10 Fossil Hunting Tips You Should Know!

[@LymeRegisFossils]

The larger fossil found in this video was a chunk of ammonite with suture patterns. The lines are formed at the intersection of the outer shell wall and the septa. We have longer KZbin videos, I go fossil hunting a lot at low tide in the Winter. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXfamYWnpcx-ldE click the link to see our fossil hunting video thanks 🙏

[@DrawNCrochetAllDay]

It's mad how you showed that large rock around the beginning of the video and just instantly knew that it was an eroded fossil. It makes me wonder how many patterned or slightly groovy rocks I've skipped over and haven't noticed were fossils xD

[@LymeRegisFossils]

I remember starting looking for fossils back when I was very young and not knowing anything- it took me 45 years to really build up the knowledge

[@KerriEverlasting]

Dayum I love your Lyme Regis Coast! It even has a cool name. Without you I would never have even known it existed. What a wonderful world 💖

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏 very much for your comments, it is a real rugged and wild part of the world. It’s been subject to a lot of movement like landslides and mudslips and remains untouched for building on because of the landscapes dynamic nature!

[@AndrewFerrant]

Thank you for the tips. We had a family holiday near Charmouth, very successful fossil hunting. Lots of pyrite ammonites. Very happy kids thank you

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thank you 🙏 for your comments, I’m glad you had a good fossil hunting trip

[@youllthankmelater]

We are going shortly. At Charmouth, which direction did you walk?

[@LymeRegisFossils]

@@youllthankmelaterthe Charmouth Heritage Centre is at the car park at the sea front there. They could tell you which beach is best currently in that area at low tide. Look out for the dangerous cliffs that are liable to fall suddenly and without warning ⚠️. I have a good “old” video on KZbin called “ Ammonite Lyme Regis,” that really shows you how to look for the Iron Pyrite ammonites on the beach -at low tide!

[@VooV830]

Thank you for sharing a great video. ☺️👍

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏

[@nafs53]

I visited Lyme last week but would like to head back just to photograph the region and any fossils would be a bonus. Lovely scenery..

[@LymeRegisFossils]

There are some great sunrise 🌅 photos to be had at Lyme Regis . The town is very beautiful anyway !

[@Jacob.d147]

Hi, i visted you shop today, thanks so much for all your help had a great day found some cool bits including very golden looking iron pirite chunk of ammonite. Thanks jake. ( flint echinoid fossil guy) be back v soon maybe do guided tour.

[@Jacob.d147]

( flint urchin fossil) i ment not echiniod. You told me and i still got it wrong. Thanks again

[@LymeRegisFossils]

You are so welcome!🙏 it was good to see your beautiful sea urchin find in flint on a photograph ! It was an astonishing gardening find . I forget to say I do gardening here at Lyme Regis and have an allotment, which is all good fun !

[@Cactoida]

I live in Weymouth I would love to go fossil hunting one day it looks very cool I don’t know where to go to find fossils near me though.

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏 I’ve got one video on KZbin called “ Ammonite Lyme Regis.” That really shows you how to find the fossils and what to do !

[@docsavagefan2795]

Very nice video, thanks for sharing your tips .

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thank you 🙏

[@wojciechtreffler2204]

Beautiful weather, wonderful beach, super specimens and perfect video. In the New Year I wish you much health and only beautiful days at the beach. I wish you to find only beautiful specimens on the Juraisic Coast. Greetings from Poland 😍👋

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏 for all the comments. All the best to you for 2023. Greetings 🖖 from the Jurassic Coast, I hope 🤞 I find some more good fossils to show you 🙌!

[@wojciechtreffler2204]

@@LymeRegisFossils 😍👋 All waiting for the good videos 😄👍

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏 I have some on their way, also this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXfamYWnpcx-ldE I really get a good ammonite block in that one

[@melissamadsen2013]

The sutures on that first ammonite piece you found are simply amazing, and that last rock you split is wonderful! I never ventured past the Ammonite Pavement before, but on my next trip I'm definitely going to Pinhay Bay after seeing your videos. Do you ever go to Stonebarrow? I found some nice things there but they are so hard to clean!

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏 yes I do go to Stonebarrow a bit . I used to be there a lot at low tide when I was a lot younger. The fossil collecting around past the ammonite pavement can be good on the point there . There is quite a lot of iron pyrite there . The pyrite has some Promicroceras sp. ammonites in it . I’ve found some good vertebrae there as well ichthyosaur and plesiosaur

[@wallace659]

i found this smooth stone one time i was in a forrest but im not sure if it has a fossil in it ill try to give details colour: greyish brown shape: its like an triangle but with a few curves

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Maybe you’ve got something comparable in a local museum that way- you could see ?

