TEXAS DROUGHT EQUALS NEW FOSSIL DISCOVERY!! Worth $75,000.00!!

[@fossilroe]

"J" shaped ones are called Idiohamites, you found a very large. Most of the ones I have found are usually less than 6" long pieces. Look them up. They start out coiled just like the regular ammonites then straighten out. The "J" end is the living chamber. Great find! I suggest you chisel away from the fossil instead of toward it. Less likely to damage the fossil that way.

[@rchurch2769]

I'm not educated in this field at all but the video peaked my interest. The j looking fossil reminds me of type of tube worm but I'm assuming something like that wouldn't fossilize. Could you maybe explain what it might have been like in living form? Thanks.

[@fossilroe]

@@rchurch2769 The "J" shaped fossil is a form of ammonite, a complete one would have started out coiled as most ammonites but then the shell straightened and finally curved back in the "J" shape. This was a shell that housed a creature called a cephalopod which would have resembled a nautilus or squid having tentacles which it used to capture it's prey.

[@leopardwoman38]

Thank you! 👍👍👍😀

[@scottcrumley7733]

Wonderful finds in that creek. Gosh I miss fossil hunting. I need to make a trip to your neck of the woods. One day.

[@wendytegeder5745]

I love fossils!! I’m a 71 yrs old grandma who loves to show my grandchildren the joys of holding and feeling something millions of years old. Thanks for your channel.

[@michaeldeleted]

Ammonites lived in a "benthic habitat". That is to say they swam free in the water column. The swimming action happens when the Ammonite expels powerful jets of water from a part of the animal called the siphuncle. So all of the ammonites you find preserved were dead at the time of their burial.

[@jlj209]

Dude, what you’re calling small ones are huge to me. Never seen these this large. Love to be able to find stuff like this.

[@echoxstreamimg6483]

In other places around the world, they can be the species Parapuzosia seppenradensis; the fossil, which was found in Germany in 1895, has a gargantuan shell measuring 5.7 feet (1.7 m) across.

[@robertgrove2131]

they say everything is bigger in Texas

[@innerDreamGaming]

Congratulations! These are awesome

[@aname1281]

@@robertgrove2131 beat me to it

[@3.0colorado21]

Everything’s bigger in Texas lol

[@ericfarr1053]

Wow. Here in New York City the closest we get to dig fossils is at the museum of natural history. Your vantage point is really appreciated. Wish I was there with you. Thanks for sharing!

[@kristalmeracle3876]

Wow! What an incredible find!! So lucky!! You either found a Bickmorites or a Oxybeloceras. Awesome!!

[@phild8095]

Red river, under the US route 75 bridge north of Denison, TX, used to find lots of good fossils there back in the 80's. Amonites from 6 to 18 inches, and one time a scallop shell the size of my hand in excellent condition. The amonites were used in landscaping, the scallop was lost in a divorce.

[@eddiemccowan7734]

Thats an awesome haul. Congrats on that amazing find!

[@triciajohnson8332]

so amazing we still have pockets of fosslis that haven't been found yet. looks like a lot of fun!

[@RetroPhil13]

I cannot believe how much awesome stuff you find! Your channel is extremely addicting

[@judyvarner8254]

I am such a rock/fossil hound, I love walking the woods and creeks and finding treasures, but I have never found an Amorite, you are so blessed to be able to find so many…you go man…love it!!

[@candiwine]

I used to walk along the river beds and sides of creeks. Would find ammonites and fossilized smails. Further west you could find coral around Brownwood tx just on the backroads in the bar ditches. Loved watching your video.

[@musicalADD_theband]

A lot of the waters in Texas and other gulf states look like that because of the black gumbo clay.. we definitely see a lot of it here in Houston area. It’s not that color from pollution lol man, love your videos! now I want to go look for fossils!!

[@sonoftherepublic9792]

Thanks much for taking us along. That unique straight fossil almost resembles the fiddlehead of a giant prehistoric fern. You’ve opened the door to a new and challenging hobby for my wife and I. Looking forward to rocking Texas and beyond. Thanks again!

[@betojdesigns]

Wow, that was an amazing hunt for ammonites. It’s crazy how hot it’s been this season in Texas, the water is really low. I hope you do get an exhibit in Dallas, that would be awesome 👏.

[@dianasnyder8200]

57 watching your videos I used to love going fossil and rock hounding. But hard on me. So thank you for making your videos ! Sorry for what you're going through. I'm prayers for a full emotional recovery.

