rod Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I was just notified of a very sad thing. Seems the TMSA (Tennessee Mine Safety Administration) is confronting quarries in and around Tennessee and have closed them to fossil collecting as of this week. I just await this in the quarries we visit in other states! - ROD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 bad news Rod, thanks for informing us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizziebird Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Bummer! I have always felt so fortunate when I have been allowed to collect in a quarry. I sign the waiver saying whatever stupid thing I do is my fault, and off I go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trobus Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Our club was supposed to visit Parson's Quarry in April but was informed that fossil collecting was no longer possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Did the state give a specific reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 My bet is insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneman007 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Insurance is usually the reason. In Richard Spur quarry, fossil dealers passing themselves off as collectors did the worst damage. There was a lawsuit between two Dallas lowlife dealers suing each other for a number of skeletons that they had decided they would sell and split the profits. The scumbags tried to cheat each other and it closed the quarry down for a long time. Unfortunately, I am responsible for closing the quarry since 2007. I went into the quarry with two groups in 2007 and spent a total of 8 hours in the quarry. I removed a ton of matrix and pulled out almost 20 skulls, and 6 complete articulated skeletons as well as oodles of verts, jaws, etc. I did the opposite, and donated everything to the Sam Noble museum for study. Now they decided that the quarry is too scientifically significant to let us get back in. How's that for irony!?!!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acryzona Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 That's sad Boneman. You did the right thing and got punished - and the fossils just keep eroding to dust. Collecting Microfossils - a hobby concerning much about many of the little paraphrased from Dr. Robert Kesling's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 well thats sucks, I wanted to ask about going in to couple around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Unfortunately, I am responsible for closing the quarry since 2007. I went into the quarry with two groups in 2007 and spent a total of 8 hours in the quarry. I removed a ton of matrix and pulled out almost 20 skulls, and 6 complete articulated skeletons as well as oodles of verts, jaws, etc. I did the opposite, and donated everything to the Sam Noble museum for study. Now they decided that the quarry is too scientifically significant to let us get back in. How's that for irony!?!!?! They could have at least had the courtesy of grandfathering you in due to your generosity. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 boneman... this tale makes me weep. What a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 boneman... this tale makes me weep. What a bummer. X2! That is the kind of response from a museum that makes regular folk stop bringing in material, definitely a bad PR move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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