Largest Diplodicus fossil found in Dorset

[poledark]

I don't know....what did we do before digi's?

 

Super shot Dan, very creative

 

Den

[Zigs]

you been down to seatown dan ? hope you didn't pay to park. good photo, reminds me of someone.

[Snatcher]

So is everybody mad on this forum,I was beginning to feel a little left out but I can see that you are all starting to lose the plot as well - luxury

[Dan]

Hi Ziggy,

Yep you spotted it! we went to Seatown, had an enormous bagette from the pub (if you spend over a tenner the car park is free anyway) and went for a walk on the beach explored the rock pools, (not much there only a few crabs) got a sample of sea water (see the post on Algae bloom on Sea fishing)then over to Lyme for Tea and a wander over to look in the aquarium. Lovely afternoon, few fishing, no one catching so wasnt too jealous!

 

Hope to take the boat out for its first trip this weekend.

[Zigs]

sounds like a really chilled out day dan. would love to fish lyme of an evening, but work a bit tyreing at moment.

 

have taken delivery of TEN prawn nets, they are really cool, little zip pockets in top for bait & a zip to get the catch out, well pleased.

 

will sell 2 to john storey, think fear the hands might be interested in one.

[Gaffer]

Gray-Catchpole:

its jake from the tweenies, lolol

I thought that too!

[chevin]

Nothing as impressive as yours Dan, but I found a fossil in my garden today! I am quite excited about it. I had been down to my shed and I had gone barefooted. As I came back to my house something hard stuck to the bottom of my foot. I scraped it off and I thought it was just a piece of gravel or coffee rock. However, when I looked down there was something familiar about the shape. As I was still walking I had passed it by a few metres before I stopped and looked for it. It took me some time, but eventually I spotted it, picked it up and was astonished to discover that it was part of a fossilised shark's tooth. It is incomplete and only 15mm x 10mm - hardly an exciting specimen apart from the fact that I found it in my garden!

[Zigs]

nice one chevin, mrs becky found half a tooth of a ray in the london clay, from the size of it, the ray must have had a "wingspan" of about 5 metres

[FearTheHands]

Yes I'll have a net off you zig - can catch 2 lobsters at a time then!

[Dan]

Hi Ziggy how big are they? can you weigh them down easily and leave them or are they a bit like drop nets that you need to keep an eye on? Weather not looking very good this weekend but might go for quick sea trials!