Found lots of Fossils

[Rock Doctor]

Any Rock Hounds here?
A group of us went to this remote creek full of fossils and spent a day walking around and looking. I cracked some rocks open in search of interesting new critters. There are Ammonites strewn all over this place, lots of Petrified wood, and we even found a few pieces that might be Fossilized bone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dr7GkDg_MI

RD

[just_dave]

Now that looked like fun. Cool fossils.

Any gold in them there hills?

[Whiskey Wish]

My Pa was a "Stone Dog" and spent many hours grinding, polishing and cutting rock. I still wear a Mexican Blue Lace agate he made into a belt buckle for me. He is passed on now and all his diamond saws and things are in storage.

Your post made me think of some of the good times I spent with him rock hounding. I would pick something up and show it to him. He would say "Yup, that there is Leaverright son!"

"Really Pa !!?? What should I do with it?"

"Leave 'er right there!"

"Now that there is a Sex Stone son"

"Huh?"

"A #$%& rock"

I still remember visiting the worlds largest Jade boulder with him near Ft St John BC.
Regards,
Dave.

[vcmm]

Thanks nice video. But to be honest I thought you were talking about some of the old guys on here.

[Ken07AOVette]

How cool, looks like everyone was having a blast!

Thanks for sharing

[IR_mike]

Awesome video, thanks for posting.

Sounds like you had a pretty cool dad Dave.

[biggameassassin]

Wow!!! thats sooo cool! i never knew you could actually find fossils, i always have wanted to find one one day, i always though you had to dig super far into the ground or it would take some really good luck to find one. =) cool thanks for posting

[Rock Doctor]

Well, there seems to be some interest, so here are some pics from the trip

[BeeGuy]

Originally Posted by biggameassassin

Wow!!! thats sooo cool! i never knew you could actually find fossils, i always have wanted to find one one day, i always though you had to dig super far into the ground or it would take some really good luck to find one. =) cool thanks for posting

You can find some in the sandstone around Calgary, but nothing like what's in the video.

Mostly crinoids (sp?) and different kinds of shells, some turbinate.

Also some leaf imprints

[Rock Doctor]

[Rock Doctor]

[Rock Doctor]

As a BONUS, could any of you Rock Hounds identify this stone structure?
We found this on the same trip:







Size referance pic (She is 8yrs old)


RD

[BeeGuy]

Those are awesome.

Is there any permitting required?

[IR_mike]

Not sure if my terminology is right rockdoctor but "glacial erratic"?

[Rock Doctor]

Originally Posted by BeeGuy

Those are awesome.

Is there any permitting required?

Not that I've ever heard of, they are just rocks along some no-name creek, in the middle of nowhere.
lol, I'm sure someone will jump all over me if we were doing wrong

RD

[biggameassassin]

im not a rock hound, but ill give my opinion, looks like a really reallly old grave someone dug , seems to be my only guess

[Rock Doctor]

Originally Posted by IR_mike

Not sure if my terminology is right rockdoctor but "glacial erratic"?

I don't believe so. There are a number of places where these "eggs" are sticking out of shale banks around here. Not so plentyfull as this particular spot, but they are there (some are 3-4ft across). Some are extremely deep, exposed in cut banks in the river valleys.

RD

[BeeGuy]

how heavy is that chunk of tree?

[Rock Doctor]

Originally Posted by BeeGuy

how heavy is that chunk of tree?

Extreeeeemly, I cant believe I took it, but it has what looks like chrystalized Sap in it (Amber?). I want to get it checked out.

[BeeGuy]

Originally Posted by Rock Doctor

Extreeeeemly, I cant believe I took it, but it has what looks like chrystalized Sap in it (Amber?). I want to get it checked out.

If there are petrified bees let me know lol

[Pikey]

very very cool stuff - absolutely love fossil hunting.

[Kim473]

Great find! Love the pics. Not sure but it might be ilegal to take them home. Amolite is ilegal to take if you find in drum I think.

That structure looks like the closed in stairway to hell. LOL. Might be something down there. Could be part of an old building, like the fire place or something. But you would think there would be more rocks around it. My guess would be an old grave.

[KegRiver]

I'm not exactly a rock hound, but I do pick up some of the more unusual rocks I find.

Not sure what you call those big coiled shells we see in the first rock on your video but I know where there's quite a lot of them, and most of these are bigger then the ones you found and they have rainbow colours in them.
I've seen a few in that location that are maybe two feet in diameter.
They are also embedded in mud rocks like the ones you found.

I also find a lot of what we call agates. I don't believe that is the correct name for what we are finding but they are interesting. They are semi transparent and range in colour from dark amber to reddish to a dirty cream coloured.

One rock that I find especially interesting that I picked up is a clear crystal.
Some think it's clear quartz but as near as i can make out it's a bit harder then quartz. I'm no expert but when I scratch tested it, it would scratch quartz but quartz would not scratch it. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

Whatever it is, I'd like to get it cut into a gem and made into a broach or something. If I could find anyone to do it.

[doetracks]

Rock Doctor, thanks a bunch for posting those pictures!

I would have loved to hike that creek with you all. I used to love picking rocks (still do) but never get much of a chance, other than hunks of obsidian from Oregon. I have rarely found fossils, but managed to find a few small ones in the limestone at Frank Slide (they stayed there).

[greylynx]

Hello RD:

Thank you for the pictures:

The avian type specimens are very interesting.

[duffy4]

Another great activity for Alberta Outdoorsmen.

As the thread has expanded from fossils to the fascination with "cool rocks" I'll add these pics.








If you ever go for a trip to New Zealand, there is a place on the south island called "Gem stone beach" that is worth a look for a rock hound. You can see why it has that name.

[elkhunter1234]

That's awesome.. Thanks for posting the video and pictures

[Rock Doctor]

Originally Posted by Kim473

Great find! Love the pics. Not sure but it might be ilegal to take them home. Amolite is ilegal to take if you find in drum I think.

That structure looks like the closed in stairway to hell. LOL. Might be something down there. Could be part of an old building, like the fire place or something. But you would think there would be more rocks around it. My guess would be an old grave.

I did some checking, and it would be agains the rules to take them from a park or protected area, ect. This is just a random creek out in the middle of nowhere, so it sounds like I'm OK.
Actually I'm planning to Stake a mineral claim on this creek, not sure what that will do for me, other than allowing me to build a cabin there, I guess I'll find out, lol.

RD

[Rock Doctor]

Originally Posted by duffy4

Another great activity for Alberta Outdoorsmen.

As the thread has expanded from fossils to the fascination with "cool rocks" I'll add these pics.


If you ever go for a trip to New Zealand, there is a place on the south island called "Gem stone beach" that is worth a look for a rock hound. You can see why it has that name.

Cool pics Duffy

RD

[remington 260]

My family are also rock hounds. We were recently out a few weeks ago and got some cool finds of fossils, petrified wood and to top it of I found a elk shed in the river bank! I would love to get it carbon dated but not sure how to go about it! Probably only 10 years old. I'll try and upload do pics of our outing.