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Post by Joe Botting on Dec 15, 2012 4:04:19 GMT -5
Yep, I can see it would do that... Go for Ordovician sponges or microscopic worms - you get far more fossils for your day out. ;D On the other hand, they don't quite impress the nieghbours the way that your one would...
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 15, 2012 13:23:15 GMT -5
Joe... ;D ... The last Somerset Metophioceras I started was a dud... hopefully the next one out of the two I found is in there... Its from a new section of coast I havent prepped before....The bit highlighted is missing... That shale specimen should look quite nice when its finished... Attachments:
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 19, 2012 5:07:02 GMT -5
all done... I'm not sure on ID... difficult when they are crushed... Attachments:
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Post by reighan on Dec 19, 2012 5:17:21 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by Joe Botting on Dec 19, 2012 6:13:18 GMT -5
Nice indeed - good to see gentle prep work too.
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 19, 2012 15:16:50 GMT -5
Nice indeed - good to see gentle prep work too. Cheers... Just a feather duster and a stil saw used on this one Joe ;D
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 19, 2012 18:47:51 GMT -5
Excellent prep Steve... you are the prep master
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 21, 2012 3:35:24 GMT -5
Peter.... Thanks... I only went and found another ammonite yesterday on the north Somerset coast... I cant keep up with the prep!... Watch this space ;D
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 22, 2012 7:45:57 GMT -5
Regular Members 3,523 posts Gender:Male Location:UK Posted Today, 10:40 AM Ive just finished an ammonite shell I found on the Somerset coast last Thursday... Complete to the centre although crushed somewhat its ended my run of ' Dud's ' just intime for Christmas and I slotted it in before finishing the one I'm currently working on because it only needed a few hours work on it... Even though your taking a risk prepping this uknown stuff with no definate positive outcome it still starts getting to you when things are not going right so this is a bit of relief to be honest after 3 or 4 duds....Ive been finding these from lets say the ' red bed ' in one area for a number of years with none actually being complete... Some have been a lot more red'er than this one with all the sutures being bright red standing out through a light brown calcite shell... The coast hasnt really been all that well documented for a number of reasons but mainly I think with many of the major finds being commercially collected and not being scientifically recorded and the material then going into private collections and a lot of material going abroad....but its nice to get a complete one at last.... Being rather thin I'm assuming its a Vermiceras of some type... (unless its just crushed) the big Vermiceras I found it was only 2 inch wide when 22" diameter....the bivalve that looks distorted is I think Liostrea irregularis... It looks similar to shell on the recent Lyme Metophioceras double I prepped... Attachments:
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 22, 2012 7:46:32 GMT -5
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 22, 2012 7:56:47 GMT -5
Wonderful stuff Steve !
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 24, 2012 3:57:02 GMT -5
Peter... Thanks... Have a good one.... Attachments:
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 24, 2012 3:59:17 GMT -5
Dactylioceras gracile...Funny how these shells landed making a face... The sign of things to come... 180 million years later!... Attachments:
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 24, 2012 3:59:52 GMT -5
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