| Guide to fossils |
| Guide to fossils. To start with, lets look at a new innovation in finding fossils -The fossil detector. What? You have not heard of a detector that can detect the presence of fossils up to three feet under ground? There is a known fact that fossils will become radioactive over time picking up radioactive trace elements from the surrounding soil or ore. Trees and petrified wood become carbonized and tend not to become radioactive. Ramal (Ray) Jones, a fossil buff and radiation analyst, ''Ray's developed the first tool that can look into the ground reliably,'' says David D. that you stumble across an exposed bone on the surface of the ground. The device is an Eberline analog smart portable Micra-Roentgen (R) model ASP-1 with a model ASP-1 with a model SPA 8 Sodium-iodine Radiation detector enclosed in a lead shield except for the 1.25 cm. Opening. Radiation being detected was Gamma radiation. This device can cost about $1500.00 to $3500.00. That was in 1995, Today Ramal (Ray) Jones uses a device that rolls on wheels. He designed it himself. As he walks about looking for fossils, he has a patented but he has no desire to sell or make profit from the device at this time. I also do not know if he has improved on his first model and equipment to make it work. How revolutionary a device can this be, like the first telescope to see stars or the cotton gin to take out seeds from cotton. Get a device into the hands of the hobbyist and fossils of dinosaurs will be found everywhere. |
| A guide to fossils in Kansas United States. These photos were taken at the Denver museum. The person finding these fossils happened upon them in a dried up river bed. These fossils are from the Pennsylvanian period about 295 million years ago. |
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