 2009, 5:48 PM EDT
"Bill & Tom,Andy gave it an A+ rating on his page post (see Washington National Directory.)" He said it was a great place to take kids and the park let's you keep fossils you find. There is a limit I understand. BillBill Do you find this valuable? |
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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
8. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 27 2009, 7:32 PM EDT
Andy how did you do fossil collecting?Bill Do you find this valuable? |
rockcandyguy |
9. RE: Greetings from Oklahoma City
Apr 27 2009, 7:49 PM EDT
Can't speak for Andy, Bill, but have always had a great time at StoneRose. The collecting is fun, and the staff is super helpful in identifying your finds. I never mind 'donating' whatever they deem important to their collection ... quite an honor to have a fossil I found in a museum. AND you get to correspond with whatever paleobotanist examines your fossil, so you can have an ongoing conversation with someone producing new science from your discovery. Very cool!Once you've enjoyed StoneRose, you might want to take a longer trip to the MacAbee fossil beds in Cache Creek, BC. Same age as StoneRose fossils, but the exposure is 200 ft. thick by 1/4 mile long, so lots more area to hunt, and no limit to how much you can take home. Lots of fish (eohiondon) also. Fun collecting, groups welcome. I put it on the Canadian National Directory. Bob Do you find this valuable? |
