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Hello all
Its been a while since I visited the seaside and as work has been a bit tedious recently, me and my mate John decided to take last Monday off and get some serious fossiling done. Went to Port Mulgrave about 9 miles to the north of Whitby where a major landslip occured a few years ago which was a good source of dead cephs. Erosion has taken its toll and the find rate has diminished somewhat since the good old days but it still has a lot of potential. Anyway, despite monsoon like conditions (after all it is Britain and supposedly the height of Summer) I was not disappointed and came back with a handful of pieces. Attached is the find of the day - a Jet Rock nodule containing a Harpoceras sp ammonite alongside an Ichthyosaur vertabra as found lying on the beach (both approx 2inches). Also attached is a rather nice 7cm Dactylioceras commune found only a few feet away. Roll on the Winter storms!
All the best
Andy
Its been a while since I visited the seaside and as work has been a bit tedious recently, me and my mate John decided to take last Monday off and get some serious fossiling done. Went to Port Mulgrave about 9 miles to the north of Whitby where a major landslip occured a few years ago which was a good source of dead cephs. Erosion has taken its toll and the find rate has diminished somewhat since the good old days but it still has a lot of potential. Anyway, despite monsoon like conditions (after all it is Britain and supposedly the height of Summer) I was not disappointed and came back with a handful of pieces. Attached is the find of the day - a Jet Rock nodule containing a Harpoceras sp ammonite alongside an Ichthyosaur vertabra as found lying on the beach (both approx 2inches). Also attached is a rather nice 7cm Dactylioceras commune found only a few feet away. Roll on the Winter storms!
All the best
Andy