That is most certainly a superb museum quality collection, with exquisite specimens, and offering wide variety from around the world it seems!
THANK YOU for the splendid tour!!!
Are you also a collector perhaps?
Are you also a collector perhaps?
As a Geologist, I have been known to pick up a rock or three from time to time. Mostly I have rock & mineral specimens from my field work, and not generally museum quality material such as you have, but rather sample/assay grade stuff.
Back in my college days, I was required to put together something of a fossil collection that I had all gathered myself, but it mostly consisted of nondescript corals, a few brachiopods, some asymmetric bivalves, trilobite fragments, some crinoid stems and likely a few others that I'm not remembering just now. Beyond that I do have a few sharks teeth, a mammoth tusk laminate and some giant ground sloth feces. Well, technically that last one isn't a fossil, even though it is from a wholly extinct species, but was preserved in dry desert air in a cave at the lower end of the Grand Canyon, which seems to have been this creatures den back in the Pleistocene. I have almost nothing on display, but rather most of it is in sample bags stored in ammo cans and 5 gallon buckets, a couple of collectable aviation gas can boxes (but that's another story) as well as just scattered around out in the yard.
Started to work on the honey do list. My wife with her bad knees wanted a hand rail on the basement stairs so after 11 years it is finally done [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Hay wait a minute, I just open my sanctuary to more frequent visit , O crap!!
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Excellent job on the handrail Edward.
And you most definitely have a sanctuary in your basement! 🤠
Are you also a collector perhaps?
As a Geologist, I have been known to pick up a rock or three from time to time. Mostly I have rock & mineral specimens from my field work, and not generally museum quality material such as you have, but rather sample/assay grade stuff.
Back in my college days, I was required to put together something of a fossil collection that I had all gathered myself, but it mostly consisted of nondescript corals, a few brachiopods, some asymmetric bivalves, trilobite fragments, some crinoid stems and likely a few others that I'm not remembering just now. Beyond that I do have a few sharks teeth, a mammoth tusk laminate and some giant ground sloth feces. Well, technically that last one isn't a fossil, even though it is from a wholly extinct species, but was preserved in dry desert air in a cave at the lower end of the Grand Canyon, which seems to have been this creatures den back in the Pleistocene. I have almost nothing on display, but rather most of it is in sample bags stored in ammo cans and 5 gallon buckets, a couple of collectable aviation gas can boxes (but that's another story) as well as just scattered around out in the yard.
Daniel:
You are a man of many talents and interests.
My wife is a rock hound. She does most of the finding and I assist with the Rock Tumbling. I suggested she bring the Rock Tumbler out to the country when she finishes her quarantine next Saturday. We will see.
We have a great rock shop in Dallas called the Rock Barrel. It has been operating since 1972. My wife is a frequent visitor. We visited it with Danny and his wife when they were with us in late January on our Road Trip.
https://www.rockbarrell.com/?page_id=27
Danny, the wine crate display case is exceptional. Your hard work has paid off in droves. Excellent work!
I wish I had known you are a fossil collector as well. I could have sent some Alabama fossils home with you. I find them quite often here at the compound when I'm moving soil. So many, in fact, that I have incorporated them into garden walls and parts of the garden railway. Most are just plant matter- ferns, trees and the like.
Again, the display area looks phenom.
My wife had a big smile on her face today, when I had to admit defeat…
I sad that I would be able to display all my engines, but I came to the observation that I can fill a few more display cases.
But I have some more space to put up some few meter of display case…
https://youtu.be/vpw_wpOs9Kg@ benny:
I saw some fossils lining in your garden.
It would have been difficult to take some fossils with me as I was already on the edge of overload with my luggage.
But I still would be interested in a few nice fern samples.
Sooner or later something must be shipped, you can include them in if you want…?
@ Charlie:
yes that was a nice shop we went to.
only a few fossils but nice stuf.
The wood shop next door was also nice, the smell of all these exotic wood types loved it…
cheers,
Danny
Wow Danny, that display is like looking at a museum presentation, exceedingly well done.
Awesome job Danny.
I really have enjoyed your videos of the project.
I can’t wait to see it in person! 🤠
Today my long waited for LED tube lamps arrived.
Each display unit has two inward tube lamps.
Next to the advantage of a powerful drop in power use, it even has a higher light intensity.
So changing to LED is a win win situation.
These tube lights are becoming standart now, they use to be expensive but now you already can get them for under 2,5$
Of corse this means taking everything out of the cabinets to remake the tube lamp armature.
The ballast and starter lose their function, so they come out and some rewiring and the new LED tube lamps can be placed.
anyway the effect is so much better
before first unit is done…
after the second unit is done…
Cheers,
Danny
The difference is striking Danny, nice improvement 👍
