Sometimes They Come Back Home

[Nimravis]

Recently I was talking to a friend of mine and I was advised that her granddaughter, who I had given some fossils about 6 years ago, when she was 10, was not into them any more. I advised her that if she did not want them, I would take them back. So today we met for dinner and I brought the fossils back home.

 

Here most of the stuff-

 

Eurypterid pieces, I believe from New York.

 

 

Fish from the Brazil Santana Formation.

 

 

Cephalopod pieces-

 

 

Ammonite from South Dakota 

 

 

A clam from South Dakota-

 

 

A couple Texas echinoids.

 

 

Gryphaea from Texas

 

 

Pinna from Texas

 

 

Misc, Brachiopods 

 

 

Mazon Creek Annularia, Pecopteris and Essexella asherae jellyfish.

 

 

 

 

South Dakota Oligocene fossils- coprolite and 2 large Titanothere bone pieces.

 

 

 

 

Fossil shells from Florida-

 

 

 

 

Dinosaur eggshell pieces from China.

 

 

 

Starfish- Solnhofen, Germany 

 

 

Dominican Amber with insect inclusion

 

 

 

Dinosaur bone pieces 

 

 

This cards were mine when I was a kid- printed in 1962.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Petrified wood-

 

 

Hirn coral- Southern Indiana 

 

 

 

Some modern shells-

 

 

And a couple fossil books.

 

 

 

 

[ClearLake]

Wow, that was quite the “starter” collection, very nice!  I’m glad if they were not wanted anymore they came back home.  

[Sjfriend]

Great they didn't just chuck them. Nice that they knew someone who would enjoy them. And yes, that is quite the starter set! Move diverse then mine and I've been at it for over 40 years 

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, ClearLake said:

Wow, that was quite the “starter” collection, very nice!  I’m glad if they were not wanted anymore they came back home.  

I forgot to mention, these were the ones she did not want, others she kept.

[Nimravis]

19 minutes ago, Sjfriend said:

Great they didn't just chuck them.

That is correct. 

[Mark Kmiecik]

Wow! I would have kept them even if I had lost interest.

[Nimravis]

6 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

Wow! I would have kept them even if I had lost interest.

Some of these will end up in the stuff that I give out at the I ESCONI Braceville trip.

[deutscheben]

That's a very nice story.

 

I love those fossil flashcards! I have seen pictures of them online, but it's cool that you had them growing up- I'm a huge fan of that mid-century style of illustration. 

[Bobby Rico]

Very  respectful to offer them to you to have back, She must have really enjoyed them at one time. That’s an impressive stater collection and I love them cards, 

[Nimravis]

15 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Very  respectful to offer them to you to have back, She must have really enjoyed them at one time. That’s an impressive stater collection and I love them cards, 

The funny thing Bobby, they were in the same bags that I gave them to her in. I think she took the ones she wanted and jest left the others. I had a neighbor do the same thing last year, I believe that I posted that too. Over the years I have given away so many fossils with the hopes of perpetuating the hobby.

[Nimravis]

37 minutes ago, deutscheben said:

That's a very nice story.

 

I love those fossil flashcards! I have seen pictures of them online, but it's cool that you had them growing up- I'm a huge fan of that mid-century style of illustration. 

I forgot what happened to those cards, I knew I had a couple at home.

[Bobby Rico]

17 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Over the years I have given away so many fossils with the hopes of perpetuating the hobby.

I am sure you have done that many times. What are them cards from?

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said:

I am sure you have done that many times. What are them cards from?

Bobby, they were produced in 1962 by the McGraw Hill Book Company and they were called “ Teach me about Prehistoric Animals” Flash cards. You can find them for sale on internet auction sites.

[Bobby Rico]

5 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Bobby, they were produced in 1962 by the McGraw Hill Book Company and they were called “ Teach me about Prehistoric Animals” Flash cards. You can find them for sale on internet auction sites.

I am going to have a look now thank you.

[crabfossilsteve]

I echo the others, that is an amazing STARTER KIT of fossils. I'd be happy to have some of them even after > 40 years of collecting. ....ha ha.  Cool that they came back home.

[Nimravis]

3 hours ago, crabfossilsteve said:

I echo the others, that is an amazing STARTER KIT of fossils. I'd be happy to have some of them even after > 40 years of collecting. ....ha ha.  Cool that they came back home.

I believe I mentioned earlier, about 75% are going to be included in the fossils that I pass out at the Braceville Shaft Mine fossil trip that is hosted by the Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois (ESCONI).