I'm a layman to fossil preparation. I only like to watch it. I also love the air scribing technology, which I think is amazing. According to ZOIC, "...the combination of our T-Rex (powerful) and Microraptor (precision) is an absolute winner, allowing for some incredible prep work." What do you think?

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I kept wanting to tell you to work the removal away from the fossil itself rather than blowing towards it. I enjoyed it though. I have a downright fetish for trilobites and their lunar analogs.

I too am about to get fossilized in my dirt. I need to get a shower.

Damn they're hot

Regarding the underside; are you sure this isn't a molted shell, rather than an actual animal?

Really good video! Definitely helps to know the anatomy. Now as a fat man, I have to wonder if trilobites tasted like crab😂

All I could think is once it popped out of the matrix he should have flipped it over. That side would have been perfect thanks to nature ;)

Beautiful work man. I can sympathize

I treasure things like these, if i only knew One could & How, and that i enjoyed this as much as i do .... {{sigh}} I'm a Sloth when it comes to information; Finding, Learning & Remembering. right about Prep info, but - more cometh. tho i have no equipment nor 'fossils', (maybe) yet, I Will remember this . .. for now. lol *Thanks!*

Zach, you still around? I want to connect with you. I’m just not sure how to do it lol

I live in Utah. Great place for all sorts of fossils. Thanks for the informative video! I doubt I’ll ever do something like prepare a fossil(too shaky), but it is fascinating to watch. And I love to learn new things.

amazing! i have a ton of trilobites from the same area that i need to clean up. thanks for sharing this!

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I actually use a dremel tool myself with a carbonized wire brush. It keeps the fossils black and removes the matrix around the fossil nicely… at least that is my experience with it

What is this preparation device?

They are related to horseshoe crabs.

The next time you get mad at someone and you slap their face, and they tell you that they don't like it.... Trilobite.

How long was the lifespan of a trilobite ?

Oh wow, I think I just found a relic!

Where I live it's easy to find fossiles from the cretatious: shark teeth, zee-egels, shells etc. I would love to spend a day in that wheeler shale though... trilobites. I have to buy them...a bit jealeous I am

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do you have any fall vidios id love to watch a fule 4-6 houers of this

Great video.

How is such a pneumatic hammer called? Where to look for it?

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If I had that kind of instruments when I was a 13y old fossil hunter.... One time I found the fossilized shoreline of about 235 millions years old beach full of cracked shells in Cene (italy) along the river bed, that place is full of fossilized little shells and sure much more, the problem is that rock is really really fragile.

Wow! I don't have anything close to what you have lol

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Nice video. Thank you.

use dolomite powder dude. the mohs hardness of alumina is harder than any fossils I know.

I've gotten some really nice specimens from that formation. Never hunted there,but ordered some shale from Utah rich in trilobites and Brachiopods. Waiting on my CP air scribe to arrive Wednesday to excavate the fossils out. Don't have an air abrasive yet still in market for a nice affordable one.

Nice videos. Thanks for sharing. What nozzle diameter to use?

may I ask you -how much is the smallest fassel you worked on in the video.am doing research with my kid.

How can I get that airpen?

9:30 how can i get that pen?

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Hiya Zachster! Nice vidz, thank you! As a newbie myself, I am about to start my air blasting (gently as per your videos!) and am really interested in the pen you are using to sand blast with? - not the air chisel or other preparation pen, the actual pen that emits the abrasive material. It looks nice and small? I only have a Hobbyists type of gun - more an airbrush really with a tiny gravity feed tub on top for the oxide etch. All the other blasting equipment that I have seen is for Garage use and way too big and powerful for any delicate fossils. I have a shedload of ammonites about 3 to 5 inches across that have been prepped with my pins and chisels, I now need to get blasting gently. Any chance of a link or something to what you use please? Maybe a picture of the 'gun-end' of your setup would help me as well? Thanks very much, Yours Sincerely, Steve Barnett (London UK)

You should make videos again! This channel is really neat. :D

love collecting trilobites from the wheeler!! one of the most fossiliferous formations there is!

Is this a original trilobite fossill or a cast of a fossil for learning????

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Why did the little trilobite have to go? They stayed together for millions of years, so why not keep them together??? Such a shame...

Interesting video! Yet I think it would be better if you dropped the music and instead let us hear only the sound of the tools you're using.

I have some of these fossils. I have let the rain loosen the rocks. Can you show how to do this with just your left hand? I had a stroke when I was a kid. My right arm is very weak.

Trilobites, an aquatic arthropod similar to the horseshoe crab.

Great video. Great job.