Cracking a great fossil Ammonite open

A great day at the mine. We don't get fossils of this gem ammolite quality every day.

[@cilanthropetunia]

Ugh I can’t even watch them Destroy this priceless fossil

[@Brian.Martin]

They ruined it... they have a grader and im guessing a backhoe close by ..they should have extracted it as one peice and let a university class do the final stages to preserve as much as possible

[@Shinyarc]

Well, thankfully it’s just one out of hundreds of thousands. Sucks they got one of the bigger ones tho

[@MsScarletwings]

@Dank Dank But it’s an opalized ammonite, and a freaking HUGE, amazingly (formerly) intact one at that. All these factors together makes that an extraordinarily rare find, to be clear, and it’s just a shame to know this ancient gem/fossil took hundreds of millions of years in just the right circumstances to form, and then it was hacked up by some amateurs with a water bottle and a chisel in a couple minutes.

[@rambaral340]

@@MsScarletwings That's because Greed beats Research and understanding. They are gonna make a good amount of money on the gem market

[@pauljerome01]

@@MsScarletwings maybe if you went out and hauled butt working in the hot sun in the mines you'd be lucky to find one yourself before a bunch of amateur get to it right?

[@mollygrubber]

Good to see the artful skill of fossil preparation has not been lost - THAT WAS TERRIBLE!

[@NVMDSTEvil]

they're mining it to sell it as gems.

[@lucky2653]

It's a door stop now. It could have been worth a lot more now it's worth about a tenth of what it could have been. Well done on ruining a fossil.

[@captain_chompers]

This physically hurt to watch

[@markhepworth4804]

300 million years....and then it met this fella...

[@ferretscoutcar]

Nearly busted a couple of ribs laughing at your comment! 😂🤣 👏👏👏👏👏

[@rushzimi3865]

Yip... I agree. It's somehow like delighting in chopping down a 2000 year old tree...

[@Peterneuh]

Only ca. 4700 years old. All the fossils come from the Great Flood (Noah).

[@teodoranirmala3163]

Ruach Pesak Any scientific material evidence about your claim? I believe Noah's flood, but I don't believe that it was the one and only catasthrope, especially flood, that ever happened on Earth.

[@Sam.osborne__]

Ruach Pesak is that a joke?

[@lindataylor2131]

When I was a kid, back in the early 70s my dad taught at Purdue, and one of the classes he taught was geology. He used to take his class to the Indiana strip mines, and I got to go with him and hunt for fossils. I never got a lovely fossil of this size, but I have a huge box of ferns of all sorts. Some so well defined that you can see the veins in the plant. I got lots of geodes too, as well as finding huge boulders of crystal that I took pieces off of. This ammolite is beautiful though. I live in Florida now, and most of what we get here are fossil shells, and lots of shark teeth.

[@trippingonrocks1165]

That is so amazing, the thick layer in there. Great exciting video, you followed the natural cracks so fast, that was impressive, thank you for sharing, I subscribed 👍🏼🇳🇿🙂

[@DM-ev3fe]

You destroyed the ancient pokemon instead of bringing it to professor Oak. :'(

[@fossilhuntress]

Epic moment. Appreciate your sharing it with us!

[@myopinion6328]

Bring mr spray bottle to my house to do some windows lol...he was right on it like a fly on shit lol

[@stevebell5231]

hahahahaha best comment I've heard in ages lol

[@Lone_wolf--br7fi]

Me too!

[@shellyrgarcia2205]

Beautiful ammolite, but bummer you broke it to pieces.

[@sidvicious4701]

livelogikal two*

[@tylerjohnson8966]

That's how all ammonites in his region are broke open. And they get glued back together. The outer rock is called the cap and isn't the actual fossil the fossil will be perfectly intact after mayb gluing a few pieces back

[@paladinsmith7050]

@@tylerjohnson8966 Perfectly intact after gluing..? are you high?

