Raenandfog Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 My son and I are new to this and recently collected a large piece of mudstone that I can see a portion of an ammonite exposed but was hoping I can get some advice as to how I can extract the fossil without accidently destroying it. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Hello, and Welcome to the Forum. Best thing to do would be to post pictures of your find here, and then we can help you. Any idea on the hardness of the matrix surrounding the fossil? Regards, 1 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...
Ludwigia Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 In the meanwhile you can check out some of the threads in our preparation forum. I'm sure you'll find some good tips here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/forum/170-fossil-preparation/ 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raenandfog Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 17 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Hello, and Welcome to the Forum. Best thing to do would be to post pictures of your find here, and then we can help you. Any idea on the hardness of the matrix surrounding the fossil? Regards, The matrix is quite hard. I was using a hammer and chisel to break away most of the surrounding rock but given the amount of force that required I'm worried that I'll destroy the fossil trying to get the remaining rock away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 As Tim has said, images are needed to give good advice. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 51 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said: As Tim has said, images are needed to give good advice. In this case a picture is worth a couple thousand words. You're pretty much guaranteed to break it going after it with gusto and a lack of experience. Of course, experience comes by doing but at least send us some pics of the aftermath. I broke my share during the learning curve. 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...
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