Fossil hunting a new area and a tricky fossil prep - fossil crabs, bird skull and a large nautiloid
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I explore a Miocene coastal deposit and find a surprising number of fossil crabs even though I wasn't in an area known for them!
I prep the smaller crab I find, what a tricky one it turned out to be, very sticky and hollow in sections.
The bird skull wasn't in the wrap up as it had a large spider living in it so it has been banished to the garden.
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Great video . To be able to expose the crabb after millions of years is remarkable . I for one enjoy watching you prep Fossils .
Thanks Bob! This one was a bit more work than they usually are 😄
I love that you included the prep! These videos are so relaxing to watch, with the rocky beach and the sound of waves it is just perfect!
Yay! Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! It wasn't the best prep, the crab didn't want to play along this time.
I really appreciate that you contact the museum about big specimens - very thoughtful. Awesome nautiloid
Heck ya new fossil video! I love that you include a prep❤
Yay! Thank you! I can't promise a prep each time, but I will try and do it now and again. 😄
The preps are my favorite! I wish there was more prepping videos out there. You're doing a great service!
Absolutely love your quick prep work, brings the fossil you work so hard to find to life. Keep up the great videos. And thanks for sharing.
Thanks Roddy! It is satisfying seeing what was hiding in the rock 😁
Congratulations on reaching 10K
Also it was amazing to get to meet you last week, our family rated that as the best day trip to date. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Kylie,Des,Bonnie and Austin
Thanks Kylie! It was good meeting you all as well! Weather isn't looking great this weekend, but the rough seas should be washing up some good stuff 😄 I managed to get those cetacean vertebrae back home, only took an hour to get them up the hill! Keep well and see you around 😄
new subscriber and fossil enthusiast here. your little laughs, smiles and enthusiasm made me want to subscribe instantly. really looking froward to watching more videos! this instantly made me feel "good".
Yay!! I'm stoked you are enjoying the videos 😀
Nice! I think I learn quite a bit when you show the prep work on your finds, stabilization, what you look for in the concretion, the stylus how you hold it and manipulate it just fascinating watching you reveal. Thank you for showing it!
Thanks SareJen! I'm definitely still on the beginner side of fossil prepping. There are some true masters out there 😄 Keep safe that side!
I am in NZ too. I looked for fossils a number of times at Birdlings Flat, South of Banks Peninsula, but can see from your video, that I had no idea of their appearance. Thinking back, fifty years ago, as a teenager, I was there and had been sitting on a rock for some time facing the sea, when I became aware of a large Yellow Eyed Penguin, just two rocks away. It would have weighed similar to a small dog. It must have approached from behind. The bird was calm and unconcerned about me. I shifted onto the rock between us, then slowly reached out to see if I could touch it. Once within eight inches or so, it took a sideways swipe at my hand with its beak and hopped onto the next rock. I’ll never forget.
I've never seen a Yellow Eyed penguin in the wild, would love to see one! I mainly find the little blue penguins, cute things! I've been to Birdlings often. Great place for agates and petrified wood 😄
Easily the best fossil prep videos on TH-cam in my opinion !
Thanks Joshua! I need to get some other scribes so I can do some more detail work as well 😄
I bet that was a really heavy backpack! Great hunt and you are such great company to look for fossils with!
That hill is a killer with a heavy backpack!
Thanks for your efforts.. I have been fossil lover since always (very amateur) and I am learning a lot with your videos. Thanks a lot 😊
Hi Lluis! Glad you're enjoying the videos, I'm learning an incredible amount as well just from the comments and reading up on what I am finding. Thanks for watching!
Thx 4 another interesting video . I've been trapped in my NY aprt 4 a long time with this Covid scare .it gave me the chance to watch all ur posts . Love what u do my friend . Best if all is that u do to . Its obvious ur living ur best life , u seem blessed with much . From ur craft 2 ur family. Good 4 u
Hiya Ronnie! Hope things are going well over there, my thoughts are with you! Keep well and keep safe, hope everything blows over soon.