[@tylerjohnson8966]

@@paladinsmith7050 Ok perfectly might not be the perfect word but it is usuallt completly unnoticable after its glued and epoxyed. I know cuz i live hete and find these fossils. I am friends with the Kainii tribe people who primarily do the surface mining fir these here in Lethbridge Alberta

[@boatchips7820]

@@livelogikal hey, its the guy who thought the ammonite was a geode

[@confusedzebra7566]

Dude, take your time when working with ancient fossils like that. You could've done a much better job cutting and preserving it.

[@HomeSkillit]

@@livelogikal its says fossil in the video description?

[@captainTubes]

@@livelogikal yes, it is a type of fossil. Ammonite is an ancient mollusk similar to a nautilus, this particular specimen is iridescent like gem opal.

[@captainTubes]

@@livelogikal and what gave you the notion to that it's not a fossil? Oh yeah not reading the description, not watching the whole video, not thinking before commenting and wrongly interjecting an entirely false assumption presented as a "correction". Don't do that, stop, just don't do that.

[@idigthat73]

The ol fossil fights..

[@ryanpongracz8051]

Best part of this video is the comments, hahahahaha

[@akansaslp8473]

They get a Baby...Cut it in half..."so beautiful"

[@stevejeffries1603]

Its amazing that you knew that would be in there

[@budgetboiii400]

cracking a old one with the boys

[@edurom2111]

😂😂😂

[@lushasmr3883]

It's so amazing how they carefully break the rock without damaging the fossil 🦖

[@kyleregan302]

A demonstration video of exactly what not to do

[@zonester_exe9142]

A lot of you don’t understand that this is a huge piece of ammolite very expensive I praise this find

[@jeffreymendoza8241]

Wow it’s beautiful but you just waste it you just hammer it into pieces great job preserving it wow👍👍👍

[@annwithaplan9766]

Beautiful!

[@Silvertoburn]

That was awesome right there!

[@chriscoleman6411]

Opened up expertly

[@keithm1138]

Korite International mines these from Canada & Dakotas. They cut into thin layers & the pearlescent appearance gets a lot of money.

[@iHaveAbomb194]

I always thought those fossils where just giant snail shells when I was a kid.

[@ammonitefactory7244]

2nd major Ammolite Mine on the planet

[@BlackHermit]

Great Work!

[@bottomrung5777]

Fossilized gizzard from a huge bird-like creature IMHO.

[@jonathanhartfield533]

That is a beautiful fossil.

[@deeprecce9852]

Wow absolutely a beauty to work with!!! How much was it, i meant the chisel?

[@theAussie01]

....this is so amazing.....

[@VondaInWonderland]

Wow, it's incredible ♥

[@thrindalsgameroom6550]

Fossil, meet hammer and chisel. Don’t forget spray bottle too!

[@asadattayyem2637]

Delete "too!" an' you'll get a small piece of lovely poetry!

[@thrindalsgameroom6550]

@@asadattayyem2637 LOL!

[@sallymay3643]

WOW !! That's the size of my spare tire. Very cool☆.

[@michaelvandyke]

Love Ammonites,have 11 in my collection...Montana found though...

[@Doxymeister]

@Pessimistic Pomegranates Old comment, but thought I'd add some. We have ammonites here in southern Oklahoma, and all down through central and east Texas. Quite a variety of them, of all sizes. My modest collection came from a collection site along the shore of Lake Texoma. I think they can be found in several places in the US, as well as Canada. Just not the type with the gorgeous nacreous color seen here.

[@TahoeJones]

Pretty talented cleaving there. thanks

[@CoryMorgan]

The finished products (gems/fossils) from last fall's dig are now online at www.reddragonammolitecanada.com/

[@Ruf-Art-by-Tim]

Will the color go away if you don't seal it ? My sister-in-law found one and didn't seal it....now it's a doorstop

[@CoryMorgan]

Tim Kurucz Sun and elements can bleach out the colors if exposed. It is best to apply some sort of sealant after sanding to bring out the colors

[@pandagreat]

Breaking the treasure into pieces: “ oh that’s nice”🙄

[@RealYoungPhil]

hey Cory Morgan would you help me with some findings?

[@user-ml7ty3mp1o]

There is now something called a water saw. They come in various sizes. They even have blades just for cutting stones and such. Check ‘em out

[@JH-yk5se]

"So beautiful" after they break it into pieces?

