Search the Community

Stay a while and listen, because I don't want you to make the same mistakes I made First story - I bought a fossil. I wanted to reduce shipping costs so I asked for shipping with no tracking despite seller's concerns. Obviously, the fossil was lost and the seller refused responsibility Second story - My friend bought a fossil. He did not ask the seller to send a photo of the address on the parcel. Item was tracked and marked as "Delivered" but my friend never got the item. Conclusion was that the seller wrote the wrong address and whoever got the item decided to keep it (it was a lovely ammonite) Third story - I was trading a fossil. I took a photo of the parcel but I forgot to ensure that the tracking code was in the photo. And of course I also somehow lost the tracking slip (since I just moved house). The very expensive item is now lost and I have no way to track it (It's what inspired me to make this post) --- So here are the actions I recommend you take if you sell or trade any fossils 1) Take a photo of the parcel with the clear address. Send it to the other party and make sure they acknowledge it is correct 2) Take a photo of the tracking code. You should also type out the tracking code to the other party 3) Keep the tracking slip. Keep it somewhere you would remember e.g. a file specifically for tracking slips --- Here are the actions you should take as a buyer 1) Ask for a photo of the address on the parcel. You might want to ensure your phone number is on the parcel too 2) Ask for the tracking code --- I'd also recommend both buyer and seller to include phone numbers on the parcel. I had thousands of dollars saved because a confused postman called my phone number to ensure my address was correct (seller had wrote a '9' as a '7' on my address by mistake) Good luck

Went camping over the weekend with my Boyfriend, we both love the outdoors… Anyways I have a love for rocks and I was digging for a new rock when I came across this TOOTH:) Completely awesome but I collect rocks not teeth. So I’m looking for any information on this tooth I have. Thanks for the help and Completely awesome . Found in Bakersfield CA

Hi everyone, My uncle passed away near the start of the year sadly. He was an avid collector of fossils and he has left 100's behind. I have photographed them all in their draws but there is that many I cannot even begin to take individually photos. What is the best way to offload these without being taken advantage of, due to my lack of knowledge? I am based in Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom.

How do you go about selling a fossil? Do I need to get it appraised?

Greetings, after collecting and buying fossils for a few years and getting out of space at my home for all of them I have realized that it could be a good idea to exchange them for other fossils (I have dozens of ammonites for all around the world, brachiopods and micraster and pecten from spain) so my question is, do you know somewehere on internet to exchange fossils? Is it possible to exchange them here? Thank you very much.

Hello, been away from the site for a while, but definitely not the hobby. Made contact with some interesting folks at skullstore.ca (Toronto, ON, Canada) and the collection and knowledge has been growing since. Check out their website and instagram, very neat stuff. Here's some items from my collection. One photo is me holding my new Green River Knightia Plate. Am I wrong or is there 2 kinds of knightia on there? It's cool because there are several cleaves with other unique fossils clearly poking out from underneath, but i wouldn't risk the plate's integrity on a whim. Any professionals near ottawa want to have a look? Here's a Branchiosaurus (Gill Lizard) 225 million year old (permian) from Pfalz, Germany. A large unknown dinosaur species' leg bone portion; cut and polished at the bottom. Can see the marrow and vein cavities. If only I had time to document them all, but just to tease I also have: fossil manatee jaw (10,000yrs old from florida), ammonites, spinosaurus teeth 3" long, giant megalodon teeth, shark and whale vertebrae, mammoth leg portions, awesome petrified wood from ontario with crystallized resin patches, bison bones half fossilized from the holocene, and much much more. More to come anyways, always enjoy sharing. Please post comment and enjoy, any fossil topic encouraged.