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Ok, I am a novice to this whole fossil-prep thing.... So we found a couple of large (well, for us) bones in the field, and as they were starting to fragment a bit, we put a thin plaster jacket around it, and dug under the dirt to remove the blob, and packed the whole thing in foil. Back home, I flipped the chunk upside down, and removed the dirt and prepped the bottom of the bone. So now I have to do the top side...any tips on the next step? Am I over-thinking this, and the plaster hasn't bonded to the bone?
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Palm inflorescence? - Novice questions about prepping
abctriplets posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
As I had posted in my trip summary (http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/76375-summer-road-trip-part-2-kemmerer-fish-dig-updated/) one of my 9-year-olds discovered a palm inflorescence at a fish dig in Wyoming a few weeks ago. We are completely new to this hobby/obsession. Would this be something that would be worthwhile to have prepped? What might a final product look like? And how would you go about displaying it? (and I can recognize that this would be well beyond our novice skill set, we'd be outsourcing this to someone more skilled)
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I have this item which looks to me like a shell. It has the shape but it appears to be incased in rock. Is there any way for me to "uncover" the shell if there is one at all? How would I go about trying to discover if there is something hidden within? The pics don't show the form as much as in person but hopefully you guys see what I see!
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I just got this slab in the mail today. Overall I am SUPER thrilled with it. It had been advertised as a pair of Crinoids on a slab, but it looks to me like there is a possible third Crinoid that might be even bigger than the other two still lurking in the matrix. There might even be a forth one, and it looks like some possible trilobites scattered throughout. I am newer to prep work (and fossils for that matter), but this looks like it has the makings of a really neat plate. My questions would be if you think I am right in my assessment of the plate, and also what steps for prep work. I am getting into it more, but I am thinking of trying to find an expert to take care of this one since I really don't want to ruin it, it is really nice as is. As a side note, on one of the prepped Crinoids there is a trilobite wrapped up in the stems! I don't think it needs more prep, but still thought I would mention it just since it is neat!
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Hello together, i bought a pair Oviraptor eggs and i want to prepare them. But i don´t know what preparation technic is the best way? Please can you help me? Thanks you very much! Kind regards, Michael The Fotos are from the Seller, i will make some better ones in the next days.
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Just got my sand blaster in the mail today. I was looking for some powder, not quite sure where you usually buy it. I have heard dolomite is good. I will be prepping trilobites and fish mainly for now. Anyone have a good place to get it, or any other powder recommendations?
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Hi guys , I bought a lot of unprepared fossils from Germany , got this one to prepare , any advice ? I don't want to destroy it , I've got just an engraver. An acid soak maybe?
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Hi everyone. I've loved dinosaurs since I was a little kid, and have enjoyed fossils as well. I'm a casual beginner and have very little experience fossil hunting, but have a little experience with preparation work. I'm now looking to dig deeper (har har) into preparation work, hence my joining. I figure if a fossil's going to get unearthed from where it's rested for so long and land in my hands, I want to do right by it. The nicer a fossil looks, the better the odds of it being handled well in the future. And being the first person to ever see something and learn its story, also has a deep appeal. So I'm going to be asking some questions now and again. Hopefully, I'll even post progress on a piece or two. Thank you for having me here, it's nice to be here.
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Anecdotally, Einstein is credited with the following layman's explanation of Relativity: “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours." The same applies to the purchase of a new scribe from Paleo Tools! I just ordered a new Micro Jack #4 and time instantly slowed down. I have needed a scribe for microscopic detail work for a while and finally got the CFO to approve the purchase. I'm sure it had a lot to do with me regularly complaining about how using an Aro under the scope is analogous to removing bathroom grout with a jackhammer!
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I finally decided to try my hand at fossil prep. I have been inspired by all the wonderful prep work I have seen here on the forum. So I have an Eldredgeops rana, with most of the thorax and pygidium exposed. It appears inflated, so i am banking on there being a cephalon hidden under the matrix. The matrix is very soft, and I am using a small flathead screwdriver to dig. I started to gouge an outline around and away from the trilo. I have a before pic and a pic of where I am at now. I have an idea of what I need to do. Please feel free to give advice and/or suggestions. Also I have a dremel, 2 engravers, and dental pics, but have not used any of those yet.
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I am just getting into doing fossil preparation. In the somewhat near future I am hoping to acquire an air scribe and an air abrasive machine. Question is first of all, any advice on what type of equipment to get? Second, where do you even get fossils to prep? I would guess there are probably quite a few available somewhere, since someone has to do it, but I just don't know where to get them. As far as the investment in the equipment goes, I plan on sticking with it for a while, so I am willing to shoulder the expense to be able to do good prep work. Any advice would be great, thanks!