[@Highvibes777]

Beautiful.... I'm in Texas and it's an inferno here!! Yep I could not imagine using the drill....way too harsh.

[@kerriewilson5732]

Awesome find! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us ✌️

[@TaterChip91]

3 years ago while on a hunting trip, I found an area that was littered with a lot of rocks varying in sizes from a baseball to 400-500 lbs boulders, and all had the same strange pattern on them. I hadn't seen anything like them before and being so many in a small area, it grabbed my attention and so I collected a few and took them home. They sat on a shelf for over a year, I had given up trying to figure out what they were. My best guess was some kind of a coral, but had really no idea. I was watching some documentary and they showed pictures of stromatolites...I jumped out of my chair and grabbed what I had found...and being so very similar I thought I finally figured it out, which was a big big deal for me. I emailed the museum in Salt Lake City to verify i was right...turns out...nope. Apparently they were "oncoidal limestone or oncolite" according to the museum. And you wanna talk about the biggest let down ever. It was so disappointing to learn I was wrong after being so dann excited.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

But you did get to identify the rocks you found, so you should be happy.

[@TaterChip91]

@@comfortablynumb9342 That is true, but at the same time still a downer. Thats something that is a little more than a bucket list thing for me. I don't have any formal education in regards toward that, and trying to research the topic has been...difficult to say the least. Going back to square one my vocabulary had dropped more f bombs than WW2

[@carlosmontana8840]

I wouldn't believe what they say , they are wrong sometimes.

[@tammyshaw9252]

I think it might be a sea horse. On the one that is big (j) that you found! My husband builds homes and he finds them in the dirt pile and he brings them home to me because I find them to be awesome! We have been trying to find a whole Ammonitida like the ones you have but haven’t been lucky. You are very lucky 🍀 awesome find 👍😊😊 thinks for the show. I’m in Texas thinking about Glen rose that river is dry too.

[@3Storms]

When I lived in the Bandera area as a kid I used to find half-clam and full-clam (both sides together) fossils. I'd see those spiral fossils every now and then, but never as large. I also found fossils that looked like big worm segments, a fossilized fang that I gave to my uncle, a segment of what looks like a petrified centipede, and a druzy-quartz fossil shell imprint inside of a rock.

[@kimgc4754]

Thanks for taking us on your adventures! It's exciting to watch.

[@twalsh29]

What an amazing group of finds! I am so glad you are willing to display that at a museum for everyone to enjoy.

[@robertkustos2931]

@@DiamondMinerIvins are there any gold deposits in the river bed ? From England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@TooTRUEtoBeG00D]

More like sell it to the museum lol.

[@hockeyrace]

Wowzer! New subscriber here! I’m amazed at the sizes and the abundance of fossils. I so wish I could visit this area. It’s absolutely amazing 🤯. You do a fabulous job! Thanks so much for sharing. Stay Crystal 💫 Mari

[@largent45]

I love fossils!!!! Ammonite creek is amazing and i love your videos from there! You did find some museum quality pieces! That straight one is super cool. Awesome finds!

[@kathylincoln8917]

Thanks for sharing your aminite spot with all of us. I would love to add this piece to my Rock/fossil collection.. I haven't found anything like you have found in my part of Montana

[@izabelabhering7041]

What a beautiful area to go fossil hunting! These are huge specimens, I hope the museum you mentioned will display your finds! Best wishes🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@redders6858]

That ‘small’ ammonite would be huge in the UK 🇬🇧 A huge WOW from me. It would be a childhood dream come true to look for fossils somewhere like this.

[@garygreen5100]

Great adventure !! THANKS FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THESE AMAZING FOSSILS YOU FIND

[@trishgage9288]

At the 4:50 mark, just after you mention the ammonite recently washed up, I noticed what appeared to be a well detailed ammonite as you pan your camera to your left. Hope you checked that one out!

[@MobileOutdoor]

Anybody else get a kick out out of the fact that he causally calls out a museum’s collection quality. Great video man. I’d freak out if I found anything close to that

[@lisacampbell7954]

Love watching your channel’s progress and finds. Congrats on hitting >500!

[@terryjleavitt4528]

Wow! That place is an amazing time capsule of the world of another time, so different from the one we know now. You're lucky to be able to explore it and find such remarkable treasures. Awesome video!

