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On 1/2/2019 at 7:37 AM, UtahFossilHunter said:

That’s not bad. I was expecting less than that so it’s beat my expectations.:dinothumb:

I thought the same thing! I guess that means the sticker price is high. You have to pay somewhere along the way, right?

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for Kim Texas, your Danner boots. Maybe the "tacky wax" or what you put on the stitching of tent seams where the floor lays on the ground?

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On 13.1.2019 at 4:47 AM, Wrangellian said:

I thought the same thing! I guess that means the sticker price is high. You have to pay somewhere along the way, right?

Of course you do, but it's more than worth the investment in my opinion.

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This is a 2010 photo of my old 1990 Toyota Camry with, of course, two wheel drive and low clearance.  I took this thing many places where soccer moms won't take their Suburbans.  Here it is in the desert north of Green River, Wyoming.  The second photo is with a small jacket I threw in there.  I had to take the horizontal part of the back seat out to make this one fit.  I moved this jacket (still unopened) a few years ago when we moved and it either got heavier or maybe, just maybe, I got older.   

 

I junked the car about four years ago and Mrs jpc and I now use a 1995 Toyota 4Runner, seen below at two of my favorite fossil spots.   

 

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On 4/21/2019 at 9:31 PM, jpc said:

This is a 2010 photo of my old 1990 Toyota Camry with, of course, two wheel drive and low clearance.  I took this thing many places where soccer moms won't take their Suburbans.  Here it is in the desert north of Green River, Wyoming.  The second photo is with a small jacket I threw in there.  I had to take the horizontal part of the back seat out to make this one fit.  I moved this jacket (still unopened) a few years ago when we moved and it either got heavier or maybe, just maybe, I got older.   

 

I junked the car about four years ago and Mrs jpc and I now use a 1995 Toyota 4Runner, seen below at two of my favorite fossil spots.   

Those are some gorgeous hunting grounds!

What’s in the jacket?

Each dot is 50,000,000 years:

Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic...........

                                                                                                                    Paleo......Meso....Ceno..

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Doesn't time just fly by?

 

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7 hours ago, UtahFossilHunter said:

Those are some gorgeous hunting grounds!

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Yeah, Eocene outcrops in both vehicle portraits. 

A partial Eocene mammal skeleton, with the only Eocene skull I have ever found.  Still unprepped.  

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Taken two years ago, in the White Pine Mnts of Nevada.  I was on the north end of the range.  I have since learned I wanted to be on the southern end....  It was beautiful volcanic ash/clay.  The tow cost me $700.  But I do like the car and it gets me most places.

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1 hour ago, trilobite tim said:

Taken two years ago, in the White Pine Mnts of Nevada.  I was on the north end of the range.  I have since learned I wanted to be on the southern end....  It was beautiful volcanic ash/clay.  The tow cost me $700.  But I do like the car and it gets me most places.

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I’d be hesitant to go in that with my car that’s for sure. Looks like it got the job done, though.

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?

 

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On 4/29/2019 at 6:32 PM, trilobite tim said:

Taken two years ago, in the White Pine Mnts of Nevada.  I was on the north end of the range.  I have since learned I wanted to be on the southern end....  It was beautiful volcanic ash/clay.  The tow cost me $700.  But I do like the car and it gets me most places.

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I had a similar experience with my Nissan Rogue before buying my 4x4. That trip cost me $500. 

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1950 Piper PA-18 rebuilt by myself a few years ago and modified for use in Alaska. The above picture is on a ridge in Wrangell Mountains at 5,200 feet elevation with "the Family" at the time. Have used a fat tire bike in the Talkeetna Mountains to get farther away from places I land using 4 wheel drive trails and Kobuk, yellow lab helps with the packing. In Alaska there are limited roads and trails so aircraft are used extensively. Lots of ways to get out and hunt for fossils!

 

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On 6/8/2020 at 12:39 PM, Ludwigia said:

@AK hiker Cool! I bet you can reach some pristine sites with that. Sure beats my little old VW Polo, although I also have a fat bike.

 

Yes. It combines several of my hobbies. The bike has a home made "bike noodle" on it which is a tug line that goes to a harness on Kobuk and requires dog food to power.:thumbsu: I like the eBike idea too.

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These are what I use to get me to locations.  From there its any of a number of old combat boots left over from my Army days.

 

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This one was taken just this morning as I head up to the HC grounds in South Dak.

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"There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin

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On 6/8/2020 at 12:55 PM, AK hiker said:

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1950 Piper PA-18 rebuilt by myself a few years ago and modified for use in Alaska. The above picture is on a ridge in Wrangell Mountains at 5,200 feet elevation with "the Family" at the time. Have used a fat tire bike in the Talkeetna Mountains to get farther away from places I land using 4 wheel drive trails and Kobuk, yellow lab helps with the packing. In Alaska there are limited roads and trails so aircraft are used extensively. Lots of ways to get out and hunt for fossils!

 

Only a submarine can beat that:D

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On 6/8/2020 at 12:55 PM, AK hiker said:

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1950 Piper PA-18 rebuilt by myself a few years ago and modified for use in Alaska. The above picture is on a ridge in Wrangell Mountains at 5,200 feet elevation with "the Family" at the time. Have used a fat tire bike in the Talkeetna Mountains to get farther away from places I land using 4 wheel drive trails and Kobuk, yellow lab helps with the packing. In Alaska there are limited roads and trails so aircraft are used extensively. Lots of ways to get out and hunt for fossils!

 

Wow... I love mountain that look like that, they look very fossiliferous. ;)

What kinds of fossils did you find in that particular area? I see a pile of ammonites in the 1st pic of these 2, including a really big one! but maybe that's from a different location...

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The airplane picture is the Wrangell Saint Elias National Park and very fossiliferous there but all what I call “leavarites” as no collecting permitted without out a permit. Saw some small ammonites 2-3” diameter in concretions that we’re up to 8” in diameter. 

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Well, the credit card is my most important collecting tool, so this is my collecting vehicle lol

 

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22 minutes ago, Abstraktum said:

credit card is my most important collecting tool

Haha brilliant.  :default_rofl:

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My local collecting site is a beach drive so ATVs are a great option but my Becca (Subaru Forester) does a great job

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On 2018-12-30 at 12:31 PM, DeepTimeIsotopes said:

Speaking of my bike, it’s a 2009 Trek Fuel Ex 7 trail bike.

 

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Ehh!!!! Shout out to the biking paleontologists gang yess! It's great to see there are other collectors who use the bike to get around! Also the location is absolutely gorgeous wow :wub: Here in Toronto, the only 'mountain' we have is centennial hill, which is LITERALLY made from old garbage - you can say its a pretty trashy hill hahaha

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