Preparing a chunky ammonite

This Catacoeloceras ammonite was found on a recent trip to Ravenscar and dates back to the Jurassic period 180(ish) million years ago. Prepared with a Maia airscribe.

[@gottacrackemall4713]

Nice one Andrew , the prep work is coming along nicely, thank you for the video 👍⚒️

[@dinoskool]

Thanks for the kind words. Always more to learn and improve, but it's slowly getting there with lots of hours of prep!

[@MrLandphill]

awesome video thanks

[@dinoskool]

Glad you liked it!

[@fallznl]

This was nice to watch! How long did it took you to work on this one?

[@dinoskool]

I think it came in at around 1.5hrs. Was longer than I would have liked, but when the matrix is sticky it just takes a lot longer especially in the details and in the middle

[@nirvanamadpaul]

Morning... Any tips for hildi mouth boarders? Just going through your videos looking for tips on how to progress

[@dinoskool]

Can't say I've got a definitive answer as I'm still learning myself the best ways to do things. I treat the border like it's a broken section and don't prep towards it with the bigger tips as I fear it's going to break the edges of the shell off when the matrix pops. I tend to prep parallel to the border with the bigger tips then swap to smaller for tidying (kind of the same for all detail work). A lot of the pros then grind out the matrix from within the borders to make it more hollow.

[@nirvanamadpaul]

@@dinoskool it's a daunting task.. Pin and chisel tip got me to the outline..... Time to grind I guess..