First spread specimen I've done! How'd I do? Xylotrupes gideon. I know the wings could've went higher but I was nervous and kinda rushing it

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 1 day ago

do NOT be fooled by his size and dapperness...he will give you an ouchie if you touch him

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 8 days ago

Bottles like these are sparse around the woods by my house, but I finally found (parts of) one! "Chattanooga" and "stel..."

Still can't find another complete one, let alone multiple in the same place. I had to go deeper in the woods than I usually go to find this one, farther than I've ever found bottles from this era, so hopefully I can find the spot these are all coming from

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 9 days ago

Picked up these two beauties from Goodwill a few days ago! Any help confirming the age of them?

Google lens says the goblet was made by Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Co. and dates back to the 1890s to 1903, and the design is hearts of loch leven. The other piece is supposedly by Westmoreland Glass Company and dates back to the 1910s to the 1920s, and the pattern is Thumbelina. It was also reproduced sometime after the 1950s to 1980s. Are these ages correct, and are they both originals?

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 11 days ago
▲ 37 r/fossils

My first eurypterid fossil! Eurypterus lacustris head from the Silurian of New York

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 1 month ago
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Got some new trilobites! Ordered a plate with two Ampyxina bellatula and the seller was kind enough to include two Aphelaspis brachyphasis as well!

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 2 months ago

What is this? From a local freshwater creek with a small pool. Looks like a worm encased in sediment with only its head poking out? Maybe less than half a cm long

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 2 months ago
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Mid morning Prionus

Thought he was a roach at first! I was scared he was gonna bite me (he actually nipped my right pointer finger a little bit) so that's why I'm holding him so awkwardly.

u/Ok-Yam-5833 — 2 months ago