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Cleaning an Ammonoid Fossil
Watch as I try to clean up an Ammonoid fossil! It has a much harder matrix then he trilobites that I have been working on so I have to use mechanical methods to finish this one. I only have an air scribe right now. Unfortunately finishing this fossil will have to wait.
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Episode 4: My favorite Trilobite
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Hello everyone! I would appreciate it if you would make sure to subscribe so you don't miss any new videos! And share this video with other people who are fossil enthusiasts! Welcome! I just finished working on my favorite trilobite! It looks quite nice, but it was not with out some learning opportunities (some of you call them mistakes lol) watch it and learn more about how I got it too look s...
Quickisode: Trilobite Anatomy
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Learn about Trilobite Anatomy, so you can follow right along with me while I work on trilobite fossils!
Fossil prep blog episode 3
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I learned that if you use air abrasive that it is a good idea to blow parallel to grooves and lines. This way the ridges don't take too much of a beating while you remove the matrix!
Quickisode: The Bucket
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Ever wanted to know how to build a dust trap for $20 or less? Watch this and you will know how! Wanted to know how they work? Watch this and you will know how! lol. I did not invent this. I was asked to build this and I thought that I would share with you what I did. Here is the link for the instructions I followed: www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=65.0 Thanks user : goodfellow! It work...
Fossil Prep Blog Episode 2: Different Pressures Help Expose the Fossil
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Watch as I use the sandblasting machine to carefully expose some trilobite fossils! I learn that different pressures on the sandblasting machine are helpful and can be used to deal with lots of matrix with out damaging the fossil. Watch the last episode here: ua-cam.com/video/sS_wvF4v2VE/v-deo.html Check out my blog at: www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/blog/165-fossil-preparation-blog/
Fossil Preparation of Trilobites!
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Look at what I am doing for fossil prep! Come learn with me! I show you what rock I will be working on, the tools and set up I have access to, and how I work the rock and how I clean the fossils! I am new to this and want to become skilled in fossil Prep! Learn what I did and what worked and what didn't.

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  • @badbuhdavic7088
    @badbuhdavic7088 15 днів тому

    All fake

  • @markdamico4608
    @markdamico4608 15 днів тому

    I kept wanting to tell you to work the removal away from the fossil itself rather than blowing towards it. I enjoyed it though. I have a downright fetish for trilobites and their lunar analogs.

  • @drumstick-marblebag
    @drumstick-marblebag 4 місяці тому

    I too am about to get fossilized in my dirt. I need to get a shower.

  • @gruen-zariya9253
    @gruen-zariya9253 6 місяців тому

    Damn they're hot

  • @AJenbo
    @AJenbo 9 місяців тому

    Regarding the underside; are you sure this isn't a molted shell, rather than an actual animal?

  • @unoleagotiya5583
    @unoleagotiya5583 9 місяців тому

    Really good video! Definitely helps to know the anatomy. Now as a fat man, I have to wonder if trilobites tasted like crab😂

  • @silvertortoise3776
    @silvertortoise3776 Рік тому

    All I could think is once it popped out of the matrix he should have flipped it over. That side would have been perfect thanks to nature ;)

  • @BigCountryCatz
    @BigCountryCatz Рік тому

    Beautiful work man. I can sympathize

  • @kareno8634
    @kareno8634 Рік тому

    I treasure things like these, if i only knew One could & How, and that i enjoyed this as much as i do .... {{sigh}} I'm a Sloth when it comes to information; Finding, Learning & Remembering. right about Prep info, but - more cometh. tho i have no equipment nor 'fossils', (maybe) yet, I Will remember this . .. for now. lol *Thanks!*

  • @jessicawirick923
    @jessicawirick923 2 роки тому

    Zach, you still around? I want to connect with you. I’m just not sure how to do it lol

  • @valiantwarrior4517
    @valiantwarrior4517 2 роки тому

    I live in Utah. Great place for all sorts of fossils. Thanks for the informative video! I doubt I’ll ever do something like prepare a fossil(too shaky), but it is fascinating to watch. And I love to learn new things.

  • @mmar1154
    @mmar1154 2 роки тому

    amazing! i have a ton of trilobites from the same area that i need to clean up. thanks for sharing this!

  • @user-np5tf4rp3c
    @user-np5tf4rp3c 2 роки тому

    ua-cam.com/video/YcHSFrk0Rzs/v-deo.html

  • @turbo95912
    @turbo95912 2 роки тому

    I actually use a dremel tool myself with a carbonized wire brush. It keeps the fossils black and removes the matrix around the fossil nicely… at least that is my experience with it

    • @spencerhansen8374
      @spencerhansen8374 2 роки тому

      That's exactly what I used, fossil is nice and shiney and the matrix is softer and removes decently easy. Would've been cool to have the tool that broke up the rock to find them though, I just used a rock hammer to split the layers and find what I could.

  • @korbendalas1468
    @korbendalas1468 2 роки тому

    What is this preparation device?

  • @CounselorJerryH
    @CounselorJerryH 2 роки тому

    They are related to horseshoe crabs.

  • @Titan52berg
    @Titan52berg 2 роки тому

    The next time you get mad at someone and you slap their face, and they tell you that they don't like it.... Trilobite.

  • @thomaslangtry3771
    @thomaslangtry3771 2 роки тому

    How long was the lifespan of a trilobite ?

  • @Constantine_Cvl8
    @Constantine_Cvl8 2 роки тому

    Oh wow, I think I just found a relic!

