Ludwigia Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 :wub: Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 wow!!! really extraordinary! My compliments! http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hi guys, I'd just like to present my second attempt at preparing a "Krabbenboller" from Limfjord, Denmark here. Although I wasn't successful at digging out the legs, I'm still pretty happy with the end result and have gathered a bit more experience on the way to preparing the last and hopefully best of my finds from the beach at Mogenstrup. That's still gonna take a while though. The first pict. is of what I had to start with and the rest can speak for itself. Coeloma (Paracoeloma) incarinatum. Oligocene, Chatt B, Velje Fjord Formation. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 This is a beautiful work of art! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microplax Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'd just like to present my second attempt at preparing a "Krabbenboller" from Limfjord, Denmark here. Although I wasn't successful at digging out the legs, I'm still pretty happy with the end result and have gathered a bit more experience on the way to preparing the last and hopefully best of my finds from the beach at Mogenstrup. That's still gonna take a while though. Very nice. Better then my attempt at Lyby material, although the preservation is variable. Almost as good as Axel Cordel's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 This is a beautiful work of art! Thanks for the nice comment! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Very nice. Better then my attempt at Lyby material, although the preservation is variable. Almost as good as Axel Cordel's. Thanks. It's an honor to be mentioned in the same breath with Axel Cordes. He's given me a bit of advice since the ones from Mogenstrup are very hard, but I've still a long way to go to reach his heights. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hi Roger, it seems that you was bitten by a crab??? you have the fever... no hopeless... http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hi Roger, it seems that you was bitten by a crab??? you have the fever... no hopeless... You're right Alex, it's hopeless. Once you get bitten then there's no turning back. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 From 20 pieces to ready for the museum, nice crab nice prep. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 From 20 pieces to ready for the museum, nice crab nice prep. Thanks! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi guys, I'd just like to present my second attempt at preparing a "Krabbenboller" from Limfjord, Denmark here. Although I wasn't successful at digging out the legs, I'm still pretty happy with the end result and have gathered a bit more experience on the way to preparing the last and hopefully best of my finds from the beach at Mogenstrup. That's still gonna take a while though. The first pict. is of what I had to start with and the rest can speak for itself. Coeloma (Paracoeloma) incarinatum. Oligocene, Chatt B, Velje Fjord Formation. Very good job! http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonsfly Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hello guys and gals, I dont want to tire you with repair or preparation techniques, but althought I'm overseas, I have experimented with the west pacific coast concretions, and when the fossils is for my own collection, I dont have any problem with the reparations or restaurations, here is one of them . What do you glue/fill them with? Ever use tile grout? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 No, two components adhesive putty, I don't remember the brand, but perhaps Ceys or so... http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Very good job! Thanks very much. I've just started working on crab number 3 lately and now I'm sure it's definitely gonna take a while. Here's how the concretion looked like at the beginning. I decided to go at the piece with the exposed claw with air abrader and scribe in order to see where I'm at and it looks like I'm approaching the animal from the underside. The rests of the legs, carapax and the other claw are sitting in or on the other 2 pieces. This is gonna be a finicky bit of work. Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randygeki Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Good luck! Looks rad so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Thanks very much. I've just started working on crab number 3 lately and now I'm sure it's definitely gonna take a while. Here's how the concretion looked like at the beginning. I decided to go at the piece with the exposed claw with air abrader and scribe in order to see where I'm at and it looks like I'm approaching the animal from the underside. The rests of the legs, carapax and the other claw are sitting in or on the other 2 pieces. This is gonna be a finicky bit of work. Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it. Definitively... there's no turning back, welcome to the ten legs world BTW what do you will do with your ammos...??? http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Thanks for the moral support, guys. As to the Ammos, MB, they're not going anywhere . Instead I've just decided to sell off my mineral collection to make room for them. Any offers? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Avitelmessus grapsoideus Ventral Prep Pictures appreciated. At our monthly fossil club meeting, someone gave me this large partial prepared muffin crab to finish. Since I have never tackled one, I'm unfamiliar with what the ventral side looks like. If anyone has any good pictures or references they can point me to, I would sure appreciate it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Sorry I can't help you there Bruce. I'm just popping in again to show the end result of that crab I've been working on. First of all here's how the rest of the preparation went. There was a lot of transfer work to do and it was also complicated due to the fact that the calcite veins of the septaria were running every whichway through the concretion and over the crab itself. I'd originally hoped to get the crab right out in order to present both sides of it, but that and also the unarticulated legs made that idea impossible. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) I think it's a Coeloma sp., but I'm not sure which species. Just hoping that Axel can identify it. I managed to save the top as well to make a peek-a-boo. Edited March 10, 2012 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 :fainting-smiley: Magnificent! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 WOW!! great work Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 :bow: :bow: :bow: About Coeloma...I'm not sure Well done Roger... http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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