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Couple ILL. Mazon creek fossils
- Thread starter mclucky
- Start date
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Great finds Steve. I think the one on the left is a fern, what is the other one?
flinthunter
Well-known member
The one on the left looks like a type of Pecopteris and the one on the right is an Annularia. When I was a teenager (a long time ago) a couple buddies and I spent many weekends collecting Mazon Creek fossils from Pit 11 near Braidwood.
LandOLincoln
New member
Last time I went to braidwood i came back with 3 ferns and a scallop fossil. I'd like to go back up there this spring and give it another go.
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
How about organising a club fossil hunt in the spring?
William-NM
New member
I spent quite a few weekends out in Braidwood / Coal City with my dad back when I was young. Lots of good memories and what fun it was to crack 'em open and see what you found! There was a big sportsmens club out there that he joined so we could collect on their land. I remember hauling burlap sacks of them home. He had a hobby shop in Oak Park (West Suburban Stamp & Coin) and he sold them along with mounted butterflies, giant beetles, military, political, paper items... you name it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and sorry for digressing. 
LandOLincoln
New member
Sounds good Larry. We can talk about it at the Jan meeting.
ChicagoJohn
New member
Nice! I always want to find Tully Monster! Seem to be harder and harder to find in state park. So many rocks already open out there!