Wolf89 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 If you had $50 to spend on fossils what would you get? Please include price and pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Something I don't already have and that I know I probably can't find on my own. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 That is a question with many answers. It would depend on whether your collection is specialized in any way, for example, if you collect only vertebrates or only inverts, etc. Only Trilobites, or only Shark teeth. I personally am not a collector of bones, per se, ... and try to limit my fossils to what I can find, - Plants, Fish Trilobites, and other invertebrates. While I do have some shark teeth, I don't generally collect them. Go for what you would like to collect, and not what people on here collect. You have your own goals, or likes or dislikes. Regards, 2 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...
Peat Burns Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Dalmanites, although $50 pry wouldn't buy a very nice specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 If this is all hypothetical then if someone gave me 50 usd and said there you can only spend that on fossils nothing else then yes, I would probably buy a nice dimetrodon tooth or coelophysis maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 A Saber-Tooth cat skull, if someone would sell it for that. Lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, Nimravis said: A Saber-Tooth cat skull, if someone would sell it for that. Lol. Then i would get a T.rex skeleton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Gas to go fossil hunting, that is what I would buy. 2 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 A lunch with another fossil hunter, possibly one more experienced than myself. 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Brachiopods. Or one really, really rare one. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I would like a bug from la brea tar pits or a Dimetrodon Tooth to go with my claw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I would search for a cool book on dinosaur fossils, to add to my library and try to learn something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: A lunch with another fossil hunter, possibly one more experienced than myself. WhodamanHD is obviously a gentleman of keen insight, who recognizes true value. 1 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, snolly50 said: WhodamanHD is obviously a gentleman of keen insight, who recognizes true value. Thank you for the kind words Snolly! If there’s one thing I’ve learned through fossil hunting, it’s that there is no limit to the amount one can learn from one conversation, and there is no more valuable asset than a friendship. Perhaps a bit cheesy, but I’m no vegan... 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 9 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: I’m no vegan... I have heard of people eating or not eating animal products. Is there a new movement afoot or celebrity fad to not collect animal fossils too. 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Just now, DPS Ammonite said: I have heard of people eating or not eating animal products. Is there a new movement afoot or celebrity fad to not collect animal fossils too. Yes there is, typically they are known as “laws” I meant I can take a little cheesiness. 2 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I would gas up for a road trip out to Conasauga (trilos), and pick up a case of cold brewskies. Best $50 ever spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 yup.. gas for the road trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I would go for the best mutiplier of my $50. I collect a large variety so I usually go for the best value. I look for opportunities to find something I don't have but at least doulbe the value of what I have to spend. It's rare that I "have a to have" a fossil so I am always patient for a good deal. The auctions to support the forum are always a great source of value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 25 minutes ago, Fossil Claw said: The auctions to support the forum are always a great source of value. That is true last year I won 2 different ones and spent less than $50 each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Hmm. Probably some tools for the field one day. I could use an estwing geology hammer, pick, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Subsidy for any accommodation, meal and fuel costs related to a trip. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 This is probably boring for most, but I would buy a round rock. Crab concretion RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 11 hours ago, jpc said: yup.. gas for the road trip. 11 hours ago, goatinformationist said: I would gas up for a road trip out to Conasauga (trilos), and pick up a case of cold brewskies. Best $50 ever spent. 7 minutes ago, Kane said: Subsidy for any accommodation, meal and fuel costs related to a trip. 17 hours ago, ynot said: Gas to go fossil hunting, that is what I would buy. Yep better to go find them than buy them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 14 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said: I have heard of people eating or not eating animal products. Is there a new movement afoot or celebrity fad to not collect animal fossils too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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