Stahlhelms Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 OK... I just asked my 7 year old what he is going to ask Santa for this year. Earphones for his MP3 player, a "real" dinosaur egg and Dinosaur Poop was his response.... Earphones - no problem Dino-Poop - not sure how you tell a funky looking rock from coprolite, and not sure I want to answer "whadya get your kid for christmas" with "Sh..." (i guess if i don't get the coprolite, i can say "i didn't get him Sh...") Anyway, other than ebay, is there anybody on the FF that would recommend a good source for an egg? It doesn't have to be museum quality, but it shouldn't be a 1" by 1" chunk either. As long as its fossilized from a dinosaur, he's not picky on the type. Hadrosaur cheapest? What kind of price range are we talking? I almost fell outta my chair when searching the general web and ebay. We're new to fossil collecting, but I'm hoping to keep him interested in the hobby. Our experience is collecting at the calvert cliffs in Maryland about half a dozen times....up until now, shark teeth & verts. were good enough. I haven't posted enough to search the Member Trades & Sales section. Please PM me w/ pictures and price if you can help Santa out. THanks, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 On many sites I've seen dinosaur coprolites been sold for quite cheap. You can probably get a piece for under 5 dollars. Eggs are expensive and rare though. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Just for refenrence on the cost of dinosaur eggs here is a link to a site that sells them. http://dinosaur-eggs.com/Eggs/Home.html A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I think the ones I have seen are very expensive.. I can't believe he wouldn't want dino teeth if you mentioned it. The only dino egg I can afford is this one http://www.vermontco...osaur_Egg/62983 Yummm Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Hadrosaur eggs are the cheapest ones I have seen, if you are lucky you could pick one up for a few hundred bucks. Otherwise you could get a big piece of egg shell for next to nothing. I think Roz had a good idea, can't go past a BIG Dino tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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