Boesse Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hey guys, I figured this would help out quite a few people here. I've written a guide for taking useful notes in the field. Please read and consider these suggestions! http://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2015/10/paleontological-research-tips-i-field.html Bobby 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 This is enormously useful, Bobby! We all are very grateful for your sharing your professional perspective on this most important subject. It is living proof that the pro/am street can run both ways. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Yes! Thank you very much for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Bookmarked! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Great information delivered in an entertaining manner. Thanks, Bobby. Good to see that Chas pinned the topic...he beat me to it. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Very nicely written, Bobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Nice to have all these special details available in one place. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Thank you for the entertaining way of letting me know where I have been going wrong. And here's one for JohnJ. JohnJ had to make a trip to the Dallas area recently to view a contextual situation because of a lack of good field notes. I was fortunate that most of the research had been done on one of the sites previously. But John came through and recognized the material and was able to work out a detailed context description. The site had long since been washed away or erosion control covered it but minor outcrops were still distinguishable. Sites long since gone are one of the reasons field notes are so important. Thank you again Boesse and a special thank you to JohnJ for educating me on the significance of detailed observations. Jess B. Edited October 11, 2015 by bone2stone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velociraptor99 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thank you Bob!! So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and door will be opened for you. -Jesus Christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Of course guys! I just hope this is read widely since I've experienced a lot of "nightmare" scenarios with data-less specimens. Glad you guys find this useful, and thanks to Chas for pinning it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thank you so very much for you site....I have been doing much more studying of New Jersey coastal plains formations and taking and documenting samples from as many levels and sites as I can so I have a better understanding them. Also I have been adding GPS coordinates to all the important fossil finds I have collected in the past and adding notes as well ,,its great to have a guide like yours to help me... TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hey, Bobby... see ya in Dallas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hi Bobby, Thank you for the link it was very informative and thought provoking it gives excellent advice and is easy to read. Again thanks for the link. Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Hi all, I've added a new post continuing the original one - here it is, field notes continued: http://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2016/02/paleontological-research-tips-ii-field.html Enjoy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thanks for the additional notes, very useful! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimS Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Really enlightening guide. I am the epitome of the uneducated collector who just happens to stumble across interesting things once in awhile. Now I understand how to give those things some actual context and meaning. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Bones? Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Thank you for the informative topic! Very useful in my field notes. Troy Niler, amateur fossil & mineral/artifact collector -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobite tim Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 After several bad personal examples of poor labeling (for me usually after I get home and start prepping, and I forget what bag/label it came from!) I have started using a sharpe pen, in the field, to write right on each fossil what formation it was found in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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