Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2019!

[Tidgy's Dad]

5 minutes ago, Adam86cucv said:

A couple of Burmese amber pieces with insects.  Found on a certain auction site for a cheap price and free shipping. I need to read up taking pictures of amber to see if I can show the bugs. One is a beetle and the other a fly.

Love Burmese amber.

[Adam86cucv]

1 minute ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Love Burmese amber.

My oldest son was excited and asked "so there might be dinosaur DNA in them?"  . Jurassic Park/World might be a regularly watched movies around here.

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 1/15/2019 at 9:54 PM, Bobby Rico said:

Hi mailbox enthusiast 

Today I received an awesome fossilised bison horn.  It measures approx 13" long and approx 6” tall.    There is a tiny sticker inside which reads Maxey Peterborough 2/1/84. I did some research and there is not that much Bison material found in the uk. I  did after some time start looking online at nearby  museums to Maxey and found one that has locally found Bison bones in their collection. So the label is good I think. Quite rare for the UK Sorry the picture is not great

Very nice addition to your British fossils. 

Always like your displays too! 

[Bobby Rico]

6 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Very nice addition to your British fossils. 

Always like your displays too! 

Thank you very much mate. It is pretty nice fossil and does really add an interest to my display . Cheers Bobby 

[Bobby Rico]

On 08/01/2019 at 10:35 PM, Tidgy's Dad said:

 

Very, very happy with these! 

 

 

Adam just spotted them beauties. I don’t have many insects in my collection either but they are lovely    

[Monica]

A couple of days ago I received a wonderful package from @ricardo after having arranged a trade with him.  The trade was to include a couple of brachiopods going his way and a couple of ammonites coming my way, but he included a bunch of extras (mostly Portugese fossils) for my kids and I - they are beyond beautiful!!!   Please see photo below:

 

 

Included in the package was:

Reineckeiinae (ammonite)
Polyplectus discoides (ammonite)

Hildoceras lusitanicum (ammonite)

Hemiaster scutiger (echinoid)

Pseudocidaris sp. (echinoid spines)

Lobothyris hispanica (brachiopod)

Telothyris jauberti (brachiopod)

Cryptocoenia sp. (coral)

Calamosmilia sp. (horn coral)

Lopha  sp. (oyster)

Tylostoma ovatum (gastropod)

Pentacrinus penichensis (crinoid columnals and stems)

Some small additional ammonites and a cute little belemnite - Viola loves these in particular since they're so little and cute!

An interesting additional coral - it looks almost flower-like 

And, he included a coral from Spain - Stylima tubulifera - my first Spanish fossil!!! 

I also think there is an additional brachiopod species in the box - a rhynchonellid perhaps?  They're the three brachiopods near the top of the picture.

 

Thanks so much, Ricardo, for an unbelievable trade!!!

 

Monica

[minnbuckeye]

Nice trade results, very similar to a recent trade Ricardo undertook with me. He deserves an A+ as a trading partner!!!!!!

[Monica]

3 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

Nice trade results, very similar to a recent trade Ricardo undertook with me. He deserves an A+ as a trading partner!!!!!!

 

I wholeheartedly agree!!! 

 

[ricardo]

4 hours ago, Monica said:

 

Thanks so much, Ricardo, for an unbelievable trade!!!

 

Monica

 

3 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

Nice trade results, very similar to a recent trade Ricardo undertook with me. He deserves an A+ as a trading partner!!!!!!

Thank you Monica for your kind words. Those humble fossils were for your kids’ collection because all of us must be happy when we see interested children in nature and geology.   I´m very glad because you like the ammonite and as you know I’m very happy with my Ordovician NY plate and brachiopod. Monica, thank you so much 

 

Mike, thank you! You are also an A +  

 

Here is a picture from the beautiful NY plate from Monica...

 

 

And some of the brachiopods from Mike...

 

 

 

[ricardo]

4 hours ago, Monica said:

I also think there is an additional brachiopod species in the box - a rhynchonellid perhaps?  They're the three brachiopods near the top of the picture.

 

Those are 3 differen Calovian rhynchonellid species. I do not know species ID but I will know in a near future and will tell you.

[Tidgy's Dad]

5 hours ago, Monica said:

A couple of days ago I received a wonderful package from @ricardo after having arranged a trade with him.  The trade was to include a couple of brachiopods going his way and a couple of ammonites coming my way, but he included a bunch of extras (mostly Portugese fossils) for my kids and I - they are beyond beautiful!!! 

That's a great package! 

Some super fossils, well played @ricardo

[Tidgy's Dad]

32 minutes ago, ricardo said:

 

Thank you Monica for your kind words. Those humble fossils were for your kids’ collection because all of us must be happy when we see interested children in nature and geology.   I´m very glad because you like the ammonite and as you know I’m very happy with my Ordovician NY plate and brachiopod. Monica, thank you so much 

 

Mike, thank you! You are also an A + 

 

 

Yes, Mike and Monica always come up trumps as well. 

