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when i was a kid, i actually had a black rock with the impression of a baby dinosaur skeleton on it. I dont remember where it came from or what happened to it. I kick myself for not taking better care of it every time i think of that lovely rock. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: OdiN
Yes I have 2 watches and my wallet is also Fossil.
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I like this better....... If you know someone's wearing a GUESS watch.......
Ask them what brand of watch it is, when they say GUESS, tell them you don't want to guess and you just want to know what brand it is 😛


A perfect Megalodon tooth can fetch a hefty amount! What is the biggest one ever found?
Biggest from that Ebay link above is 5.5in in the completed/non completed auctions.

Isn't it something about the color that can also add to their worth?
 
Actually, my dad is an avid "fossil" hunter. When my brother and I were younger, we would go on weekend trips all around looking for fossils.

Actually, we were in Canada one summer doing just that. My little brother (he was 6 at the time) had to pee. Instead of leaving the place where we were, my dad just said to go find a place and do it right there. (it gets kinda gross here)... so, he was letting it go and actually "washed off" a rock... we found out later that it was more than just a pretty rock or interesting fossil. It was a never before found fossil. My dad sent it to the Smithsonian and it is now named after our family name and is still in the Smithsonian.

No, i am not lying either.
 
My folks love looking for fossils. They've got a massive collection of petrified wood and dozens of other things from dinosaur bones to petrified dinosaur poop to ripple rock.

I've collected a few of my own pieces of petrified wood as well; it's beautiful stuff.
 
..Ive got two big chunks of petrified wood. does that count?? I polished one up and it looks amazing. you can see the minerized wood grain. it appears to be redwood.
 
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Actually, my dad is an avid "fossil" hunter. When my brother and I were younger, we would go on weekend trips all around looking for fossils.

Actually, we were in Canada one summer doing just that. My little brother (he was 6 at the time) had to pee. Instead of leaving the place where we were, my dad just said to go find a place and do it right there. (it gets kinda gross here)... so, he was letting it go and actually "washed off" a rock... we found out later that it was more than just a pretty rock or interesting fossil. It was a never before found fossil. My dad sent it to the Smithsonian and it is now named after our family name and is still in the Smithsonian.

No, i am not lying either.
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Man, how many people in the world can say "I've peed on a rock in the Smithsonian"? I bet not very many. That is awesome.

I have a few fossils - I didn't realize trilobytes were common. We used to go fossil hunting in southern Ohio and I always thought they were kind of rare.
 
Would it be wise to polish the specimen in my pics above?
How does one polish one? Using a Rock Tumbler? Or have it professionally done?




 
Why, as a matter of fact, Mrs. Ples & Taung Child. 😛

I'm a PhD student in paleontology (paleoanthropology, more specifically), so I don't own any fossils (they all go to the lab I work out of - not into my pocket). But I've worked with a few famous specimens. 🙂
 
Petrified wood, pine cones.
Ice age wood (carbonized but not petrified)
fossil fish
trilobites
stromatolites from all over the place
crinoids
bryozoans
gastropods
bivalves
cephlopods
shark teeth
ray teeth
bison
turtle
mammoth bones and tusk
cat tooth
whale bone

Probably a bunch I'm forgetting.




 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Would it be wise to polish the specimen in my pics above?
How does one polish one? Using a Rock Tumbler? Or have it professionally done?
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You specimens aren't good candidates for a tumbler, too many nooks and crannies for the polishing media to cake into so you'd end up with some polished surfaces and some rough surfaces. It might still look cool that way. Your pieces are pretty big too so you might want to find a local lapidary club and see if you can use their tumbler instead of trying to buy one of the size you'd need.
 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Would it be wise to polish the specimen in my pics above?
How does one polish one? Using a Rock Tumbler? Or have it professionally done?
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Let me get this straight: you want your wood polished and are wondering whether to handle it yourself or pay someone else to? Maybe you have a friend that can do it or you could meet a nice geologist? 😉

Strike geologist... make that a lapidary (thanks ironwing) 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Auric
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Would it be wise to polish the specimen in my pics above?
How does one polish one? Using a Rock Tumbler? Or have it professionally done?
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Let me get this straight: you want your wood polished and are wondering whether to handle it yourself or pay someone else to? Maybe you have a friend that can do it or you could meet a nice geologist? 😉
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Geologists do make the bed rock.
 
Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: Auric
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Would it be wise to polish the specimen in my pics above?
How does one polish one? Using a Rock Tumbler? Or have it professionally done?
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Let me get this straight: you want your wood polished and are wondering whether to handle it yourself or pay someone else to? Maybe you have a friend that can do it or you could meet a nice geologist? 😉
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Geologists do make the bed rock.
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WILMA!!!!!!!

Thanks for the info.

 
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