  • @hubertwillems5096
    @hubertwillems5096 2 роки тому

    Where I live it's easy to find fossiles from the cretatious: shark teeth, zee-egels, shells etc. I would love to spend a day in that wheeler shale though... trilobites. I have to buy them...a bit jealeous I am

  • @paxpopulusalexpatriotegpi9848
    @paxpopulusalexpatriotegpi9848 3 роки тому

    ☝️👓😇🐢 Perfect Democracy

  • @alphageegee
    @alphageegee 3 роки тому

    do you have any fall vidios id love to watch a fule 4-6 houers of this

  • @almontepaolilli7531
    @almontepaolilli7531 3 роки тому

    Great video.

  • @lukaszbajger9435
    @lukaszbajger9435 3 роки тому

    How is such a pneumatic hammer called? Where to look for it?

  • @korea-aliexpress
    @korea-aliexpress 3 роки тому

    good

  • @SirPano85
    @SirPano85 3 роки тому

    If I had that kind of instruments when I was a 13y old fossil hunter.... One time I found the fossilized shoreline of about 235 millions years old beach full of cracked shells in Cene (italy) along the river bed, that place is full of fossilized little shells and sure much more, the problem is that rock is really really fragile.

  • @violetmurphy5177
    @violetmurphy5177 3 роки тому

    Wow! I don't have anything close to what you have lol

  • @somaimandi7391
    @somaimandi7391 3 роки тому

    Thanks you

  • @somaimandi7391
    @somaimandi7391 3 роки тому

    Thanks you

  • @thomasbiel7741
    @thomasbiel7741 3 роки тому

    Nice video. Thank you.

  • @Haydy5040
    @Haydy5040 4 роки тому

    use dolomite powder dude. the mohs hardness of alumina is harder than any fossils I know.

  • @fearlessroofer8458
    @fearlessroofer8458 4 роки тому

    I've gotten some really nice specimens from that formation. Never hunted there,but ordered some shale from Utah rich in trilobites and Brachiopods. Waiting on my CP air scribe to arrive Wednesday to excavate the fossils out. Don't have an air abrasive yet still in market for a nice affordable one.

  • @domingotolos3210
    @domingotolos3210 4 роки тому

    Nice videos. Thanks for sharing. What nozzle diameter to use?

  • @meetmethere456
    @meetmethere456 4 роки тому

    may I ask you -how much is the smallest fassel you worked on in the video.am doing research with my kid.

  • @fossil_holic
    @fossil_holic 4 роки тому

    How can I get that airpen?

  • @fossil_holic
    @fossil_holic 4 роки тому

    9:30 how can i get that pen?

  • @ankylosaur1723
    @ankylosaur1723 4 роки тому

    we miss you! come back!

  • @nobbys007
    @nobbys007 4 роки тому

    Hiya Zachster! Nice vidz, thank you! As a newbie myself, I am about to start my air blasting (gently as per your videos!) and am really interested in the pen you are using to sand blast with? - not the air chisel or other preparation pen, the actual pen that emits the abrasive material. It looks nice and small? I only have a Hobbyists type of gun - more an airbrush really with a tiny gravity feed tub on top for the oxide etch. All the other blasting equipment that I have seen is for Garage use and way too big and powerful for any delicate fossils. I have a shedload of ammonites about 3 to 5 inches across that have been prepped with my pins and chisels, I now need to get blasting gently. Any chance of a link or something to what you use please? Maybe a picture of the 'gun-end' of your setup would help me as well? Thanks very much, Yours Sincerely, Steve Barnett (London UK)

  • @mannys9130
    @mannys9130 4 роки тому

    You should make videos again! This channel is really neat. :D

  • @KayentaRojo
    @KayentaRojo 4 роки тому

    love collecting trilobites from the wheeler!! one of the most fossiliferous formations there is!

  • @NaveenKumar-ys6gl
    @NaveenKumar-ys6gl 4 роки тому

    Is this a original trilobite fossill or a cast of a fossil for learning????

  • @necmettincelik7457
    @necmettincelik7457 4 роки тому

    Bu kadar kolay değildir

  • @necmettincelik7457
    @necmettincelik7457 4 роки тому

    Bu kadar çok şey ifade ettiklerini anlasınlar

  • @necmettincelik7457
    @necmettincelik7457 4 роки тому

    From Türkiye bravo

  • @Zoydian
    @Zoydian 4 роки тому

    Why did the little trilobite have to go? They stayed together for millions of years, so why not keep them together??? Such a shame...

  • @Zoydian
    @Zoydian 4 роки тому

    Interesting video! Yet I think it would be better if you dropped the music and instead let us hear only the sound of the tools you're using.

  • @26snoopy82
    @26snoopy82 5 років тому

    I have some of these fossils. I have let the rain loosen the rocks. Can you show how to do this with just your left hand? I had a stroke when I was a kid. My right arm is very weak.

    • @Billavsfan
      @Billavsfan 4 роки тому

      I have seen videos and read of using sand bags to secure the sample being worked on. The idea is to allow both hands to be used on a sample, but this may help in your situation as well.

  • @kaitokofuku6500
    @kaitokofuku6500 5 років тому

    Trilobites, an aquatic arthropod similar to the horseshoe crab.

    • @kareno8634
      @kareno8634 Рік тому

      Hi! so glad someone said this. : }

  • @almontepaolilli4909
    @almontepaolilli4909 5 років тому

    Great video. Great job.

  • @MargoSki1959
    @MargoSki1959 5 років тому

    Thank You!!! 👩‍🍳🇵🇱🇺🇸