Nautilus Fossil
| Nautilus Fossil | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artifact |
| Artifact Spots | The Beach (1.8%) |
| Other Locations | Fishing Treasure Chest; Bone Node (0.8%) |
| Sell Price | 80g |
The Nautilus Fossil is a bone artifact from the shore and one of the fossils that stays useful after the museum has its copy. Artifact spots on The Beach hold it, and Fishing Treasure Chests and the Bone Nodes of Ginger Island give it too. Its first copy belongs in Gunther's collection. Spare fossils go into a Bone Mill for fertiliser, count toward Gunther's Fragments of the Past order, and make the Excavator Shirt at the Sewing Machine. The Dwarf and Penny like it as a gift.
The in-game description reads: This must've washed up ages ago from an ancient coral reef.
Location
Artifact spots on The Beach can hold a Nautilus Fossil. The chance in each spot is fairly low, lower than for the Dried Starfish or the Anchor from the same sand. A Hoe is the only tool for these wriggling spots, which makes it worth carrying to the shore every time. The spots become far more common in Winter, when Winter Root or Snow Yam also turns up in many of them. Every spot dug with an Archaeologist Hoe has double the usual artifact chance.
Reeling in a Fishing Treasure Chest can also give one, whether the chest is normal or golden.
On Ginger Island, Bone Nodes at the Dig Site sometimes drop a Nautilus Fossil when they are broken. These nodes also give Bone Fragments, which the Bone Mill uses as well.
Museum
Donating the first Nautilus Fossil to Gunther adds it to the artifact collection. The fossil adds one to the artifact tally, where fifteen bring the Skeleton Statue and twenty bring Rarecrow #7. The overall donation total counts it too, and that total rewards seeds, paintings and other prizes.
Prices
The Nautilus Fossil sells for a modest price. The first copy is worth far more in the museum. A duplicate can go to the shipping bin, the Bone Mill or the Sewing Machine, so the choice depends on what the farm needs. After reading the Treasure Appraisal Guide, every artifact, the fossil included, sells for triple.
Gifts
The Dwarf and Penny like the Nautilus Fossil. Any gift to the Dwarf, the fossil included, counts only after the Dwarvish Translation Guide is earned.
The shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy count the Nautilus Fossil as a disliked gift. Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard dislike it as well, as do the older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Sam, Sebastian and Shane share that view, and so do Jas, Leo and Vincent.
Notes
Fragments of the Past is a special order that Gunther can post on the Special Orders board. The order runs for seven days and counts only bone items found while it is active. Nautilus Fossils found during that week count toward the goal. Finishing the order brings the Bone Mill recipe by letter. Building the mill takes Bone Fragments, Clay and Stone.
Loading a Nautilus Fossil into a Bone Mill makes a random fertiliser. Each load gives Quality Fertilizer, Speed-Gro, Deluxe Speed-Gro or Tree Fertilizer, with a small chance of a doubled batch.
Putting Cloth in the feed and a Nautilus Fossil on the spool of the Sewing Machine makes the Excavator Shirt. The Amphibian Fossil makes the same shirt. The Sewing Machine is in Emily's house at 2 Willow Lane.
The Nautilus Shell is a separate item. It is a forage find on The Beach in Winter, while the Nautilus Fossil is the artifact dug from the sand.
All Artifacts
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Amphibian Fossil | 
|
150g |
| Anchor | 
|
100g |
| Ancient Doll | 
|
60g |
| Ancient Drum | 
|
100g |
| Ancient Seed | 
|
5g |
| Ancient Sword | 
|
100g |
| Arrowhead | 
|
40g |
| Bone Flute | 
|
100g |
| Chewing Stick | 
|
50g |
| Chicken Statue | 
|
50g |
| Chipped Amphora | 
|
40g |
| Dried Starfish | 
|
40g |
| Dwarf Gadget | 
|
200g |
| Dwarf Scroll I | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll II | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll III | 
|
1g |
| Dwarf Scroll IV | 
|
1g |
| Dwarvish Helm | 
|
100g |
| Elvish Jewelry | 
|
200g |
| Glass Shards | 
|
20g |
| Golden Mask | 
|
500g |
| Golden Relic | 
|
250g |
| Nautilus Fossil | 
|
80g |
| Ornamental Fan | 
|
300g |
| Palm Fossil | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Handaxe | 
|
50g |
| Prehistoric Rib | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Scapula | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Skull | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Tibia | 
|
100g |
| Prehistoric Tool | 
|
50g |
| Prehistoric Vertebra | 
|
100g |
| Rare Disc | 
|
300g |
| Rusty Cog | 
|
25g |
| Rusty Spoon | 
|
25g |
| Rusty Spur | 
|
25g |
| Skeletal Hand | 
|
100g |
| Skeletal Tail | 
|
100g |
| Strange Doll (green) | 
|
1000g |
| Strange Doll (yellow) | 
|
1000g |
| Trilobite | 
|
50g |