Comments on: 6-year-old finds rare fossil http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 13:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1214425 Mister44 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1214425 All I've found lately are ichnofossils of worm or arthropod burrows. :o/ Not nearly as exciting, but man, I have found a ton of them in a small area. All I’ve found lately are ichnofossils of worm or arthropod burrows. :o/

Not nearly as exciting, but man, I have found a ton of them in a small area.

]]> By: Christopher Shepherd http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1214317 Christopher Shepherd Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1214317 ))(( ))((

]]> By: Soliloquy http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1214155 Soliloquy Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1214155 She's going to have the best Show & Tell at school ever. She’s going to have the best Show & Tell at school ever.

]]> By: CountZero http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1214018 CountZero Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1214018 I used to find fossils when I was only a little older than she is, usually belemnites in gravel dug from the same area, but occasionally sea urchin or chrinoid sections in the local limestone. I've got some nice ammonites still kicking around somewhere as well. She's a lucky little girl, finding a fossil as spectacular as that, and she's from my home town, Chippenham in Wiltshire as well, which is rather neat, too. I used to find fossils when I was only a little older than she is, usually belemnites in gravel dug from the same area, but occasionally sea urchin or chrinoid sections in the local limestone. I’ve got some nice ammonites still kicking around somewhere as well. She’s a lucky little girl, finding a fossil as spectacular as that, and she’s from my home town, Chippenham in Wiltshire as well, which is rather neat, too.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1213786 Rich Keller Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1213786 What a great find! Whether or not she decides to stick with paleontology, this is something she'll never forget. Wasn't there an ammmonite in the Nemesis video? She reminds me a little bit of Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen. I'm not sure which one, though, I always mix them up. What a great find! Whether or not she decides to stick with paleontology, this is something she’ll never forget. Wasn’t there an ammmonite in the Nemesis video?

She reminds me a little bit of Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen. I’m not sure which one, though, I always mix them up.

]]> By: fraac http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1213768 fraac Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1213768 I found lots of small ammonites at Lyme Regis. Some other guy found a dinosaur patella. He was really proud but I was more impressed with complete tiny ammonites. "That's not even a full animal!" I didn't say to him. I found lots of small ammonites at Lyme Regis. Some other guy found a dinosaur patella. He was really proud but I was more impressed with complete tiny ammonites. “That’s not even a full animal!” I didn’t say to him.

]]> By: fraac http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1213715 fraac Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1213715 I like getting mucky. Tee hee! I like getting mucky. Tee hee!

]]> By: Patrick Byrne http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1213717 Patrick Byrne Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1213717 Well one time I found an arrow head...that's cooler then a bone right? Right guys? ...OK I'm jealous. Well one time I found an arrow head…that’s cooler then a bone right?

Right guys?

…OK I’m jealous.

]]> By: MatthewKrohn http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1213711 MatthewKrohn Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1213711 OK, that's not a dinosaur fossil either, but it's still off by more than a million years. OK, that’s not a dinosaur fossil either, but it’s still off by more than a million years.

]]> By: MatthewKrohn http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1213709 MatthewKrohn Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1213709 *hyperventilates*  The anchor said she's living the archaeologist's dream!  ARCHAEOLOGISTS DON'T DIG DINOSAURS *hyperventilates*  The anchor said she’s living the archaeologist’s dream!  ARCHAEOLOGISTS DON’T DIG DINOSAURS

]]> By: Spitty Sumo http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/6-year-old-finds-rare-fossil.html#comment-1213704 Spitty Sumo Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117723#comment-1213704 as someone who used to dig up rocks and such out of my parents' and grandparents' yards, please allow me to be the first to express my envy and admiration! i loved dinosaurs (still do) and always hoped i'd find bones or fossils. i got all excited once thinking i'd found some indian pottery, but it was just some old sewer/water pipe. :( i did eventually get to find come civil war era stuff (and develop shoulder muscles) when i took an archaeology class in college, though! as someone who used to dig up rocks and such out of my parents’ and grandparents’ yards, please allow me to be the first to express my envy and admiration! i loved dinosaurs (still do) and always hoped i’d find bones or fossils. i got all excited once thinking i’d found some indian pottery, but it was just some old sewer/water pipe. :( i did eventually get to find come civil war era stuff (and develop shoulder muscles) when i took an archaeology class in college, though!

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