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Post by caveman on Mar 31, 2014 15:10:46 GMT -5
My name is Mart (caveman), I'm 51 years young, married and two adult sons. I live in the southern part of the Netherlands. I do collect fossils (since I was 12 years old), most Cretacious, because that's the stuff most available in my area over here. My interest lies with the Echinoderms and though the years I got specialized in crinoids, most common are Dunnicrinus aequalis over here. I hope to find new contacts / "geo-friends" over here to exchange information.
Greetings, Mart
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Post by Joe Botting on Apr 1, 2014 14:52:33 GMT -5
My name is Mart (caveman), I'm 51 years young, married and two adult sons. I live in the southern part of the Netherlands. I do collect fossils (since I was 12 years old), most Cretacious, because that's the stuff most available in my area over here. My interest lies with the Echinoderms and though the years I got specialized in crinoids, most common are Dunnicrinus aequalis over here. I hope to find new contacts / "geo-friends" over here to exchange information. Greetings, Mart Hi Mart - good to have you on board. We haven't got a lot of Cretaceous around here in Wales, but as you can see, there are quite a few people on here that are interested in this age. I know in some parts of the Netherlands collectors have to rely on alluvial and glacial deposits for fossils, but I guess you've got a few quarries in the south as well? How easy is it to get new material? The crinoids sounds very interesting. Do you find complete ones, or just fragments? I'd love to see some pictures. Looking forward to seeing your finds, and hearing your thoughts. All the best, Joe
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Apr 1, 2014 16:11:52 GMT -5
Hi Mart.... Looking forward to seeing some of your fossil finds...
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Post by reighan on Apr 1, 2014 16:26:27 GMT -5
Welcome, Mart. It's nice to meet another Dutch caveman. (The other one is an archaeologist in Maastricht.) :-)
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Post by ryanc on Apr 1, 2014 16:53:06 GMT -5
Welcome! All my local sites are cretaceous - chalk from the Cenomanian to Turonian largely. Crinoids are exceptionally rare around here - I have only found one articulated fragment in total which had a coral in association with it and both were tiny I would love to see some of your crinoids? Regards, Ryan
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Post by caveman on Apr 3, 2014 10:34:15 GMT -5
My profile shows the adress of my webpage. Please visit it to see the pics of my collection, nice to be welcome! palaeopage.nl/index.htmlgreetings, Mart
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Post by reighan on Apr 3, 2014 11:39:22 GMT -5
Very nice, Mart!
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Post by Joe Botting on Apr 4, 2014 6:47:13 GMT -5
What a wonderful collection... the echinoderms especially are stunning - I can see why you've got hooked on them. You seem to have some possible new species and even genera, I see - is anyone working on these? How long have you been collecting from these sites? Enci Quarry seems to be a real treasure trove. Love the caveman animation as well - almost the best bit.
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Post by caveman on Apr 4, 2014 10:26:17 GMT -5
It's almost 30 years of collecting at these quarries Joe, great fossils have been found there, ENCI quarry is about to be closed within a few years! They are not excavating to much anymore. Once in a while lucky findings are made, but not very much lately!
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Apr 4, 2014 14:18:00 GMT -5
Great collection and it sounds some quite rare material judging Joes response.... Congratulations....
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Post by ryanc on Apr 9, 2014 7:18:26 GMT -5
You have an amazing amount of excellent crinoids - did you prep all of those yourself? It must be about the largest private collection of crinoids in Europe! Great website too Regards, Ryan
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Post by Joe Botting on Apr 10, 2014 6:08:06 GMT -5
Thirty years... well, it certainly shows, because that is a fabulous collection.
When you say the quarry is closing soon, does that mean it will just no longer be worked (but still accessible), or that it will be filled in? That is a big problem with Carboniferous sites in the UK: everyone wants to landscape them for ecological reasons (even though disturbed areas like old quarries are actually more important than yet more ponds with reedbeds).
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Post by caveman on Apr 10, 2014 13:33:02 GMT -5
It will be a place for recreation in open nature in the near future. No digging for us anymore within a few years!
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Apr 12, 2014 6:20:53 GMT -5
It will be a place for recreation in open nature in the near future. No digging for us anymore within a few years! If thats the case its a good job then that you collected this site and recorded it for science... all to often these days with health and safety legislation gaining access to these quarries is very difficult and even when you can get access it ultimately takes a tremendous amount of time, patience and effort and travelling perhaps to undertake the collection...something often overlooked when glancing at a drawer full of fossils that may have taken many years to accumulate...
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Apr 13, 2014 13:28:18 GMT -5
Welcome Mart!
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