RJB Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I drove out to my fossil shed yesterday. I can also see now that I do not belong on the road with a stick shift and clutch! Being that my left foot is numb I also hit the break instead of the clutch a few times! But, made it back home alive with lots of fossil boxes and spent the rest of the day going through them. That,,, was a ton of fun unwrapping and seeing some rather nice fossils for the first time in about 13 years. Here are some of my yesterday finds from the Fossil Shed. Was told this was dino poo? First Aturia I ever found. So glad to have found this beauty again! Aa block of coral I found in Idaho when the kids were young. A sinohydrosaur i bough the day after the two towers went down. Very surreal that day! Opalized belemnite from Australia. A super nice fish from Brazil I still need to finish. Happy to see this guy again! Comptoni vinctifer? and yet another mammoth tooth. This one is quite nice!!! Lots of other stuff but this is some of the better ones. RB 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 5:34 AM, RJB said: A super nice fish from Brazil I still need to finish. Happy to see this guy again! Comptoni vinctifer? Other way around, Vinctifer comptoni. Nice fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Wow! Some real beauties there, Ron! Excellent collection! Thanks for showing these - that Aturia is amazing! 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...
Wrangellian Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I love that coral... all nice stuff. Wish you could get that camera set to take larger pics so we could see some detail..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Nice Ron I liked your mammoth tooth and the opalized belemnite . I have a opalized clam from Australia lightning ridge. All good stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Hey Ron, glad you were able to snag some more stuff! Very cool. I especially like the coral cross section. What tools/techniques did you use to buff that out?... Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Those fish from Brazil are so Fascinating! Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Plantguy said: I especially like the coral cross section. What tools/techniques did you use to buff that out?... This was back in the day when we were raising kids and had no moneys. I used my simple everyday 8 inch wheel grinder and then one heck of a lot of hand sanding with wet/dry sandpaper till it was ready for buffing and used stainless steel ruge. RB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Never have seen such a productive trip to a fossil shed. Turned out to be a great idea. Thanks for sharing these true beauties. "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Man, Ron! What a treasure trove you have there! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpenn Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 5:34 AM, RJB said: A sinohydrosaur i bough the day after the two towers went down. Very surreal that day! Sinohydrosaurus has been moved to Hyphalosaurus. Funny story with that is that two halves of the same specimen were described by different groups of researchers in China; one named it Hyphalosaurus and the other used Sinohydrosaurus. The earlier of the two names ended up taking precedence. Your Hyphalosaurs is a juvenile. Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 9 hours ago, RJB said: This was back in the day when we were raising kids and had no moneys. I used my simple everyday 8 inch wheel grinder and then one heck of a lot of hand sanding with wet/dry sandpaper till it was ready for buffing and used stainless steel ruge. RB Thanks Ron, kids are now gone and we still have no money. LOL. I've got a piece of less impressive coral that I was hoping to do something with...maybe I'll take that approach... Again yours is a very cool piece! Thanks for showing us. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 hour ago, jpenn said: Sinohydrosaurus has been moved to Hyphalosaurus. Funny story with that is that two halves of the same specimen were described by different groups of researchers in China; one named it Hyphalosaurus and the other used Sinohydrosaurus. The earlier of the two names ended up taking precedence. Your Hyphalosaurs is a juvenile. Nice! Smith, J.B., & Harris, J.D. 2001 A taxonomic problem concerning two diapsid genera from the Lower Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(2):389-391 PDF LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 That must be a very big shed You have. and seems to be full of all sorts of nice stuff. Thanks for sharing. 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...
RJB Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Thank you everybody. I am slowly but surely getting my fossil shed cleaned out. I still have lots of other fossils in different places but the brunt of my fossil stuff is/was in the 'Fossil Shed'. Some of this nice stuff will be for sale at some point in time. the fossils that I prepped or found or both i will keep. The stuff I simply bought has no meaning for me and just need to get rid of it. But thanks for all the kind words. OH, and while im sittin here in my office full of fossils laying everywhere, (i need to do some cleanup, and organizing) check out this big brute I bought in 1995 or 96. RB 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tidgy's Dad Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 On 11/11/2018 at 12:07 PM, RJB said: Thank you everybody. I am slowly but surely getting my fossil shed cleaned out. I still have lots of other fossils in different places but the brunt of my fossil stuff is/was in the 'Fossil Shed'. Some of this nice stuff will be for sale at some point in time. the fossils that I prepped or found or both i will keep. The stuff I simply bought has no meaning for me and just need to get rid of it. But thanks for all the kind words. OH, and while im sittin here in my office full of fossils laying everywhere, (i need to do some cleanup, and organizing) check out this big brute I bought in 1995 or 96. RB You have some marvelous specimens and this tooth, what with size, shape and colour is an absolute knockout. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 On 11/11/2018 at 3:07 AM, RJB said: check out this big brute From Chile? 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...
RJB Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 16 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: You have some marvelous specimens and this tooth, what with size, shape and colour is an absolute knockout. Thank you my freind. 11 hours ago, ynot said: From Chile? yes, from Chili. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 5:34 AM, RJB said: First Aturia I ever found. So glad to have found this beauty again! Ron, I love everything, but THIS is drool worthy. Thanks for sharing... What a fantastic journey you have traveled!! Thanks for sharing. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 18 hours ago, Shellseeker said: I love everything, but THIS is drool worthy. Thanks for sharing... What a fantastic journey you have traveled!! Thanks for sharing. Thank you Jack. Its hard to not run across some good stuff when youve done as much traveling and fossil hunting as I have done. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Very nice collection of fossils you have there. Thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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