sdsnl Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Max-fossils said: Hello fossil-lovers! Is anyone interested in a blind trade with me? I live in the Netherlands, so if anyone nearby is interested, send me a message! Just saying, the fossils I'm offering aren't as awesome as those of @caldigger or @sdsnl gave (previous message), so the budget should be around 10 euros... I'm looking forward to your message! Max Doren hasn't posted what I sent him yet, it's not as good as what he gave me. If shipping to Hong Kong is not too expensive for you, I'd be happy to do a trade with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 I found the cost to Hong Kong to be just the same as to Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 5 hours ago, sdsnl said: Thank you Doren, that's a lot of fossils I don't have! The little sand dollars are cute, you have amazing eyesight to spot them! I also like the Moroccan cephalopods with beautiful sutures very much! What all am I seeing? Those look enticing! "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Erathia trilobite, Wahoo jawbone, Mazon Creek fern (positive and negative), marine mammal digit bone, very small echinoids, Olivnella shells, two Mako teeth (hastalis and planus), hematite ammonites, pea crab fossil, Dolphin periodic bone, Crinoid stems, Oreodont jaw, Ray teeth, Cleoniceras ammonite, petrified wood, ammonite from Madagascar, agate gastropods, Cookie Cutter tooth, a couple of Moonstones from India and a partrige I can't make out what the dark thing is between the digit bone and the inner ear bone. I don't always remember everything I send. A bit of "old timers" I guess. And as for the amazing eye site... I just use a screen small enough not to let them get through. Trust me, the eye site ain't what it used to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taj Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 On 11 octobre 2016 at 7:08 PM, caldigger said: I found the cost to Hong Kong to be just the same as to Europe. There has to be an upper limit somewhere .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 On 10/12/2016 at 1:32 AM, caldigger said: I can't make out what the dark thing is between the digit bone and the inner ear bone That's two alligator teeth. I wanted to take them out of the bag for the picture but was afraid I'd get the bags mixed up and end up with wrong IDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Anyone for Europe to a trade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 This is what I received from Stephanie (sdsnl)- A tiny calcite replaced echinoid, a few Turritella shells, a few Ficus shells, a few Oliva shells, a split shale fossil book, a bag of micro fossil matrix, a bottle of Forams, a chunk of iridescent hematite, a piece of copal with insects and a clam shell from the beach. It's hard to see in this picture, but there is a nice spider locked in the copal as well as a few other insects (gnats?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Someone from Europe to a trade?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Just wanted to present the things Filipe Vieira ( @Vieira ) gave me for the blind trade. I must say that I love everything he gave me, so I strongly recommend a trade with him!!! Here are the fossils he gave me (from left to right): Row 1: sea urchin Schizaster sp.; closed clam; internal molds of gastropods. Row 2: fish verts; dinosaur bone (!) ; fish teeth. Row 3: urchin spines; turtle shell fragments; stingray teeth. Row 4: shark teeth (namely Hemiprisitis) Warm regards, Max 1 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 I just did a long delayed trade with Mike C. from Ohio (he was away from home for a few months). A chunk of petrified wood from S. Dakota Bones in matrix from Scenic, S. Dakota ( possibly Oreodont...anybody want to confirm?) Gastropods from Shell, Wyoming Turtle or Tortoise shell from Peace River Arcadia, Florida Piece of coral Tampa, Florida Plate of brachiopods, bryozoans and other things, cephalopod, horn coral and a couple of brachiopods of the Ohio region. A nice bison horn core from Baltic, S. Dakota And several quartz pieces from Arkansas and an agate piece from S. Dakota Thank you Mike! Any one want to confirm this as Oreodont leg bone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Just received a "British Invasion" box from John Brewer who wanted a second trade opportunity with me. Here is what I got from him. a plate with Ichthyosaurus ribs two Dactylioceras commune ammonites piece of Triassic bone bed sawfish tooth a couple of crocodile teeth garfish scale a turtle bone a piece of stromatolite pterosaur tooth an oyster shell from Nizas, France a group of fossil ferns a piece of Kodonophyllum truncatum coral a chunk of rock encrusted with iron pyrite and a couple of surprises (perhaps some real dinosaur eggs, perhaps not) waiting to discover what they are with my nephew next week. My many thanks to you John for taking me up on another Blind Trade (c). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I'll see about reviving this topic...open to international and domestic "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Love that wahoo jawbone, more details!? "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATERLINE Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Greetings all..... In redefining my collections I still have a nice lot of varied items I would be willing to offer in a 'bind trade'. In my last offering I forgot to include information on the various items but this will not happen again....Apologies to Caldigger again and I hope the information I sent through eventually was sufficient..... Let me know. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 8 hours ago, Ash said: Love that wahoo jawbone, more details!? I saw given the following info: Acanthocybium sp. Cretaceous Khouribga phosphate mines, Morocco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshHendrick Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I'd love to do a blind trade with someone here, especially if you have some Dino or mammal items from out west! I can offer some goods from GMR here in North Carolina if you are interested in Shark teeth and some whale or fish bones etc or tar river pectin and bone etc just please Private message me as well if you are seriously interested because I may forget to check this post I'm horrible at social media! But I will reply and can promise a good, reliable trade experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Is this still going on? I would love to blind trade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATERLINE Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Hey there....I've got quite a bit of nice stuff I'd be willing to 'blind trade'....Message me direct and lets set it up. Regards Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 I will be out of town for a week starting tonight, but would love to do some trades upon my return. Remember when making the trades, you have to post pictures of items you get! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Just a heads up, I've never bought a fossil, so everything you receive will have been found with my own two hands. I don't want to be the guy that shows up to a gunfight with a knife It's all going to be Eocene-Pleistocene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Here is a nice bunch of goodies that joshuabelanger just sent me from Florida. A couple of chunks of limestone filled with crystallized shells, some pieces of hard and soft shell turtle parts, a piece of Ordovician sea floor, a nice shark vert., horse tooth, Devonian horn coral, a bag of phosphate mine spoils, a shark tooth and a piece of Baltic amber with a cute little fly incased within.Thank you for the trade Joshua! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Well, this is just embarrassing. I completely under estimated the blind trade game, and I'm already taking steps to rectify it. I'll post the picture of what @caldigger sent me in a few days, and trust me, it's amazing. But, I would like the score to be evened out a little before then! Good lord, I can't even look in the box and at this picture at the same time. Thank you so much for everything Caldigger. Lesson learned, don't bring a knife to a gun fight! -J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 1 minute ago, joshuajbelanger said: Well, this is just embarrassing. I completely under estimated the blind trade game, and I'm already taking steps to rectify it. I'll post the picture of what @caldigger sent me in a few days, and trust me, it's amazing. But, I would like the score to be evened out a little before then! Good lord, I can't even look in the box and at this picture at the same time. Thank you so much for everything Caldigger. Lesson learned, don't bring a knife to a gun fight! -J It's hard to match up with @caldigger even on our best hunts. I always think he would be that person to play the lottery once and win the big one. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 It's not a competition guys! I just like to send things I feel others would enjoy. I have to say I have been pleased with what others have sent my way. I know there are places and fossils I would never be able to get to and collect on my own and that has always been the general idea of the game. This way we can share items that most fossil shops don't sell and we personally might have a surplus of. For the most part, we as collectors are limited to the ages of rock that are around our areas. This allows us to expand our surroundings to get things we may never get to collect. What may seem common and ordinary to you may be really exciting to someone that does not have that type of fossil in their collecting areas. For example, before I started this game, I only had a few ammonites I picked up at a show. Now I have over sixty different species that I am setting up for a display at our local gem show (pictures will follow after the show). I have enjoyed the game and hope to continue playing. The majority of items in my display cabinets have come from the game, with some nice showy pieces. caldigger 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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