A Marine Fossil Project Options

[swizz]

I collected this in northern Colorado earlier this year from a layer that has always been productive for me.
It is a fairly good sized Ammonite and I believe more than 50% of it is there but still encased in layers. I haven't cleaned any of this piece yet nor tried to extract anything, this is how it came out of the earth.
I have a conundrum because.... the closer I look, the more little treasures I see protruding from the layers that are protecting the Ammonite. For example, if you zoom the first image and look at the upper right area... there's part of a small black tooth with it's jawbone/gumline exposed. There are also tubeworm or nymph fossils partially exposed. I want to see more of the Ammonite but it'll be a tricky extraction as these other tidbits are equally interesting.
I may start with just warm soapy water and a toothbrush.
20141113_085426 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr

20141113_085449 by ghostcreekmine, on Flickr

[Crusty]

Definitely makes it tougher to get to the good stuff. I guess you could look at the "extra bits" as flour gold, you might sacrifice some of it to get to the good stuff, but the good stuff is what you want.

Look forward to seeing what you come up with!