Man that place is a treasure house. Would love to see it in person. Just to far and health would not let me. Thank you for letting us all see this amazing find.
This place is incredible!! Thank you for taking us with you! I love fossils too & was soo amazed by all if them just laying around everywhere! Thanks again !!!
I have a few Saint Clair videos on my channel....love that place, the "fish-in-a-barrel" version of fossil collecting! lol I dug there A LOT in the early 2000's, and never needed power tools...the white is the mineral pyrophyllite...They are carboniferous, putting them at about 300 million years old. The "grass" is calamites...insects are extremely rare....I have seen dragonfly wings only...and only a couple ever...dragonflies had up to 3ft wingspans back then! IMO it's the best fossil plant locality on Earth....my only tattoo is of a saint clair fern.
absolutely amazing...I love fossils, I used to fossil hunt with my daddy when I was little and it holds such beautiful memories for me...You live in a really cool area.
Nice job - Thank you for the informative video. The previous video where you went to Mocanaqua loop trail is also loaded with fossils also a ton of interesting finds along the river.
Wow! My son would go nuts! We also have a lot of Devonian type fossils around here too...and a creek with sharks teeth we're going to check out again...this time we're going to video it for TH-cam :-)
very cool! took a trip when i was younger to newyork with my grandfather and we got a bunch of river rock with fossils to put around his pound. awesome stuff!
I really like the fern fossils. They're so delicate but kept intact just long enough to fossilize for us to see. Out here in New Mexico we have dinosaur fossils. A baby pentaceratops was airlifted not far from where I lived. I wish I knew where the fossil beds were in PA when I lived there. Thanks for showing me what I missed. Great video!
This isn't the only amazing site our county has to offer; we're known as the King of Coal. I guess everyone just loves the St. Clair fossils for the contrast of the mineral deposits and the black rock. I don't mind finding a fern once in a while or unusual vegetation, but I prefer to go hunting for creatures. My workplace is built on an absolute fossil treasure trove. I spend every break, every day, picking through the rock. Yes, it's a dream and yes, sometimes I stay after work and have a grand time walking around without rushing. Just this week I found one that has become a new favorite. it's a long spiral shell still embedded in the rock and I can't stop looking at it.
If you're where I think you are, they usually only allow School groups to keep fossils they find there split rocks. It's definitely a cool formation though.
Fossils are one of the most fascinating things to look for in my book WW! I share your joy in looking for them. Would be nice to find some other form of life most certainly. In the Kentucky strip minds all I ever found were different plants and tree fossils. I may have mentioned that I found a tree stump fossil, flared roots and all. I could have had it but it probably weighted 400-500 lbs. put that in your nap sack, eh? There was no way to get it and if I had, getting it back to Pa. Would have required far more than I had. I pictured it in my house with a glass top. But alas, that mountain was completely dozed away, gone, along with that fossil and who knows what other beautiful examples. I could have filled your pick up with all I found but only took a few examples I could carry. And is your email listed on your site? Thanks most Kindly WW! For me a great video! DaveyJO
Kids around here don't need to go up the Burma to find fossils. They can find them in their backyards. We're rotten with them around these parts. I know some schools and universities take field trips up there, but there are better places that don't require a permit. We went right outside our school and boom! Fossils everywhere. I'm not taking anything away from this site; I'd like to see it myself, but it's just a pain to go through the red tape.
I've gone looking for fossils a couple times myself back when my dad's family had some property up in Springbrook Township, PA. I didn't find anything too interesting though. I love that you can hear WW's enthusiasm in his voice as he's searching. Gotta do something you love.
