5 most incredible fossil scenes

[Yugopap4me 29]

Pretty cool read. It's 2 pages long. I wonder what other amazing fossil discoveries await. http://www.cracked.com/article_20528_the-5-most-incredible-scenes-ever-preserved-by-fossils.html

Edited September 5, 2013 by Yugopap4me

[Sim_Player 1,939]

Hey, the content of this post is ancient.

 

The time humans have been on the Earth appears so minuscule, in the life of the planet.

 

I just had a vision of two guys fighting in the desert when the sand cliff above collapses preserving their weapons, gear, bodies, and uniforms. Archeologists in the future reconstruct the event using video recovered from a solid-state storage device attached to a camera that one of the soldiers was wearing. Everything goes into a museum exhibit for visitors to view and enjoy.

 

Metal Detector enthusiasts are still recovering bodies and gear from WW2 battlefields in Europe and the former USSR, on Youtube.

 

I like metal detecting. The archeological aspects and my nostalgia for the past keeps me fascinated.

Edited September 5, 2013 by Sim_Player

[MT Predator 2,294]

I used to run around WWI and WWII battlefields in the 8 years I was stationed in Germany. On most sites, metal detectors are forbidden for a reason. In the WWI Battle of Verdun, France, the Germans fired 1 million artillery rounds in ten hours. Just about every year, a treasure hunter is blown up while scouring the trenches for souvenirs. Yes, the trenches are still there.

[Rhodes1968 1,638]

That was cool, thanks.

[Yugopap4me 29]

Ya I remember reading a few years ago that a WWI trench outpost that was in a bog or something of that nature when a huge artillery shell exploded and buried theoutpost perfectly preserving everything. Maybe even bodies....I can't recall at this point. I'll have to look more into it once I get home

[LuPiN8oR 333]

Very good read, i wanted to be a paleontologist when i was younger and before i discovered id pretty much have to live in academia to pull it off.

[MT Predator 2,294]

Ya I remember reading a few years ago that a WWI trench outpost that was in a bog or something of that nature when a huge artillery shell exploded and buried theoutpost perfectly preserving everything. Maybe even bodies....I can't recall at this point. I'll have to look more into it once I get home

There is one site in Verdun called the "Trench of the Bayonets". Apparently, a squad of French Soldiers were buried alive in their trench by simultaneous artillery hits. All that was left were the rifle barrels with affixed bayonets sticking up out of the soil. The French built a monument/overhead cover over the site. The rifles/bayonets are still there and the troops are in the soil beneath. That may be what you were thinking about. Sorry for the derail from the dino fossil thread.

[Yugopap4me 29]

Wow that's amazing as well. But this incident involved German troops. New post made regarding the subject. Eta soldiers were found sitting upright on benches in this find.... Very similar to the standing French soldiers.

Edited September 6, 2013 by Yugopap4me

[U.S. Pratorean 1,234]

I used to run around WWI and WWII battlefields in the 8 years I was stationed in Germany. On most sites, metal detectors are forbidden for a reason. In the WWI Battle of Verdun, France, the Germans fired 1 million artillery rounds in ten hours. Just about every year, a treasure hunter is blown up while scouring the trenches for souvenirs. Yes, the trenches are still there.

I believe near the Ypres salient, it was estimated there was roughly 10-12 arty rounds per square foot!. An individual out for a stroll decided to take 5 on a nearby fallen log. No he didn't get blown up however, he began to experience an intense burning sensation where he had contacted the log. It was later discovered there was, beneath the log an unexploded gas shell and the contents had been leaking out and had saturated the log.

Talk about a PITA!