Yeah it's an interesting block! Need to send a few bony bits off from Ravenscar in the new year

Thanks for the kind words! At least one more video still to come for 2024, and maybe another hunt if I can find time 😅

Thank you! At least one more video coming out on NYE, and depending on how the next few days go potentially one before Christmas. Thanks for watching as always and hope you have a great time over the holidays!

I use the Zoic Maia with a few different size tips depending on what I'm prepping.

@ looks good to use. Got to upgrade to one of those 👍

Always worth the trip down to clear the head and enjoy the scenery. Added bonus with all the rare goodies 😄

@ yeah the trip ‘down’ is always worth it!!

I'm still figuring out how to get the national trust to get a golf cart ride from the top of the steps and save that last bit of the walk up 😂

@ ha, or better still, an elevator!

Yeah, I'd take a lift, zip line, jet pack etc back preferentially but alas, the trek is part of the reason it's not as picked as other sections of the coast

It was an odd trip... Very little of the common stuff but lots of rare and interesting things. The gastropod will be interesting to see. Doubt the shell is there but I have hope for the rest

I always appreciate you coming back and watching all of the adventures!

Thanks for watching!

Always good to get out, just much more restricted about when I can nowadays! Hopefully will be out a couple of more times before the end of 2024. Will be very happy if the finds are as good as this trip was!

Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed!

Hoping after the rough seas this week that there might be even more!

My pleasure, and thanks for coming along!

Honestly I've been into it since I was a little kid and got my first dinosaur books. My aunt took my fossil hunting on the Dorset coast near Charmouth and I found my first fossils and was hooked. Been lucky to travel the world and fossil hunt ever since!

@@dinoskool that's so cool, I'm going to try and get my daughter into it.

There are definitely worse hobbies! Appreciation of the outdoors, history, biology/geology, and fossils themselves can be artistic. Many kids get into fossils whilst young, but most grow out of it. My parents kindly nurtured my passion and I've been lucky to make a living out of it in academia.

I was very pleased how the Paltech came out especially as so little was exposed when I found it and I did tap it so it broke 😅 I do always enjoy the results of good fossil prep even if the fossils themselves are not always the best. It's one of the joys of the hobby! Just have to keep looking for better ones.

@dinoskool yes mate that's what keeps us all going.... it's the the hunt of the fossils to hopefully improve our collections 😊 your prep work is looking good to. Take care mate 👍👍⚒️⚒️

Always some more goodies to be found! The prep is very much a work in progress. Not had a lot of time of late, but when I do, I'm busy prepping my first proper Grammo block which will get shown off when done.

@dinoskool brilliant mate, I'll look forward to that 👍👍⚒️⚒️

A very low tide isn't needed, but definitely helps. If there are onshore winds or higher seas, a tide that small could be dangerous even at low tide. You will know pretty quickly if it's safe to progress as the major cutoff is shortly after the wreck as you head north. Still plenty that can be found before getting all the way around though. A good map is here, that cutoff is the star between 9 and 10. earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Lower_and_Middle_Jurassic_rocks_between_Robin_Hood%27s_Bay_and_Hawsker_Bottoms_-_an_excursion#/media/File:YGS_YORKROCK_FIG_18_01.jpg

I made a video showing the location: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYKuqp6wpcmDqq8 Let me know if you need more details. It's arguably one of the hardest beaches to access in the area due to the hill and the path through the ferns

​@dinoskool thank you, that makes it easier, really good explanation 👍

@dinoskool now that was a work out. I can see why it is one of the hardest beaches to get to. But absolutely beautiful all the way. Thank you for your advice, I don't think i would have got there without it.

Glad it helped. It's a mission at the best of times and when it's overgrown or wet it's a challenge. Add a bag of rocks and you are feeling it by the end of the climb up! Hope you got some good finds

I've been into fossils since I was a young kid and found my first fossils on the Charmouth/Lyme Regis stretch of Dorset when I was 5 or 6. A palaeo degree and PhD later, a job eventually brought me up to Yorkshire and I've been trying to enjoy the coast whenever I can to break up the usual life! Glad you are enjoying the vids, and hope you can get out hunting in the not too distant future! I should be out again soon and am looking forward to it.

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

I'm very pleased with a few of them, disappointed that a few of the rare things were incomplete... Usual joys of fossils! Hopefully the next bunch are even better

It was a fun trip. Need another trip, and maybe some Cads in my future

Thank you!

Good to know! I had suspicions but wasn't 100% sure

Glad you enjoyed! Should be some more soon!

The box itself was a bit rubbish so had to lay the fossils out instead, but the concept was the same 😂

@@dinoskool The first blue wyke block might be worth micro CT, it's fairly rare and I don't think it is too pyritic to get an effective scan

To check out the other potential ammonite? Maybe down the line. Will see how I do this winter at Ravenscar with more of the Blea Wyke stuff whether it's worth investigating that one further

@@dinoskool That was my thought. I hope you have some great finds this winter, I'll have to fossil hunt vicariously through you! Although I have got a couple leads on fossil localities at my next location, still don't know how legal collecting is there XD .

I don't do lectures on KZbin, but have done in previous jobs. I'm working on some more informative videos including the geology of some of the sites and how that relates to what we find. Just take a lot longer than the hunting videos!