Greedy people like the coal company people that raped and pillaged that mountain and every other mountain in that area, then selling off property so a huge landfill can be put in just uphill of the town of Saint Clair....right? But a couple rockhounds that hand dig and sell a couple specimens on eBay are jerks....They actually restricted the site because of liability reasons, everyone and their mother sues these days...and people crashing their 4 wheelers brought a few lawsuits upon Reading Anthracite....Now they make a good chunk of change selling permits to ATVers PLUS getting waivers signed taboot...$175 per person per year times probably(?) thousands of people... Personally, I look at using power tools as cheating and overkill there, you don't need them! I know of one girl who rented a bobcat and a couple other diggers who used tile saws a few years back...but 1000 bobcats and 1000 tile saws set loose on that 100 square yards of decent fossil exposure would still be a fragment of a drop in the bucket compared to the environmental devastation caused by the coal companies around there....also this is the sk00ks, locals don't need no stinking permit! lol #skookstateofmind /end rant
Hi Cliff, would these specimens in this area be above or below the KT Boundary ???, I'm guessing above but coal fossils can and do go back millions of years sometimes. Really cool place, thanks for sharing. x
Almost anything to find in PA it's going to be below the KT boundary. Look up a geological survey of the state see most of the bed rock is around the Permian era.
@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 The KT boundary is a common term for the iridium layer separating the Cretaceous-Paleogene era's around 65 Mya. It marks the meteor strike that caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs most famously. The only place it's visible really in PA us in the South East as far as I remember. Almost all the fossils in PA are Paleozoic era and range from 350-500 Mya. I've been a paleontology nerd since I was a kid. 😊
@@chrisgray8774 Well that's a new one. I get your probably a young Earth creationist, but that makes zero sense even from that perspective. How ia a fine iridium line a flood line? Also there's fossils both above and below the KT. Would the ones above all be post flood then? You might want to rethink that one, cause that's gonna cause way more problems for a "flood" model than you think if you're going to set a line remarking the supposed flood.
Hey not trying to be rude but don’t go there I would love if everyone would stay off my friends property we have been dealing with more people on atvs but also people walking to go here it wouldn’t be an issue but when people come and wreck stuff and leave trash that’s what pisses us off
The Wandering Woodsman yea the land it’s self but all the dirt roads off the main pavement road is not owned by then you see ya walking where that tree is fell that’s not reading anthracites property if you disagree you can keep believing so I’m just warning you
The results of the flood of Noahs day , that the Lord God , sent to the earth as a result of man's sin . And not everyone would get in to the ark of safety . And today the ark of safety is found in the Son of God , the Lord Jesus Christ . Who came to the earth to die for our sins on the cross , to be buried , and rose from the dead the third day . Was seen of men , and went back up to heaven . Repent and believe on him as your personal Saviour . And get in the ark of safety , and be saved from the wrath to come on sin . Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved . Acts 16 : 31 . In God's word , the old , Authorized King James Holy Bible . Read John Chapter 3 and Romans Chapter 10 , 1 Thessalonians 4 , in it .
That place is so awesome. I would go nuts.
this place makes me go nuts i ride the 4 wheeler out here everyday
Man that place is a treasure house. Would love to see it in person. Just to far and health would not let me.
Thank you for letting us all see this amazing find.
This place is incredible!! Thank you for taking us with you! I love fossils too & was soo amazed by all if them just laying around everywhere! Thanks again !!!
I have a few Saint Clair videos on my channel....love that place, the "fish-in-a-barrel" version of fossil collecting! lol I dug there A LOT in the early 2000's, and never needed power tools...the white is the mineral pyrophyllite...They are carboniferous, putting them at about 300 million years old. The "grass" is calamites...insects are extremely rare....I have seen dragonfly wings only...and only a couple ever...dragonflies had up to 3ft wingspans back then! IMO it's the best fossil plant locality on Earth....my only tattoo is of a saint clair fern.
absolutely amazing...I love fossils, I used to fossil hunt with my daddy when I was little and it holds such beautiful memories for me...You live in a really cool area.
Thanks for taking us along . Your right , those are beautiful. Sure wish I could do the same thing.
I can tell you love fossils. Thanks for sharing! ;-)
I know a place close to you that has small plant/ bug fossils everywhere along the road, there’s also a few old abandoned cars, buses and houses
Your enthusiasm is so infectious in this video! Fascinating to see all those fossils.
Nice job - Thank you for the informative video. The previous video where you went to Mocanaqua loop trail is also loaded with fossils also a ton of interesting finds along the river.
Awesome, thanks for sharing
Wow! My son would go nuts!
