facehugger Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Recently found a decent ammonite at Lake Texoma. I wanted to reveal the specimen in its entirety, but this would require more preparation than I was used to - meaning it would require more than warm water and a soft brushing down. The preparation began with a tack hammer and a variety of nails. After the bulk of the situ was removed, I exchanged the soft taps of the hammer for the electric buzzing of a Dremel with a small carving tip, which seemed to work well for the remaining excavation. A little high quality wax was applied before display. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herve Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Nice ,super ammonite J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Nicely done. Pity the inner whorls weren't there. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facehugger Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 Just now, Ludwigia said: Nicely done. Pity the inner whorls weren't there. Thanks! Well, I do have another one that I am working on. Maybe it well turn out differently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1 minute ago, facehugger said: Thanks! Well, I do have another one that I am working on. Maybe it well turn out differently... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Nice job! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Congratulations. Beautiful specimen- prepped and displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Hammer and nail prep. Purty good really. I started with one of my wifes steak knifes. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Nice prep! I like the progress pics you included Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facehugger Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 22 hours ago, RJB said: Hammer and nail prep. Purty good really. I started with one of my wifes steak knifes. RB Hope she didn't have any more sharp ones laying around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 12/29/2018 at 3:52 PM, Ludwigia said: Nicely done. Pity the inner whorls weren't there. Often with these, they are there but crushed. The problem is, you don't know until you start removing more matrix. If you guessed wrong, you're restoring to save the specimen, or it goes in the garden. 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 32 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said: Often with these, they are there but crushed. The problem is, you don't know until you start removing more matrix. If you guessed wrong, you're restoring to save the specimen, or it goes in the garden. Sounds like a lot of the southwest German Late Jurassic ammos. I'm busy prepping a lot of them on commission right now and some of them can be rather frustrating. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Sounds like a lot of the southwest German Late Jurassic ammos. I'm busy prepping a lot of them on commission right now and some of them can be rather frustrating. Them being someone else’s adds a whole layer of stress to it as well since you never want to mess up their piece. It’s a lot easier to deal with messing up your own. 3 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said: It’s a lot easier to deal with messing up your own. You said it. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Nice prep job and ammonite, I also little the Specimen glass bottles in the background looks cool.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Nice job on this one! Well done. 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...
Manticocerasman Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 that went very well, nice job. growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facehugger Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 3:08 AM, Bobby Rico said: Nice prep job and ammonite, I also little the Specimen glass bottles in the background looks cool.. Thank you! My girlfriend's idea to hold smaller specimens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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