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Spent the last week digging solo at the Sandlot dig site! Little did I know that I had quite a lot of company in the for...
08/28/2026

Spent the last week digging solo at the Sandlot dig site! Little did I know that I had quite a lot of company in the form of triceratops!

Over the course of the week, I found several exciting fossils, including two large sections of Triceratops frill, a nasal horn, a very large dentary, a trike ischium, and a few other interesting pieces.

Then, on my very last day, I was beyond excited to uncover a complete, adult, Triceratops tibia; which is definitely the biggest bone I’ve ever found. Those guys had absolute tree trunks for legs!

Based on size comparisons, none of the fossils appear to be associated. There is just an incredible amount of Triceratops material at this site, representing animals of all different sizes. I’m definitely okay with it! Lol

What a trip! Fossils, cowboys, hard work, great people, and endless, beautiful country. The Sandlot continues to surpris...
07/02/2026

What a trip! Fossils, cowboys, hard work, great people, and endless, beautiful country. The Sandlot continues to surprise and intrigue us, and we will continue to dig for answers! 🦡

After needing one for several years, I finally bought a flatbed truck for my business!!! 🛻I did not initially intend to ...
06/15/2026

After needing one for several years, I finally bought a flatbed truck for my business!!! 🛻

I did not initially intend to acquire a massive, 7ft-tall vehicle, and yet somehow here we are! 😂 It’s very well-maintained, incredibly powerful, and it will definitely get the job done. I’m super proud to own it! ❤️

We will take this beast up to Montana for two weeks starting tomorrow where we will use it to transport heavy, jacketed specimens from the dig site back to Texas! Can’t wait!!

Messed around with some watercolors this weekend for the first time in a while! Still need to color in the Styracosaurus...
04/13/2026

Messed around with some watercolors this weekend for the first time in a while! Still need to color in the Styracosaurus skull and make the frill horns a little shorter. Work in progress!

Check out this enormous, 7” Tyrannosaurus rex claw that I had the privilege of restoring in December of last year! It wa...
03/18/2026

Check out this enormous, 7” Tyrannosaurus rex claw that I had the privilege of restoring in December of last year! It was the exceptional find of and was discovered in two pieces while he was prospecting with on their land in Montana. Not a bad find to end the year on!

While working on this claw, I learned that it’s approximately the same size as the pes claws of Stan the T.rex. Stan measures just shy of 40ft long and 12ft tall at the hips; which is roughly as long as and taller than a standard semi-truck. I think it’s safe to say that the owner of this claw was not to be trifled with! 🚛


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This gnarly Stygimoloch skull came out of a new channel dig site we opened up this summer in Montana! It appears to be c...
02/12/2026

This gnarly Stygimoloch skull came out of a new channel dig site we opened up this summer in Montana! It appears to be covered in bite marks, and has a large, healed gouge taken out of the top of the dome. Hard to imagine why anything would want to gnaw on the hardest part of Stygimoloch, but there’s no question that these dinosaurs were definitely using their domes for something!

One of my FAVORITE extinct animals of all time!! Megaloceros giganteous, also known as the Irish elk, was the largest de...
01/30/2026

One of my FAVORITE extinct animals of all time!! Megaloceros giganteous, also known as the Irish elk, was the largest deer species to ever live. Its antlers spanned up to 12 feet in width, and it stood up to 7 feet at the shoulders! It lived during the Pleistocene epoch across Europe, Northern Asia and Northern Africa. I have never seen one in person until now, and it’s spectacular! The skull is currently on display at Fossils NH’s booth at the Mineral and Fossil Marketplace in Tucson, Arizona!

It’s been one heck of a year full of amazing fossils and unforgettable adventures! This summer I got to spend a lot of t...
01/02/2026

It’s been one heck of a year full of amazing fossils and unforgettable adventures! This summer I got to spend a lot of time with my friends out in Jordan, Montana prospecting and digging for fossils in the Hell Creek Formation. I learned a lot about jacketing and excavating, and I also learned that if I ever have dirt all over my face, no one at the Hell Creek Bar will tell me 😂

I got to help excavate and prepare a dinosaur skull for the first time, found my first theropod claws, found the T.rex tooth of a lifetime, and took on the preparation of a 14ft long dinosaur skeleton (which I’m still working on)!

I have so much to be grateful for in 2025. Clayton Phipps and Kyle Fitch, you guys are awesome, and I really appreciate you both. Michael McClain, thank you for all of your help and support year-round! Maybe you’ll join my business this year. 😉

And thank you to everyone else who made 2025 what it was. You know who you are! ♥️
Here’s to 2026!!h

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