Excellent show and prep of your crab there. So awesome to have watched all these channels. Now we will wait until the next episode. Thanks for all your great shows!
Thanks for watching!
Nothing like keeping your sneaky comings and furtive goings-on away from prying eyes by filming another great video.
Hahaha that's true 😄
Thank you for sharing your super neat finds with the rest of us.
My pleasure John! Hope you enjoyed it 😁
I have never seen something like this before. Fascinating!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it Jan!
I love your enthusiasm and attitude. Great videos. Thank you!
Thanks Bob! Glad you're enjoying the videos, this one took a while to put together with the difficult prep 😄
I,m happy to seeing your great finds. Even though its just a crab , its quite thrilling. Keep up your nice smile too...good work.
Thank you! Yip, it wasn't the most exciting find but I still enjoyed it 😄
Oh I just LOVE this thank you for sharing with us!
My pleasure Rose!
Nice content! Would love to see a full fossil prep of something larger even if it takes a couple of sessions to shoot, I don't mind the wait! There are so few good videos of fossil prep out there that are longer than a minute or two.
I'll put together some longer ones. I keep all the unedited footage 😄
excellent vid. Following and looking forward to watching again. I love that you show the whole process! Great Eye Education on how to spot fossils. You make the world seem magical again.
Glad you enjoyed it! Really glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you for the adventure and seeing some nice finds ! Take care , stay safe and healthy there in New Zealand ! Doing well here in Kansas !
Thanks Steve! Glad you're doing well that side of the ocean. Thanks for watching!
@@MamlamboFossils you're welcome my friend !
hi Mamlambo, congrats on the 10k mate and here's to the next 10k :0) nice crabs and love the prep and it's a shame you couldn't do alittle more but when it starts to crack it's best leaving it as it is :0) take care and have a good one :0)
Thanks Robert! Yeah, that crab was going to fall apart, I could feel it vibrating in my hands! Thanks for watching and for all your support. Hope things are going better that side and that you can go out for a shark tooth hunt soon!
I love the way you keep in contact with the museum. You may discover a new species to the area or a new species all together! You need to bring your little red / yellow wagon when you go fossil hunting. I'm not sure it would be any easier though with all the cliffs and large concretions you have to traverse. Great hunt as always!
Hi Lizzy! This area wouldn't work with the wagon unfortunately, too rugged! I have one fossil with the museum they are still investigating, fingers crossed it's something new 😄
Mamlambo, 🤞🏼! ☺️
Started following you at 100k a couple of weeks ago - now 103! Way to go - bon courage from a Saffer living in France
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Baie dankie! Yeah, the channel grew a bit recently!
And now at 500k 🤣
@@MamlamboFossilsI've been following your progress over the last year and what an epic rise. Bravo Meneer....you rock 😁❤️😁
Very informative I would have never of guessed
Thanks 😄
So nice to see Post malone enjoying his hobbies
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The thing that has always seemed so profound to me is that whenever someone reveals and prepares a specimen they are the first human that has ever seen said fossil.
That's true! What a journey for a little crab to go on, dying, covered in mud, fossilised and then displayed on the internet!
You're one of the few folk I've yet seen to take a midweek holiday and be happy to wind up with a sack full of crabs! lol
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@@MamlamboFossils All joking aside your channel is amazing and I love to see you working to unveil what's concealed in these concretions. I live in a region that is dozens of feet of thick dark brown clay, from a late glacial lake called Agassiz, with no stone to be found but the carved bedrock or glacially deposited stones. Alas there is no fossil hunting to be had locally...
@@athelwulfgalland glad you're enjoying the fossil hunting! Im working on a new video at the moment, hopefully I have it out this weekend still!