Gorgeous brachiopods. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

8 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

Adam just spotted them beauties. I don’t have many insects in my collection either but they are lovely    

I think they're great, always good to have different things. 

Lots more new goodies I got sent are on the previous page! 

[DeepTimeIsotopes]

17 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

Nice trade results, very similar to a recent trade Ricardo undertook with me. He deserves an A+ as a trading partner!!!!!!

 

13 hours ago, Monica said:

 

I wholeheartedly agree!!! 

 

 

13 hours ago, ricardo said:

 

Thank you Monica for your kind words. 

@Monica and @minnbuckeye perhaps, with @ricardo‘s permission of course, you could post about your trading experiences in this thread to help add to the list  That’s only if you guys feel like doing that, of course.

 

[Bobby Rico]

16 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I think they're great, always good to have different things. 

Lots more new goodies I got sent are on the previous page! 

That is some Christmas present /auction win. I do like the polished wood a lot. You done really well here congratulations. 

[ziggycardon]

On 9-1-2019 at 9:08 PM, Darktooth said:

Ok Thanks.

Tried to make some better pictures of the black opal in daylight, but it took a while since it's like the first time today that there is daylight coming through the clouds in 2019  

[Nimravis]

This is not a mailbox score, but they are new fossils to my collection, at least for a little time. I posted a couple other new acquisitions yesterday in the Fossil ID Section. Those items and these two came from a little store not too far from my house.

 

Onychocrinus pulaskiensis Crinoid

Mississippian

Tar Springs Formation

Perry County, Indiana

 

I paid $20.00 for this piece.

 

 

 

Starfish- I believe 

 

Onychaster flexilis

Mississippian

Edwaerdsville Formation

Crawfordsville, Indiana

 

This piece was also $20.00.

 

[Joe_17]

Megaloceros giganteus partial antler .

Edited January 20, 2019 by Joe_17

[Brett Breakin' Rocks]

Ok, well .. since I can't get out into the world after school has started again I am left to fiddle with some of my Christmas gifts. Here are a few more .. a Megalodon from Bone Valley and two teeth from South Carolina. 

 

I've got a soft spot for posterior teeth .. I have no idea why, they just look cool.  Is it like looking at a baby ? .. haha .. a cruel joke played by mother nature so we nurture and love them ?  But I digress.

 

 

[thelivingdead531]

I’m late putting this on here (as usual), but things have been hectic in the house since my husband was tasked with a very short notice deployment. A couple of weeks ago I got this awesome Abelisauridae tooth from Matt @Haravex. It’s from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco and measures 0.56”. My pictures are always terrible so the tooth is 100x better in person. Thanks again, Matt! 

[Abstraktum]

Today this beautiful piece arrived safely at my place. 

It's a bone from a Pteranodon indet. from Kansas

Sold by our dear friend Kris @KansasFossilHunter and shipped within no time from USA to Germany. 

You can read all about it in this topic, it also shows the position within the Pteranodon skeleton.

 

I'm very happy to get my hands this rather rare fossil and it is surley now the highlight of my fossil collection 
And thanks for the extra 2 teeth. Just 1 cm each, but looking great. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 1/19/2019 at 10:33 PM, Nimravis said:

This is not a mailbox score, but they are new fossils to my collection, at least for a little time. I posted a couple other new acquisitions yesterday in the Fossil ID Section. Those items and these two came from a little store not too far from my house.

 

Onychocrinus pulaskiensis Crinoid

Mississippian

Tar Springs Formation

Perry County, Indiana

Onychaster flexilis

Mississippian

Edwaerdsville Formation

Crawfordsville, India

Nice pick ups, especially at these prices! 

Excellent. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 1/20/2019 at 2:09 AM, Joe_17 said:

Megaloceros giganteus partial antler .

WOW ! ! 

That looks great! 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 1/20/2019 at 4:34 AM, Brett Breakin' Rocks said:

Ok, well .. since I can't get out into the world after school has started again I am left to fiddle with some of my Christmas gifts. Here are a few more .. a Megalodon from Bone Valley and two teeth from South Carolina. 

 

I've got a soft spot for posterior teeth .. I have no idea why, they just look cool.  Is it like looking at a baby ? .. haha .. a cruel joke played by mother nature so we nurture and love them ?  But I digress

 

 

Lovely, and your photography, as always, is superb. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 1/20/2019 at 11:09 AM, thelivingdead531 said:

I’m late putting this on here (as usual), but things have been hectic in the house since my husband was tasked with a very short notice deployment. A couple of weeks ago I got this awesome Abelisauridae tooth from Matt @Haravex. It’s from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco and measures 0.56”. My pictures are always terrible so the tooth is 100x better in person. Thanks again, Matt! 

 

 

Nice tooth! 

Congrats.