jgcox Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 more pics some of the fish were from the 18 inch layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prem Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 looks like you made out well! ---Prem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Wow that's great!!! Assuming it was totally unexpected. What a wonderful gesture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Now that's what I call an exemplary relationship between collector and paleontologist. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Dan any tricks on prepping the 18" layer fish? The matrix seems to be thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 air abrasive if you have it, otherwise, a combination of pinvise and patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgcox Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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