[@Kevinjk-tl1ks]

I just found your video this morning. I live in central Texas and grew up finding fossils. I should go do some hunting, but you cannot over emphasize how hot it is. Anyone going out to hunt....TAKE WATER and don't overdo it! Great finds👍

[@Bossdog91]

Amazing they are huge compared to small ones I've seen

[@GrandmaBev64]

Awesome. Always like to see new fossils. Not so much, the drought, but, it sure is revealing some beautiful stuff.

[@valentinlopez6189]

I found numerous nautilus fossils in a dried river bed South of San Antonio, Tx, they were about twice the size of those in the video.

[@lauradean4696]

My daughter in law is always hunting fossils and showed me a spot where she and her boys would hunt for amenities. They were small and fit in small hands. I'm going tell her about your channel. She'll be so excited. Her boys are in the Navy, Marines and Army,now. So I'm sure your videos will have my son and I traipsing around Bell County looking for fossils again.. I'm so glad a stumbled on your you tube. I would love to win that fossil as a gift to her. Although she will think your you tube video is a great gift. Bless you!

[@l.janescroggins2555]

How fun!! Are there other types of fossils found in that creek?

[@cynergy4]

Ammonites are amazing, especially if they still have some ammolite! Thanks for taking us along!

[@montyferguson4657]

In west Texas, around Big Lake, ammonites can be found lying on the ground in the thousands.

[@drfill9210]

Here in Australia we have an earlier version. They are called belemnites. Kinda like a squid. Heaps of those guys have ended up in Coober pedy and have turned to opal. I have heaps. Swap you a belemnite for an ammonite?

[@dmozonnersepicoutdooradven3524]

Outstanding finds. I lived in Beaumont for a year after the Corps. Thank you for sharing.

[@kilogram4071]

Those are AWSOME i live in Northern Ontario Canada an when i find the time im gone to look around my city an communitys to see what i can find, i know there is something waiting for me out here there are so many unexplored places in this beautiful country .keep on digging

[@dogzebra2708]

I live on the east coast and I have been looking for fossils since I was a little kid. I had been banging rocks everywhere in go for the fifty five years and never found a single one. Finally after years of failing I gave up and one day about five years back in went for a beach walk in the middle of the winter in about -10°F weather after a serious wind storm and stepped on a rock that had a fern fossil in it without even looking for it. It's the only one I ever found. I don't think anyone has ever found anything close to what you have there around these parts though.

[@cathymorasch4164]

Boy, wish I lived somewhere I could find such great pieces.

[@janiehand2954]

several years ago, in a little picnic pavillion that had half walls we found two ammoites in the wall as big as small auto tires. There was also several along I20 just as you get into Dallas, there was road constrution and we could see several large ammonites.

[@jimjohnson6857]

I couldn't think of anything cooler than to have a real fossil in the shape you are finding them in! This is a cool channel! God bless

[@marybeth6272]

Wow! What a great place to find so many fossils. Thanks for taking us along. 🙂

[@Leprovocateur]

Wow! Wow! Thanks for bearing this horrible Texas heat to find a fossil record! Too cool for words! Thank you so much for showing us these magnificent fossils!

[@leoaguirre3460]

incredible finds - you have all the luck!

[@jiggmin1234]

Always love your videos. As someone who has collected fossils since being a little child, I love the joy of seeing other people enjoy the same hobby.

[@leewomack3498]

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen! In fact, I've never seen one before. Wow!

[@GmaCynD]

Wow! Amazing finds! I get so excited finding fossils- thanks for taking us along!

[@elizabethgibbens]

That’s really amazing how big they can get. I’ve found small fossil pieces and they are still fun to look for.

[@RCBuildaholic001]

I’ve been to Texas but never been able to collect any fossils from there. I know there’s supposed to be a place to collect trilobites and those are one of my favorites. You have a great place for the giant ammonites, keep finding them!

[@Biomess1]

It's amazing they are just laying there mostly exposed! I can't imagine owning property with that creek running through it (unless it's public?), and not explore it often, although I'm sure there are people who don't care or have time to do so. Very cool video, thanks for "taking" us along!

[@richcoin2694]

My favorite thing to do.Searching for Rocks, fossils and American relics. Awesome place you are at.

[@jayciejenkins4552]

Super interesting and informative! I had never heard of ammonites until this video, so thank you for sharing. I'm a rockhound and love any opportunity to take a stroll in a dried up creek bed!