Another day, another adventure! Find more fossils and stay safe👍
Thanks, you too! Raining hard here, hope I can get out and fossil hunt tomorrow 😄
@@MamlamboFossils Yeah, best of luck my friend... Show us more videos..
awesome channel! you look so happy while you hunt ! love !
Thanks so much!!
Beautiful presentation with that crab! A wonderful glamour shot of it, too
Glad you noticed my turntable 😄 I cobbled it together this week and it works quite well!
@@MamlamboFossils of course I noticed! You did it very nicely, was a fantastic addition to an already fantastic video!
I hope everything going on these days isn't wearing on you, too greatly. At the very least you seem better rested :)
As always, I look forward to your next video!
I really enjoy the prep of the fossils.
Thanks Tracy!
Great hunt and prep. Tricky or not it's a really nice specimen. This new spot looks like it will be a good one.
Fingers crossed! Thanks Mickey! It's a cute little crab 😄
What an amazing hunt! I especially love the nautiloids, tanks for sharing!! :D
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed this video 😄
More great stuff, my favourite fossil channel. The Pukeko are great, love Rails, thought it was a Takahe at first. Have you ever seen one ?
I've only seen the Takahe at a conservation centre, not in the wild. Beautiful birds though!
Very new to your channel, I've never seen a "prep" before, whats that tool you use to carefully expose the fossils you prep? Also, instantly hooked! You're very informative and I'm learning from what I've watched so far. I'm in the early learning of gems, stones and crystals. I'm always looking for fossils in rocks as I walk with my head down when I'm near any. I like your approach, keep up the hunts, loving it!!
Always love the preps!
Good keep on publishing, I am suscribing, salutes from Guatemala, Central America
Still loving the vids and it's great that 10k people are subscribed to you.
Thanks Moto! Yeah, I am amazed so many people enjoy the fossil hunting videos!
That little crab turned out really nice! And I can't wait to see how the nautiloid turns out, what a nice one. Did you end up having to leave that bigger chunk that you talked about GPS tagging? That one was a bit of a head-scratcher. And what cool-looking little birds those are! Cheers!
Thanks! It did turn out really well 😄 I did leave it behind, it looks to be some whale vertebrae so might go back for it one day!
Love the preps - thank you for including them
Glad you like them! 😄
Congratulations on 10k no surprise thow great channel great guy and great content ♥🤘
Thanks so much! Glad people are enjoying the videos, I've learnt so much from the comments and photos people are sending me 😄
Wow, that nautiloid is something! So cool seeing a fossil like that found. My first thought seeing the birds at the beginning-"I wonder if they're mini modern moas", lol.
That nautiloid is very cool! I have to go fetch the other one I left behind soon. Hope it hasn't been washed away! I think the moas were quite a bit chunkier 😄 Maybe more like the Takahe.
I was not at all aware of moas before I found your channel. Now I'm looking up the takahe. I never knew there were so many flightless birds! It is so cool learning about something that I would otherwise have probably never heard about. Thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge with the world! 😊
That looks like a lot of fun👍✌
It was a great day out!
I love the prep very cool
Thanks Andrew!
Amo seus videos meu amigo.
here whoever speaks is a fan of yours my beautiful friend.
beautiful spot my friend.
really enjoyed!
your achadis are incredible from Brasil.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it! 😄
This is very relaxing to watch and entertaining.
Glad you enjoyed it 😄 I find fossil hunting very relaxing so I'm glad the videos have the same effect 😄
Hi Mamlambo. Nice crabs man. Thanks for the B72. Appreciate mate...
Thanks Thiago! Hope that air scribe is working well 😁
Excellent hunt and prep.
You are The Crab-Man! Great finds, have a nice weekend!
Thanks Pia-Lou! I always think of My Name Is Earl when I hear Crab Man 😂
Will you film the nautiloid prep? That looks absolutely gorgeous. Your crab preps are always exciting. Thanks for taking us along.
