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During the past few years, I have tried several methods of fossil preparation, including manual prepping with needles and pin vises as well as some chemical techniques. Earlier this year, I decided to try pneumatic scribes and I purchased two of the Hardy Winkler models. Before deciding on these two scribes, I was informed by the helpful comments of others on the Forum. I am now submitting my comments in the hope of adding to those reviews. Since scribes must be selected with specific purposes in mind, I will state that I am a hobbyist (not a professional) and collect relatively small fo
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I purchased this Dinosaur egg and now I want to prep it a little. I don't have an airscribe, is there another way to remove the thin layer of matrix without damaging the eggshell or shell structure?
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Hi I’ve been wondering for a while if some fossil preparation tools cause nerve damage. I have been prepping for a for years now mainly with air scribes and haven’t noticed a difference. However a few people say that the vibration coming from the tools can cause nerve damage in the future. Is this true? Thanks for any information.
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Best tools to prep Morrison formation material
Fossil Collect posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hi, I’ve been wanting to prep some Morrison formation material for a while now however I’ve never prepped Morrison stuff. I have prepped many Hell creek and lance creek fossils. So what are the best tooth for preparing Morrison formation material specifically things like sauropod and theropod vertebrae’s? Thanks! -
[Lyme Regis, UK] What's this and how to prep? UPDATED: reverse side of specimen
Omono posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hi all! I've just found this curious stone on the Lyme Regis beach, during a low tide, between some other rocks. I was trying to crack it open but I had to stop as it looked to be containing something more delicate. I'm sorry for the poor quality of the photos. It has a thin layer of grey stone on the top part, and underneath it there is a golden patina that reflects the light mixed with a brownish sort of varnish (similar to when fossilised bones are prepped, that sort of texture). It has a circle of a different colour on one of the shorter side that reminds me of a sectione -
Hello all I recently got permission from my family to build a preparation room, so I'm getting some tools to finally start preparing fossils. I've got a few fossils from my own hunts that I can start practicing on, but those are all in extremely hard, sticky rocks, and often badly preserved. I would however like to get some fossils from other locations to practice different techniques, mainly with air abrasion and to get a feel with the preparation of a wild variation of fossils. I picked some fossils (mainly from the USA), that aren't too complex I think, but please correct m
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Hello, forgive me if this question has already been answered. I found dozens of crinoids this last fall. They look great when wet, but when they dry they're dull and dirty looking. I've tried soaking them in soapy water and scrubbing with a toothbrush, but nothing spruces them up. I've also tried using vinegar given that the limestone doesn't fizzle, but it destroys the crinoid. Is there anything I can do to brighten or clean these things? The last two pictures are the crinoids when wet and the first is dry. Thanks for the help.
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Hello all, Me and my friend would like to start practicing chemical preparation. Neither of us have done that before. We were mainly wondering what types of commercially available fossils are fit to practice this on? I know of limestone fossils like Keichousaurus, but that seems quite expensive for a first try. Neither of us lives close enough to a fossil location to reallistically obtain this way. So I tried to make a list of items that are not too hard to find unprepared. My friend has quite a bit of experience with working with chemicals, but doesn't know what chemicals would wo
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Hi all! Could you please share your experience with using hydrogen peroxide for disintegrating regular clay? Looking to find small, but not tiny fossils - teeth, gastropods and such - not smaller than a couple mm, most likely 3-10mm. What % would I need? Here we can buy any from 3 to 37%. Which will be enough? Which will be safe to use at home? Should I just plunge clay into peroxide and if so, for how long? How small should the chunks be? Anything I should be aware of? Thanks in advance!
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I need your help to make a new tool for paleontology
Daniel Fischer posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello, I haven't been here for a long time so first of all, I want to say that it feels good to be back! I am a student in 11th grade and the pressures of school got my mind off of paleontology lately. But now came the opportunity I have been waiting for, I am learning in a class where we learn electricity, programming and biology. As part of our studying, we need to design and create a machine that solves a problem in the world. I would really like to make something in the filed of paleontology. But the first step is finding a suitable problem and research. So I am here to ask you what p -
I was inspired by another WR post and thought I'd share what I was working on today. I had a small rock with a sliver of rostrum showing (white bone). Poked at it a bit with a microjack and it just kept going. All scope work so far. Was hoping for a cranium but no such luck. No nasals either. Now I'm trying to decide how it should display and how I was to expose the cheek teeth. Here it is sitting flat. And I'm thinking I will stand it on edge for display, like so. Will have to rem
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I have my own little fossil prep lab in my home (hubby let me convert one of our spare rooms into my own prep lab find someone who loves you as much as you love fossils and dirt!) with the compressor out in the garage. It's a 50L tank (approx. 13.2 gallons) and is a belt drive, which is slightly quieter than direct drive and cycles every 5-10min. I'm wanting to upgrade to possibly a 100L tank so there are less cycles, but also looking at the compressors that come with a "silent" motor. One of our dogs has weirdly become afraid of the compressor when it turns on (but to be fair, she's also afr
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Real keichousaurus? Quality of preparation? Complete?