We also have a lot of Devonian type fossils around here too...and a creek with sharks teeth we're going to check out again...this time we're going to video it for TH-cam :-)
If you're in PA, look up "the Montour Preserve". They have a public fossil pit that is good for kids. It's around Wasingtonville PA.
Awesome explore Cliff... Thanks!!
very cool! took a trip when i was younger to newyork with my grandfather and we got a bunch of river rock with fossils to put around his pound. awesome stuff!
i always wonder here in Pa in Gilberton, Shenandoah, Ashland St. Clair etc. why there was so much fern?
Awesome video! I love fossils
So cool...would love to find a place like this....love the ferns...
Wow what a cool place, thanks for sharing.
Very cool!
You know it's a good spot when you have to choose what to leave and take😂
Love your videos! This one was amazing!
I really like the fern fossils. They're so delicate but kept intact just long enough to fossilize for us to see. Out here in New Mexico we have dinosaur fossils. A baby pentaceratops was airlifted not far from where I lived. I wish I knew where the fossil beds were in PA when I lived there. Thanks for showing me what I missed. Great video!
This isn't the only amazing site our county has to offer; we're known as the King of Coal. I guess everyone just loves the St. Clair fossils for the contrast of the mineral deposits and the black rock. I don't mind finding a fern once in a while or unusual vegetation, but I prefer to go hunting for creatures. My workplace is built on an absolute fossil treasure trove. I spend every break, every day, picking through the rock. Yes, it's a dream and yes, sometimes I stay after work and have a grand time walking around without rushing. Just this week I found one that has become a new favorite. it's a long spiral shell still embedded in the rock and I can't stop looking at it.
If you're where I think you are, they usually only allow School groups to keep fossils they find there split rocks. It's definitely a cool formation though.
That place looks like a fun time!!
great finds i could spend lots of time there
I didn't realize St Clair was still open. I used to collect there back in the mid-1970s. There was a lot more large pieces laying around, then.
It's not unfortunately
Very cool
Heading to, Calvert Cliffs Maryland in June to dig for sharks teeth and other aquatic life fossils.
You should do a video about the Red Hill site up near Hyner . Some early fish fossils have been found there.
I have read about that place, perhaps someday
Not much to look at unfortunately . It's only the side of a hill that was cut away to make room for the road
Great fossils.
Im from the Mid Valley area.. the Famous Pothole Glacier . I find them when Riding up the Mountain s .
Cheers, just became a Patreon Member. Sent you a message on Patreon about securing a permit. Thank you, cheers
Cool I'm a rock hound.got all kinds of fossils and Indian artifacts
whats it cost for the permit to look for fossils?
great spot.
Fossils are one of the most fascinating things to look for in my book WW! I share your joy in looking for them. Would be nice to find some other form of life most certainly. In the Kentucky strip minds all I ever found were different plants and tree fossils. I may have mentioned that I found a tree stump fossil, flared roots and all. I could have had it but it probably weighted 400-500 lbs. put that in your nap sack, eh? There was no way to get it and if I had, getting it back to Pa. Would have required far more than I had. I pictured it in my house with a glass top. But alas, that mountain was completely dozed away, gone, along with that fossil and who knows what other beautiful examples. I could have filled your pick up with all I found but only took a few examples I could carry. And is your email listed on your site? Thanks most Kindly WW! For me a great video! DaveyJO
My email is down below in the description
That looks like a good place to find all kinds of fossils it would be a good place for kids that have to do a paper on fossil
Kids around here don't need to go up the Burma to find fossils. They can find them in their backyards. We're rotten with them around these parts. I know some schools and universities take field trips up there, but there are better places that don't require a permit. We went right outside our school and boom! Fossils everywhere. I'm not taking anything away from this site; I'd like to see it myself, but it's just a pain to go through the red tape.
I've gone looking for fossils a couple times myself back when my dad's family had some property up in Springbrook Township, PA. I didn't find anything too interesting though. I love that you can hear WW's enthusiasm in his voice as he's searching. Gotta do something you love.
never once seen anyone looking for fossils and im on them trails everyday
How do you go about getting a permit to go on private land
Id love to go fossil hunting here!
