Fossildude19 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I'm amazed by the transformation you give to these ammonites, Roger! Simply wonderful work. 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 January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 20 minutes ago, PFOOLEY said: Awesome colors on these! Very nice specimens. That's the iron at work. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 16 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: I'm amazed by the transformation you give to these ammonites, Roger! Simply wonderful work. Thanks again Tim Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 I honestly can't remember which was which, but out of the 4 matrices below I managed to tickle out 3 small Macrocephalites sp. ammonites and to my delight a much less common Bullatimorphites bullatus. That needed a slight bit of repair, but it was in good enough shape to be able to detemine the species. The ratio of the whorl width to the diameter is quite remarkable with this species. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 The snow is lying deep now and there's still more to come, so that's it until the spring thaw for this site. This afternoon I finished off the last of the finds, so I guess I'll settle down to a good book in the next little while. Robbie Robertson's memories of his time with the Band, "Testimony" is a great read. The first little ammonite is perhaps a Macrocephalites compressum and the others in the last pic are Macrocephalites sp. and Choffatia sp. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Wow those are great! Love the in progress pics too! Cant wait till spring to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Thanks, Jim. I can hardly wait either. Then I still need to at least find a Kepplerites and a Sigaloceras By the way, I've just learned from my learned source that Macrocephalites "compressus" is an old invalid synonym for Macrocephalites cf. jacquoti. So this is just a variation on that theme with a particularly wide umbilicus. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Spring hasn't sprung yet, but at least the snow under 1500 meters has all melted away by now, so I figured it was time to check out the site again yesterday. I spent half of the day removing a lot of dirt and rubble and came up with a few nice finds, the first of which I prepped in the 10 minutes I had to spare today. It's a li'l bitty Bullatimorphites sp. ammonite which came out of a soft clay horizon, so I had to handle it with kid gloves, abrading it ever so carefully at just 25psi so as not to blow away the extremely thin shell. These ammonites have such an unusual form which I find fascinating. I have time tomorrow to get down some more of the finds, so maybe I can post some more then. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Nice. Welcome back out of hibernation. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Thanks Ken. I actually slept 10 hours last night. Guess all that activity is catching up with me. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Got another little one done today. It's not particularly well preserved and I'm not even sure of the species, but it looks like it may have a lappet, that's the little "ear" at the end of the mouth aperture which the males had. Then again, it may be an optical illusion.... 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Nice ammonite! Since You are collecting clams now maybe You should sent this ammonite to Me. 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...
Jakuzi Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Wow seeing the before and after is amazing. I'm new to this and sometimes I find things that have the formation of an ammonite but are covered in rock and chuck them thinking there's nothing to salvage. Sometimes on better ones I take a hammer and chisel to it to reveal a little more of it. But d*mn you're really bringing out ALL the details. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 6 hours ago, ynot said: Nice ammonite! Since You are collecting clams now maybe You should sent this ammonite to Me. Tony ...and it looks like you're trying to bribe me with informative points 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 4 hours ago, Jakuzi said: Wow seeing the before and after is amazing. I'm new to this and sometimes I find things that have the formation of an ammonite but are covered in rock and chuck them thinking there's nothing to salvage. Sometimes on better ones I take a hammer and chisel to it to reveal a little more of it. But d*mn you're really bringing out ALL the details. Awesome! Thanks. Actually, you can still get good results using hand tools but you need experience, knowledge of anatomy and infinite patience. However, a whole new world opens up for you once you have an air abrader and a good set of air pens. Ammonites are usually easy in comparison to things like Moroccan trilobites or Solnhofener fish and I have a lot of respect for people who specialize in preparing those. Not to mention getting dinosaur bones out of concretions and piecing them back together. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Ludwigia said: ...and it looks like you're trying to bribe me with informative points I would never do something like that! 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...
ynot Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 But , since that is not working, maybe some subliminal messaging will work.... Send Your ammonite to Ynot, Send Your ammonite to Ynot, Send Your ammonite to Ynot, Send Your ammonite to Ynot, Send Your ammonite to Ynot, 1 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...
Ludwigia Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Got another one done today, and although it's not quite finished, I figured I'd show it first before I get down to filling in the gaps with putty. This one has a diameter of 13cm., and since it's turning out to be hard to get samples of this size, I thought it might be worth the effort. By the way, this was all I could salvage from one that probably would have had a diameter of at least 40cm. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 These are now the last ones from the recent trip. Got to try and get out there again next week. 2x Choffatia sp. Homeoplanulites sp. phragmocone. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Dang, You sure do make some really nice display pieces Roger! Thanks for sharing. 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...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 6 hours ago, ynot said: Dang, You sure do make some really nice display pieces Roger! Thanks for sharing. Tony You're welcome Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 So, I've applied the epoxy sculpt to that ammonite above now and sprinkled a bit of stonemeal on it. Now I'll wait until it's more or less hardened and then try my best to color it. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Done. I think I managed to match the colors ok this time. What do you think? Homeoplanulites (Parachoffatia) subbakeriae. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Looks like a good match to Me! 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...
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