Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2018!

[JohnBrewer]

22 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

Just arrived.  2 pound piece of rough agatized dinosaur bone.  Can't wait to slice and polish.  Been wanting one of these for a long time and finally got around to buying one!

Wow, that’s a chunk and a half! Nice pattern and colour. 

[LiamL]

Just now, JohnBrewer said:

No!

I've got one right now that's been stuck at heathrow for 6 days, think it's at customs.

[JohnBrewer]

15 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

Well, I cut a slice.  Wow, that's hard stuff. Took a half hour to cut through it.  Here's the slice wet.  

And it gets better.

[JohnBrewer]

14 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

The 2 pound bone chunk is sort of conical, so each slice will get progressively smaller. But I'll bet that I can get five or six more nice slices out of it

What are you cutting with @Peat Burns?

[JohnBrewer]

2 minutes ago, LiamL said:

I've got one right now that's been stuck at heathrow for 6 days, think it's at customs.

Hmmm. You know no customs duty is paid on fossils, you can claim back if they charge you and you think it’s worth it. If outside the EU you’re liable for VAT tho and that’s on the shipping as well as the value declared. 

[LiamL]

9 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said:

Hmmm. You know no customs duty is paid on fossils, you can claim back if they charge you and you think it’s worth it. If outside the EU you’re liable for VAT tho and that’s on the shipping as well as the value declared. 

He wrote on the form Sharks teeth, not fossil shark teeth i think.

[JohnBrewer]

1 minute ago, LiamL said:

He wrote on the form Sharks teeth, not fossil shark teeth i think.

I expect there’s duty on that then. You might escape. 

[Kane]

TFF members are truly kind, generous folks. I received an incredible surprise today from our own @Darktooth who sent it just because that is just the type of epic awesome sauce that he is. I've been quietly pining for one of these big bad boys for a while now after I had received some lovely fragments. This one is nearly complete, the classic Devonian Homalonotid, Dipleura dekayi from the state of NY. The segmentation is crisp and stunning, and the smooth pygidium tucked beneath sports a speckled appearance. This one measures a nice 10 cm (~4") along the axial. I just love the shovel/snout shape of the tip of the cephalon. This makes my week! This will definitely be occupying premium real estate on my WIP trilobite display area.

[caldigger]

Yeowzer, that's cool!

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, Kane said:

TFF members are truly kind, generous folks. I received an incredible surprise today from our own @Darktooth who sent it just because that is just the type of epic awesome sauce that he is. I've been quietly pining for one of these big bad boys for a while now after I had received some lovely fragments. This one is nearly complete, the classic Devonian Homalonotid, Dipleura dekayi from the state of NY. The segmentation is crisp and stunning, and the smooth pygidium tucked beneath sports a speckled appearance. This one measures a nice 10 cm (~5") along the axial. I just love the shovel/snout shape of the tip of the cephalon. This makes my week!

 

 

 

How lovely! (both the trilobite and the gesture)

There are indeed some very generous folk out there. 

Altruistic fossil folk, giving in no expectation of receiving. 

[Bobby Rico]

Lovely trilobite @Kaneand very kind of you @Darktooth .

TFF rocks 

[Peat Burns]

2 hours ago, JohnBrewer said:

What are you cutting with @Peat Burns?

Thanks for the comments.  I'm very pleased with it. Paid $30 for the 2lb chunk.  I'm using a large, water-cooled tile cutter.  It has cut through most rocks, even silicious conglomerate, like a hot knife through butter but took forever on the agatized bone.  Tough stuff!  May need a new blade after I'm done slicing this thing 

[Peat Burns]

@Kane WOW!  Awesome and generous gift from @Darktooth

[JohnBrewer]

11 minutes ago, Peat Burns said:

Thanks for the comments.  I'm very pleased with it. Paid $30 for the 2lb chunk.  I'm using a large, water-cooled tile cutter.  It has cut through most rocks, even silicious conglomerate, like a hot knife through butter but took forever on the agatized bone.  Tough stuff!  May need a new blade after I'm done slicing this thing 

That’s a serious sized tile saw. Mine probably only cuts 3” high. A pain really as I have a nice circular lump of bone I want sliced like coasters. Hint hint UK members with something that might do the job......

[Bobby Rico]

Hi all 

I got a gift from my friend today containing  some ammonites .Very pleased.

All the ammonites were collected in 1950s and most of them are from lost localities. I will be add a full IDs when I repost them on my best ammonite collection thread .

Liparoceras Bechiiceras Gallicum

Tmetoceras Scissum

Andrognoceras

Microconch

Echioceras

 

cheers Bobby

[Kane]

8 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Hi all 

I got a gift from my friend today containing  some ammonites .Very pleased.

All the ammonites were collected in 1950s and most of them are from lost localities. I will be add a full IDs when I repost the on my best ammonite collection thread .

Liparoceras Bechiiceras Gallicum

Tmetoceras Scissum

Andrognoceras

Microconch

Echioceras

 

cheers Bobby

 

Great variety in that lot! And the fact that they were collected from localities that are no more lends them an additional specialness. 

[Peat Burns]

19 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Hi all 

I got a gift from my friend today containing  some ammonites .Very pleased.

All the ammonites were collected in 1950s and most of them are from lost localities. I will be add a full IDs when I repost them on my best ammonite collection thread .

Liparoceras Bechiiceras Gallicum

Tmetoceras Scissum

Andrognoceras

Microconch

Echioceras

 

cheers Bobby

Oh boy! 

[Darktooth]

@Kane Thanks for the kind words. I made you a promise and I wanted to fulfill that. I know that it went to a good home. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

43 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Hi all 

I got a gift from my friend today containing  some ammonites .Very pleased.

All the ammonites were collected in 1950s and most of them are from lost localities. I will be add a full IDs when I repost them on my best ammonite collection thread .

Liparoceras Bechiiceras Gallicum

Tmetoceras Scissum

Andrognoceras

Microconch

Echioceras

 

cheers Bobby

 

Lovely, Bobby! 

You must be well chuffed! 

What a lovely gift. 

[Ludwigia]

@Bobby Rico What a lovely selection! @Kane That was really gracious of @Darktooth !

[Peat Burns]

Well, the patron saint of palaeontologists, @Nimravis has really blessed my mailbox this time.  WOW!

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