Ludwigia Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Can't wait to see that Apo done. Spines would be nice. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Hi Lee.... Thats fossiling for you...knowledge and luck coming together... In a similar way I found a big Sulciferites that fossil tour after fossil tour walked past every day, prepped it and went back for another look and hey presto theres another.... Quite bizzare really... cant wait to see the new one finished.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 (edited) It is strange, but I'll be keeping an eye out around that spot. It's hard looking for them as they never seem to be in nodules like other ammonites. Everything about the rock you find apo's would usually say "don't bother". I think that's why they're rarely found. I have been admiring your ammonites lately. How do you find so many large ammonites with intact centres? I assume most of yours come from Monmouth, too? I'm pretty unequipped to deal with such large rocks at the moment but would like to get out and find some larger ammonites. How do you find them? I can't imagine they're in nodules. Is it usually just a keel poking out? Also, worked out I have a bit more money to myself than I thought this month, so I can send the apo off Monday most likely. Edited April 16, 2016 by Koss1959 Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hi Lee.... The big ammonites, its all I have looked for really over the past years although I havent been down Lyme for a while.... I probably have 10 lyme shells sat here ready to prep....The preservation differs significantly over the shells and as any prepper of these knows there can be some minor restoration required in the centres.... but not every shell as I have found out....They are not in nodules but in the limestone layers and your looking for keels or signs that they are in there... Cant wait to see the Apo... Have you tried prepping yourself? Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks for the advice. The Apo was sent off the other day and received by Mark Hawkes today. He said it looks good. I have briefly tried prepping with a friend's gear in Lyme. I'm moving out soon to a place where I can build a big workshop. Should be able to buy equipment soon. Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Thanks for the advice. The Apo was sent off the other day and received by Mark Hawkes today. He said it looks good. I have briefly tried prepping with a friend's gear in Lyme. I'm moving out soon to a place where I can build a big workshop. Should be able to buy equipment soon. Lee....Look forward to seeing the Apo.... I can give you an hour sometime to get you going on a big Lyme shell... But I warn you... You'll be hooked and theres no going back !..... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 That'd be great thanks mate. I assume you find most of your larger ones on Monmouth? Do you take a sledgehammer and a wheelbarrow out? I generally only need a 4lb crack hammer and my framed rucksack. Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Wow, the tooth plate is stunning Lee! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Hi Lee... I carry all my finds in an old framed rucksack... Yes you must have to upgrade you hammer a little lol... Some good chunks came down east of Lyme too with ammonite pavement shells in them... I dont know whats left of those this was a while ago....Good luck... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barerootbonsai Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hi Lee fantastic fossils, I have found two lovely Apos I think in pieces at Charmouth. I am currently trying to put them together. Not really been to Lyme yet. Love it there. Love your fossils. Trying to prep my own at the moment, I am new to that. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 If you're new to prep I wouldn't touch the apo's! Even for a pro (so I hear) they are not the easiest thing. Feel free to post pictures of them, you don't see many around. Thanks! Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Yet more spectacular fossils. I love the ammonites (always special to me as they are my favourites) Thanks for sharing Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 OK the Apoderoceras I've been talking about on the last page is back. So is the "mystery ammonite". That's the Apo. The tiny ammonite is a Phricodoceras. Extremely rare apparently. And here the the mystery ammonite. A Euagassiceras! Very rare and a very high quality one. It's just over five inches. 1 Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollydebs Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Hi, These are spectacular! Thank you for sharing them. Hope to visit Lyme Regis later this year as my husband loves his ammonites. Will have to do a lot of reading up first as a completely different type of foreshore to what we are used to as our brief pit stop at Charmouth proved to us. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amour 25 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Sweet finds indeed,I have to get my British friend out to the coast, but think not. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I love the spikey one. I've never seen that, even in photos. All of your specimens are amazing. Thanks for showing them. Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Koss.... Nice shells again....The Apodioceras has come out really well... Love the Eugassiceras you dont see many of them... I did a trade for an unprepped one once it came out well.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Wow!! Excellent finds and great prep! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Nothing short of stunning! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Thanks guys. I'm blown away by them. I can't take the credit for the prep, that was done by Mark Hawkes, like most of the better stuff I have. The guy is an artist. Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Ditto!! (All the others have said it already) Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I missed the Phricodoceras... lol... Wow.... Thats a serious piece....Well done... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 It's only small, but it crosses an extremely rare ammonite off my list all the same! Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Nice ammonites, and some rarities too! Good for you! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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