I am planning a group fossil hunt for this Saturday, August 10th, 2013, 1 pm we will leave.
If you would like to see my fossilized retaining wall, etc. please come early.
Two locations are on the schedule, both are proven trilobite spots.
Expect the Prosser and Cummingsville members of the Galena Formation.
I think there is Decorah Shale at the bottom of one.
One I will post one the site after the hunt, the other I will not.
Meet at my place:
Beverly Sandlin
Whispering Winds
505 W. Park St.
Spring Valley, MN 55975
507-922-0083
Not a cell phone, so if you are late no communication to sites.
Directions:
If coming south on Hwy. 63 to Spring Valley, about 2 blocks after you see Kwik Trip, you will see Huron St. on the right, take it and go to the T. Turn right, cross the bridge, first place on right. Green and white house and buildings, address on mailbox,
Whispering Winds on fossilized specimen rock out front – in town.
Hwy. 16 is closed between Wykoff and Spring Valley.
Cancelled if hard rain, drizzle is okay.
Thaleops sp. collected in First Cut.
Theleops laurentiana cephalon up close.
THREE! Thaleops laurentiana cephalons!
Bumastus sp. collected in Second Cut.
Thaleops also found there.
Bumastus sp.
This was a truly FUN hunt! Given the short notice, only one couple showed and KTTC TV! So we ended up on the 6 & 10 o’clock news!
I had so much fun, I forgot to take pictures! Yes, we found trilobites, but we also hit a vein of bryozoans coming right out of the hillside. Also collected were cephalopods, crinoid stems and segments, brachiopods, and gastropods. We all got a bag full of bryozoans of different sorts and types including prosapora. Since each site was about 1/2 a mile long we only covered maybe a couple of hundred feet in the afternoon. But we all agreed that we were very happy with the proceeds from the hunt and with the company.
Their haul with trilobites, bag of bryozoans, etc. in bucket.
My haul when I got home.
This is a link to the KTTC TV interview of the hunt!
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