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A little Hildoceras I picked up recently from Saltwick Bay in Whitby. Unfortunately I didn’t take any before pictures to show. All that was showing was the top of the keel and a small portion of the outer whorl. It’s be no means finished yet, but thought people might enjoy the process so far. Iv prepped out some of the matrix underneath to give the ammonite a floating effect. 

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Nice ammonite!

Looks quite good. :) 

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 Beautiful!

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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

 

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19 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Coming along nicely. How big is it?

Around the 3 inch mark I believe. I'll have to give it a measure tomorrow. Not my biggest by any means, but as far as preservation and mouth border I can't really ask for anything more. Should hopefully get it finished tomorrow :dinothumb:

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The ‘almost’ finished article. Just a little abraiding left to do to tidy up some parts where I just can’t touch with the pen. 

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@DanJeavs i just got a Hildoceras from Deux Sevres France! They are really different!

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On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus!

 

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24 minutes ago, FossilsAnonymous said:

@DanJeavs i just got a Hildoceras from Deux Sevres France! They are really different!

Any pictures pal? Be interested to see if the mouth borders are similar. A lot of mine tend to have pieces of the mouth missing from where it's though that Lobsters  would cut in to pull out that delicious ammonite :hearty-laugh:

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4 minutes ago, DanJeavs said:

Any pictures pal? Be interested to see if the mouth borders are similar. A lot of mine tend to have pieces of the mouth missing from where it's though that Lobsters  would cut in to pull out that delicious ammonite :hearty-laugh:

Gotcha. Mine is quite big, got it off an auction from my grandpa for Christmas.

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On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus!

 

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8 minutes ago, FossilsAnonymous said:

Gotcha. Mine is quite big, got it off an auction from my grandpa for Christmas.

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Very nice. Better get some glue into that crack! 

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Just now, DanJeavs said:

Very nice. Better get some glue into that crack! 

what do you recommend? New to ammonites

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On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus!

 

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37 minutes ago, FossilsAnonymous said:

what do you recommend? New to ammonites

Get ready to become an addict then haha. Personally I use paraloid, but there’s many other consolidates you can use. There’s probably a thread on here somewhere.

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It’s looking great. Did you have to add a gloss to it or does it naturally shine up like that?

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23 hours ago, UtahFossilHunter said:

It’s looking great. Did you have to add a gloss to it or does it naturally shine up like that?

Just a very light coat of beeswax buffed in. Some suit the shine, and some don’t. I think this one suits it. 

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