How To Find Fossils On The Jurassic Coast! Fossil Friday

[@petehall889]

Love the ammonite earrings Em! It's always worth looking closely in the gravels between the stones/rocks - I have found lots of lovely little pyretized ammonites and sections of crinoid stems that have been washed from the clays along the beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth.

[@robertmartyr2041]

finding the fossils is the best part and then researching them is just as good :0) i think you should do more tutorials :0) thanks for posting :0)

[@JCinerea]

Another thing that I will bring along is several large rags or an unwashed shirt. This is for wrapping fragile specimens so they won't get scratched during transport.

[@nicknugent6749]

Thanks Em, very useful advice. Looking forward to hearing your tips for getting at the ammonite when it's hidden away inside rock. Keep the Friday videos coming! 😎👍

[@JCinerea]

One thing that I always bring along on fossil hunting trips is a roll of toilet paper in a plastic bag in case nature calls. It is also a good idea to bring a hand shovel to dig a "cat hole" to do one's business in. I'm not sure what the laws are regarding answering nature's call in public are on the Jurassic Coast, but there is often the need for collectors to find the nearest bush....

[@bap175]

This is super relaxing to watch

[@donaldbrizzolara7720]

Good advice Em. One thing I would add is this: if you use a geologic hammer, please wear protective eyewear in the form of safety glasses or your own prescription glasses. Cracking open hard concretions or any dense strata can send rock shards in all directions like shrapnel. As a geologist myself I have witnessed many near disasters of over enthusiastic, careless rock hammering. Remember...no fossil is worth losing your sight over.

[@NFSMAN50]

Happy Friday Em!!!! Much love

[@simonbamblett2920]

This is such a fantastic useful guide, thank you. Happy searching

[@k.c.2084]

I'm looking forward to seeing the insides next week.

[@tinytrekkervlogs]

Just found yr channel and subbed, fab. I was at Llantwit Major beach yesterday. Saw an odd thing on the flat limestone rocks. From the car park left onto the beach, over the flat slab rocks. There I saw an oblong section on the rock. 2 hands length It was white, looked slightly fibrous, but was possibly from the salt left on the rock after the sea had gone out. I was wondering, might it even be naturally occurring asbestos?? Do we have asbestos in rock in this country on Jurrasic coast???

[@niko73le]

Great information . Im an amateur from Bridport, I have been looking at the beach under golden cap recently. I also like the earings.

[@marloncruz3555]

Love your nails !! ) Love your insight & advice !! ) Love You !! )

[@dmozonnersepicoutdooradven3524]

Very good info. Great finds & thanks for putting this info out there.

[@janroos7518]

Great explanation! Thank you! How do you know/choose a beach that could be promissing?

[@Fierfek1972]

There's naff all here in Sussex, I've found some quite young fossil shells at Bracklesham bay, but the shingle beaches near me are, as far as my untutored eye can tell, devoid of anything but lumps of flint. If I won the lotto, I think I'd retire to the Jurassic coast, just so that I can spend my life on the beach fossil hunting!!

[@respectanimals2]

Great information, you left no stone unturned, 🧐, there’s nothing as good as a day on the beach fossil hunting , great times , peace ✌️ 😎🌴

[@fishing631]

I enjoyed that well done love your video's.

[@mrfarty5017]

I love looking for fossils great tips 👍👍

[@Mummaearth]

i have found grey rocks that literally turned into clay as i wiped a slimey feeling off of it - some of these rocks can be dissolved to remove fossils?

[@stevejones3681]

Thankyou so much for putting this up I love your videos I have learnt lots from you

[@DonDon-df5ie]

Thank you, I've been trying to find a video for ages on what to look for. I took my kids to Charmouth and must had smashed a 100 rocks a d found nothing. We did find a few at the bottom of a land slide breaking apart the slabs of hard clay. They're very brittle however.

[@EmGems]

Glad it was helpful! 😊 It takes time to understand the rocks and work out which ones look 'promising' 🤞 a lot of time, patience and luck is needed 😉

[@footrot17]

Looks like so much fun. Look up the Moeraki boulders, it's in NZ near where I live. They have always looked to me like giant turtle eggs. Probably not lol What do you think?

[@danc101]

What beach are you at? It seems to be very rich in fossils,. When I visited the jurassic coast I found Lyme Regis and Charmouth to be quite disappointing as there were loads of tourists and the beach had been picked clean. I had better luck at Burton bradstock

[@EmGems]

This is further along from Lyme regis/Charmouth - near Seatown :)

[@danc101]

@@EmGems thanks for the reply. I've never been to seatown but heard its good 👍

[@peaceonearth1971]

on my bucket list

[@felipeduenas2968]

What type of hammer do you use

[@andyw30sey6]

Hi, I am new to fossil hunting, I am from Wales but working in Mogadishu Somalia, I spend my spare time on the jagged coast of Mog. What can I hope to find? I would be really excited to find a sharks tooth, where do I look? TIA Andy 😊

[@themagicman20081]

as usual very interesting video

[@kemjuracek8903]

Thank you

[@fossilroe]

Like the earrings. Ammonites rule.

[@captpaul8827]

How to find fossils along the Jurassic Coast??? Follow Emma!! 😊 Great video...

[@muhammadridwan-yb3vq]

It's very hard to find fossil In my country i donesia

[@mariasusanebrao7086]

Not me realizing how many fossils I've missed as a child because I thought they were ugly, so I left it 💀😭 Edit: I'm going to the beach tomorrow where there are plenty of rocks and pebbles on the coast. I'm gonna remember these tips for tomorrow

[@ashhenderson9460]

Over time I've found lots of white looking fossils in what is possibly clay, is this a fossil? Or a mold where minerals have filled in? How can I preserve them?

[@ashleyramdath2907]

wow

[@DieterHaeussler]

Emma my heroine 🦸‍♀️

[@Ionlyfeargod88]

May god bless you yes you the guy or girl reading this seek god and you will find him and he will find you amen he loves you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Yaaaaa_Dave]

Im camping there

[@joshg09]

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[@xenaguy01]

0:23 I confess, I'm just looking for ti... Oh! You said *_tips._* Like fossil hunting tips. My mistake.