anyone walk creeks?

[DM9367]

Post your creek and field finds here

 

[Magyars]

Post your creek and field finds here

You first.....
I've never had much luck with creeks...now the crop fields around here are a different story

 

[DM9367]

You first.....
I've never had much luck with creeks...now the crop fields around here are a different story

 

[Magyars]

Cool, but what is it?
Reminds me of a whet stone for a scythe?
Here are a few of my better finds.

 

[yetti462]

Here are some creek finds

 

[Cameramonkey]

When I was a kid, I found a trove of geodes in a creekbed in Yellowwood while (after) hunting squirrels. Been meaning to get back down there.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

When I was a kid, I found a trove of geodes in a creekbed in Yellowwood while (after) hunting squirrels. Been meaning to get back down there.

They're all over the place down at Lake Monroe.

 

[hotcupofbro]

I always seem to find cool fossils and crinoids, but only one nice arrowhead in all the time i've spent outdoors. A lot of the creeks are really picked over, but you never know what is going to wash in during the next big rain!

 

[spencer rifle]

Mostly what I look for (and find) are benthic macroinvertebrates and freshwater mussels. Mostly for work. Indiana rules say if you accidentally pick up a freshwater mussel (many are endangered), you have to put it back exactly where it came from, in the exact same orientation. And don't ever get caught with any shells.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Mostly what I look for (and find) are benthic macroinvertebrates and freshwater mussels. Mostly for work. Indiana rules say if you accidentally pick up a freshwater mussel (many are endangered), you have to put it back exactly where it came from, in the exact same orientation. And don't ever get caught with any shells.

Man, that brings back memories. My family had a travel trailer at a campground up by Elwood back in the 80s, and our spot was RIGHT on the banks of Pipe Creek. The sandbars were littered with mussel shells and I'd find mussels all the time. Now you barely see any shells.

 

[yetti462]

Here are some field finds. I always plow some spots for my kids to look. My boy kicks my butt.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Mostly what I look for (and find) are benthic macroinvertebrates and freshwater mussels. Mostly for work. Indiana rules say if you accidentally pick up a freshwater mussel (many are endangered), you have to put it back exactly where it came from, in the exact same orientation. And don't ever get caught with any shells.

I had done a growth/reproduction study of freshwater mussels for DNR back in the mid 90s, with a partner. I found a freshly dead Fan Shell and a freshly dead Rabbit's Foot in the Tippecanoe. If I remember, the Fan Shell was Federally endangered at the time and the Rabbit's Foot was State endangered. Both are in the State Museum. Pretty sure that was my last paid Biology gig.

 

[ancjr]

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Looks like a sharpening stone for a scythe

 

[daddyusmaximus]

This is the creek in my back yard...

 

[SOUP]

Brother and I thought we found a Glock last spring… pulled it up and it was a toy Glock lol

We have found some arrows though, it’s rumored there was an old Indian trading post near our fishing spot. We plan to get metal detectors this year.

 

[Hkindiana]

Mostly what I look for (and find) are benthic macroinvertebrates and freshwater mussels. Mostly for work. Indiana rules say if you accidentally pick up a freshwater mussel (many are endangered), you have to put it back exactly where it came from, in the exact same orientation. And don't ever get caught with any shells.

Then what do you do with the shells after you eat the mussels?

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Found this in a riverbed along the Brazos down in Texas last spring...

 

[Frosty]

These guys usually keep me preoccupied during my creek walks.

 

[mike trible]

I found this in my beanfield a few years ago.

 

[Ingomike]

To answer the OP, no, my walk creaks…