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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!!
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Packing Musts for collecting day trip for Mazon fossils
I'm Mel posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi All, I am a newbie to fossil collecting other than randomly finding them while rockhounding. I have a standard backpack of things I bring when gold panning and another one that I bring for surface collecting vs mining. After having a blast at the Florissant Fossil beds in Colorado a couple of weeks ago I have decided to take my daughter on a day trip to Mazon Creek area for some hunting. We are making out list of items we will need to bring. Since we are driving about 4 hours each way there will be no going home for forgotten items or returning the next day so we want to have everything we will need or want with us. We would appreciate any input of items that we might not think of including for this area, and any suggestions, or photos of what to look for in particular. photos of the fossils online are great, BUT we know they don't look like that in the field. Are the concretions fist sized or basketball sized? round or egg shaped or flat like the layers of shale in Florissant? Is the area one that denim shorts are fine or do we need long pants to protect our legs from scratches. Bug spray??? hiking boots or tennis shoes? I'm hoping we find a creek or two that we can hunt around and we are packing extra clothes and towels for the car ride home. We are including a box of large 2gallon sized ziplocs to help sort and label locations where concretions are found so that when we open at home we can figure what was found where, and will photograph sites and note on map for later reporting but I am sure there are things we aren't considering or realizing that we might need. I would rather bring more than I need than get there wishing we had remembered something we had (like my favorite loupe) but left at home. Thanks!- 15 replies
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I was curious how you guys pack your fossils to ship or move. Whats better to put them in to keep them safe and unbroken? Bubble wrap , peanuts? I'll be moving soon and wanted to know whats best. Thanks!
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Time to pack up my collection. As finally I will have everything in one house, in one city. Ive been living in between two cities and only get to see it every few months. My wife has been mostly in one city and I have been in the other as the lab I work in is there. Now we are "consolidating" and we will be together with all our stuff. No more "where's the such and such" "oh in the other house" its been nice as I said as I haven't seen my collection for a while and got to handle each piece as I wrapped it up. Some brought back vivid memories of the day I found the fossil. Some people have photo albums, for me the fossils are like touch stones that ignite the memory of the trip. I remember the end of the trip in the fading light the tooth on the cliff top or the days spent while I was a teenager in the local marl quarry hunting for teeth. nervous times trying to decide whether to drive it down myself or trust the shipping company with it. I tell you it's packed well!
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