RJB Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Ok, I went to the property today and brought home a bunch of crab concs. These are much smaller than the ones ive been working on lately. These all have that classic crab shape but that doesn't mean anything really. They will all have problems and im quite sure that none of these will turn out to be an A-Grade collector specimen. But I can always hope. Ive got 3 of them down to the carapace and can already see that two of them has problems. They are dropping into the B-Grade category like fly's. HA! Wish me luck. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Cant wait to see the progress on these! _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I'm sure u will be able to make them great. What about that lobster in the back ground he wants to be prepped too he looks all left out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Lots of work ahead of you! Can't wait to see it along the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 At least you are attacking the crabs, not the other way round RB Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Best of luck and fingers crossed for you Ron John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Good luck then. Hopefully at least one turns out close to an "A". Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Good luck with that!! 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...
MB Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Yes, you can.... http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amour 25 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Holy Molly, well think you can't handle all of those ,so best to send a few , and will help you out Ron, no charge of cause, even pay the shipping. LOL Going to be killers I bet. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Well thanks everybody. DLB, that lobster has problems so that's why its been sittin there for the last 3 weeks. Here is a pic of what I did yesterday to these 3 crabs. I can now see that one only has a small piece of right arm and another conc looks to be missing both arms intirely! Dang!!! One may turn out perty good? so far the best one is a 4 legger, but there may be another one or two legs deeper in the rock. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Judgeing by the shape the one with the arms missing might have them tucked under him so don't give up on him yet. Those don't make the best display specimens but are vary interesting to look at and hold. good luck buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 DLB. Yeah, I haven't given up on that one yet. Close though. Don't much care for those that don't display well. Ive got plenty of other things I can waste my time on. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 DLB. Yeah, I haven't given up on that one yet. Close though. Don't much care for those that don't display well. Ive got plenty of other things I can waste my time on. RB Well one mans trash can be another's treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 I did a little bit of work on that one yesterday. I was already sooooooo close to the claws, just didn't know it. With the amount of leg that's turning out, this 'no claw' crab is comin out perty good. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I did a little bit of work on that one yesterday. I was already sooooooo close to the claws, just didn't know it. With the amount of leg that's turning out, this 'no claw' crab is comin out perty good. RB Ya just never know!! (Where are the pictures?) 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...
RJB Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Got busy with some real work and had to put crabs away for a day. heres an update photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Looking good!!!! 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...
Ptychodus04 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Nice Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Wow, they're looking pretty cool Ron! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 You got some really nice crab there RB I tip my hat to you. I could only hope to have the preping skills as you do one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Thanks guys. and DLB, if you haven't already it wont take long to surpass me. I have a very low 'patience' tank. But here is an update on these 3 and the other 3. If real work didn't get in the way I would have these finished already. Still have quite a few hour left to get these done. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Aaaaaaalrighty then. I finally got around to finishing up some crabs. The 2 in the middle have some real bad problems and have no idea as to when I will get around to finishing those? The rest came out purty good. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 And then there's that lobster still waiting to be prepared they all look good if you ask me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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