Humbugged Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 The old several million year old type of fossil, not the soi 7 beer garden type. Any ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob8891 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Dunno..... but there is a shed-load of old fossils in TV..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittychangchang Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Dunno..... but there is a shed-load of old fossils in TV..... Beat me to the punchline there Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob8891 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 ......and it shouldn't be too hard to find skeletons in LOS.... many cupboards are full of them.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastguy Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 As stated above a high % of Thai girls working in tourist resorts are fossil hunters.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 ......and it shouldn't be too hard to find skeletons in LOS.... many cupboards are full of them.................. Some have grasshoppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) But seriously.... Any ? I have a collection. I just bought a rock....cost a lot. Edited December 9, 2012 by Humbugged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rak sa_ngop Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 How about posting some photos. Might get some serious replies then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenervoussurgeon Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I know a girl that collects diamonds ,do they count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 I know a girl that collects diamonds ,do they count? Do they match her eyes ? Attempting to download some photos....blattery flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene123 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I thought all the bar girls in Pattaya were "fossil" collectors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Here is 3 of the dozen or so we have... Circa 65/200 million years old so they say.....supposedly the rarest gem on earth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) edit Edited December 9, 2012 by chiangmaikelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Not a collector but they look nice Humbugged. Where did ya get em from? and how much? That shell looks beautiful and is that a T rex tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Not a collector but they look nice Humbugged. Where did ya get em from? and how much? That shell looks beautiful and is that a T rex tooth? Got all those from Thailand...bought, not fossicking myself. Have a guess at the prices ? Fun for all the family. The tooth is a prehistoric shark, big sucker huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedghog Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 If you want to sell. Hong Kong,and America is the best market,not sure about export laws though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Dont want to sell, just got them. But was thinking to go to HK to look at some others, not the ammolite ones as I would gather they are expensive their....but some other types I have read for sale there. Export from here is no issue apparently as long as the first export permits were gained from the original location and it does have its registration number for export from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Fascinating topic. Forgive my ignorance, but I didn't think that the geology of Thailand lent itself to fossils. Ok, sure, I know of the discovery of miocene ape like fossils up in Northern Thailand, but aside from that, I am clueless, and I only found out when I was insulted by someone. I had to go and look up the reference to know what he meant. I know that parts of Russia, China , and North America are a fossil collectors dream. Had no idea there were people with this hobby in Thailand. Where would one go to find the best fossils? Do they even have musuems that hold fossils in Thailand? Edited December 9, 2012 by geriatrickid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Not a collector but they look nice Humbugged. Where did ya get em from? and how much? That shell looks beautiful and is that a T rex tooth? Got all those from Thailand...bought, not fossicking myself. Have a guess at the prices ? Fun for all the family. The tooth is a prehistoric shark, big sucker huh. That's what the old dudes do in Florida; look for shark's teeth on the beach before off to the pub with the best early bird dinner specials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Fascinating topic. Forgive my ignorance, but I didn't think that the geology of Thailand lent itself to fossils. Ok, sure, I know of the discovery of miocene ape like fossils up in Northern Thailand, but aside from that, I am clueless, and I only found out when I was insulted by someone. I had to go and look up the reference to know what he meant. I know that parts of Russia, China , and North America are a fossil collectors dream. Had no idea there were people with this hobby in Thailand. Where would one go to find the best fossils? Do they even have musuems that hold fossils in Thailand? The ones I posted were not found in Thailand...although other fossils can be. there are a few dinosaur spots around los, near loeis I think is one, we have been to a dinosaur footprint site and a fossil dig site. Also near Korat is a petrified wood museum and the korat area you find a lot of petrified wood apparently. I found one log in an aquarium shop for 200b and another really nice carved piece in Burma. