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Hi everyone, I am a double national from Mexico/Canada, and I travel occasionally between both countries. In my time here in Canada I have started a small fossil collection- three sliced ammonites, three cheap trilobites, a Crinoid plate, a 3.5 inch Megalodon tooth, a piece of ammolite and another gemstone. All of these are relatively small in the 1-3 inch range, with the exception of one of the sliced ammonites being 5 inches. I do not have a trip to Mexico planned solidly but I am considering going back eventually once COVID starts slowing down, and I will bring my fossil collection with me. I know and have read that I will likely have no trouble getting them into the plane in Canada as carry-on luggage save for a few inquisitive questions from airport security, but my big concern is once I arrive at Mexico. Customs in Mexico City can check your baggage on arrival before you exit the airport terminal. A few years ago on a return trip to there, I had brought a small dead branch that was curiously shaped like a hand, a customs officer picked it from my carry-on luggage and promptly destroyed it and put it in a trash bin. I have tried searching on the web for whether or not it is legal to bring fossils to Mexico, but the information is either inexistent, vague, or conflicting. I have read that it is illegal to bring them OUT, as all Mexican fossils are considered cultural heritage and thus cannot be removed from the country, but bringing them IN is my concern- would they get seized by customs, or even destroyed by a careless customs official who thinks these million-year-old dead animals or the soil they are found in are bad? Any help or knowledge on this subject would be appreciated. A thread here I previously found:

I was thinking about returning to Penn Dixie sometime next spring after I get settled into my new home this winter but it's a 28 hour drive away from that fine establishment. After some quick research I have come up with a scheme to ship a lot of PD shale encrusted with coral, pyrite, brachiopods, bryozoans, and trilobites from New York to Utah. I'll fly out via round trip from SLC to Buffalo for about $460 and then rather than spend a lot of money on luggage I could just purchase some two large used suitcases at a Goodwill in New York for about $50 (may need to also purchase some duct tape) then use the following service to ship stuff back: https://www.luggageforward.com/excess-baggage-fees/ So travel and shipping for myself and the shale would be about $460 + $50 + $150 = $660 That's not bad. To save even more on cost I could bring my tent with me in my suitcase, rent a car for a few days, and just camp out on the shores of Lake Erie or crash at @DevonianDigger place though I fear if I left any nice trilobites there for the night I may wake up to them missing. Not a bad idea. I'll probably end up preparing some of the trilobites and selling them online to cover the cost of the trip. Unfortunately it takes a solid 6.5-8 hours to fly out to the location so flying out and back will spend up a whole day. Maybe leave on a Tuesday and fly back on Sunday. What are your thoughts? Is this a crazy idea? After some research I'm confident that I can do this. In fact you can even load up your suitcase with rocks in the USA as long as it's a domestic flight. International shipments of rocks is prohibited due to foreign agents (i.e. parasites).