Yes I will! I'm tempted to cut it lengthwise to see those chamber and then have it polished 😄
Super duper cool dude! Thanks Again ❣
Amazing. New follower. Where are you? I am intrigued that the accepted theory is the smooth round rocks got that way by water erosion, yet the delicate legs of crabs stick out in places. Of rolled round like river rocks supposedly are they would be broken off. I would love to film some of these and cut a few in half on my lapidary saw. Thank you, very very cool!
Thanks so much John! There are quite a few theories of how the concretions form, is it precipitated around a nucleas or part of the decomposition process? I havent seen an explanation for the ones in this area yet. Hope you enjoy the videos!
Thank you for another great video.
Anytime! Glad you enjoyed it 😁 I'm hoping the weather clears up so I can use my camera tomorrow. It's not waterproof and it's raining pretty heavily at the moment.
At one point of the prep it looks like a stone avocado. I would love to learn how to do this. Great videos!
Hahaha it does! Someone else has called it a avocado before 😊
Hi,have you ever tried splitting like with a minute boulders,they look similar,and you could developer the nack of reducing the weight,by reduction napping/splitting.thanks for sharing the fascinating geology/paleontology of your locality
Thanks Liam! I have done that on the larger pieces where I am sure it won't split into the fossil, most of the time I just carry the entire piece as I don't want to risk damaging the fossils 😄
Another great vid.👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😄 Keep well Ray!
How do you see crab legs in the rock? Amazing.
Great video man
Appreciate it Mac 😄
Your voice is so calming. New sub !!
Thanks for subbing! Hahah glad you like my voice, it's the only one I have 😄
I love watching your exploits, i'm fossil hunting by proxy. On a different note, i'm still waiting patiently for the big skull prep.
Thanks Wendy! As soon as I am confident in my acid prepping skills I will start on it. It will take a few months though!
I swear that second find is vertebrae! And you did make that link yourself. It looks uncanny! Unfortunately the UK apparently doesn't yield as many fossil. (So they say) but they are millions of species. Your making me also want to find a crab now I know the look! Was completely unaware
It could well be a vertebrae, it had that look 😄 I hope you do find a crab over there in the UK. I wonder if they are found there on the Jurassic coast?
Oh yeah I dont even live on the right side of UK. But if I know anything. It's just we haven't found the rare fossils that exist under our feet yet on the east coast 😁. I check the beach as. Even if it isn't known for fossils I have a 5% chance 😂😂
Nice finds! Did prep that 50# crab that you found a while ago?
I'm about halfway through with it. I do a few hours on it every week. It's a big project 😄
@@MamlamboFossils Going well worth it when it's done. Keep at it 👍
I've been eagerly waiting for a new video.
This one took a bit longer with the prep being so tricky 😄
How do we learn how to expose any Fossils from the rock they are inside ? Your videos are so down to earth and soooooo interesting
If i ever invent a time machine. The first person ill invite to travel with to the cretaceous era is you. You look so passioned of what you do.
Great video
Thanks Pamela!
Great !! Amazing !!
Crab very nice!!!)
Thank you
AnytimeA
you don't find the crabs, the crabs find you!
True! I think my eyes are trained to find them 😄
Awesome finds!!!
Thanks!!
Superb nautiloid. the fossil nautiloids where I live are rare and for some reason there’s often a little pie piece missing in a unusual place. Although one I found has a couple of bite marks from a shark on it so maybe the reason the little section is missing is because the shark bit it of😂
I've only found two before this trip, so they aren't common here either, and they always seem to be pretty broken when I find them, they must have been quite fragile. Amazing that you found one with some shark bites!
Mamlambo yes there is actually evidence that the remaining part of the shell that hadn’t been broken up likely slipped out of the Cretaceous sand tiger shark or goblin shark’s mouth and sank to the bottom of the ocean floor. Just a educated guess.
Mamlambo amazing how fossil can have story’s to tell hey
Mamlambo thanks
New video hype!