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rak sa_ngop Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 There was a recent thread about fossil shops in Bangkok. Might be worthwhile taking your fossils down to the House of Gems for their opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Not a collector but they look nice Humbugged. Where did ya get em from? and how much? That shell looks beautiful and is that a T rex tooth? Got all those from Thailand...bought, not fossicking myself. Have a guess at the prices ? Fun for all the family. The tooth is a prehistoric shark, big sucker huh. Ok, Id guess perhaps 30k baht for the toothie and around the same for that shell. Is that shell the same pic that has the opal looking colour through it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 As stated above a high % of Thai girls working in tourist resorts are fossil hunters.. some are themself but refurbished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Not a collector but they look nice Humbugged. Where did ya get em from? and how much? That shell looks beautiful and is that a T rex tooth? Got all those from Thailand...bought, not fossicking myself. Have a guess at the prices ? Fun for all the family. The tooth is a prehistoric shark, big sucker huh. Ok, Id guess perhaps 30k baht for the toothie and around the same for that shell. Is that shell the same pic that has the opal looking colour through it? Not correct on either. The first pic is an ammonite shell in its original condition as it comes out of the ground. The 4th and 5th pic are a similar shell, but the outer shell has been polished off revealing the opalised colours underneath. The red bands are also just a thin shell, but the give the illusion of the red penetrating right through to the middle. The other pics with the iridescent colour is the same type of shell, but formed differently in a different unique area with conditions just right over millions of years to 'opalise' and preserve the whole shell. So there is 3 different shells there, same type of shell, different stage and one megaladon shark tooth. But....I'll sell you the tooth for that price if you likey ? Edited December 9, 2012 by Humbugged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackArtemis Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Very nice, when I was in the US I would go fossiling and get ferns and trilobites. Lots of trilobites in Pennsylvania, you could easily find 20 in an afternoon. I have a degree in biology with a minor in geology, so this stuff is right up my alley. No idea what the prices would be here in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Not a collector but they look nice Humbugged. Where did ya get em from? and how much? That shell looks beautiful and is that a T rex tooth? Got all those from Thailand...bought, not fossicking myself. Have a guess at the prices ? Fun for all the family. The tooth is a prehistoric shark, big sucker huh. Ok, Id guess perhaps 30k baht for the toothie and around the same for that shell. Is that shell the same pic that has the opal looking colour through it? http://www.lowcountr...16/Default.aspx Prehistoric shark's teeth are very common you can collect 50 in an hour on some beaches in Florida. Maybe 1000 baht for a really big one. Sharks have 3000 teeth at one time 30,000 in a lifetime. Edited December 9, 2012 by chiangmaikelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Very nice, when I was in the US I would go fossiling and get ferns and trilobites. Lots of trilobites in Pennsylvania, you could easily find 20 in an afternoon. I have a degree in biology with a minor in geology, so this stuff is right up my alley. No idea what the prices would be here in Thailand Have read about the ease of finding tuff in America and the beaches or ocean cliffs in some parts of the UK. There is a spot in Oz I plan to take my kids for some hunting one day if we can get around to it, it is quite isolated though. I remember finding some plants as a kid bashing rocks open on the coast back home, never kept one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Not a collector but they look nice Humbugged. Where did ya get em from? and how much? That shell looks beautiful and is that a T rex tooth? Got all those from Thailand...bought, not fossicking myself. Have a guess at the prices ? Fun for all the family. The tooth is a prehistoric shark, big sucker huh. Ok, Id guess perhaps 30k baht for the toothie and around the same for that shell. Is that shell the same pic that has the opal looking colour through it? Not correct on either. The first pic is an ammonite shell in its original condition as it comes out of the ground. The 4th and 5th pic are a similar shell, but the outer shell has been polished off revealing the opalised colours underneath. The red bands are also just a thin shell, but the give the illusion of the red penetrating right through to the middle. The other pics with the iridescent colour is the same type of shell, but formed differently in a different unique area with conditions just right over millions of years to 'opalise' and preserve the whole shell. So there is 3 different shells there, same type of shell, different stage and one megaladon shark tooth. But....I'll sell you the tooth for that price if you likey ? no worries just charge it to my credit card, heres the numbers1234567890 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humbugged Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Whats the security code on the back....cannot fool me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breville Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 My wife collects gold and fossils. So far she has collected a truck-load of gold and one 55 yo Australian fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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