Our NEW Revised Gold Starter Pack, provided by UK Fossils
offers a huge selection of essential tools and field
equipment together with everything you need to start fossil
collecting. The tools are of a high quality and they would
make an ideal present for any keen beginner. The Gold pack
contains much more equipment than the Silver Pack, offering
an alternative to some tools and upgrading of contents, it
is also aimed at those who plan to take this new hobby
further.
TOOLS
This pack contains a
300g geological hammer, the standard size
recommended. The hammer has been specially designed for
hitting
rocks. This pack also contains a Pick, made of hard
stainless steel for clays, sands and soft material, a
narrow hand trowel for sands and clays along with three
Chrome, highest quality chisels, one for general working,
one very fine for delicate work and the other for splitting
rocks.
FIELD EQUIPMENT
This pack
contains our Superb 'Premier 10x/20x Double Lense' for
viewing small fossils onsite and for viewing your
collection, 3 different size packs of 100 special bags for
collecting your fossils on the field, a field marker pen
for writing on the bags and some tweezers for picking up
small fossils.The Gold pack also contains a field tape
measure for measuring zones and a Silva Field Compass to
navigate your way to
locations.
SAFETY
This pack contains
some safety goggles which are highly recommended when using
hammers and some rigger gloves when using chisels to
protect your hands. It also contains a hard hat for use at
Quarries and where cliff faces are
dangerous
PREPARATION
A Tungsten
Carbide Etcher is included for cleaning your
fossils.
REFERENCE AND READING
This
pack contains our latest 'Deposits Magazine' a glossy mag
full of places to go fossil hunting, rocks, minerals,
beginners guides, recent finds, fossil guides, events,
website listings, tips and much much more. The pack also
contains two geology maps, one for the North and one for
the South of the UK, which are folded and can be taken on
the field, they will give you a general idea of the geology
and point you to locations which may be of interest. |