Yay! 😄
Good video thank
My pleasure Chayan!
I live in New Zealand too, also moved from SA. I live in the South Auckland area. Do you perhaps know where I might go looking for fossils around here? I have heard that the Port Waikato area might have some. Wouldn't even know where to start ha ha
Hi Jimmy! The best place I know of in the North Island is the Taranaki coast, they have some incredible fossils there, some very large crabs as well. 😄 Groete daarso!
I've Always looked at Rocks and Stones 'seeing' things 'in' them. All thought i was crazy. lol So I'm NOT crazy? 8 )
Now i need to learn of this 'Fossil consolidant' you speak of. *THANKS!*
My pleasure 😁 I hope you find some fossils soon 😁
Interesting video😁
Thanks!
I know this video is now 2yrs old, but you might consider running that nautiloid thru a rock saw, to remove the damaged portion and reveal the interior structure. Just a thought
Very good finds pro⛏🤩
Thanks 😄
Wow, is this a special beach? there are similar beaches where I live, can i find crabs there too? 😯
Mate - two nautaloids in one trip! and that first one @Mud identified has a heap of potential.... I only have one nautaloid and I found it with Mud. not sure how to start prepping it.
Those big crabs will be fun.
I know! I will have to go find that first one, it's such a long hike though 😄 I've only found two before these two, and they were probably 3km apart.
@@MamlamboFossils So you didnt bring it back??? oh the oh's thats definitely worth a return!
Thanks
My pleasure 😁
Happy 10k!!!
🎉 Thanks! Never imagined so many people would be interested in fossil hunting in New Zealand 😄
New Zealand must have been simply covered in crabs at one point.
I think so, I find them in the weirdest places!
I would soo grab that big fossil. Itseems so interesting.
Hi Mamlambo, Great video! just wondering if you've ever completely prepped a crab, so theres no rock left. would be cool to see!
Not yet! I will try it one day, I don't have the air scribe I need for that - perhaps when I get one of those microjacks from paleotools 😄
I love your channel!! ,,,🧡
Thanks Hali! Glad you're enjoying it 😁
Killer Aturia and crabs a very successful day!!
Thanks Rick! Yeah, I wasn't expecting the crabs as I was in an area outside of where they are found 😄 Love that Aturia as well!
What type of glue are you using, its facinating how a crab shows up when you removing small peices of rock.
Hi Anders, I use B72 to consolidate the crab carapace, if I need some stronger to stick something back, I use a very thin CA super glue. Thanks for watching!
So what do you use to put fossils back together with and help preserve them ? Thanks
Hi Chrissie, I use B72 consolidant for strengthening a brittle fossil and a thin CA superglue to permanently stick broken fossil back together agian.,
@@MamlamboFossils thank you so much for the information.
Did you find out if museum was interested in the heavy rock? If so, do you have a video on it?
It's funny that you found soo many crabs,you kinda sound like the crab from mona 🤣🤣
Hahahaha I'll take it 😀 I do find quite a few crabs 🦀🦀🦀
I would absolutely love to have a crab or nautilus concretion that I can either prep or that’s already prepped
They are very cool fossils! I think there are some nautiloid ones you can buy online from the UK.
Ive always wanted a fossil crab
They are really cool :D
@@MamlamboFossils yep
Have you found fossilized organs? Skin n flesh or are u only looking for bone n shell?
I've never found any before, I think it is quite rare to find 😄
What are the rocks on this beach, outside of the concretions?
They look mostly like light-coloured granites to me.
Beauty nautiloid cephalopod.
Have you considered flagging your finds so you don't have to haul them so far? New Zealanders seem like good people. I doubt any real rockhound would rip off your rocks. Just a thought.
I often put some of my finds aside and they are always there when I go back for them. I will still have to go fetch it as there is no real way to get to most of the spots other than hiking there 😄
3:20 I’d imagine that’s how a lot of fossils are made!
Yip, especially if that was in some mud!