The best of my ammonites 2.0

[Bobby Rico]

Next up is a small but beautiful and rare specimen.

 

Timetoceras Scissum 

Burton Cliff  West Dorset UK

 

Edited August 21, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Another from Redcar North Yorkshire . Euagassiceras with some pathology. It is small but a nice specimen. 
 

Edited August 23, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Procerites species Bathonian Burton ,

Bradstock Dorset U.K. 
 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

The next specimen is one that was to good to discard and not prep in my opinion .I hope you all agree .

 

Promicroceras and a fragment of Cenesites.

Lyme Regis UK

 

Edited August 24, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Frechiella Subcarinate 

Northamptonshire uk

 

Very rare but ugly!  I do have a soft spot for it even if it had fallen out of the Ugly coral, and hit ever branch on the way down. 

 

Edited August 24, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Hildoceras Bifrons fossil 

Up.Lias. Jurassic Period 

Ilminster, Somerset, UK 

 

not bad it has some nice details 

 

[Bobby Rico]

This is one of my favourites 

Pseudolioceras, P.lythense

Whitby Yorkshire  . They seems to be something unusual about the look of it but I can’t put my finger on it. I think  you’re agree it is a beautiful specimen 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Tidgy's Dad]

I love the picture postcards that accompany some of your finds, Bobby! 

And the ammos, of course. 

[Bobby Rico]

24 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I love the picture postcards that accompany some of your finds, Bobby! 

And the ammos, of course. 

Thanks Adam most of my finds are from seaside holidays, so it felt right to accompany them with a postcard . I been collecting for about 30 years now so some of my ammonite are quite nostalgic to me.  
 

all the best Bobby 

[Bobby Rico]

This was given to me because I like old labels from old collections. For me the Label makes this specimen . 
 

Harpoceras Exaratun

Upper Lias Jet rock. Whitby North Yorkshire .

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yup, dead sexy label. 

[Bobby Rico]

1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yup, dead sexy label. 

You are a old labels man yourself  then. I would have liked a collecting date on it.   

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said:

old labels man 

I'm not that old, mate! 

 

[Bobby Rico]

2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I'm not that old, mate! 

 

Haha love the emojis

Edited August 27, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Fossildude19]

Enjoying this thread, and your artistic presentation of it quite a bit, Bobby! 

[Bobby Rico]

12 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Enjoying this thread, and your artistic presentation of it quite a bit, Bobby! 

Cheers Tim much appreciated, just trying to work to my strengths 

[Bobby Rico]

Another ammonite from the lovely seaside of Whitby North Yorkshire. Beach cobble with Harpoceras species.

[Wrangellian]

I like the old labels when I see them (rarely, over here) too, and would try to never remove them even to update the info (maybe add another label or just a cat# and the newer info in the catalogue).

I thought about getting out my old typewriter to make some old-looking labels for some of my specimens but it wasn't working smoothly last time I used it, so, I dunno...

[Bobby Rico]

14 minutes ago, Wrangellian said:

I thought about getting out my old typewriter to make some old-looking labels for some of my specimens but it wasn't working smoothly last time I used it, so, I dunno...

Personally I find old typewriter beautiful objects in themselves. That sounds like a good idea to me. You have to work hard to fake the typewriter font with a computer. Letters very slightly at times not lined up. Different ink tones coursed by the variable pressure of you’re fingers across the keys.  

[Bobby Rico]

rare fat ammonite, very cool from lost  locality 

Teloceras Blagdeni

Bajocian

Infferior oolite 

Frogden Quarry ( closed in the 1930s)

Dorset, UK

[Wrangellian]

3 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

Personally I find old typewriter beautiful objects in themselves. That sounds like a good idea to me. You have to work hard to fake the typewriter font with a computer. Letters very slightly at times not lined up. Different ink tones coursed by the variable pressure of you’re fingers across the keys.  

Yes. Did you catch a documentary called California Typewriter?

My grandpa had an old one with real character but I haven't seen it since he checked out... I think my uncle now has it. Wish I could use it.

The one I have is one of those slimmed-down portable units, and good news, I've got it working again. Wheeee! 

Now to decide whether to stick the labels onto my larger specimens, and how.

 

That fat ammonite is interesting... I have one fat ammo, from the Jurassic but I'm uncertain as to the locality (somewhere in BC in any case). I'll post a pic of it as soon as I find/take one.

EDIT: Found the old pics I posted elsewhere. It is somewhat squashed obviously!

 

 

Edited August 31, 2021 by Wrangellian
addition

[Bobby Rico]

20 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Yes. Did you catch a documentary called California Typewriter?

No I will I look online sounds interesting. Great you got the typewriter up and running again.

 

Nice chunk of ammonite you got their and thanks for adding to my thread.

 

cheers Bobby 

Edited September 1, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Hildaites is a little ugly but  rare. If it was on it’s own it would not have been prepared. It turned out to be an interesting piece.  
 

Hildaites Forte with natural association of 5 Microconch Harpoceras.

Northamptonshire uk.

 

 

 

Edited September 10, 2021 by Bobby Rico

[tombk]

I enjoy this thread. Beautiful ammonites. Do you prep them yourself?

[Bobby Rico]

38 minutes ago, tombk said:

I enjoy this thread. Beautiful ammonites. Do you prep them yourself?

I have done in the past but we now don’t have the room for the tools. I now send my finds to friend to prep, I do a good deal with him . Thanks for your kind words