Diverse Finds from a Prehistoric Marine Ecosystem

[@laraehlers2447]

Excellent finds!!! Would love to be down there doing what you do!! Wish we had that kind of stuff here in Connecticut!!

[@-dystopic-]

Yeah they’re so lucky to be able to just walk along & find the amazing stuff that they do! We don’t have anything like that in Australia either.

[@prodigyaxzul8368]

@@-dystopic- Come on down to north carolina man

[@-dystopic-]

@@prodigyaxzul8368 unfortunately there’s a huge ocean between me & the US haha.

[@prodigyaxzul8368]

@@-dystopic- swim on over

[@-dystopic-]

@@prodigyaxzul8368 hahaha!

[@kinggeorge945]

Awesome 👍

[@dewey_digginnc4946]

Killer stuff man. Awesome video

[@blackriverfossils]

thank you!

[@annd3272]

20:40- the agony! I couldn't stop laughing. A find like that would have made my whole year!😂

[@blackriverfossils]

it was hard! I wanted it to be whole so bad! Its just motivation to keep hunting that spot. I know there are whole megs there! My friend da fossz found a killer 5 1/2 incher there back in the day and diva just got a nice one not too long ago..

[@annd3272]

@@blackriverfossils Glad to hear you made up for the disappointment. I'm going to be in the area in January- so thanks for all the great videos. I've learned a lot. New Hampshire/Massachusetts has little to offer in the way of fossils. Big chunks of granite, lol.

[@jurassicjuul8126]

You could really start up a museum with your collection. You know that, right?!? Over the years you must have found hundreds of thousands of teeth and other cool stuff!! Love those top quality makos

[@blackriverfossils]

quantity-wise maybe so, but I lack the big centerpieces like skulls and skeletons that people come to museums to see. I still have a few good decades of collecting left, so ya never know! Thanks for watching!

[@bobpaup4222]

Awesome finds!!👏👏👏 It looks like all off those teeth had great preservation. The colors variations are awesome. The tooth with the black burlett was exceptional. Thank you for sharing your video!!

[@blackriverfossils]

i remain surprised at the quality of the teeth there. even now I can't wait to get back out there and collect and film a future video for you!

[@ljbewell]

This is so mouth watering 🤤

[@gavindeanhall44]

Nice finds. Can you do a hurricane Nicole hunt?

[@blackriverfossils]

if it comes here we will definitely do a hurricane hunt!

[@gavindeanhall44]

Maybe it might not make it but it might just change from a hurricane to a less powerful storm

[@blackriverfossils]

@@gavindeanhall44 it will still rain a lot regardless and that's all we need!

[@gavindeanhall44]

@@blackriverfossils that is what is needed indeed

[@NatureLanny]

@blackriverfossils My favorite fossil youtuber for sure. Im inspired by your videos It changed the way I fossil hunt🤙

[@blackriverfossils]

thanks so much! happy hunting!

[@bobmcdoggish9659]

You know that I love your videos! For us amateurs, in a future video, could you show a side by side comparison of fossilized teeth and non-fossilized teeth? It could be interesting.

[@blackriverfossils]

thats a good idea but I don't have any modern shark teeth for comparison. i've thought about picking up a few on ebay but i can't get around the thought that doing so would support slaughtering sharks for their teeth. i love those monsters and they're better off with their teeth.

[@bobmcdoggish9659]

@@blackriverfossils ... maybe some friends have some non-fossilized shark teeth that you could borrow?

[@techoverloadx]

I always worry about hitting up the construction sites, they got their undies in a wad at the Berling G site. I did find a few thing out there before hand. Would love to take a trip out with you guys one day, IF i can ever find time.

[@ReturnoftheCollector]

Y’all been busy. I really gotta get a hunt in soon. All these videos have me going crazy. So jealous

[@blackriverfossils]

we try to hunt somewhere every day. We don't always find stuff but it scratches the itch

[@ReturnoftheCollector]

@@blackriverfossils hopefully I can get a hunt with you guys soon.

[@snow3017]

You missed a golden opportunity to splice i the spongebob "a few hours later..." while diva was digging the vert out. Some beautiful mako's and bulls in there for sure, great finds!

[@blackriverfossils]

oh man that would have been perfect! she took her time digging that out lol

[@grahmmo8595]

Awesome content love you’re videos!

[@blackriverfossils]

thank you!

[@grahmmo8595]

What is a hastilis?

[@robertkaiser456]

Love your videos we share the same passion, I've got quite a collection from over 44 years of life growing up in Florida... I know you didn't put the vertebrates in the box so they didn't crush the teeth... Next time just put the teeth on top of the vertebrates!

[@blackriverfossils]

thats a good idea next time i'll do that. i'm betting we'll find some more big verts out there, and hopefully some big teeth. Your FL collection has got to be insane! Wonderful collecting in FL. I love hunting down there. We used to go diving in Venice every year but its been a few years since we've been.

[@robertkaiser456]

@@blackriverfossils I would say 75% of my stuff was found with a mask and snorkel in spring runs throughout Central Florida, and on the St. Johns River! I have never found a Meg! I've had one found right next to me, but finding my first Meg seems to be my nemesis! However I did find a big piece of Meg root at Venice Beach. I've always wanted to dive off the coast there and find some big ones!

[@blackriverfossils]

@@robertkaiser456 i love snorkeling but where we hunt its almost always too deep for that so we have to dive. venice is a dream compared to here because you can actually see! ive seen some beauties come out down there after the hurricane so now is a great time to try. good luck on your meg quest!

[@-dystopic-]

Holy shit you’re good at IDing teeth! How’d you learn that? Is it just experience?

[@blackriverfossils]

its just experience with seeing the same types of fossils over and over

[@codybennett9978]

can't really complain if your finding vertebre that big👍

[@blackriverfossils]

no complaints here, I'm loving the finds out there. thanks for watching!

[@prodigyaxzul8368]

I wanna go down to summerville so bad

[@Creekstain]

Holy vertebrae!

[@blackriverfossils]

they're big out there!

[@Creekstain]

@@blackriverfossils Insane!

[@Alice-jn4gv]

😮

[@dicat101]

My 8-year-old son and I are coming down to Charleston from December 27th to January 2nd. We have been watching your videos and he loves the thrill of looking for shark teeth. He was wondering if you guys would be available for a guide or point in the right direction for him. He doesn't care type of teeth they are. He just wants to find teeth.

[@blackriverfossils]

I am just an amateur collector so I don't guide tours, but there are lots of people who do. I am not affiliated with any of them but I have collected with Palmetto Fossil Excursions before and they have their own pit and they do find teeth. If you want to go it alone, you can find teeth in dorchester creek next to the pawn shop at the corner of dorchester road and old trolley road in summerville. its a well known public spot so there are not giant teeth all over the bottom, but you can find small ones. bring a spaghetti strainer and a little garden trowel to scoop gravel from the bottom and you should be able to find some. also, you'll have to go at low tide - use the bacons bridge road gauge on the ashley river to get the timing right. happy hunting!

[@brianjacob8728]

whale graveyard

[@hendricatofficial6006]

i have like that