InvestableCards Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Hi everyone! It's great to be on the forum and I'm excited to be engaged and learning/sharing with you all. I'm from the UK and have many fond memories as a child, going to Scarborough and Whitby with my parents on holiday. I was always desperate to visit the fossil shops each time I went, even investing in a little fossil hunting kit at the advice of a friendly fossil shopkeeper. I never really found anything special, but I did find a few little pieces here and there at Whitby as a kid and it just made the trip so much more memorable. I'm now an adult and have been considering on and off for years to get back into the game on a more serious level, to start a new collection from scratch! My real name is Richard. I chose InvestableCards as a username as I collect and deal in trading cards under this name, particularly Pokemon. This has been a lifelong hobby - turned career for me. Coincidentally there was a set of Pokemon cards known as 'fossil', where some of the Pokemon (made up creatures) happened to be resembling dinosaurs. Anyway, that's a little about me. Again, I'm very happy to be here and I'm excited for the future now that I've decided to start collecting again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Hello, Richard, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. If you still live in that region, it's not a bad area to rekindle your interest in fossils. Glad you've joined us. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Welcome, Richard! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Welcome to the forum from New York! Glad to have you with us! Dave I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Welcome to The Fossil Forum! We're glad that you decided to join us! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Welcome! I'm going to whitby next weekend. The good thing about fossil hunting as an adult is you can break the harder nodules with a hammer! Do you still have any finds from your childhood still? Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VTinNorthAB Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 15 hours ago, InvestableCards said: Pokemon cards known as 'fossil', where some of the Pokemon (made up creatures) happened to be resembling dinosaurs. Big hello and welcome from Alberta!! I dunno about you but omanyte and kabuto look legit to me (they’re also my personal favs lol). At the risk of aging myself...I grew up playing Pokémon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Welcome from Germany. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvestableCards Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 15 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Hello, Richard, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. If you still live in that region, it's not a bad area to rekindle your interest in fossils. Glad you've joined us. Thanks very much! You're in a great place yourself, being in Morocco. 14 hours ago, GeschWhat said: Welcome, Richard! Thanks :-) 13 hours ago, Darktooth said: Welcome to the forum from New York! Glad to have you with us! Dave Thanks Dave! Glad to be here. 13 hours ago, Fruitbat said: Welcome to The Fossil Forum! We're glad that you decided to join us! -Joe Thanks Joe, I'm loving the forum already! 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. Regards, Thanks :-) 40 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Thanks, it's cool to see someone post from a local area to myself! 17 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: Welcome from Germany. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvestableCards Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 2 hours ago, LiamL said: Welcome! I'm going to whitby next weekend. The good thing about fossil hunting as an adult is you can break the harder nodules with a hammer! Do you still have any finds from your childhood still? Hey Liam, thanks for the message! You've made some excellent points there, everything is better as an adult if you maintain your childhood hobbies. I will probably have some finds somewhere, It's been about 15 years or so since I last looked - I'm going to have to dig them out. Also I'm in Yorkshire too, Doncaster specifically. You'll have to let me know if you find anything good while at Whitby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvestableCards Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 43 minutes ago, VTinNorthAB said: Big hello and welcome from Alberta!! I dunno about you but omanyte and kabuto look legit to me (they’re also my personal favs lol). At the risk of aging myself...I grew up playing Pokémon. Thanks a bunch! Yeah, Kabuto and Omanyte for sure! Also Aerodactyl if you remember that one? The secret to not ageing yourself is to keep the inner child with you, I never stopped playing and collecting Pokemon even now in my mid 20s! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 33 minutes ago, InvestableCards said: Thanks a bunch! Yeah, Kabuto and Omanyte for sure! Also Aerodactyl if you remember that one? The secret to not ageing yourself is to keep the inner child with you, I never stopped playing and collecting Pokemon even now in my mid 20s! Pokemon and yugioh were my childhood favorites, until they got banned at our school! Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvestableCards Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 41 minutes ago, LiamL said: Pokemon and yugioh were my childhood favorites, until they got banned at our school! I hear you completely on that! For me it was Pokemon in primary school and Yugioh in high school. Luckily we had a club in the library during high school for Yugioh, so it was encouraged rather than banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Welcome from Romania ! 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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