[@julianmotture4444]

They didnt break it. They broke off the outer matrix to reveal the ammonite inside.

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

Would you be happy if they left it inside the rock so nobody ever got to lay eyes on it?

[@justinbeaver8015]

@@BlGGESTBROTHER i would be happier if they didnt break it into small pieces... The guy clearly didnt know what he was doing and just whacked the fossil and shattered it

[@bustin9938]

@@justinbeaver8015 ... So you an expert on this stuff huh

[@Soli_Deo_Gloria_.]

God's creation is so amazing. *:-)*

[@belladarla1130]

Waste!! So carelesss!

[@redrock7243]

I was happy and contented providing a home for Patrick Starr then this dudes came along...

[@greenweek9327]

The first human eyes to ever see it.

[@taramartin6117]

lovely

[@tianulunpantun1445]

Very amazing..

[@hungarod]

You're lucky! Grat!!!

[@MrGordonjames]

Incredible! J.G.

[@carvinlambert6899]

If we take it and cut it in half with a really nice Diamond Blade, it'll take hours!!!! Oh, ok. get the hammer and a chisel!!!

[@BradyandFamily]

That was from dinasours age , that big of a animal tru his shell took 10000000 years to turn to diamond like this

[@apachetribeswearealive2313]

Before the flood. Then ended up on Volcanoes as well.

[@xdwzone6756]

Which kind is this stone sir? & whats its benifits?

[@LongRidgeFarmer]

Plastic wedge normally used for tree felling would be nice.

[@JH-yk5se]

Is the piece that came off part of it or just the mold of it in the rock? Asking because it's now broken. Don't they want to keep it in 1 piece?

[@Sheltieshangrila]

Very beautiful. Where was this? I'm also curious, why would you break it into pieces rather than trying to preserve the entire piece?

[@eligebrown8998]

Its idiots that dont know what they're doing or dont care.

[@caribdreamin]

@S O U T H E R N They could get a third person. They destroyed something irreplaceable because it seemed they wanted to be certain in was not a doorstop first, not because it was too heavy.

[@tylerjohnson8966]

@@eligebrown8998 it's you guys who don't understand the outer rock is not the fossil and it gets glued back together . Every fossil on the market is retrieved this way and is perfectly intact when it's done.

[@tylerjohnson8966]

@S O U T H E R N you don't need a wet saw you just bust it out like they did and glue it back together with strong model glue or something

[@tylerjohnson8966]

@S O U T H E R N ??? I don't understand what your saying but I live here in Alberta and have a good collection of these fossils. Way nicer ones than in this video. But that is how it is done and when it's all polished up they throw an epoxy coating on it and you would never tell it was once in 15 pieces

[@edgarnavasardyan879]

BRAVO

[@geragdl617]

Was that an animal?? Or i just didnt got it

[@jontibloom]

why do ammonites break along a neat fracture like this ?

[@bustownbc2787]

Why wouldnt you have a good sprayer ready 😆.but this is awesome man

[@Ampersandrascott]

No safety glasses?

[@milesduggan7891]

Couldn't you have cut it with a saw and ...shit man I'm speechless

[@blackdogloose5942]

Two Numbskulls destroying a Fossil

[@fenwickc2274]

canada ?

[@glinkgo]

sad to watch how recklessly you broke it :/

[@hoborock007]

Oops...we broke it..... you hit it with a hammer I'll spray it with a water bottle cuz we're scientists

[@lindataylor2131]

Hoborock......actually...yeah. Most people can't afford a water saw. So the old geo hammer, and a nice sharp chisel will have to do.

[@fazhargmail]

They dig it for business lol. Not for science. There's a bunch of these fossil.