[@williammcintyre8570]

Love it. I'm a Missouri River bottoms explorer survivalist. These finds are fabulous. Subscribed

[@clintonmorris8222]

There's a truck load of fossils in that creek. You are truly blessed to have such abundance when you go out and put the work in

[@ginnamagda5810]

How exciting!my first time seeing you! So what is an ammonite? I have never seen anything like these and so absolutely cool.

[@dwaynedeck110]

Totally enjoyed your video. Just moved to Texas 1 1/2 year ago. Have been up to the N. Sulphur River, but not any other places yet. Hoping to get a little further west for some of these ammonites. Keep up the great videos!

[@aurorawallis3355]

Hi I'm in Houston I would have never thought we had some awesome looking fossils near here in Texas always watching videos where people are crystal and teo and shark teeth all kinds of fossil hunting I think nature's got the most beautiful price versions and I'm going to enjoy watching your videos for now on have a blessed day and good luck and Dallas museums going to have benefit from your treasures

[@iwonder7480]

Absolutely amazing! Even more amazing is these fossils can be found so close to the surface as purportedly they died out 66 million years ago. I would have thought these critters fossilised remains would be 10s of metres deep after so many millennia!!?? 🤔🐚🦖

[@listenup872]

Why is that?

[@gardengatesopen]

They're not very deep bcuz here in Texas there's hardly any topsoil. Especially in creek beds. Depending on where you are in Texas, you would be ecstatic to even find a ½ inch of good topsoil in any stretch of land over here! If you drilled down 10's of meters, you would find the same thing you're seeing on the video. Limestone rock. It's a giant rock shelf that more than half of Texas sits on, and it's called the Edward's Plateau. In North Texas there's a bit more soil, if you wanna call it that... It's a special kind of dry black dirt mixed with white clay stuff that binds it all together. We call it calichè. The white calichè part has the perfect composition to make portland cement! Needless to say, it's awfully hard to grow food in it! The East side of Texas does have a lot of good soil! Lots of rain over there too! I almost forgot about that... ! Texas has so many different kinds of regions, and climates! It's very cool that way, but definitely not known for having good soil. In England, y'all are used to being able to dig down into the soil, even if it is a heavy clay soil, it's still soil!! I would trade ALL the rock my property sits on for some of your soil!! I can ammend clay soil. But rock... ...smh... It's pretty difficult to grow any plants on top of rock! The limestone boulders we have are pretty cool tho!

[@minajorgens2896]

WOW! I would love to find just one fossil in my life time! I get excited watching you!

[@Taxshedermist]

Jason the drought has exposed so much for you to find. I think I have been following you since your first video to this creek and these are some of your best finds.

[@F4495-q]

Love to see you finding so many of these. When my son was about 10 we went to the river that’s south of Dallas that has dinosaur tracks. It was amazing to stand in them. The problem was they were on the opposite side of the river. It had rocks that were flat that led to the other side but were flaming hot. So just decided to get the sneakers wet. The hotel in Glen Rose was new and it was land was dug from a hill side and exposed a long long lost creek bed. I found a rock there that I am sure a an impression but raised up of a small dinosaur foot print. We still have it 12 years later. Love you videos. I would love to go hunt for these but I have no idea where to go.

[@tinasan3870]

Dinosaur State Park The Paluxy River

[@gardengatesopen]

Or any nearby creek.

[@deadlyradiation7977]

fossil hunting with the kids in a dried creek bed is the best way to spend the afternoon. pure joy finding shells.

[@leewomack3498]

That's kind of you to donate amenities to a museum. Most people would just take them, or take them and sell them. I like what your doing!

[@jajphotog77]

If only diamonds were as easy to spot as ammonites! Those are awesome!!!

[@lydiatwina1227]

I’m a newbie here. So enjoy watching adventures like this. Great Find! Blessings 🙏. Be safe

[@manuelbarrera5462]

Thats a great way to turn lemons into lemonade to use an old pun. I'm used to kayaking and fishing those rivers, never thought to look for prehistoric fossils. The more you know. (shooting star)

[@kimchance1533]

My kids and I are amateur fossil hunters. Thank you for your videos. It's great to see what we could look for. We have subscribed and we are watching through your other videos now.

[@TXMess]

What awesome fossil finds! Have been watching you diamond hunting videos and love those too. Thanks for sharing your adventures!