[@kristjanz6696]

Still waiting for the fossil hunting tips

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Try my KZbin video “10 Fossil Hunting Mistakes,” that’s another KZbin video that I made. It’s got some good tips in there .

[@ImCushtyy]

Why do you sound so bitchy for a guy? This man made a nice video with plenty of tips. Grow up.

[@happygaming4462]

That’s Filey!

[@luisalexvalenzuela3247]

Muy interesante lugar. I like much me. Te felicito por tus vídeos. Espero alguna fecha para visitar tal lugar y ayudarte a colectar fósiles extraordinarios.

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks very much for your comments

[@WatchFlares]

Fantastic as always, thanks Brandon.

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Cheers for that, thanks 🙏 for you comment. It’s been mighty wet down here along the Jurassic Coast

[@outdoorsy01]

Brilliant video ❤️

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏 for watching

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Here is a video with a beautiful ammonite bed , I found in the stormy ⛈️ weather kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXfamYWnpcx-ldE

[@davidthomas6859]

Excellent as always Brandon,those Arni blocks look promising 💪

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏 very much, it was a lot of fun finding those .

[@ScoutDubberley]

Myself and partner are going to Lyme Regis in September and planning on trying to find our own fossils. We have a tide table from a previous visit for the current year but was wondering what kind of tide height would you say is suitable to go exploring during which would give us the best chance of finding some fossils?

[@LymeRegisFossils]

September can be a good time of year to find fossils along the Jurassic Coast- at low tide. It’s best fossil hunting an hour before low tide and an hour afterwards. Beware of the dangerous cliffs that are liable to fall suddenly and without warning. I’m in my shop in September, so I will have an idea of the prevailing weather conditions and state of the beach.

[@ScoutDubberley]

@@LymeRegisFossils We will definitely come and visit you in your shop! We are spending Monday to Friday in Lyme Regis for my birthday. I am autistic and fossils are one of my special interests so would be super excited to see if I could find my own special memories to take home with me from our trip😊 I had a look at your website and saw that you’ll be doing walks again. How much do the fossil walks cost (not the private ones) and what kind of dates? Would be super cool to have this experience.

[@LymeRegisFossils]

I just do the private fossil hunting trips now and they are very busy. I get booked up well in advance for these

[@ourpeople-g7r]

Recently I opened a rock and to my surprise there was more rock inside.

[@WillKnepper-e1o]

Kshlerin Cape

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Monmouth beach West of Lyme Regis, Dorset - part of the Jurassic Coast

[@Scotland_the_Brave1984_McCabe]

Do people still call wellies wellingtons lol? Iv never heard the full word in years 😂

[@LymeRegisFossils]

I like calling them by both their names, thanks for your comments. 🥾 🌊

[@WyattHannah-c1x]

Burley Glens

[@PhantomOcean250]

What tools do you use?

[@LymeRegisFossils]

I use a sieve and a small plastic shovel at this time of year fossil hunting. I get a bucket 🪣 of sea 🌊 water like a trug bucket and sieve through the iron pyrite patches on the beach for finds - at low tide.

[@PhantomOcean250]

@@LymeRegisFossilsany chance you know any good chisel sets to carve out larger nodules, and finer more precise blades for precision carving?

[@LymeRegisFossils]

@@PhantomOcean250​​⁠I was in my shop in Lyme Regis during the fossil festival ! It was a busy show I was told and down there Zoic were showing there Preparation tools for fossils. It was said they were good and had a lot of different tools for the job. Zoic are online and I haven’t had a chance to look right through their stuff yet.

[@PhantomOcean250]

@@LymeRegisFossils amazing, I will have a look now.

[@necmettincelik7457]

❤

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks 🙏

[@oasacooksey4331]

I have 1 and 200 cris

[@cinziaconforti2409]

QUESTO PENSO CHE SIA IL VOSTRO VIDEO PEGGIORE, MEGLIO I VOSTRI SHORTS, NEI VUDEO ANNOIATE

[@LymeRegisFossils]

It was a lovely sunny day along the beach so I got the camera out to film 🎥- all filmed as I went along on my daily search 👀 for fossils . My short videos get 10 million views some of them so they must be better liked 🙌

[@serritasok3808]

I have two😊 fossil

[@LymeRegisFossils]

It’s great fun 🤩 finding them 👌🌀

[@adonut4u]

Thanks for the video man. Gonna try this in my area⛏️🗿🦪

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Thanks we are lucky to be able to fossil hunt on the beaches of Lyme Regis - at low tide! The sea does the work for you washing the fossils out of the mudslides- and onto the beaches! There is a fossil collecting code in operation along the Jurassic Coast.