[@lindataylor2131]

Shoo..yep. There are a great many which are found at various places around the world. We have some in record that are about this size and which have been broken cleanly. Some fossils break clean, and others fragment like this. Most are not cut in a lab or a shop with a saw. Most are broken. Just like this. All geologists who go looking for samples carry a geohammer. It has a flat head on one side and a pick on the other. They are used to break rock. Like it or not this is the way it's done. Oh and by the way....just cause you see a huge round rock in the ground that doesn't mean there is a single thing inside it. All the blanks I've found over the years......you wouldn't believe. I even have one sitting on my desk right now. An unopened possible fossil. It's most likely another fern, which is what I collected when I was younger....hey I like plants alright....lol....but there is no guarantee there is anything at all in there. I wouldn't know till I opened it, but why open it. I have a huge box of opened fern fossils. So I keep it as a reminder that geology is full of mystery. ::shrugging::

[@omiachevli8030]

You people missed the joke.

[@calebsutherland4711]

"Oh wow that's beautiful, look at the reds and greens."- these two fuckin guys anytime they say anything.

[@bhoy1013]

A ancient giant grape

[@wesfrazier5822]

been cool if it had a empty bud can in it

[@CM-xi1nh]

what is the rock good for?

[@thebuddha4208]

Does anybody else see a brain looks like a brain when fully opened

[@TonzLanggoy]

funny archeologist broken the a very old container...

[@debrablue8858]

Looks like Fire agate* almost*

[@j.a.harbour5349]

What exactly is it supposed to be ? It looks like rust...

[@SirPano85]

Dr Stone way.... They were trying to relieve that ammonite! ;-P

[@fouilleuseacadienne-darlen1553]

Nice!!!! I’m a new subscriber and if the rest of your channel content is as awesome as this, (I’m sure it will be 😊) bravo!!! ATB-Darlene

[@trustory8766]

Awesome

[@teepose3862]

we're gonna find oot

[@CBCycles]

A couple of ABSOLUTE HACKS

[@AndrewPlanet]

May I have your permission to use the part of the video in which you open the lump of rock to display the fossil, for a presentation I' m giving?

[@CoryMorgan]

By all means. Have at it.

[@survivinggamer2598]

That just looks like a rock to me.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammolite

[@Noahsaltys]

surviving gamer its a 400 million old fossil shell

[@ryanmckenna5069]

That’s because your obs a stupid computer nerd that knows nothing about the planet and fossils

[@chriswilliams6568]

That is not a rock, but a fossilized animal and the geologists will polish and cut it to maximize its beauty. A diamond looks rough and is called a rough until polished and cut.

[@Lone_wolf--br7fi]

U will be just a rock one day too!

[@Vicscoincollection007]

Nice

[@Eurofilme]

What is that colored material?

[@williamstephens9945]

Were gonna find oot.

[@carlbole2142]

Whats fossil, and gem going for these days,,any more blue range stuff left????

[@suepeterson5675]

That's beautiful , what quarry are you at ? It almost looks like petrified wood . Also is public invited to come ? Thank you for sharing .😊

[@CoryMorgan]

Sue Peterson its a private mine in central Alberta. We will be digging again when the snow melts. Its not really a good spot for public access I fear

[@missgsm7628]

what was that,gold dust or nuggets in the rock?

[@lukassteele3512]

Its freaking diamonds hahahahah

[@Blessings.429]

WHY WHY WHY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 destroying that beautiful fossil

[@lyleneep2553]

What is it worth?

[@vondahe]

Fossilised ammo - ammonite.

[@KowboyUSA]

Aw, man. I was hoping there was baby dinosaur inside.

[@gladiusbladeofthenorth9939]

Its an ammonite...a prehistoric relative of the squid,why would a baby dinosaur be there? :P

[@ace-tj6yo]

What's something like that worth??

[@gordonfernandes6873]

670 million years, sleeping in peace & then lo behold shitty humanity bekons !

[@amandalyons1719]

I'm so jealous. Amanda N.Ireland

[@49walker44]

A little help understanding what we're looking at here would go a long way. I love fosils as much as the next person but??????is it

[@juanitoperez8148]

I’ve never seen such crack....

[@trishallain6503]

So jealous right now.

[@ExtinctBricks]

the video is very interesting ... i made a lego like custom of AMMONITE For my channel... im a fan of dinosaur and extinct creatures... I just hope i could also make a info video like this for my AMMONITE soon ... love it...

[@OttersMum]

what is it?

[@brucemorris6319]

Looks like another love rock to me. But I no nothing about rocks.