Collecting Case for the Car

[Nimravis]

I love to use Plano plastic trays to store fossils at home or when I am in the field. Today I stopped at the Plano Outlet store in Plano, Illinois. I pass by Plano all of the time and never put it together that Plano, Illinois is where Plano Manufacturing was located- go figure, but enough about that. I stopped here last week to check it out and went back again today to get the below pictured item, I got it for $34.99, which is about 1/3 of the price on line, outlet stores are alright by me.

 

I figure that I will keep the case in the car when I am out collecting and I will place fossils into the trays as I collect at different sites.

 

 

 

The top opens up and I can store chisels, super glue, plastic bags, safety glasses or even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

 

On either side of the top, there are these two storage areas.

 

 

 

The case opens up to expose 7- Plano trays of different sizes, that pull out for easy access.

 

There is 1 tray that is the largest and deepest that fits on the top of the rack.

 

 

Underneath that, there are 3 trays that are thinner.

 

 

On the left side of the case there is one case that slides in and out.

 

 

On the right side, there are 2 thinner cases that slide in and out.

 

 

On the back of the case there is another storage area where I could slide another case.

 

 

Lastly, on the bottom there are 4 sticky rubber pads that will keep it from sliding around.

 

 

I really hope that this case works out well for me, and at the price I got it for, I cannot loose.

[Thomas.Dodson]

As a fisherman I often cycle through Plano cases and other tackle boxes and a lot of them find use as field cases for specimens, storage, etc. after I stop using them for fishing because I reorganize my lures or something. I know someone who uses the guide series for tackle and it seems to hold up to abuse pretty well. At that price I agree, you can't lose. Hope it works out well for you.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Another useful and cheap addition to your kit! 

[Bob Saunders]

Looks great, I have a different one with drawers for my smaller wood carving tools but much like it.  Quality products and good price. 

[Sjfriend]

I too love Plano boxes though for fishing. I can easily see how well those will work for collecting small fossils. Most of my finds are too big for that use though. Most of my finds are from palm size to coffee tabletop size slabs. That is a great looking box, I'm sure you'll fill it in an hour or 2.