What a hunt(s)! Went with a friend to a “Junk Redefined” sale on Cty. 11 about 4 miles north of Fountain. We took separate vehicles because I anticipated checking out a road cut and picking up feed for the critters. But this turned into more like 4 individual hunts! I’m contemplating if I should do these as separate posts to divide the locations… We’ll see what happens!
Hunt 1 Cty. 11 about 5 miles north of Fountain.
Road cut on west side by home. Fossilsized and picked up a horn coral and hash plate. Gave it to
Cty 11 about 5 miles north of Fountain – Home of “The Ward’s” West side of cut.
homeowner and got a tour of her beautiful flower gardens. 🙂
East side of cut.
East side of road fossilized.
East side. Arrow points to where I found the trilo pygidium.
But the hotbed that I found was under the telephone pole (note top of picture). That is where I
Note triagular appearance, crinkles and shell parts.
pulled all of the rocks out of and the big trilo pygidium with some of the shell still attached. Shame, if I had found it before winter it may have had all of the attached yet.
The rocks from this cut.
The haul from this cut – none cleaned yet.
So, more hunts to come on this day! Stay tuned!
