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I think I've already mentioned now and then over the last couple of months that I was on the move again. Now that we've settled in, I thought I could show you the new arrangement of the collection. Since we moved into a much smaller apartment, I've been forced to radically reduce the collection and have given up the workshop due to lack of space. Besides, I'm reaching the age where it's anyway time to let go of a few things, so I now have a good number of cartons full of fossils which shall be being put up for sale over the next year or so. Anyway, I still have 6 showcases full, so it's not all that bad and the fossils aren't nearly so much squished together in as in the past. The first one is out in the hallway directly outside the apartment as a welcoming gesture to visitors and passers by. I've filled it with what I've saved from my old mineral collection and a variety of cut and polished fossils and I've garnished it with a few ammonites from around the world. Then there are the riker mounts on the wall with small ammos and shark teeth. My main passion was always for ammonites, so these are what are mostly presented. The cabinet on the left at the top has first of all my specialty shelf and then shelves with Jurassic finds from Switzerland and France and then the 2 at the bottom from the English Jurassic. The one on the right shows from top to bottom 2x southern German Late Jurassic finds, then Early Jurassic, then Cretaceous and Nautiloids, and Belemnites at the bottom. The nautilus on top is a Digonioceras tintanti from the Wutach Valley and the large ammo on top of the cabinet on the right is a Pseudhimalayites uhlandi along with a few smaller ones on the block from the Upper Danube Valley. The next one is filled with my southern German Middle Jurassic finds from Geisingen at the top and the Wutach Valley at the bottom. There are also a few from the Alpine Triassic at the bottom right. The next one is reserved for, from top to bottom, plant fossils, gastropods in the middle and bivalves all from all over the world. The ammonite at the top is an Arietites bucklandi. And this one contains, also from top to bottom, teeth and bones, echinoids, bryozoa and crinoidea, trilobites, brachiopods and insects, corals and at the bottom a huge Pleurolytoceras dilucidum which I lugged out of the quarry in Belmont, France a few years ago. The ammonite at the top is a Procerites hodsoni. And last but not least, the TV table with my favorite eye candy. Top right Campanile giganteum with Scyphocrinus elegans. Bottom left to right Arietites solarium, Coroniceras rotiforme, Encrinus liliiformis, Cockerellites liops, Stephanoceras humphriesianum, Procerites hodsoni and Brasilia decipiformis. Well, that's all for now folks and I'm off on my bike for a short tour.

Hello everyone! Here’s the deal: I’m moving in the beginning of August which will entail a 900 mile drive (away from any cretaceous fossils ). Wondering how you all would pack your collections! Most of my collection (95%, lol) consists of teeth. Mostly cretaceous sharks and fish, one meg, a spino, and two mosasaur. I have a few inverts as well, which I’m predicting will be the most fragile. No large pieces or bone. I’m thinking individually wrap the fragile pieces, while the common teeth can all be put together? Let me know of any good ideas! Thank you!!

So, as the title says, I am moving to a new house today. I'm moving all my fossils, and loading up the truck with my stuff. I'm attaching a picture of my best fossil, just because I like showing it. I'm the person in the picture. The fossil is a Phareodus testis and probably a diplomystus on the bottom. Anyway, here's hoping I get all my fossils moved there safely!

Hey everyone! We’re close to having our house packed up for our move from England to the US. I have a lot of fossils that need packing but I’m really nervous about it all. My main concern is what I should do as far as who packs them. Would you let the movers pack them (and if anything is damaged in transit then you can claim it) or would you pack it yourself? My problem is that if the movers pack it, they don’t really care and some things are definitely going to be damaged, but if I pack it and it’s damaged then I don’t get compensated. Ugh, I’m so frustrated over this! Also, I have a few riker cases so should I take the fossils out of them or would a piece of felt on the inside between glass and fossils be enough to protect everything. I’m at a loss on how to move internationally with fossils! Any advice or wisdom would be greatly appreciated! Edited to add: I also have a bottle of Paraloid that I would like shipped with me. Most packing people won’t allow liquid, and some don’t care and will pack anything. Is that something I can pack in my checked luggage or should I just say goodbye to it and get more at our next base?

Hey fossil forum! Yes, I'm still alive :> I am moving into South Carolina (to the Clemson area) in a few months, and I am extremely interested in fossil hunting in (or nearby) Summerville. I've found lots (and I mean lots) of fossils in Ohio for the five years I've lived here, and the fossils here are nice, but I really want to get whale verts/mammal bones into my collection! I'm also hoping to pick up some nice teeth, even though I don't need many more of them. I will be camping with my family in Summerville at the end of July for a full week (solely to find fossils in the area), and I am really hoping on picking up some great stuff during the limited time I can spend there. I don't know any locals, so if someone could please give me advice as to where I should start hunting for fruitful results, that would be awesome!! I literally haven't a clue as to where to begin hunting down in SC. I'd be glad to exchange my personal fossil hunting locations for some down there. (I'm aware of the fossil permit required for fossil hunting in SC; my family and I have already begun the process) -Fossilsniper PS-- I will be away (fossil hunting at St. Leon) for the next few hours, and I'm crossing my fingers for replies when I get back