Manticocerasman Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Ruger9a said: Bet they were pleased with the results of their first fossil hunting trip. Some nice finds that will clean up nicely. Are they going to start practicing their prepping skills as well? Yes, they will try to prep them. we gave them a box this weekend full of unprepped fossils from our collection to practice prepping. 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 prep update: done with a large : I also started to prep the other side of the Cunningtoniceras that I posted earlier, but I have to finish it this evening: 5 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 all the cenomanian ammonites are done: on top the Cunningtoniceras inerme ( prepped on both sides ) the 3 others are Acanthoceras rhotomagence I took pictures of the venters to point out the difference between the 2 species: Acanthoceras rhotomagence: Cunningtoniceras inerme: 3 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Great work as usual! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Wow, you did a wonderful job prepping them. I'll bet that Cunningtoniceras was no small task - literally. It looks huge! Have you weighed it, just curious. Are you going to make a display stand? Looks like it's too large for a shelf display - for me anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ruger9a said: Wow, you did a wonderful job prepping them. I'll bet that Cunningtoniceras was no small task - literally. It looks huge! Have you weighed it, just curious. Are you going to make a display stand? Looks like it's too large for a shelf display - for me anyway. thx, it is not that big, it is probably because it is a close up picture. The Cunningtoniceras is around 16cm in diameter. I do have a very big one in my collection of 35cm diameter, but it is not as well preserved as this one. 2 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 how do you prep them, i always have difficulty differentiating between fossil and matrix , thanks nice fossils btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, will stevenson said: how do you prep them, i always have difficulty differentiating between fossil and matrix , thanks nice fossils btw it depends on the type of matrix , but most of my prepwork on those chalk ammonites is done with a small hammer and different types of small chisels . the fine detail I finish with an air scribe. 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taj Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Very Nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 What a great trip! I love those echies. Thanks for posting. Can we see the sponges? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I'm always stunned how big your finds are. All I find is like 3 cm at most and needs tweezers. 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsky119 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 so nice ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Excellent pics and finds, congrats 1 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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