Manticocerasman Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 On our Christmas fossil hunting trip Natalie found a nice Acanthoceras rothamagense in a loose boulder on the beach, All we had to do is reduce the size of the boulder to make it fit in the backpack. A few days ago I removed a large chunk of exces matrix with a powertool. Today I took the time to prepp the whole ammonite. this is the result after 4 to 5 hours of prepwork: The final result: Acanthoceras rothamagense Upper Cenomanian Cap-Blanc-Nez ( France ) 20cm in diameter 13 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Fantastic! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Congratulations Kevin. That came out really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Really nice Kevin Congrats! 1 Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Looks great! Job well done! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Very nice. That is an adornment for any collection! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Looks great! 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 12 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Fantastic! Don 12 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Congratulations Kevin. That came out really nice. 11 hours ago, belemniten said: Really nice Kevin Congrats! 11 hours ago, FossilNerd said: Looks great! Job well done! 11 hours ago, Ruger9a said: Very nice! 10 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Very nice. That is an adornment for any collection! 6 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said: Looks great! THX everyone, this gives me motivation to start on the next one pictures of the prepp will follow of course. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hello marvellous ,happy new years J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Manticocerasman said: THX everyone, this gives me motivation to start on the next one pictures of the prepp will follow of course. Oh my! Lets hope that the ribs run into the center Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 hours ago, herve said: Hello marvellous ,happy new years THX Hervé, Meilleurs voeux pour 2020 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 6 hours ago, belemniten said: 5 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Oh my! Lets hope that the ribs run into the center Well here we go, the prepp of the other one went rather well, except of a marcasite nodule that was inbedded in the ammonite. I discovered it halfway the preparation when my chisels sudenly went through a soft part. I removed it since it was heavily oxidised. I might fill up the hole it left leter, but for now I'll leave it be. The pesky marcasite nodule is apearing Lots of matrix was removed : The endresult: 2 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Looks good! It should be no great problem to fill that hole with Apoxie Sculpt or something similar. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson g Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 If it was me personally, I would leave the second one alone as is. I've never collected an ammonite, so I was pretty surprised so much was there still judging from the first picture alone. Anyway, great preparation on both of these! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Nice prep job I'm fairly confident looking at that the matrix would be sticky as hell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Looks like your having a ton of fun and it looks like the collection is growing by leaps and bounds! RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 hours ago, RJB said: Looks like your having a ton of fun and it looks like the collection is growing by leaps and bounds! RB I’m indeed having a good time working on them but the growing collections is growing out of bounds ... we need more space for our collection 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Manticocerasman said: but the growing collections is growing out of bounds ... we need more space for our collection Join the club. Lots and lots of us with not enough room. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 The next step in your growing collection process will to build a work/storage room in your backyard. I laughed when a fellow collector told me this - until, I ended up having to build one :-) Oh, one other thought, no matter how big you build it - it's not big enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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