Belgium or Netherlands Hunting

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Belgium or Netherlands Hunting

Bericht door Ptillman » 11 jul 2018, 02:35

My wife is from Neerpelt, Belgium and we come there every September for a couple of weeks. Anyone interested in trading for some Texas fossils or maybe sharing hunt sites in the area? I’d gladly return the favor for anyone visiting the Dallas area. We mostly find Arrowheads, Mosasaur, Shark, Gastropods, Xiphactinus,Ammonites, Baculite and Echinoids in our area. Thanks!



 
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Bericht door Duys » 11 jul 2018, 10:26

Neerpelt, probably best to head to the chalk pits,like Enci in Maastricht. There are some more https://www.fossiel.net/sites/fossil_si ... dselect=21 but well out of my radius. So it's all i got.




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Bericht door sjaak » 11 jul 2018, 11:13

Not very close to Neerpelt but you can hunt on the beaches of Maasvlakte 2 (Rotterdam area) or Zandmotor (The Hague area) if you are interested in Pleistocene. If lucky you can find mammoth bones or teeth or even holocene bone or flint artefacts.


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Re: Belgium or Netherlands Hunting

Bericht door Ptillman » 18 jul 2018, 01:22

Thank you for the help!



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Re: Belgium or Netherlands Hunting

Bericht door KoenJ » 18 jul 2018, 06:18

Hi Patrick,

On saturday the 1st of september you can join a field trip to the scrap heaps of coal mines in Brunssum: https://geologie.nu/regionaal/ngv-afdel ... t-hendrik/

On the 26th you can join a trip to a gravel pit near Stein: https://geologie.nu/regionaal/ngv-afdel ... ve-lortye/

To enter the ENCI-quarry, you can also contact the regional departement of the Dutch geological society, which also arranges both of the above mentioned field trips.

For trading, it might be a good idea to post some pictures. I can't imagine none of the members of this forum are interested.


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Re: Belgium or Netherlands Hunting

Bericht door Ptillman » 19 jul 2018, 03:34

Afbeelding

Here’s what I found on a recent good trip (about a month ago), will post more pics soon. Just got the hang of it! Thank you for the trip dates, right now it looks like we’ll be there September 15th to the 28th, so it looks like the 26th may work.



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Re: Belgium or Netherlands Hunting

Bericht door FossilDude » 19 jul 2018, 11:29

Hi Patrick,

Unfortunately, the area of Neerpelt is not very ideal for fossil hunting.

I have sent you an email.

Cheers,
Johan


Van je hobby je beroep maken.... kan het nog beter? ;)

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Bericht door sjaak » 19 jul 2018, 13:40

These are Mosasaur verts?
Nice!


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Re: Belgium or Netherlands Hunting

Bericht door Ptillman » 19 jul 2018, 18:00

Yes, we generally find quite a few Mosasaur vertebrae. I understand there aren’t a lot of places around Neerpelt for hunting, though I usually do day trips. My current drive to hunt is 1 1/2 hours each way, but worth it due to all the stuff.




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