⭐ Fossil show and tell
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This thread needs a Beaumaris Heart Urchin (Lovenia woodsii).... 
Gassman said:
I've got a lot of fossils from Mt Britton when l lived in Mackay.
I used to drive out there and visit some of the old timers mining
I used to dig for old bottles and one property at Nebo l dug an old 38 revolver.
When l was having a rest l scratched some dirt out of the chambers and they still had bullets in them.
I give it to a guy l worked with as it was his sister and brother in laws property.
He left the sugar mill l worked at.
I then found out about a double murder in Nebo back in the 1920 era.
They blamed the Nebo copper but nothing was ever proved but he was sent to another area.
I reckon l had the muder weapon because l was within about a kilometre or so of Nebo which was in sight of where l was digging and who throws away a loaded 38 revolver.
The revolver was among old Queensland beer bottles which were dated 1917 to around 1920 or so
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yep...went out to MT Britton whist i was there..very nice
.im a bottle collector myself....
.....good story.....i have also dug up up up a revolver in a tip in sth albury,,
but very old crusty guns the police cant or wont do anything....
too long gone....
if anyone wants directions to a place to go....
PM me...my back is RS so i wont be going back....just give me a coupla days to get back as Im not on the forum every day......
.im a bottle collector myself....
.....good story.....i have also dug up up up a revolver in a tip in sth albury,,
but very old crusty guns the police cant or wont do anything....
too long gone....
if anyone wants directions to a place to go....
PM me...my back is RS so i wont be going back....just give me a coupla days to get back as Im not on the forum every day......
Gassman said:
Just as you turn right at Homevale station there is a big fossil bed but it's been picked over for many years.
A guy l worked with at Pleystowe mill worked at Homevale many years ago and bulldozed a lot of the rock to make a dam.
There is also spinel in and around that fossil bed that another mate told me is an indicator for sapphire.
And ironically a young apprentice and his mate dropped by to my place around the same time.
His mate worked on the ( l won't say where
) very close to Nebo and said when they were grading the site they found sapphire but I've never been able to get there and testI now live in Sydney.
The site is adjacent to the road and easily accessible
Nice to see some real Fossils for a change... Nice score... :Y:
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Hi I found this on Lighthouse Beach anyone know what type of fossil? It is
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Is that like a star fish?
Same phylum from memory - echinodermata. But common name sea urchin. Imagine you take a star fish (the rarer 10 or 11 limbed species) and curve its legs upwards until they meet and it is a sphere - it will look like a sea urchin (without its spines).Dan the rock man said:
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Thanks goldierocks I will try and find more next time I go walking along the beach :Y:
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The echinoderm is going straight into my display cabinet ower: :Y:
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See my image.... there are heaps of fossil impressions on the cliff rocks of the Lake Maraboon. Many are impressions of soft jellyfish, some worm like creatures and others I can't work out.
However, I found these at the low water area in April 21 - by now they would be under a huge amount of water (thus protected).
However, I found these at the low water area in April 21 - by now they would be under a huge amount of water (thus protected).
