Today’s trip was about 30 minutes to the south and 390-380 million years in the past bringing us to the middle of the Paleozoic. The outcropping of rock to explore is located behind the Eckerd/Rite-Aid Drugstore in Tully, NY.
Windom Shale formation behind the Drugstore
The hill is mostly made of Windom Shale from the Middle Devonian and contains: Nautoloids, Brachiopods, Crinoids and a Trilobite or two.
My gear for this trip included the Nikon D90, the Nikkor 50mm Prime lens, a canvas backpack, a hammer, many ziplock bags and padding for the shale. The shale is very fragile and can get sharp, so a little caution is advisable.
Being a geeky kinda guy I ended up spending a little over 3 hours digging, splitting and sorting. For all of my effort, no good Trilobites “:( I did end up with a nice collection of almost everything else tho 
An assortment of old dead, well preserved things
Another assortment of old dead, well preserved things
Gonna get this little guy ID'ed soon
For more, you can check my Flickr Photostream.
So there you have it! A quick and cheap trip, with something to do when you get there!
, eight credits in total. To add to the fun, my degree program does not exist in it’s original form. It’s divided and mutated in to two distinct new programs. I have to work with the Department Head to see what credits are going to be good and what kind of credits I can get for work experience credit.
