trinityau Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Hello all, I got out today with one of my friends and we went exploring. We were moving up a wide draw that had water running in it and came up on an inside turn where we found evidence that someone had been playing around recently. There was a black plastic gold pan lying near the creek by some cleaned out cracks. We had not found any gold yet so we decided to stop for a bit and see what was in the area. Chris used his small pick and scraped out a few shallow cracks that had moss covering them. He then panned the material out to see several pin point bits of gold. The area was worked all around by the old timers but I am pretty sure the fine gold is what they were recovering. I continued to detect near the water's edge and finally got a soft signal on the bedrock, but It turned out to be a tiny piece of lead. While on my knees and looking at the bedrock in front of me I saw what I thought was a boot track in the bedrock. In the split second that my mind was telling me one thing I was thinking another. This is pretty hard bedrock and there should be no print. Looking again I realized that was looking at fossilized ground. Checking closer I could see lots of prints embedded in the rock. I don't know what many of them are but it sure was neat seeing them like that. After playing around and taking some pictures we decided to move on and see if we could find a piece of gold a bit larger than what was in the pan. As we were going up the public side of the draw I spied a digging up the hill on the private side. We checked out our location on the phone and have it earmarked for a possible trip in the future if we can gain permission from the owner. We were real close, however without permission it was a no go for me. I would appreciate any information that anyone can offer as to what the names are for some of these creatures we found in the rock.Thanks, TRINITYAU/RAYMILLSTRINITYAU.COM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZNuggetBob Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 RayThose look like clam and barnacle fossils. I cant see up close because your photo's are linked to Arizona Outback.AzNuggetBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinityau Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Hey Bob, I just noticed that. You can go to TRINITYAU.COM to see them better. I put them under FEB 2015 Trips. Thanks, TRINITYAU/RAYMILLSRob, sorry about that, I think I see what I am doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jczucco Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 It looks like clam fossils to me. Here is a link to look at different types of clams: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=clam+fossils&qpvt=clam+fossils&qpvt=clam+fossils&FORM=IGRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldies1955 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ray, whatever you do...don't let the state of Cali find out where you are!You will never be allowed back in as it will become a fossil burial ground preserve.Tom H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Not only that, they will withdraw several thousands or more as a National Monument. I'm notkidding... this is what the did in the San Gabrial range just north of the 2i0. jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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