Cracking Open Ammonites - Fossil Friday

[@Thorstein31]

So stressful watching fossils being opened!will it shatter, will the hammer hit a finger instead of the chisel?😄

[@chrishb7074]

Saw this here fractal vice for safely holding odd-shaped objects and thought it might be a good concept for controllable rock cracking. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3TJqGycmZWgfsk Might need a bit of a redesign to make into a field tool, but not too bad for use in a lab / workshop / home utility room, wherever fossils are prepped.

[@nicknugent6749]

Nice! The fractal vice looks a very interesting idea for holding odd shapes, before sawing them or hitting them with a hammer. Possibly a very useful lab accessory

[@donkeyrokman]

Very hard to watch the old guy DESTROY fossils, battering away at them like a five year old.

[@theresalangentern1632]

Is there a better way?

[@nicknugent6749]

Thanks Em, to you and Kevin, for sharing the excitement of ammonite hunting. I feel like you invited us to watch you open Christmas presents! Looking forward to the next instalment...

[@wendeln92]

What a fun video. Shows how exciting and nerve wracking fossil hunting can be. I live in the Great Lakes regionof the US and there are places nearby where we find triolobites, ammonites, corals, braciopods, crynoids, and if your very very lucky euripterids. If I'm right the deposits we explore a bit older than what you're finding on the English coast Paleozoic vs Mesozoic. I dabble in paleontology but am more interested in Anthropology/Archaeology.

[@neiljenkins2011]

Hi Emma. You and the good doctor keep talking about the location but without saying where it is, other than the hashtag reference to Jurassic Coast. Can I ask where it is, please?

[@EmGems]

It's along the Jurassic Coast, but more specifically Eype :)

[@neiljenkins2011]

Thank you! I must try there next time we’re down that way. It’ll make an exciting change to Charmouth and Lyme Regis.

[@jefftrag1956]

That first big rock the professor cracked open I would of left whole. What a cool piece with algae fossils and ammonites showing.

[@scienceraven1200]

Hey Em.... perhaps you should invent a rock vice... A rock vice is a kind of clamp where you can precisely implant a wedge through a screwing action rather than many hits with a hammer... Get someone to weld you one out of steel: a kindof cradle to wedge in rocks, weld over it a nut through which you can turn a bolt that pressures a knife edge into an area of the ammonite that you want to aim for... Perhaps using chains a cradle would be adjustable to any rock, so perhaps weld together 2-3 chains it would be very portable. lol.

[@paulmatthews4293]

What you are describing sounds like a bigger version of a nut splitter

[@danc101]

Great fossils! What beach are you at?

[@footrot17]

Hi Em 😊 do you find any evidence of ichthyosaur or plesiosaur's around your hunting grounds?

[@EmGems]

Yes! but I have yet to be so lucky though!

[@danmills4432]

Nice cleaving.

[@peterbonapace7124]

Dorset Junction Bed in Thorncombe Beacon?

[@EmGems]

Indeed :)

[@huntingforrockswithdavid]

Interesting. I never saw this before. I have some polished Ammonites at home that are in spectacular condition.

[@AnilHaldar-nd5mo]

ফসিলগুলো কোন প্রাণীর যদি লিখে দেন তাহলে বুঝতে পারবো।

[@sittingduck7273]

I so wish I could find these things I only have a tiny one I found at work but I’d love something to put on display in my home Also honestly I wouldn’t super glue I’d keep them separate it’s almost a part of the story to them

[@wendeln92]

Beautiful young woman wielding a rock hammer, what dreams are made of.

[@donaldbrizzolara7720]

Em: Here’s a fun experiment to try. Apparently it can be quite successful on concretions. The concept involves alternately freezing and thawing the concretion. Put the concretions in a container of water and allow them to soak for several days so the water thoroughly penetrates the concretion. Then, place the container of concretions in a freezer. When the water has completely frozen, remove the container from the freezer and allow the water to thaw completely. Repeat this freeze-thaw cycle as many times as necessary. Periodically, after thawing, check for any concretions that may have opened and remove them. I may not have the patience to do this and, alas, resort to the old whacking method!

[@footrot17]

Your serious.. wow lol. The hammer works well enough.

[@EmGems]

Thats so cool! I will definitely try this at some point! :D

[@csongorjavor9629]

Hungary has got large amount of Ammonitico Rosso limestone in the mountains and old buildings' covering stoneslabs. Some of stoneslabs contains lots of ammonites.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

You should make a video, would love to see your local fossils!

[@keithkraushaar8127]

You should wear the black dress with POCKETS to carry your fossils!!! hahahaha

[@LifeOnADHD]

Awesome😮😮❤❤

[@almontepaolilli7531]

Looks like great fun. Great video.