I handed one of the bits off to a friend who was with me so it'll be separate Grammo blocks ultimately. It was probably a 10+kg nodule that had nothing showing on the outside and I didn't fancy hauling it out on my own 😅 That fall produced quite a few nodules that we saw, so expect there will be even more when it's washed about and after a bit more rain! Will be back at some point in the nearish future I'm sure

Im there Saturday so sounds good mate👍 👍 👍 it is a steep hill tbf so I don't blame you halving the load😅 all the best mate 👍👍⚒️⚒️

If you are there on Saturday, check out the falls just as you enter the 2nd bay. That's all fresh, and with the tides and waves this week may have been moved about some. Please do let me know what goodies you get!

@dinoskool will do mate and tyvm 😊 👍👍⚒️⚒️

Thanks! Always good to get out to Ravenscar and ran into Neil T down there who didn't find an awful lot but did get a rare species of Haugia... Typical eh 😂

Was good to get out again! Sadly Ravenscar still pretty sparse, but some early signs there might be some good falls over winter if we are lucky. Hopefully will be out on the coast again soon.

Thanks!

Thanks! Still very much learning with the prep and it's nice when things prep well. Just upgraded my compressor so I'm hoping to do even more when things settle down a bit more at home!

@dinoskool yes mate it's always a bit nice hectic when you have a newborn 😊 was the last compressor a bit underpowered??? Do you us air abrasive to????👍👍⚒️⚒️

The last air compressor was turning on every 20 min or so and caused vibrations in the current shed setup I had. Bigger compressor should cut that down (as it turns on less frequently) and allows me to get the abrasive system down the line

@dinoskool Always better to have the compressor cutting in less often especially if you have neighbours close by 🤫 😁 sound deadening too is a good option with a decent extraction system in place 👍👍⚒️⚒️

Thank you! He's keeping us very busy but the whole family is doing well

Thanks all around! Can't win them all with the finds but it was great to be out. Hoping to sneak out again this coming week due to the high chance of goodies with all this crazy weather but will depend how things at home are! Great to hear you've had some new goodies! I've got my first Paltech due to come back from prep but now want another one so will have to be back down in Boggle Hole at some point. Catch you soon!

You passed the test😆😆 😂😂 👍👍⚒️⚒️

Thank you! It's been an adventure at home over the last few weeks for sure, but I'm also excited to get some time on the coast again as the weather starts to become more wintery!

Thanks! Rowan is keeping us very busy (although admittedly asleep on me presently). Hopefully out hunting again soon after all the rain and high seas!

Thank you! Do love the dino artwork too. It's super cute

@@dinoskool let's hope R will follow in your footsteps 😊

Thanks for watching! Hopefully out again soon

Thanks for the kind words. The family is all doing well and keeping me very busy! Hoping to get out more in the coming weeks especially with all the rain and winds.

​@dinoskool I'm sure there will be plenty of wind and rain over the coming months so no rush the fossils will always be there lol, make memories mate. 👍👍⚒️⚒️

It was a good hunt. Sadly the rare things from the Blea Wyke layers haven't led to much but I'm still happy with my haul!

I hope my little one loves fossils, but if not he'll hopefully just love the outdoors and coast all the same! The weird thing on my bag is actually a mount for my camera. I'm planning to try and film a full hunt (or at least a solid hour) rather than doing lots of short clips. It's been a bit of practice getting something that might work and the mount looks weird and draws lots of questions.

@@dinoskool Cool I thought it may have been a GPS unit to record where you found your more interesting finds

I've got a GPS app on my phone for that so all of the bone finds have accurate locations. Everything I've found is loose and washed though so it's all moot when it comes to that level of detail

Thanks! We are still awaiting his arrival, but it'll happen soon enough I am sure!

Ravenscar always is good for the diversity, if not always the number of finds. Already looking forward to my next adventure down there, although I'm told the seals are back in the bay limiting access to the beach via the ferns and ticks... might be November and the cold weather before I'm back. Thanks! Hopefully not much longer to wait for the little one to come out, but now you've got me looking up where to buy a kid's hardhat!

I will not argue with that opinion. The Yorkshire coastline is truly a special place even if there weren't fossils, which are a happy bonus on any day out.

@@dinoskool I live down on The Sunny South Coast, the fossils are few and far between. Unless you're interested in microfossils of cocoliths! I've beautiful marrowfat pea sized bivalves shell. Also over the sixty years of my life I've found about a dozen sea urchin fossils, some preserved in chalk, some in flint. I still don't fully understand what the bandings of flint arise from. I'm now disabled with spinal injuries, you guys wave a wand, taking me to places I've always wanted to revist. Spent a couple of weekends at The Dracula Convention, with a goth girlfriend of mine. Beautiful area, great biking roads, and now you know how I got the spinal injuries.

@@dinoskool I do love Whitby, nice pubs, good beer and always good company.

The south coast has some lovely areas too, and generally warmer than up here! Shame your local area is mostly Cretaceous microfossils but still a bonus. Sorry to hear about your injuries, but glad we are able to take you along for some of our adventures, even if just virtually!

@@dinoskool Seriously, thank you. You take me back to wandering along the beach, beachcombing for wood and other weird and wonderful sights. I still get that same delight in discovery, vicariously through a lot of geology and palentological KZbinrs.

Thanks! I'm excited for that day but who knows if he'll enjoy the fossils!

Thanks! Not every day you find bone on the coast, let alone at Ravenscar. 2 verts was really a great day

Thanks! Not here just yet, but fingers crossed it won't be long to wait

Thanks! Snuck another hunt in whilst we still wait for the little one to come along which should be online in the next week or 2 depending on how busy things get 😅

@@dinoskool Nice one 😉