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This unknown rib was recovered a couple months ago from a private ranch near Faith, SD. I haven't had time to start work on it until a couple days ago. I'm keeping track of my hours on this one just out of curiosity. I never tracked the work on any previous prep projects. So this was found partially exposed with a number of pieces found as float at the bottom of the hill. Everything surface was collected, then the rest of the rib was jacketed to remove. It took me 3 hours to uncover and remove it from the jacket, and then 5 hours separate and clean the pieces of the first section. 12 hours total to clean 3 sections, and then another 3 hours for the micro cleaning and reassembly of those sections. Its only going to get harder, because much of the rest of it looks to be heavily crushed and displaced. It also looks like there is a healed fracture to this rib, but of course, the modern break goes through the remodelled bone.
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Hello all! I managed to secure access to some private land in Gove County somewhere near to Monument rocks. The peoperty has plenty of the chalk canyon type outcrops to explore and I couldn't be happier! I won't make it out there this summer but hope to next summer. I had a few questions that I hoped you all could help with, or point me in the right direction before I head out there. One, I know that the chalk is notoriously difficult to determine stratigraphy in. The chalk I have access to is both higher than and lower than the capstone on Monument rocks. Does anyone know what bed(s) I would be in above and below the capstone layer? I also was curious if fossils in this region are more predominantly found above the capstone layer, or below, or if they were pretty evenly distributed. Secondly, I wondered if there was a good resource that explained how to jacket specimens in the chalk? I have found some strings of vertebrea previously that would look good jacketed and hung on my wall. I would like to be prepared for my next trip out and ready incase I find another decent string. Third, I wondered where is the best place to look in the chalk? As mentioned we have found teeth and vertebrea. These have always been strewn about in the flatter areas. I don't expect to find a Xiphactinous or a Mososaur in my adventures, but I do notice that alot of people mention it requires alot of digging to get them. I take it that means they are looking more in the vertical walls and washes than the flat areas? Can people that hunt there provide some In-situ photos of their bigger finds? Lastly, I wondered if outside of fossils there were any cool rocks or minerals to look out for in the Niobrara or the Rocky Mountain Outwash? I plan on taking my niece out there for a visit and to help her collect fossils for her 4H Geology Project. Here are some photos from her first/only/last year trip out to a location about 10 miles's west of our current access. I can't seem to get the photos to rotate and stay rotated on my phone. My apologies!
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Hi preparators friends, I know that the method can be different according the preparator but can you explain us your method to map a jacket when you prep one. How do you proceed when multiple fossils are on each other in a jacket. What to do and don't. Please share with us your knowledge and experience.