RJB Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Today I had the courage to start a big crab concretion. I did pick out the dorsal side of this crab and went on the prep attack. I did notice some fractures in the rock but just figured that they were just surface cracks? Ha!! I just got started taking off rock from the top and then,,,,,, HEART ATTACK!!! it literally fell into pieces!!! That easy, just fell apart!!! After I got my witts back, I was then simply disgusted and saved the little tiny pieces and put everything aside. its going to take me several days to get this glued back together and cut rock off with my tile saw and then go from there. Never had a crab do this before. Very very disappointing. Oh, I put an average sized concretion crab on the side to show the size of this rock. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I hate those "OH cwap" moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Been there thats why my bar is always stocked. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I was cleaning barnacles off a meg the other day and broke one of the lobes off so I feel your pain. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Must have been one of those northwestern exploding crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 You can recover it still, go Ron http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 If anyone can save this "patient" Ron can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 thanks guys. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Here's something to cheer you up and show you that everything is possible. Axel Cordes is renowned on this side of the ocean for his preparation work on the crabs out of the Oligocene concretions from Lyby in Denmark, which have a tendency to fall into little bits if you breathe on them too hard. Here's a report on one of his jobs. It's in German, but a picture speaks a thousand words. http://www.steinkern.de/praeparation-und-bergung/tips-tricks-und-fallbeispiele/693-neuer-praeparationsbericht-ueber-eine-lybykrabbe.html Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Ok, I took this thing to the Triage department and they figured out how to put it back together. Then I took it to the Clamp and Glue department and we did the ole double clamper trick! WoooooHoooooo!!! I still have to glue and clamp on one more piece, but after that, its back to the Prep Attack!!! This may take awhile? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 The 6 million dollar crab - you can rebuild him better than he was before I'm watching this space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 What kinda glue did you use? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Here's something to cheer you up and show you that everything is possible. Axel Cordes is renowned on this side of the ocean for his preparation work on the crabs out of the Oligocene concretions from Lyby in Denmark, which have a tendency to fall into little bits if you breathe on them too hard. Here's a report on one of his jobs. It's in German, but a picture speaks a thousand words. http://www.steinkern.de/praeparation-und-bergung/tips-tricks-und-fallbeispiele/693-neuer-praeparationsbericht-ueber-eine-lybykrabbe.html Now that looks like a pain in the periproct. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I have been there. Best of luck with the restore. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilHunter99 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Good luck with prepping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Thanks everyone. Roger: I used Cianoacrylate, thicker viscosity. (hows my spelling?) Ha! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I think that word has a few more "y"s in it to make it more interesting, but you got the phonetics down to a tee Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Ok, here is my concretion now. it took awhile and now its at the stage I was at a few days ago. Ha! and now im out of time for fossils. Got some real work to do. I will get back to this when I can. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Might help if I put a picture in the post? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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