Malcolmt Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Well I got a new phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 8) on Black Friday and was playing with it snapping some pictures. Those of you that have been to my house know that I am totally disorganized and definitely need to organize my fossils. Thought I would share some of the disorganized chaos that is my basement fossil dumping area. This tends to be where fossils go to rest if they do not make it to the glass display cases (3) upstairs where I put the good stuff. But then that is a step up from the ones that never get out of the map drawers and boxes in the garage. One of these days I will get around to organizing things, just never happens to be today....... I suspect my kids will end up having to organize it someday......... (That's a scary thought) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Wow! This is an impressive collection, Malcolm! Thanks for posting these. 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...
thelivingdead531 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I have had a pegboard sitting around for years and never knew what to do with it, you just gave me an awesome idea! Amazing collection too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Wow... malcom... great collection. Love those eurypterids. I think I even saw a Wyoming fossil in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Are you meaning the green river fish. Other than that I really have nothing in the basement from out west unless you count a couple shelves of unwrapped Clarita /black cat stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Well, that does look more organized than I remember it the last time I was there. And it appears to be growing as well . Great stuff, Malcolm. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 If that is the "dumping ground" material what the heck do you have upstairs? I can't believe that double Astrocystites isn't even worthy. And a plate with multiple eurypterids doesn't make the cut? Anyway your "dumping ground" is better than 99% of my "upstairs cabinet" fossils. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Wow Malcolm that is an amazing collection . You cram them in, just the way I like a fossil display to look like. Creative use of pegboard too. Fantastic . cheers Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: If that is the "dumping ground" material what the heck do you have upstairs? I can't believe that double Astrocystites isn't even worthy. And a plate with multiple eurypterids doesn't make the cut? Anyway your "dumping ground" is better than 99% of my "upstairs cabinet" fossils. Don The astrocystites plate will make it upstairs at some point, but first I either need to get another glass cabinet from Ikea or do a major reorg. I currently have three Ilea glass cabinets in the living room. They are not that good for keeping large pieces of matrix until I build some display stands. Again something that is on the todo list along with getting organized and getting caught up on my prepping. Bobby, I have limited space that the wife allows me to clutter up, so I cram in what I can. I get 1/3 of a laundry room for prepping, my basement rec room and three cabinets in the living room and about 1/3 of a 2 car garage. They are all reaching capacity..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Breathtaking, Malcolm! Just awesome..... ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: If that is the "dumping ground" material what the heck do you have upstairs? I can't believe that double Astrocystites isn't even worthy. And a plate with multiple eurypterids doesn't make the cut? Anyway your "dumping ground" is better than 99% of my "upstairs cabinet" fossils. Don Here is one of the upstairs cabinets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittle Star Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I have a fossil room not a basement, what a brilliant use of peg boards. Never ask a starfish for directions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Wow some really great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 2:10 PM, FossilDAWG said: If that is the "dumping ground" material what the heck do you have upstairs? I can't believe that double Astrocystites isn't even worthy. And a plate with multiple eurypterids doesn't make the cut? Anyway your "dumping ground" is better than 99% of my "upstairs cabinet" fossils. Don This was my thinking too.... even 99.9% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Wonderful Malcomt!!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Awesome collection you have there Malcolm thanks for sharing Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Chaos to you, paradise to the rest of us! Thanks for the abbreviated tour Malcolm, you really live near some spectacular spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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