Fossil Fiends,
During the Christmas holiday WildRick proposed a planned dig at the tail end of January... as I looked at my hardhat with the most recent sticker dated 2009 I decided to circle the date and put in some leave papers for the day. That day was just here FossilFiends, and unfortunately at least for Rick who traveled down from Raleigh weather was a issue with the mines in Eastern Carolina barring access. Rick headed to the spoils piles at Aurora. I decided to try my lucky elsewhere. The rain was still a problem at my local friendly mine, but after showing Mr. Meadows my scuba license and MSHAW and OSHA regulated distress whistle I got access by my lonesome to the muddy,sticky,sandy,gooey million year old slop.
In no more than five minutes.... five minutes.... there was a Ricky that my buddy WildRick has been dreaming about as he drives down I-40. Too bad for him, lucky for me! After a time out for a 20 minute downpour, I headed back out, to uncover a bunch of fresh marl lumps full of interesting shells take a look! It was some rough hammer work to say the least, and without my MSHAW / OSHA approved safety glasses quite hazardous. But like Dewayne Varnum, and George Powell taught "you pick up and bring out what you don't know." So, what are these shells? Are they top shelf or shoebox?
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