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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic What's this spooky fossil? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 5 months ago
7 years, 5 months ago7 years, 5 months agoFun forum thread, @llundgren! I have insider knowledge about the tooth you posted, so I won’t answer because it feels like cheating 😉
@julie-niederkorn – Very nice jack-o-fossil (lol)! What kind of adhesive did you use to attach the teeth?
Below is my “spooky” fossil. The image is unfortunately fuzzy and lacking anything for scale (s…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner started the topic Fossil Specialties + Contacts in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 5 months ago
7 years, 5 months ago7 years, 5 months agoNeed specific help? Try contacting the following folks based upon their specialty:
General Fossil Help
Eleanor Gardner @egardner
Ronny Leder @rleder
Sean Moran @smoran
Sharon Holte @sholte
Jon Cartier @jon-cartier
Daniel Killam @daniel-killam
Justin Tweet @justin-tweet
Walter Stein @walter-stein
Dava Butler @dbutler
Invertebrates:
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Live Streaming During Fossil Club Meetings in the forum Ideas for New Forums 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months ago@egardner, @cathy-young, @david-clark, @cferrara The Dry Dredgers has not done live streaming. We do “tape” our speakers with permission. Years ago, back in the day of 10 minute limits on videos, our education chair put the talks on YouTube in multiple parts. That all ended when his son sat on his camcorder! We have another person tapin…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Live Streaming During Fossil Club Meetings in the forum Ideas for New Forums 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoThis is a very interesting concept, @cathy-young! Do you know how many people have viewed that livestream video on the DVPS Facebook page?
@jkallmeyer – Have the Dry Dredgers ever done anything like this? Would there be interest?
@cferrara – What about at Southwest Florida Fossil Society? Perhaps a way to reach more members?
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Curation of Personal Collections in the forum Digitizing, Photographing, and Curating Fossils 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months ago@egardner, @bheimbrock, @lcone, @lmccall, @cferrara, @llundgren I just wanted to let everyone know that starting this forum has made me do some thinking about labels. I was speaking with the Head of UC Preservation Services about paper and archival quality and that made me concerned about my labeling. I just bought some Hammermill acid free pa…[Read more]
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Victor Perez started the topic Mystery Fossil for National Fossil Day in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoHi Everyone! I found this fossil in Rattlesnake Creek here in Gainesville, FL after Hurricane Matthew. The way it’s broken makes it a tricky one to identify. Let me know what you think it is! I’ve uploaded photos from a few different angles to help you out. It’s about 2 cm vertical length.
@jnance@lcone@cferrara@acurrier@bostickkw@jon-cartier…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Curation of Personal Collections in the forum Digitizing, Photographing, and Curating Fossils 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoPosting on behalf of Lisa Lundgren –
“@jkallmeyer, having a discussion about curation of personal collections is a great idea. I wonder how different/similar other collectors’ systems are to yours. Is your system of curation used by other Dry Dredgers (@kyle-hartshorn, @bheimbrock etc.)? I’d love to hear feedback from others on this matter. Off…[Read more]
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Lisa Lundgren replied to the topic in the forum Chuck Ferrara 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months ago@jkallmeyer, having a discussion about curation of personal collections is a great idea. I wonder how different/similar other collectors’ systems are to yours. Is your system of curation used by other Dry Dredgers (@kyle-hartshorn, @bheimbrock etc.)? I’d love to hear feedback from others on this matter. Off the top of my head–@lmccall, @cferrara,…[Read more]
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic in the forum Chuck Ferrara 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months ago@egardner, @lmccall, @lcone, @cferrara OK, I’ll start with my own example.
First of all, in my area we have lots of fossils so there is always duplication and multiple specimens of the same species from a given location. After 30 years of collecting, the numbers get large. A few years back I donated the bulk of my collection to Ohio Un…[Read more]
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Jack Kallmeyer started the topic in the forum Ideas for New Forums 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months ago@egardner, @lmccall, @lcone, @cferrara
I suggest that we start a Forum for discussion of techniques for curation of our personal collections.