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Hi Fellow Forum members. I have been using a home made dust collection system and think it is time to upgrade. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have seen some woodshop dust collectors that will filter down to 0.3 microns but I am not sure if that is good enough. I am looking for feedback from anyone with experience with dust collectors. Thanks, Andy
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Hi all, First off, I am a real noob when it comes to prepping fossils... This is why I have a question for you, which I don't think would be too hard for you pros out there. Some of you may have seen this sea urchin before; anyways I wanted to prep it, as I believe it will look quite nice after a good prep. There is just one problem though: the matrix is very hard (compared to what I'm used to). So how should I clear all this matrix? The tools I have are very limited, but I can buy new things (as long as they are very cheap materials). I have: one long thin metal needle, one strong pointed needle, one strong small chisel, and one thing to blow the matrix away (sorry if I don't have the correct terms)... If needed I can post a picture of the tools. Here is a picture of the fossil:
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I was out at my favorite spot in the Wutach Valley again on Tuesday and dug up a large one this time. It was in a huge block buried under a foot of dirt, leaves and rubble and first I thought that I'd struck bedrock, but that unfortunately didn't turn out to be the case. The area I'm exploring is an old landslide in the woods on the side of a small mountain and although I've found at least one spot where I can start following the bedrock layers up and down, I'm discovering more and more that the whole slope is just full of landslips and floes at various levels, so it's hardly possible to get your bearings in the horizontal and you just have to rely on luck and your nose. Anyway, I was quite struck with the size of this thing although I couldn't make out much due to the surrounding matrix, so I trimmed it down to a size that would fit into my knapsack and trudged back to the car with it. I spent a good 10 hours working on it over the last few days. Here are a few before pics. Front & back and you can just make out part of the keel in the last one. So I got down to trimming at first with the air pen. It went fairly well, since there was a good parting layer between matrix and fossil. The innermost whorls were unfortunately not there and I inadvertently punched a hole in it with the stylus. I fixed that up later with some stone meal. I placed a ruler in the first photo to show its size. I left a thin layer of matrix over the fossil, so as not to scratch it with the stylus. You can now see where part of the keel is broken off at the bottom in the first picture. I could have done some reparation there later with apoxy putty, but I'd already decided at this point to leave it as is, since it provides an interesting glimpse into the mineralized septa. The next few hours were spent mostly abrading with the odd swing back to the air pens to trim off some more excess matrix where it was possible. That was necessary to save some time, since a lot of the remaining matrix turned out to be quite hard and although I was working with 90psi it was still pretty slow going. Oops. Just run out of MBs. Have to move on to the next post.....
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So, I've got this early Maastrichtean rudist, and I'm looking for a good way to get it in a presentable shape, preferably without having to use expensive equipment. The matrix is limestone, though not soft enough to be simply peeled away with a brush. I'm not sure whether using vinegar would be a smart idea - I have a feeling that it would damage the fossil. Also, what would be the best way to reattach the two separate parts together? I thank anyone giving input in advance.
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Hello everyone, I've got a Megalodon tooth that I restored and posted on here a couple of weeks ago, and I'm wondering how I might preserve the restoration I did. I used acrylic paint, and I want to apply something really subtle over the paint in order to protect it. I've tried gloss finish, but as you would expect...it's too glossy. I need something that won't take away from what's there already and will not be noticeable. As you can see in the pics I've attached, the tooth has a nice shine but is not super glossy. Can anyone help me with this? Your advice would be much appreciated! Thanks, Lauren
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So I've never used an air scribe before. I've read everything in the forum about the cp9361, and I'll probably buy an Aro for detail work. But, the instructions that came with this thing suck, I can barely read them. Really my question is about oil. Where do I put the oil, how often, and what kind of oil do I use? Thanks in advance! -J
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So, I had a Greenops boothi that was missing the the glabella and the entire left portions of the cephalon. @ischua and I dug this fella up at Penn Dixie in the fall. I decided to finally have a go at him to see how much could be salvaged. Here's the before: A little more work: A little more: And, finally: For size:
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Hi, started fossil hunting around August, as my collection grows and I find rarer interesting things I'm starting to think about real preparation, most pro's out there charge around £25 an hour I believe, so possibly around £150 for a decent sized ammonite, I'm pretty hands on and used to be an upholsterer so think would be good at it (hopefully) Now I'm looking at Ken Mannion pens (ST) and a small compressor (24litre) 2.5hp) You think I could get going with these as paying someone else to prepare over and over would be costly and I do like exposing fossils myself, thanks... Alan
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hi, i bought this big ammonite to prepare, a megalytoceras maybe, any suggestions? i dont want to ruin it.
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I got a low mileage, heavy duty, 6 foot long prep/work bench and a stool along with a ceiling hung cord reel from a guy emptying a warehouse! Merry Christmas to me. I need to do some serious reorganization of the garage/prep lab/smithy but for now, it's in a useable place... kind of! I need a garage that is like Hermione Granger's bag.
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Just finished prepping this juvenile keichousaurus and thought it was worth a view as all the bones are totally pyritized. I've never seen this on any keichousaurus before. All the bones have a burnished gold patina. Mother Nature is awesome!
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Hi, i bought this russian trilobite for preparation, done just some ammonite before this. i have a record power engraver and a lot of patience. any good advice on this? here some pic of the specimen that is splitted in 2 parts.
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Hi, i'm doing some practice of fossils prep, like i wrote in the title im looking for some unprepared fossils , better if from uk or europe. if someone got some let me know. thanks!
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hi all, i just bought this ammonite for preparation, this will be my first preparation ever, any good advice? didnt really know how to start.
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