Search the Community

The title was blunt to the point, & I was thinking. Let's hope this is far away, but still the fact is not going away. Ok we all know we have a passion for certain things here & have a collection going on. I'm curious what is others plan for their collection, once .........gone ? I know the simple thing is to will it to kin, though do they appreciate it ? And would they pawn it off as soon as they get ? I would assume if over time if need be you'd sell off to pay bills etc... Though what if your kin is not so much into your collection & you were not able to sell it off. Do you will it to a museum where many people can appreciate it, if its of interest an worthy for that museum. Or just say I don't care where it goes I'm dead.

Hello everyone, I’ve always had a website, Fossilforkids, (although it is no longer interactive it still has good stuff on it), and have done hundreds of fossil programs for kids. I’ve been away from that for awhile but since my wife died in June I am pursuing a dream of hers and fossils play a part of that. While she was on hospice they told us they have a bereavement program for kids and thought my farm with its goats, horses, chickens, mini- horses and chickens would be a great escape for the kids to visit while someone they love is on hospice. We will also will have fishing horse shoes, roping classes, and archery My wife also had a vision of turning our place into a day camp for kids that couldn’t go to bible camp or other camps. We are both devote Christians and have a passion for fossils as well so I’m combing all of those concepts. Since I have Horses and a mini I am going to focus the natural selection process and advancement of horses as the fossil class/demonstration. I, for one, do not believe what I have studied in the Bible and paleontology are mutually exclusive and I think this is a great way to break through some barriers and just let the kids enjoy the incredible word of fossils. To do this I need some help. I have the animals, space, facilities and games to make this a fantastic(and free) experience for the kids. What I need are horse fossils in any condition and from any body part. The more poor to moderate quality is for giveaways to the campers and a few quality pieces would make a great display for the classes. I have already invested a great bit of time and money plus they is a lot more of hard work to be done but any fossils you could provide would be a great help. Just send me a message if you can help. Thank You! John

I may be moving cross country soon. I would be moving by Greyhound bus, so I would be severely limited in what I can take. How should fossils be sold or donated in this case? I might keep three or four pieces but that would be it. These are what I have: Butterstone Stromatolite Bolivian Stromatolite Nemiana Trilobite Mucrospirifer Brachiopod Goniatite Orthoceras Carboniferous Fern Crinoid Stem Triassic petrified wood Dinosaur Bone chunk Cretaceous Sea Urchin Eocene Fish Luisian Stage Opalized Wood Mousterian (Neanderthal) scraper.

My great uncle found these when he lived in Alaska 70 years ago - should they be donated? to whom? sold? what research value if any would they have. One is quite large.