RJB Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I got this lobster from an old guy who lives in Lewistown. I actually got 8 of them but most of those turned out to be junk. Happens. Anyways, I started on this one last year and gave up and put it aside. Well, this morning I ran into a guy who has what I want and he wants a lobster, so I got busy with this one again. Its got lots and lots of problems and these are a super pain in the you know what to prep, but I think in the end it will turn out to be a perty good fossil lobster. This thing has most of what you want. Both claws, head, even though its crushed, most of its 'nose', some leg, some antenna and most of its rear end. I may have to build a tail? Just don't know yet. Lots of little 'fix up' jobs too, but this is what it takes to get one of these prepped. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Best of luck Ron! So what has he got that you want so much that you're prepared to take on such a project? John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 I am curious as to Johns inquiry as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Good luck, Ron. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Ive got a guy who has some really nice and big Tumido's. and as you know, I love prepping crabs and those Tumidos are getting hard to come buy. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Good luck with this! Somehow I am optimistic that you'll prep this one just fine! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Thank you Kane. Im not bad at preppin but this one will take some work for sure. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Ok, I had company for 10 days and finally got around to putting in some more hours into this thing. It still looks perty bad, and has a long ways to go. Ive got a lot of little 'fix it' jobs on both the rock itself and the lobster too, most of these will be easy to fix, just takes some time. It should start lookin perty good with just a few more short hours? Ha!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 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...
Kane Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) Prep takes time and it looks like you are owning this very challenging piece! Edited July 1, 2016 by Kane ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Did this ever get finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 @RJB did this prime lobster ever get finished? Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 16 hours ago, Fossil-Hound said: did this prime lobster ever get finished? Having a hard time remembering this lobster? Dont even know where it is? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 4 hours ago, RJB said: Having a hard time remembering this lobster? Dont even know where it is? RB Maybe you cooked it up for dinner! 1 Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 11 hours ago, RJB said: Having a hard time remembering this lobster? Dont even know where it is? RB Apparently it isn't important to you, so when you find it just go ahead and send it to me. Thank you in advance. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 15 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: Apparently it isn't important to you, so when you find it just go ahead and send it to me. Thank you in advance. Im sure its buried somewhere on my prep bench. Will find it once I do a major clean up. It will be in he mail. Thanks for helping me out. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilis Willis Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 4 hours ago, RJB said: Im sure its buried somewhere on my prep bench. Will find it once I do a major clean up. It will be in he mail. Thanks for helping me out. RB When you get around to cleaning up your prep bench, I would be more happy to make the drive to help out with some of the heavy lifting. I have seen the mountains of concretions in the background of you pictures and frankly I'm worried you might get buried alive one day. We can't have that. Let me know. I will work for crab (concretions, I'm not big on seafood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 22 minutes ago, Fossilis Willis said: When you get around to cleaning up your prep bench, I would be more happy to make the drive to help out with some of the heavy lifting. I have seen the mountains of concretions in the background of you pictures and frankly I'm worried you might get buried alive one day. We can't have that. Let me know. I will work for crab (concretions, I'm not big on seafood). @RJB I second that good idea haha! Besides your crab preps I'm always interested in what you're cooking up at home. Good recipe ideas are always helpful. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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