Here are some pictures of the collections of some of our members. There are many pictures so the page might take a little bit to load.

Below we have some pictures of George Powell's most impressive fossil collection. George has recently finished a new addition to his fossil room which now allows him to display more of his over 100,000 fossils. Some of the more notable fossils on display are an associated set of Parotodus Benedeni teeth as well as an associated set of Cosmopolitodus Xiphodon teeth. You can see from the pictures below that George has drawer after drawer of fossils on display. George has also been kind enough to have an open invitation for anyone whom would like to come by and take a look at his fossil collection. I personally have been there and must admit that i was blown away with all the fossils on display and with George's hospitality. George lives in Greenville NC and if you are interested in looking at his collection feel free to contact him at powelli1@aol.com or give him a call at 252-756-8039

Below we have some pictures of Mel's collection and some comments from him about the fossils as well as some ideas for displaying your own fossils. Most of Mel's collection can be seen at his web site www.phatfossils.com

The one thing that I have found that best fits my needs is a map chest. This case is 4' by 3' holds ten draws which are 2" deep and I have retrofitted the top with a plexy glass cover. These map chests are great for displaying larger teeth and small teeth.

Here are some of my megs which sit a top the chest under the plexy glass, the largest tooth is 5.63"

Here we have some of my makos, the largest tooth measures 3"

Like I said you can store small teeth in here as well. I'm able to fit 20 of these small cases in here which is a great space saver

There are a lot of things however that I have not found enough of yet or are to tall to fit in the map chest so I use these type of draws. Also the deep drawers on the bottom of the cases to the right are great for small teeth in mass and I can even fit my trutle skull snuggly in one

Here we have some marine mammal teeth such as seal, squalodon, dugon and allodesmus teeth. The biggest tooth is the allodesmus which measures 4.75"

Here are some of my ric's can't find these too regularly up my way, hence why I don't have a map chest drawer full of them. The largest tooth is 3.38"

Another thing these smaller drawers are great for is things that roll easily like croc teeth. Here we have my Miocene croc teeth the one with the complete root is 3" and the cap only next to it is 2"

Some more small type drawers which have been placed in a bookshelf.

Some Paleocene ray plates, the biggest is 2.5”

Some of my lower seven gill cow sharks the biggest is 1.25”

As far as advice on what type of case to get to meet your fossil needs you will need to make that decision based on what you have in your collection. One thing that I do recommend is if you get any type of drawer type display ensure that it has some type of lock so the drawer cannot accidentally get pulled all the way out and plop on the floor. I had a nightmare of an experience when this happened to my drawer of giant threshers, I about had a heart attack but luckily nothing got damaged. Oh there is one thing that I almost forgot. You may notice that some of my foam in my cases has started to turn yellow. This can be easily corrected by covering the foam with cloth since that won't change color, i just haven't had the time yet. Happy Hunting