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We have a friend who is a professor and curator of the colleges natural history museum in Michigan. We sent him representative samples from our trip last April to the Southwest and Utah. He responded with two shipments of green river fish bot partially prepared and unprepped fish.

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very cool. i enjoy establishing working relationships with professionals as well. my donations serve as tax writeoffs while furthering science, and once i've built up sufficient goodwill through repeated donations with provenance, i don't feel as shy about asking for locality tips when traveling.

Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Great story and thanks for sharing. Enjoy those fish.

A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey

http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com

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Dan Kim and I met him and 5 of his students at Rt1 St. Lyon today I found a complete Flexi then the students started finding them at least a half dozen. I took him a 5gallon tote of slate from U-dig in Utah that was full of trilobites.

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james, sounds like goodwill overflowing in all directions from you...good on ya!

Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Thanks I have an abrasive unit any specific pressure? We have firmed up our plans to be in Green River the last week in August and hope we can meet you and maybe collect some fossils.

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