[@nazarnovitsky9868]

Hello 👋🏻 Thank you for your Amazing videos and Interesting information in it ) 🙂🙂🤓

[@GTO-HEXSniper1]

Hey em i have a question was the beach you went to was white point beach?

[@fishing631]

Another great video I do learn alot from you well done and keep up the good work.

[@AA1891]

Last one was a perfect split

[@shyamdasi]

Hey I am from india Can i get one,please

[@pepopepo9931]

Excellent guide. Interesting 👍👍👍. Another video again.

[@barbaralawrence784]

can you send some to agate dad,? utube please

[@mauriciotrujillo4054]

I love you, I love the passion with which you do things, you are a great woman!!

[@BenshobbyStuff]

oh my gosh your videos are amazing. totally hooked on fossils now :) thankyou so much :)

[@peaceonearth1971]

wish I were close to such beach and beautiful Emma

[@Official-Oldblox_2008]

Why the hell is every person who finds a ammonite at the beach a British person 💀

[@EmGems]

A British person hunting for fossils along a British beach isn't so unusual is it🤔

[@FhfVrve]

U have there a area with ceratites?

[@themagicman20081]

thanks for sharing you always have something interesting to show thank you

[@captpaul8827]

Great video, Em; very informative and such a beautiful locality to crack open a few ammonites! 😊💯

[@alcom3101]

Hello from France🎬🔬🙏🍀😉

[@csongorjavor9629]

Beautiful Harpoceras fossils. :)

[@user-pc5dn2bs9t]

Fossil hunting fantastic Great channel.

[@k.c.2084]

Worth the wait. Great finds.

[@boubakar5168]

Excellent em ta vidéo j'adore 😊😊

[@StoneHunter-6878yy]

Hi,

[@christianboutell7112]

Cheers Em,just 'discovered' your channel,pardon the pun,we've been fossiling between seatown and lyme regis for years and have found some incredible fossils,we mainly concentrate on iron pyrite ammonites,it's an incredible feeling when you find fools gold fossils,we've got a week booked in April in charmouth for intense pyrite fossiling,can't wait.👌👍💥

[@stephenmunt1624]

Is there any more fosllies left in Dorset :-) seem like so many amazing one that have been found :-)

[@EmGems]

The sea is always working hard to expose more and more 😍 so yes there are 😉

[@stephenmunt1624]

@@EmGems just been down the coast, there was a fossil the size of a bed. I wanted to take it home lol

[@toddpowell7231]

reminds me of an old 60's song by bobby fuller four whose lyrics include...."breakin rocks in the hot sun"....

[@Jim-e2k5s]

The chain gang was doing the rock breaking in the hot sun.

[@Grendel1974]

Thank you 🙏

[@dmozonnersepicoutdooradven3524]

Interesting video. Thank you for sharing.

[@elyasmouse8096]

Hi i have stone so i feel like ther's something inside because my grandpa left me this stone so how can i send you

[@crystalsmith2547]

Where was your specific location?

[@TalRohan]

Nice to see people taking care over what theyre doing, so many channels lay into these concretions with a lump hammer and almost always destroy the fossil, You took time over what you are doing and I appreciate that, cool stuff and far more interesting too.

[@aaronclark8877]

Where did you find them. Were you on the isle of white

[@Paka1918]

Great. But very hard to get the fossils out of the rocks.

[@felipeduenas2968]

Amitites teach us the ocean

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Great video!!

[@TheRealTomArnold]

Nice top

[@lonerrr4563]

So 😍

[@edpaslaski9477]

remember to save some for the future generations 🙏

[@Paka1918]

;) In germany, the climate glue freaks and mashed potato throwers wouldn't take care of that. They would throw soups at the ammonite fossils.

[@mollavage3612]

🪐😯❤️🇲🇦🙏🏻👍🏼

[@thesearcher118]

Thank you for sharing. When you bust them open you are the first human to see how this creature ended up.

[@Dan-56]

The entire time the two of you are hammering and chiseling I’m cringing and thinking, gloves would be a good idea 😱. Glad all the fingers survived 😆👍!

[@footrot17]

Gloves? Bro are you soft?

[@EmGems]

Haha it is risky indeed...especially without chisel guards, but I like to think it adds to the value of the fossil if blood was spilled :P (although a few fingers have been sacrificed in the past lol)

[@karlelphick3910]

That old guys the worst fossil splitter I've ever seen...

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Please show us how it’s done, sport.

[@davidfalconer1639]

Who cares most likely 300 billion lying around.