In the fossil community, there has been much discussion about the connection between amateur and professional paleontologists, especially in light of new legislation that may restrict amateur collecting opportunities on government land. This blog post will not venture into the debate about that, but rather will focus on a recent example of collaboration between amateurs
In the fossil community, there has been much discussion about the connection between amateur and professional paleontologists, especially in light of new legislation that may restrict amateur collecting opportunities on government land. This blog post will not venture into the debate about that, but rather will focus on a recent example of collaboration between amateurs
December 30th 2015 we were contacted by former Dry Dredger Dan Woehr asking if we wanted to accompany him to a road cut in Sulphur, Indiana. Since the weather was nice and this site presents Mississippian strata, this would be an opportunity to collect a different set of fossils. The road cut is along
In a previous blog, I introduced the vast array of fossils that are available at the Tucson Show (late January-February). I thought it might be of interest to share the new specimens added to my collection as a result of the 2016 show. In that previous blog, I mentioned a room full of Russian
While the cold weather, ice, and snow in the Midwest may limit outdoor fossil hunting opportunities, the determined collector can still find new material to fight off the winter blues. It’s called retail therapy. To that end, I journey to the Tucson Show. It is actually many overlapping events running for several weeks in
