DanJeavs Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Apologies for the usual hiatus from here. I’m back (just like arni always says). The past 6 months have been an absolute rollercoaster of collecting and prepping. I thought I’d ease you all into one of my best finds this year. Here in Yorkshire, we have an incredible layer of fossils from what’s known as the jet rock (Whitby jet too). In this layer, we get what are known as cannonball nodules. Usually always heavily coated in a pyrite skin, and 1 in around 15 has a fossil inside. Almost always, Eleganticeras Elegantulum. This is one I found around 6 months ago. The Eleganticeras keel and outer whorl, clearly sticking out. Usually, I prefer to prepare myself, but lacking the equipment for polishing, I sent it off to my friend, and the best prepper in the uk. A month later, I get this stunning specimen back. An absolute master of his craft, and prep I can only aspire to achieve one day. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Wow! That is a thing of beauty. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Wow!! So cool. Is that pyrite stable? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 That's so cool! What a specimen! Spectacular!! Must've been a tough prep-job too, getting through that pyrite layer 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJeavs Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, connorp said: Wow!! So cool. Is that pyrite stable? It certainly is. We don’t tend to get too much rot. As long as they haven’t been exposed to the sea you’re usually okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJeavs Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 12 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: That's so cool! What a specimen! Spectacular!! Must've been a tough prep-job too, getting through that pyrite layer Just a tad. Luckily we’re armed these days with much better air tools to handle the pyrite. Go look up ‘the bronto’ from zoic. It’s a beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanJeavs Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Here’s another one I found a few months back and prepared. This will also get the polish treatment at some point in the near future. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Beautiful. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Magnificent! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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