Even though many of us donate fossils to institutions, we still maintain a personal collection for some prized specimens. Curating a personal collection is vitally important to the future utility of your…[Read more]
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Lisa Lundgren replied to the topic FOSSIL Webinar Series in the forum Upcoming Opportunities 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months ago@cgrant Here’s a few iterations of the flyer for @bmacfadden‘s upcoming webinar on Field Notes. The first one (Field Notes 101 Flyer) is better for distributing to individuals, the second one (Field Notes 101_v2) is better for social media, like Facebook. It fits with Facebook’s standards for amount of text to image ratio, so it can be “boosted”…[Read more]
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Lisa Lundgren replied to the topic Which one is the real deal? in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months ago@joyce-drakeford, @cferrara, @lynn-moore, @lmccall, @denise-porcello, @dmitchell, @jkallmeyer, @daniel-peters, @don-muller, @julie-niederkorn, @lcone, @tmorgan
Check out Bruce’s post on the first page of posts–he’s (@bmacfadden) revealed the secret! -
Lisa Lundgren replied to the topic Which one is the real deal? in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months agoWhoa, they both look so similar. I didn’t look for very long, but they look exactly the same to me! What are some elements you notice that make you think the left one is real (@cferrara, @lynn-moore, @joyce-drakeford) and what are things that make you think the right one is real (@lmccall)?
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Which one is the real deal? in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months agoThis is a fun little test! Which one in Bruce’s picture do you think is the real fossil?
Let’s see who gets it right! 😉
@lcone, @joyce-drakeford, @cferrara, @mary-harbison, @julie-niederkorn, @tmorgan, @lmccall, @lynn-moore, @denise-porcello, @jkallmeyer, @acurrier, @daniel-peters, @cindy-lockner, @gail-fazzina, @jan-pullum, @michael-reagin, @j…[Read more]
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Tricia Jackson posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months ago@cferrara Heading to Fort Myers Florida in a few weeks any suggestions on where to go fossil hunting? Tips, locations? @tricia-jackson
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Fort Myers Florida in the forum Ideas for New Forums 7 years, 7 months ago
7 years, 7 months ago7 years, 7 months agoHi, @tricia-jackson! Great question! Chuck Ferrara (@cferrara), president of the Southwest Florida Fossil Society, should be able to give you some great tips! Other folks who live in the Fort Myers region include @gail-fazzina, @paul-fazzina, @walter-stein, @scoller, @ddeyo, and @zdeyo.
I hope you have a great time! 🙂
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic edisto river finds in the forum Pictures In The Field 7 years, 9 months ago
7 years, 9 months ago7 years, 9 months agoHi Chuck (@cferrara) –
Unfortunately, it looks like your photos were too large and therefore did not upload to the forum. However, you sent me a few photos via text message so I’ll try uploading them here on your behalf 🙂 Thanks for starting this topic thread and please keep the photos coming! In order to shrink your photos in future, you…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Fossils or Carbonate feature? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 10 months ago
7 years, 10 months ago7 years, 10 months agoI agree with Victor’s assessment. Chuck (@cferrara), Gail (@gail-fazzina), Paul (@paul-fazzina), and Sue (@scoller) — have you found specimens like this in southwest FL?
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Victor Perez replied to the topic Photos from Belgrade PaleoBlitz in the forum PaleoBlitz Forum 7 years, 10 months ago
7 years, 10 months ago7 years, 10 months agoHi everyone! Sorry I’ve been inactive lately, I’ve been traveling a lot recently. Here are some pictures from a recent trip to the Peace River with the Southwest Florida Fossil Society. I’ll post better images of my favorites on the Fossil tab. @cferrara@walter-stein
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 7 years, 10 months ago
7 years, 10 months ago7 years, 10 months agoDon’t forget to share pictures from your adventures in the Belgrade quarry, everybody! We would love to see what you found. 🙂
@bmacfadden, @cferrara, @lcone, @don-muller, @donrideout, @joyce-drakeford
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