I am currently having troubles posting my photo. seems that I can't get an upload to the club url. chalk it up to an illiterate computer operator. Will keep ...
Hi everyone!<br>I've been thinking that I've not supported this club as well as I should. My excuse is that I've been very busy at work lately, and have had ...
Do "amateur" paleontologist (and archaeologist, for that matter) do more harm than good? Do these people destroy valuable artifacts, sites and materials and...
amateurs are definetly necesary to expand the knowledge gained from fossils.<br>think of how many valuble artifacts would never have been found if it wernt for...
Hi all,<br><br>I'm living in the Netherlands and collect fossils in the southern part of the country and in other European countries like France and ...
Hi all, long time since I visited:-). I also live in Australia & am finding it harder & harder to get to good fossil sites for various reasons. Some are ...
I think that amatuers should make every effort to share their findings with the "professionals" and the general public, especially if they find something ...
I agree fully on this.<br>When I am collecting (mostly at the sites described now on my website) I find it dissatisfying that all collectors just take the ...
I want to clarify a few things on the debate regarding the collection of "really old stuff": archaeological and paleontological remains. First and foremost, it...
My 2 cents in reply to skutumpah.<br>I agree with you on most of the points you clarified but my personal feelings as to the animosity b/w archaeologists & ...
Well said! I believe that many artifacts would never be discovered if it weren't for us "amatuers". In my area the Boy Scouts were chastised publically in the...
I agree with you.I sometimes wonder if some of these people (the so called Pros) are just angry that we (amatuers)can go out without a college degree and make...
Well, I am new to the club not Paleontology. I have loved the basis of paleontology all my life. I have studied Dinosaurs and Early Mammals since I was 3. I...
Hi GT, welcome to the club. Sounds like you are into dino's in a big way! They were the start of all my interests too but I never even got a book on them til...
Thanks for the welcome. What book did you get? Also, just to say something When college comes along for me, I am Trying to go to Montana State Cause that was...
Hi, the very first dino book I got for myself was "Discovering Dinosaurs-in the American Museum of Natural History". A good book I snapped up at a bargain...
Well Im new at this , been collecting for five years now and have learned much. I beleive that anyone that wants to collect should be able to ,even if they do...
It has been my experience that the museums and universities want fossils to be donated. I did that, and was told the 2,500 dollar value would be a tax...
As for me, I don't have any problem with anyone selling any fossils at all. If you put the work in to get a specimen & it was collected on public land or with...
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