rejd Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I was at the Tyrrell yesterday and had finished up the Aarhinoceratops vertebra that I had been working on so I went into the unprepped storage room to find something else to work on. there is a cabinet with specimens that are on the priority list that need to be done right away. When I was looking at what was available I saw a jacket with the date of 1965 on it but nothing else. No one knew what it was and this had me intrigued. The reason for it being in the cabinet was two fold. First it was from the centrosaurus bone bed and Dr. Caleb Brown is currently working on material from there and secondly, the jacket was very poorly done and they wanted it prepped soon to prevent further damage. Here is the unopened jacket. When carrying it back to the lab I could tell just how bad the jacket was. It was flexing and bending in the middle which is never good! I got it back and quickly opened it up. They used a lovely sea foam green toilet paper as a separator which you will see in the coming photos. Once opened, it was quickly identified as a parietal bar. the parietal bar runs along the center of the frill from the top of the skull to the top of the frill as can been seen in the above photo. Here are some photos of the newly opened jacket. The toilet paper was very much stuck to the bone and took a bit of finess to get it off without pulling bone with it. It took some time to carefully scrape the bone surface to remove the tissue paper and matrix but it is coming along nicely. The bone is very fractured with some large gaps. I am sure the way it was jacketed contributed to some of the damage. After a few hours of work the top surface was clean an ready to be consolidated. I used quite a bit of paraloid (at about a 10% mixture) to hold it all together. Here it is after the consolidation. the next step will be to make a suuport jacket for it so I can flip it over and work on the other side. Once both sides are cleaned and consolidate, I can then proceed to take it apart and clean the cracks and large gaps so it can be assembled properly. I will post more pics as the process continues. Stay tuned...... 3 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...
fossilized6s Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Looks like fun! Thanks for giving us a glimpse into the past and present. Can't wait to see the finished product. Good luck. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Very interesting! Thanks for starting this thread. It should be intriguing to watch the progress. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 1965....I was expecting a Nehru jacket! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I am glad you are sharing this with us. Very interesting! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 1965....I was expecting a Nehru jacket! I had one of those.......This by any chance don't give away our age ,,,,,does it, just for the record I got mine in 68. TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Great post.....I love this stuff...can't wait for the updates TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Looking good Rejd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Looks like fun! Thanks for giving us a glimpse into the past and present. Can't wait to see the finished product. Good luck. It is fun. Although the hard part is yet to come. I can't wait to see it finished either. 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...
rejd Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Very interesting! Thanks for starting this thread. It should be intriguing to watch the progress. It is indeed. The unknown is why I decided to do this one. stay tuned...... 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...
rejd Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 1965....I was expecting a Nehru jacket! Haha, I had to look that one up. I had no idea what a Nehru jacket was. You learn something new every day. 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...
rejd Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I am glad you are sharing this with us. Very interesting! I hope you will enjoy the updates. Great post.....I love this stuff...can't wait for the updates Thanks. I love to share this stuff as well. 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...
Auspex Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 What a mess...but I can tell you are not intimidated by the challenge! As for mid-60's aesthetics; minty-fresh toilet paper?! "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...
rejd Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 What a mess...but I can tell you are not intimidated by the challenge! As for mid-60's aesthetics; minty-fresh toilet paper?! It is certainly a mess but as you state, I am not itimidated by the challenge. I am looking forward to getting back to it. Apparantly the minty-fresh toilet paper was quite popular in the mid sixties as a separation layer. 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...
Ludwigia Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Apparantly the minty-fresh toilet paper was quite popular in the mid sixties as a separation layer. ...and I'm sure they were all smoking menthol cigarettes while applying the jacket... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Why would tp have '"taste" ??????? Great post! we love to see what the real people do with real Fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I had one of those.......This by any chance don't give away our age ,,,,,does it, just for the record I got mine in 68. Awesome! Did you have a Sonny Bono buffalo hide vest too? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Awesome! Did you have a Sonny Bono buffalo hide vest too? You guys aren't dating yourselves at all! LOL. Your comments make me feel young. 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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Actually I was born in 1970...just an old soul. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Actually I was born in 1970...just an old soul. Heh... My jacket from '65 has a ticket stub in the pocket from the Philadelphia Convention Hall, for some band called "The Rolling Stones"... "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...
amour 25 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Dang that must of been good the Stones, never saw them. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Heh... My jacket from '65 has a ticket stub in the pocket from the Philadelphia Convention Hall, for some band called "The Rolling Stones"... Aww wOw man...you saw Brian Jones! Far out..... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Aww wOw man...you saw Brian Jones! Far out..... My sentiments exactly... Early Stones. The level of awe and respect just went up another notch, auspex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Went back today and got some more work done. Created a support jacket so I could flip it over. here is the other side. unwrapped. Its crazy some of the techniques they used back then. This side has lacquer and latex rubber with some kind of tape. The tape was a pain to remove and the only way to remove the latex rubber is manually. The bone look pretty bad but I still think it will be nice when done. There was a another jacket inside this one so there is more of this parietal. I haven't opened the other piece yet so unsure of what part it is. Ill keep you all posted with my progress. I forgot to take pictures of the prep work that was done today. I will be back next week and will get pics then. 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...
Wrangellian Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Wow, I complain about having to deal with my splintery shale specimens but you make it look like child's play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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