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Hello, i have a question. I want to know what was the first fossil you ever found and with wich fossils your collections stardet. I'll begin : My first fossil that i ever found was a beautiful brachiopod that i found while hiking in poland at the age of 4. Sadly it was stolen in kindergarten, and it was never Seen again... The first fossil in my collection then was a Spinosaurus tooth, because Spinosaurus was my favourite dinosaur at the time.
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Should I buy? Real or fake? Keichousaurus
arapaima01 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I was looking to buy this Keichousaurus fossil,but would like to hear some opinions on if it’s real or fake. Please help.- 8 replies
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Hello all, As a new member, I am immediately impressed by the breadth of knowledge and willingness to share of so many people on the forum. I wonder how some of you came to this passion and this skill set in your life. For me, it is relatively new (overlooking some kidhood fossil encounters), and it grew out of my reading interests. In retirement I have turned to topics such as early earth history, paleontology, geology and genetics. One writer I found very engaging was Richard Fortey. His books Life, and Earth, an Intimate History and Trilobites: Eyewitness to History were very engaging. I had never heard of a trilobite until then. I decided I wanted a trilobite myself and found one at a coin show in Florida. It is Phacops and has been cleaned so the eyes are dramatically clear. But buying a fossil does not have the same impact of finding one yourself. And I wanted to find my own trilobite. After some hunting, I found that Utah is a good place to search and visited the often reported on U-Dig site outside of Delta. It was a cold windy day at the end of May, with sleet. It was wonderful. Wet and cold, braking shale, with a very patient wife reading her kindle in a wind rocked SUV in their parking area. I found my first trilobite, the common elrarhia kingi. And I was hooked. There is a thrill in the finding and a challenge in understanding what you’ve found. I enjoy both aspects of this, and appreciate the help I’m getting on the Forum with the latter. I am looking forward to at least two fossiling trips this year, one the Ordovician deposits in Kentucky and a return to Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. And undoubtedly I’ll be asking for help in understanding what I’ve found. A thanks to all on the forum so willing to help us novices. Happy New Year and good fossiling to all. Tom
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