Markovic Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 FASCINATING! Museum of Natural History in Belgrade (the only one in Serbia) doesn't have specimens beautiful like these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Scott, I personally like that you found most of your "museum" specimens. Top Shelf! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Mr X- Dang... that is one heckuva nice fossil room, starring one heckuva nice fossil collection. Inspirational to those of us just building our first display cabinet in wood class. And they say Kansas is boring.... Hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPastels Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 BEAUTIFUL... :bow: *drool* I am gonna have a room like that someday. I dont think I could find that big of a fossil though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 couldn't think of what to say, so far, and was sitting here thinking, and of course it's impressive, and organized, and neat, and diametrically opposed to my world, which you'll never be afforded even a glimpse of, for obvious reasons, wait - i'm rambling and not saying anything...darn! i knew i'd mess this up! i get tired thinking about being you and prepping stuff for years. you could probably hand-carve a lamborghini or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthdog Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 That is quite amazing, what you've put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Believe me. It's been discussed. No answer yet, but it's a problem I'd like to have! Wow! Great room! Just wondering where you got hold of one of those?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Uh, Duh, I'm amazed by that Xiphactinus! :wub: How did you get that thing mounted and moved? Did you prep that yourself? Just amazing collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Uh, Duh, I'm amazed by that Xiphactinus! :wub: How did you get that thing mounted and moved? Did you prep that yourself? Just amazing collection. Old timers are tired of the story, but we found, excavated and prepped that bad boy -- all 17 feet of him. My best find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Old timers are tired of the story, but we found, excavated and prepped that bad boy -- all 17 feet of him. My best find. I never get tired of THE STORY; makes me feel like Jimmy Olsen must have felt whenever Superman stopped by to say "hi"! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinus Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Awesome Room. Wonder How I missed this post before. I would have noticed such an awesome room. I need to see it personally on my next trip to St. Louis. crinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I will join the crowd of droolers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big2th Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Congratulations on so many fronts- your collecting skill, fossil preparation, display techniques, and organization. Everything is truly top notch and superbly professional! It was also a pleasure to meet you in the chat room, too. Best wishes and thank you very much for sharing your phenomenal collection with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I love the way you are totally unable to capture that fish in one picture. Paleo database, information and community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPastels Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I never get tired of looking at this Topic! If I had a room like that I would NEVER leave it! Id charge people to enter it too. Where did you get all the display cabinets????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 I never get tired of looking at this Topic! If I had a room like that I would NEVER leave it! Id charge people to enter it too. Where did you get all the display cabinets????? They are scratch and dent from Home Decorators Collection (I used to work there). You can get 1st quality ones here: http://www.homedecorators.com/P/11-Drawer_40W_Map_Chest/260/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 snarge that's one heckuva neat collection! Hope you get that full-sized Mosasaur soon! Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Fantastic collection! Owning a complete 17 foot Xiphactinus skeleton must be great. And the Pteranodon is cool as well. How long have you been collecting for? Another question: How many atoms are in your fossil collection? Edited July 21, 2012 by Carcharodontosaurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Woah!!!!!! How could I have missed this post!!! This is awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Woah!!!!!! How could I have missed this post!!! This is awesome!! The forum itself is like a fossil hunt. Lots of cool stuff is buried, then eventually resurfaces to give us all a treat, such as this one! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 The forum itself is like a fossil hunt. Lots of cool stuff is buried, then eventually resurfaces to give us all a treat, such as this one! Couldn't have said it better myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Fantastic collection! Owning a complete 17 foot Xiphactinus skeleton must be great. And the Pteranodon is cool as well. How long have you been collecting for? Another question: How many atoms are in your fossil collection? Thanks! I've been collecting since I was a little kid. (about 40 years.) My wife and I have been collecting together since we started dating - hard to believe but almost 25 years. (You know you have a winner when some of your first dates are out pounding rocks together!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Woah!!!!!! How could I have missed this post!!! This is awesome!! Thanks. Good timing on the resurrection of this zombie thread. We are getting closer to realizing a dream - starting a real museum! We had members of the city council over to see our in-home museum this week. They are talking to us about utilizing an empty building the city owns. Now all we need is some $$. Well, actually a lot of $$. Getting exciting. I'll start a new thread if/when it gets closer. The Paleo Science Center is our working title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thanks! I've been collecting since I was a little kid. (about 40 years.) My wife and I have been collecting together since we started dating - hard to believe but almost 25 years. (You know you have a winner when some of your first dates are out pounding rocks together!) I'm surprised you haven't exhausted the entire Niobrara Chalk by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I, too, don't know how I've missed this thread for so long. I hate to be redundant, but WOW! It's exciting to hear the city may be helping you get a "real" museum, as if you don't already have one. I'm looking forward to seeing your presentation from last weekend once you get it posted. Let us know when you have it ready. The next time I'm in Cape, I may have to take you up on your invitation to come visit your museum. SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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