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I want these to stay pristine as possible. I’ve seen modern teeth age badly. I don’t want this. Please help! special teeth
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Hi guys. A little while ago, I broke my precious Spinosaurus claw... I can't stand up from the shock... I want to fix it, how can I fix it? please tell me. Thanks in advance.
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Hey everyone. I've been blown away by some of the shark tooth restoration work out there so I wanted to learn this skill for myself. I practiced on a real beat up tooth I found. It was probably too challenging of a tooth to restore on my first attempt but I figured it would be a good opportunity to practice restoring the root as well as enamel. The sculpting material hasn't completely cured yet but when it does I will be smoothing it out and then painting it. The enamel areas definitely need smoothing. It's far from perfect but I just figured I'd share this first attempt. Below are is a photo
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@caldigger post on finding two pieces of the same tooth reminded me of the tooth I found in New Zealand many years ago. The site is closed now, so I don’t think there is a chance of finding the root. But is there anyone on here that could accept this challenge? I’ll pay of course! Tooth overlying picture of complete tooth of same size and position showing the missing root. The slightly trickier bit is on the back where the root/enamel transition is partially missing. Scale bar = 2 inches total. A few more images of the tooth;
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Megalodon Tooth 100% Natural or Not?
Mulatto_Zack posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Was inquiring to purchasing this tooth but want to make sure this tooth looks 100% natural with no repair and nothing restored on it as claimed by the seller, thanks for the help! -
Hi everyone! I just got a 20" mosasaur (Prognathodon?) jaw piece in the mail, and unfortunately it was split into 3 pieces. Fortunately, the breaks are fairly clean, with a few small fragments broken off, and the pieces fit right back together. If anyone has experience with this sort of thing, what kind of glue do you think will work the best, and what application method would you use?
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A Psittacosaurus skull of poor quality, really?
palochris68 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I know that this skull was already shown a few years ago on the forum and it had attracted rather negative comments but I don't remember it very well. I bought it 3-4 years ago, and I would like to know what you think about it. Of course I think there is some restoration (where? is it that bad?) I remember one member asking why one could buy such bad skulls while showing a Psittacosaurus skeleton of extraordinary beauty and purity, but very few people can actually buy this. So I would just like to have your opinion on the general quality of this skull, is it auth -
Is it just me, or does this look like there’s a good chance that it’s either totally separate pieces with significant restoration connecting it, or even just quite a bit of fake areas? I feel like especially from the right side, it appears to be a huge amount of just matrix visible, and even on the left side a good deal of area that’s just matrix. I know that matrix isn’t unusual on pieces, and I wouldn’t mind small amounts of restoration/places of matrix filing in missing areas, but not large portions of something.
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Hi Guys, On my adventures in Banff a few weeks ago I found a sinohydrosaur fossil for sale which I fell in love with. Admittedly I was concerned on transporting it back to Australia considering the almost 18 hour journey and not being allowed as carry on. Even with all the cushioning I could offer the specimen it ended up cracked in half. Thankfully (maybe) it did so along the tail side and the break appears to be somewhat clean. Having never had to fix something of this nature and not knowing the rock it's embedded in and this being
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Hello There's an unrestored phareodus fish fossil I'm thinking about purchasing. How difficult is it to restore these and what do they use to highlight them? I'm a very patient guy and already have the tools needed. Just not sure to to go about the highlight process. Any help would be appreciated.
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I saw this tooth for sale and it looks like it has restoration on the yellow batches, however seller strongly believes there are no repairs nor restorations, want opinions on whether you think it has restoration.
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Keichosaurus real, condition?
Mochaccino posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I was wondering if these chinese Keichosaurus looked real? How much reconstruction/restoration if any, and how is their condition? Both slabs are about 9 inches long. First looks ok to me, second's body looks a bit weird. Thank you! 1. 2. -
Hello! I was just wondering if this mosasaur tooth looks like it had any repair or restoration done to it. The tip is darker and in some angles it maybe looks repaired. But then it also maybe just looks like different degrees of enamel wear. Thanks for your help! Kevin
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Hi! I'm looking for advice. I found this fossil yesterday and like so many others I find it's on an unstable piece and has a major crack through it. I'd hate to coat it with anything as I prefer to keep things natural. Yet I'm also worried that it might just fall apart on its own or from handling. What's my best course of action? Any advice/help is appreciated.
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I just wanted to share this, thought it might be of interest and there's definitely room for improvement and tips! This was the first fossil mammoth tusk I restored and prepared a few years ago- a juvenile mammoth tusk that was split laterally almost perfectly down the middle. It was sourced from central Alaska, though not sure if it was discovered in a mining operation or if it was exposed on a river bank as so many are. The first step was to submerge and soak the entire tusk in a PVA solution, followed by Apoxie sculpt and banding to merge the two broken pieces and restore some
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I wanted to try my hand at fossil restoration and wanted not know what sort of material is used ? I believe some kind of epoxy putty is used ? Is there any particular kind that's used for smaller pieces that can be carved into shape ?
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Paint in megalodon tooth
PetrosTrilobite posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
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Hello, Here is what I think is a nice lot of Hemipristis serra teeth from Florida, which are about 2~2.5cm size. However I have no experience with shark teeth or teeth in general so I was wondering if these seem real, if there seems to be any restoration/reconstruction? I think most of these have nice serrations, but how is the quality of enamel and root preservation? Thanks.
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Hey Everyone, I got a couple shark teeth restored and I am very unhappy with the results. Is there any way to have someone else redo the restoration or if not, at least remove the putty/paint? I'm not sure what to do at this point and was hoping there was a way to fix this. Thank you.
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Hello all! First, let me say I am a relatively new fossil collector and new to this forum. I am a biologist and typically study living things, so please don't throw me out! I recently purchased a Keichousaurus hui from another collector but when it arrived the specimen was damaged. It appears to have broken along 2 previously repaired cracks in the matrix. I would like to repair this specimen or perhaps more ideally, have it repaired by someone experienced. Can anyone point me toward a suitable resource for proper guidance, or an experienced collector or professional who can
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When we see a fossil, for example a trilobite or a dinosaur tooth with restoration, what this mean? Is paint? Is a fake piece glued in the original fossi?
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I've been looking at some Russian bugs, but all of them have anywhere from 2-8% restoration. I'm still new to collecting, so I'm not sure how much restoration is too much.
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Any restoration or repair?
dinosaur man posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I’m planning on trading for this tooth but before I do I wanted to make sure if there’s any restoration or repair on the tooth. The tooth is labeled as Zhuchengtyrannus cf. and is from the 75-71 million year old Djadochta Formation of Southern Mongolia. Though I think it’s safer to call it Tyrannosaurid indet. at the moment as the species or any Tyrannosaur species hasn’t been formally described from the formation. -
Hello everyone! I managed to bring home this crazy guy, the problem is that it was so big it broke in pieces when extracting it. I've been using "Loctite Super Glue 3" (ethyl cyanoacrylate) for repairing my fossils until now and it worked pretty well. However, this one might be too heavy I'm afraid it wont be enough to keep the pieces together and it can be dangerous (since the whole fossil probably weights over 70 lbs). There are also some cracks I would like to fill, I heard a technique where you ground some matrix rock to dust and then use that powder to make a glue that has the e
