scotto Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Greetings. I am here to do some fossil research for art projects. I work in mosaics and metal and up until now have just taken severe liberties in my creations and now I wish to create true to form. So basically, I will be looking around and learning, but I may have questions and so I thought it best to introduce myself. For the most part I will just lurk, as they say. I had a collection of specimens but now have exactly one fossil that survived over the years, an ammonite I bought in Morocco when I was in the Navy. Oddly enough, my mineral collection survived intact over time. I won't deny the old collecting bone is starting to jigger around, again. Good day to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotto Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Short edit window. I was going to edit "collecting bone" to "get out and find something interesting" bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Welcome from Illinois. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 welcome from germany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Welcome to the Forum. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Salutations to you as well, and welcome to the Fossil Forum. 1 Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Welcome from South Carolina! Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotto Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Thank you, thank you. I did some cursory looking around before I signed up, but didn't quite grasp the scope of this forum. I am going to have fun looking around here. I will share a photo of my surviving ammonite if anybody is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 51 minutes ago, scotto said: if anybody is interested Of course we are interested in seeing it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotto Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Sorry for the glare and shadows, I need to work on my photo skills. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 2 hours ago, scotto said: Sorry for the glare and shadows, I need to work on my photo skills. Hello, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. That is a Devonian goniatite, not and ammonite, goniatites are much older. Probably Late Devonian. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hello and welcome to the forum from New York! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arc61 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Welcome, from Mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Welcome aboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotto Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 19 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: not and ammonite Thank you for pointing this out to me... a bit embarrasing to me on my first post on this forum but a small price to pay for learning something new. I won't even say how long I have had it and been calling it an ammonite.... Also thanks for the welcomes! Great forum/resource here. I have barely scratched the surface, but among other things I found Paleo Re-creations sub forum which is kind of in my wheelhouse, I love art. And fossils.... And rocks and minerals.... And dinosaurs... And, and, and...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Welcome to TFF ⚒️ Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now