[@craigbarras1512]

I love amonites . At my old motor pool in Germany was large rock full of juvenile ones too many to count. But the strange thing was that all of them turned to chalk. Too brittle to keep and we could write with them. But I’m on the Orange Beaumont area now and too much mud to find fossils. I find Indian mounds but I keep those on the hush and don’t disturb.

[@larrybair8074]

Amazing finds. You’re a fortunate guy to find all these specimens.

[@angelakimbrell1214]

My loss I’ve just found your video and I’m hooked. I love fossils and now I can get to see them found at the source. Thanks for sharing

[@Dixepix]

These Ammonites are amazing!! We dont have them like that here! Would love to get one like that :)

[@dannybrown5744]

I drove to San Antonio with my roadside geology book on my lap...great drive from Yuma Arizona. Love it.

[@lorettasimms1961]

Wow wow wow so big that looks like a whole lot of fun.

[@GrainKing]

Love your videos man! I wish I lived in a place where I could find cool fossils like those

[@mountainchild9322]

Go to BOCA lots of fossils there and many dentures on the beach

[@richardbeee]

Our old family "farm" up in Montana has huge ones on it, and the are full of different color sulfide cubes. About knee high. Beautiful they are. Some day i hope to get up there and exploit them. Or is it explore them? Nice stuff there.

[@shk2564]

I found some of those in Texas on a canoe trip as a young boy but they were only 4-6 inches in diameter. They were prized possessions for years but I have no idea what happened to them. It was about 45 years ago.

[@slogomary]

Do you ever find fossilized opalized ammonite, with the colors? They are so magical..thank you for sharing!

[@mossy8419]

Those tend to occur in shale formations (such as the famous bearpaw formation in Alberta, Canada), while the rocks he’s searching in appear to be limestone. Furthermore, opalized ammonites tend to occur only in select few places (Alberta being the most famous for jewel-grade ammolite, and Madagascar, which is where the eBay ammonites come from.

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

are these geodes inside? please cut them open and show us whatever is inside in a follow up video

[@johnfenton6134]

I can't believe the size of those. Here in the uk they're so much smaller. Would love this!.

[@J.Anne.Overeem]

WOW! What a treat to come upon your vlog. I’m amazed at what found on that riverbed!

[@tyeamckee]

I live in East Texas. We have a trip to Crater of Diamonds, AR area planned for next week. So I have been researching and came across your videos. Wondering now what is close to me in Texas to find.

[@samsabre1664]

I'm going to the crater next week. I will also be taking a trip from there to Mt Ida and the Wagner Crystal mine. I can't wait!

[@travispritchard7839]

I want one

[@canadianmonte]

That is a longtime dream of mine...to find big fossils like this! SO cool.

[@rompergoddess]

love watching you find such beautiful ammonites!

[@kseaglass8920]

Those are beauties 😍 what an exciting find. Hope you stay cool 😎 and happy hunting new prospects soon 😀 definitely thumbing up for support. 👍🏼💚🐸💚🐢

[@oldgamerchick]

Wowzer your brave. I never use anything stronger than my battery toothbrush 😂. I live in Texas too, South Central area. I am fairly new to fossil hunting. Been a long time rockhound. I love rocks. Really like your video. Sadly all I find around here are common sea life fossils. Thank you for sharing. 🙃☕❤❤❤❤

[@carriedziabczenko6]

Hopefully I get a chance to check this spot out soon. In my nearby north Texas creek bed, I've only ever found ammonite fragments. I'd love to find a complete fossil!

[@janetkelley1160]

I remember going fishing with my grandfather 60 Yeats ago on the San Gabriel River in Georgetown Texas. We found lotsof fossils, I found a whole fossilized oyster.

[@mariopisterzi3320]

Super cool videos I am not a fossil guy but stumbled upon your videos because I've been stuck in the house after getting my knee replaced. Good luck to you finding more.

[@dawnellherrera9338]

Thanks. I would love one of those. Glad the awful weather is good for something.

[@jeffwilson4176]

It's good to be a day late LOL. I've been looking for stuff like this along Wichita River we have lakes that are drying up I've been finding bottles from the early 1900s

[@zefwoodelf]

Wow! Ammonites are my favorite! You are so lucky to be able to find those! I'm jealous

[@funkojones2947]

I would love to hunt those with you. I wouldn't even keep them just finding them would be reward enough for me !