mr.rod posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello all, I'm interested in these keichousaurus brothers. The seller has reserved the matrix for me, and I would love to understand some things before I buy. Better first ask to avoid bad surprises later ;-) Hope some of the experts here can support me. My questions are Is it an original/authentic fossil and not a replica? Guess it is original ;-) The quality of preparation seems to be below average? What is this untypical light-grey cloud around the right brother? Cheap prep? It looks a bit flat to me, not really 3d-look bones, is this from erosion? -
Looking for Prep Help! Large Cambrian Trilobite Cephalon from Massachusetts
Bguild posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hi Everyone, Over the summer I went searching for remnants of the elusive Cambrian trilobites from Massachuetts. The quarry these came from was destroyed back in the 1940s and new material is largely non-existant, but I may have found a Paradoxides cephalon. The tricky part being that when I split the piece of argillite, portions of the fossil were split between the two halves of the rock and the fossil could benefit from some prep work in general to make it more apparent. I lack both the prep skills and tools to take this one on and am wondering if anyone would be willing to glue -
Fossil preparation / enhancement with the help of heat
FranzBernhard posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
I would like to ask if anyone has experience with fossil preparation with the help of heat. My question is triggered by that topic: Authenticating quartz (?) Keichousaurus? - Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications - The Fossil Forum My hypothesis is, that this specimen was baked (as a whole or only superficially, with a blow torch, for example, possibly several times) to promote flaking off of the matrix. Could this be correct? Another question: Some time ago, a baked crinoidal limestone was shown here on TFF (with color turned from a somewhat uniform gray- 7 replies
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Hello! I am brand new to fossils but fell for the Keichousaurus. After combing through old Fossil Forum posts on different prep methods, I’ve been on the hunt for a nicely prepared specimen. I found this one from a friendly, reputable seller and the prep looks great compared to everything else I can find online. However I’m looking for a dorsal specimen ideally, and this one is not exactly cheap. How hard will it be to match this prep quality in a dorsal specimen? Are we talking years of looking for a similarly nice piece or do they pop up fairly regularly? -
Some days ago we saw on the website from Paleobond the Paleosculp kit colors. Fantastic! This is what we are looking for since, hm, end of the dinos perhaps. At the moment we use Apoxy scult, wonderful but has only 2 colors... What is you experience with Paleosculp kit colors? Does is really work to get the right color when mixing? Is it possible to mix it with more colors (acrylic or other?´) As we are not in the US we have to order and no european offers it. Before ordering I would be sure to get the right thing thanks for your input and responds
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Keichou - a technical question
Ezio Bonsignore posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This question should probably go on the general discussion, but I post it here on the chance that the answer might point at some form of fakety. I am intrigued by this K. being offered fo sale. How was it prepared? To my untrained eye, there seem to be no signs of tools. Judging by the areas surrounding the fossile, it would appear that some kind of acid (?) has been used, thar corroded the stone matrix away while leaving the bones intact (?!?) Is something like that possibile? -
I've been collecting casually for about 40 years in the UK, mostly on the Yorkshire coast and have built quite a collection of, what I think, are reasonable ammonites and other fossils, some of which can be seen in IMGP3195 below. I have either found these already split or been able to split them quite easily with just a hammer and chisel. But I have also amassed a large number of unprepared part eroded nodules which I am unsure how to split or prepare as seen in IMGP3197. Wondered if anyone can suggest how to go about uncovering these ammonites without damaging them in the process. I hav
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Goodmorning, last month I went to Solnhofen for my last fossil trip of the year in Germany. I found a lot of fossils (ammonites, coprolites, fish, worms...) and now I'm preparing the specimens. I have basic tools, a Dremel 290, needles, awls. I prepare all of these fossils with succes, but a big coprolite is still covered buy a tiny layer of matrix, that I can't remove with my actual tools. It's possible to effectively remove the matrix left with acid? Tomorrow I will post a photo of the fossil. Thanks.
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Howdy! I found dozens of crinoid stems recently and most of them seem to have a thin layer of matrix attached. They were found in limestone, but I don't even know what mineral they've been fossilized in...calcite? Would I be able to remove the matrix with sandpaper and perhaps even polish them? Would sanding them remove visible segmentations? All help is appreciated, thank you.
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After a loooong long time I've got a new piece to prepare! I recently recieve this beautiful Hyaenodon canine from Saint hyppolite de Caton (an upper Eocene locality). Many of you would prefer to leve the tooth in the matrix but I'm just to curious to extract it a see how is preserved on the other side but also because this is rock is super rich of fossils and I want to see if I can find anything else.
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Good Morning. I am looking for a quiet compressor that allows me to use in a residential area. Preferably I would like to visit a shop. Does any one have any advice. I have the equipment to go with it. Thanks, Sue
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Some weeks ago I went "digging" to a huge fair in France. You never know what you´ll find, so I was happy to get a biiiiiig Stylemis from the badlands. Approx. 45 cm long, its the second biggest we ever had. But, the conditon... eroded, but the turtle-shell is great. So, we decided to buy and prepare. Takes longer than expected, just working on it and hope to finish before Christmas... Lets start with some pics, I add new ones when I went on with preparation..., enjoy first pic was done at the fair, first steps are: cleaning, cleaning, cleaning... and remount / glue
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The first (and only- for now) Oreodont skull I prepped was in remarkably good condition and required virtually no reconstruction, just a thorough and careful cleaning + a little stabilizing. Afterwards I was looking for a good way to display this little skull in a manner where it wouldn't just be sitting on a flat surface. I'm not great at bending metal to create an elevated cradle so I came up with this: I laid a sheet of plastic wrap on the underside of the skull and gently pressed Apoxie sculpt on top of the plastic so it molded to the contours of the skull. I then pressed a met
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