Try getting the type of ziplock bags sold in food stores and designed for
the freezer. Certain brands have a strip across the top, but below the
zipper, which takes many markers, pens, pencils better than the regular
bags. Your labels won't run and I have yet to see mine fade if I used a reg.
permanent marker like "sharpie" which, by the way also has a nice point for
writing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Gettleman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 9:14 PM
Subject: Labels


>Hello,
>Hopefully a simple question to answer.  When collecting in the field I
>place shells in zip lock bags pending cleaning, and use a 'permanent
>marker' to annotate location number.  These numbers on the bags often
>faded, so I used the same marker to note the number on a slip of paper
>and put that into a small ziplok bag and insert into the larger bag.
>Often any moisture getting into the small bags also faded those
>numbers.  I know museums have written labels that are always in liquid
>in their 'wet' collections.  What kind of marker, what kind of paper
>(that you can easily obtain and is easy to use in the field)?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Alan Gettleman
>Merritt Island, FL