I would go sick there collecting the ferns!
Any videos on Indian stuff?? I've been trying to find good arrow heads but never luck out.
I have done some in the past, but not recently
Love your videos, we are from Pennsylvania too, hit us up if you want to go dig
There are some locals that TH-cam and showed themselves taking truck loads out and selling them.
which is probably why they restricted the site
They show up on eBay .
Greedy people ruin it for everyone.
Greedy people like the coal company people that raped and pillaged that mountain and every other mountain in that area, then selling off property so a huge landfill can be put in just uphill of the town of Saint Clair....right? But a couple rockhounds that hand dig and sell a couple specimens on eBay are jerks....They actually restricted the site because of liability reasons, everyone and their mother sues these days...and people crashing their 4 wheelers brought a few lawsuits upon Reading Anthracite....Now they make a good chunk of change selling permits to ATVers PLUS getting waivers signed taboot...$175 per person per year times probably(?) thousands of people... Personally, I look at using power tools as cheating and overkill there, you don't need them! I know of one girl who rented a bobcat and a couple other diggers who used tile saws a few years back...but 1000 bobcats and 1000 tile saws set loose on that 100 square yards of decent fossil exposure would still be a fragment of a drop in the bucket compared to the environmental devastation caused by the coal companies around there....also this is the sk00ks, locals don't need no stinking permit! lol #skookstateofmind /end rant
Hi Cliff, would these specimens in this area be above or below the KT Boundary ???, I'm guessing above but coal fossils can and do go back millions of years sometimes. Really cool place, thanks for sharing. x
Almost anything to find in PA it's going to be below the KT boundary. Look up a geological survey of the state see most of the bed rock is around the Permian era.
Honestly, I'm not too familiar with the KT boundayr
@@thewanderingwoodsman7227
The KT boundary is a common term for the iridium layer separating the Cretaceous-Paleogene era's around 65 Mya. It marks the meteor strike that caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs most famously.
The only place it's visible really in PA us in the South East as far as I remember. Almost all the fossils in PA are Paleozoic era and range from 350-500 Mya.
I've been a paleontology nerd since I was a kid. 😊
For those who believe in the Biblical flood of Noah's day, the KT boundary is usually considered the flood line.
@@chrisgray8774
Well that's a new one. I get your probably a young Earth creationist, but that makes zero sense even from that perspective.
How ia a fine iridium line a flood line? Also there's fossils both above and below the KT. Would the ones above all be post flood then? You might want to rethink that one, cause that's gonna cause way more problems for a "flood" model than you think if you're going to set a line remarking the supposed flood.
If that’s where I think it is your on private property watch out if you get Caught then there’s a mean fine
Why dig it out with all the ones just laying out.
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Hey not trying to be rude but don’t go there I would love if everyone would stay off my friends property we have been dealing with more people on atvs but also people walking to go here it wouldn’t be an issue but when people come and wreck stuff and leave trash that’s what pisses us off
The land belongs to the Reading Anthracite company and if people like myself pay for a permit we are allowed to be there.
Most likely the quad trails off the burma. I go to the outdoor firing range near there but never knew there were so many fossils
The Wandering Woodsman yea the land it’s self but all the dirt roads off the main pavement road is not owned by then you see ya walking where that tree is fell that’s not reading anthracites property if you disagree you can keep believing so I’m just warning you
@@jasonlarsen2062 Is the private property posted as such so people don’t inadvertently wander off RAC land?
The results of the flood of Noahs day , that the Lord God , sent to the earth as a result of man's sin . And not everyone would get in to the ark of safety . And today the ark of safety is found in the Son of God , the Lord Jesus Christ . Who came to the earth to die for our sins on the cross , to be buried , and rose from the dead the third day . Was seen of men , and went back up to heaven . Repent and believe on him as your personal Saviour . And get in the ark of safety , and be saved from the wrath to come on sin . Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved . Acts 16 : 31 . In God's word , the old , Authorized King James Holy Bible . Read John Chapter 3 and Romans Chapter 10 , 1 Thessalonians 4 , in it .
Amen jesus is lord ... the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. ...