The collector of plant fossils should have the following tools and
equipment:
① Hammer—a bricklayer’s hammer will work well.
② One or two chisels, preferably one large and one small.
③ Knapsack or basket in which to carry specimens.
④ Newspapers and a roll of tissue paper for protecting fragile
specimens.
⑤ Pencil and paper for labeling specimens and making notes about the
collecting locality from which the fossils came. Much of
the value of a particular fossil lies in knowing precisely
where it was found and the layer of rock it came from.