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On 5/15/2018 at 12:04 PM, caterpillar said:

Found few years ago but just finished to prep, after a long, long,.....long prep

@caterpillar

The majority of the prep happened this month, though? 

Date of prep start and finish needed.

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@caterpillar now that is one way to crush down any competition... It's as if your giant beast brutally stomped on all these other gorgeous shark teeth (and archosaur tooth)!

That's an insanely cool find!!! :envy:

Well done. :dinothumb:

 

 

 

 

(I almost feel bad for the other entries, because they really deserve the win (especially your Noto symphyseal, Mason! It's a beauty) but it's gonna be a little harder for them now :blink:)

Max Derème

 

"I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day."

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1 hour ago, Max-fossils said:

I almost feel bad for the other entries, because they really deserve the win (especially your Noto symphyseal, Mason! It's a beauty) but it's gonna be a little harder for them now :blink:)

That’s fine, I’m not in this to win this. It is a matter of putting my months best foot forward. A win would be nice but it’s not essential. I try to put one in every month. 

@caterpillar that is an amazing skull, and must’ve taken Herculean patience to prep!

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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On 5/15/2018 at 12:09 PM, caterpillar said:

And the result

 

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WTF= WHAT a TERRIFIC  FOSSIL!!!  

 

"Pack it up guys, the battles over"

(as I slowly back out of the room whimpering with my tail between my legs)

 

 

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On 5/15/2018 at 12:09 PM, caterpillar said:

And the result

 

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Magnificent! 

What an incredible skull! :o

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Is @caterpillar DQ'd? It looks like he stole the final result out of a museum and entered it! :P :envy:

 

 

 

Well, looks like verts are over before it could even begin! What will the inverts shape up to? :D

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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Also, @caterpillar can you take more photos from other angles of finished result?

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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On 5/15/2018 at 12:09 PM, caterpillar said:

And the result

 

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That is breathtaking. Fantastic preparation.

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Found: April 29, 2018

Name: Eldredgeops rana

Age/Formation: Mid Devonian, Moscow Fm

Location: Western NY

 

A common bug, but a decent size for this location (4.6 cm). Preparation performed on May 5 and 6. Was found cleaved in two, secured with glue. Missing a few pleural shell parts from initial fracture.

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2 hours ago, Kane said:

Found: April 29, 2018

Name: Eldredgeops rana

Age/Formation: Mid Devonian, Moscow Fm

Location: Western NY

 

A common bug, but a decent size for this location (4.6 cm). Preparation performed on May 5 and 6. Was found cleaved in two, secured with glue. Missing a few pleural shell parts from initial fracture.

 

 

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Beautiful! :)

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18 hours ago, Kane said:

Found: April 29, 2018

Name: Eldredgeops rana

Age/Formation: Mid Devonian, Moscow Fm

Location: Western NY

 

A common bug, but a decent size for this location (4.6 cm). Preparation performed on May 5 and 6. Was found cleaved in two, secured with glue. Missing a few pleural shell parts from initial fracture.

 

Great great find and nice prep:dinothumb:

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On 5/15/2018 at 12:09 PM, caterpillar said:

And the result

 

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OMG. That is completely awesome!!!!!! Congratulations on the wonderful find and magnificent prep. 

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Isotelus iowensis

Maquoketa, Ordovician

Fayette Co, Iowa

5/2/18

Finished prep yesterday. 

 

 

 In early May, I ventured to Fayette Co, Ia to find some large Isotelus partials for a member of the forum. I did not have success for him, but I scored nicely. DSC_0300.thumb.JPG.72b1149274d09491c87edaa69259152d.JPGDSC_0299.thumb.JPG.d3e1ed3b23c285d663bc7bde53030f5f.JPG 

@Tidgy's Dad pointed out that this is a one eyed trilobite and it made an impression on me so much that last week, I set out to retrieve the eye! Here its the imprint that I went back and retrieved with the "hole" visible where eye-enucleation surgery occurred. Actually the other eye found a bit of missing surface material too:

 

  

 

 

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 Just before gluing the eye:DSC_0051.thumb.JPG.62dd2ed66059546ab4224963def01e68.JPG 

 

 And the final product:DSC_0056.thumb.JPG.c4190a10a063308708e2c704068562c2.JPG

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45 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said:

 Just before gluing the eye: 

 

 And the final product:

 

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Nice restoration! :dinothumb::trilo: This was a fantastic find given that partials are far more common. Even crush damage is minimal on this bug. 

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On 5/17/2018 at 1:46 PM, minnbuckeye said:

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 Just before gluing the eye:

 

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 And the final product:

 

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Brilliant! :)

And beautiful! :wub:

I'm so glad he's got his sight restored. :trilowalk:

But I did like the idea of The One-eyed Pirate Trilobite. :D

Good job! 

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@Tidgy's Dad, maybe after the competition, I will knock the eye off again and rig up a pirate patch to apply all in your honor!!

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On 5/15/2018 at 12:09 PM, caterpillar said:

And the result

 

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Wow. amazing. This piece belongs in a museum, not a private collection i my opinion. What an incredible find. 

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This may be for naught, but I am still going to enter the vertebrate contest. This is a rare find, and a first for my collections. Full details can be seen in the collections section.

 

Morus peninsularis

common name .. Gannet; a diving bird.

proximal end of right ulna 

Pliocene Yorktown Formation 

Tar River

Edgecomb County

North Carolina 

 

Found 08 May 2018 

Minor prep work done 09 May

 

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That's what this contest is really about--getting to show great finds that you are proud of. There can be only one "winner" in each category each month but all who enter win our admiration for finding special items. I remember finding a bird bone at the Montbrook site last season which was small but rare (for the site). It was not a gomphothere skull but I was rightly proud to have had it turn up in the grid square I was digging.

 

We also need the full details here for your submission. I, for one, am interested in more information about this find.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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On 5/15/2018 at 12:09 PM, caterpillar said:

And the result

 

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Holy cow!

That is one of my favorite and often used expressions. It seems apropos here. Very impressive and cool.

Maybe I missed it, but how big is it? Long, wide, tall?

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