Finding an old friend - fossil hunting for large birds

[@steveNCB7754]

Very interesting as always. In the UK, symmetrical stone with a hole through the middle usually means either; spindle whorl (used to spin thread before the advent of spinning wheels) or a loom weight (kept tension in the cloth whilst being woven). In your case, that would have been one hell of a loom LOL!

[@robertbeighter6336]

Great finds buddy! That holey rock - my understanding is they are formed as the mud layers compress underwater, there are holes that form that release the pressure and transport minerals that cause concretion around the hole. They were definitely used by the Maori as anchors. I have a rather infamous phallic shaped one. Congrats on the Moa vertebra, would be great to find the source of them! Pop around some weekend, I can cut some of that bone up on the rock saw if you are interested!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Robert, thanks for all the information! I think Motunau is quite famous for the concretions with holes in them that form as you say, layers that get compressed and then force liquid up through them. Yeah, love the Moa vertebrae, now to find the rest of it. Really want a femur or tibiatarsus 😊 I'll let you know if I'm in the area!

[@sherylcrowe3255]

Another awesome adventure. Thanks for taking us along. Your iding is just amazing!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carolkara987]

Glad you went back for the anchor; it is an awesome find.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Carol! I liked it, it's a natural formation though :)

[@carolkara987]

@@MamlamboFossils Oh wow isn't nature amazing; I really thought it was made by human hands.

[@rickross2709]

Adventures like yours are awesome, love your videos!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thank Rick 😊 Got another small one coming this week with some mailbag stuff as well.

[@hazelsegnitz3254]

So interesting! You say the stone is thought to be a ” natural formation” , it still has a WOW feel ,as do all your finds 🤗

[@sarejen6868]

A boat anchor or even a net anchor. Amazes me the things you find!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks SareJen, I've heard net anchor mentioned a few times - could well be one. Or at least it might have been used as one 😊

[@sarejen6868]

@@MamlamboFossils It looks similar to net anchors used on the Columbia river, between Washington and Oregon in USA. My Ancestors probably used something similar.

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@sarejen6868 amazing how people all over the world ended up with the same tools! Thanks for all the wonderful information!

[@rodwhite9737]

Hey, Mamlambo. You manage to pick the good stuff. You have a very good eye for it. Some of the tiny fragments I would most likely pass over. I noticed at the end you showed Robert's shark teeth. He has quite a few, doesn't he? The big rock with the hole might not be big(heavy) enough for a boat, but certainly is for a fishing net! Have a good one.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Rod! Robert is a machine when it comes to shark teeth collecting! He finds so many, and some are really amazing 😊 I think I get better with practice, it definitely takes me a while to get my eye in. I think you're right about the fishing net, it would have been a good spot for it as well on that beach. Thanks for watching!! 😊

[@thiagodesouza8424]

This is amazing Mamlambo... Congratulations Mate... Hope to see you soon... Thanks man

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Thiago! Yeah, we need to make a plan to go on a hunt. It's getting colder now in the early mornings 😊

[@ineedanewname9595944]

So cool! Love the crabs. I would have never guessed that was what it was. Cool!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Dana 😁 Love those crabs as well. Found another one today. Busy with the video now

[@scottflick5758]

Looks fun. What basic tool kit would you recomend for preping specimens? Drntal instraments?

[@Nickknows00]

I wish you could expose a least a little from one of the most promising finds every ep!

[@MamlamboFossils]

I started doing it after this video 😄

[@trachodon]

Wow- what a great hunt! Congratulations on the moa finds!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Trachodon! Did you receive the package yet? It should be there pretty soon if not 😊

[@trachodon]

@@MamlamboFossils I did receive the package, thank you! Wow- fossils and rocks from New Zealand- who would believe it here in Michigan, USA. I'm still working on fossil picture for a collage.

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@trachodon glad you got it 😁

[@leeclark946]

The donut rock could have been a curling 🥌 stone but makes no sense as no ice lol perhaps it had a constant drip on top and eventually worked through !

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm wondering there was some mineral it formed around which then got eroded away? Thanks for watching 😄

[@kareno8634]

There's a World of Knowledge out there, Invite it In. Thanks again! SO glad you got that large Rock with hole - reminds me of a Grinding Wheel, or part of setup.

[@Happyhandcannon]

It's the 1st wheel ever made. Like a Flintstones wheel. Great find!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Proper stone age then 😊

[@hajorodyk1470]

You’ve certainly changed the way I look at rocks...

[@MamlamboFossils]

That's awesome Hajo! I hope you find something good soon 😁

[@chayan2397]

Great video like always Love the crab at 9:50 wish I could go get me one for my collection one day thanks for sharing your adventures have a good day

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Chayan! I love that crab as well, hopefully you do find a cool crab for your collection as well 😄

[@LRMarsh-le9zj]

The rock with the hole thru it could be a aboriginal net anchor. A internet search shows many images of rock anchors.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I found a similar one that looked like it had been worked, I've taken it to the museum 😄

[@Okiegirl85]

Maybe that was used as s grinding stone?

[@sandmaker]

wow what a great place to look. rockslides are always helpful.

[@MamlamboFossils]

They are! Usually something interesting around them!

[@jefftrag1956]

At the moa bone landslide bring a steel rake. Start on the leading edge of the landside closest to the ocean and rake the rock and push them behind you and work your way uphill through the landside.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Sounds like a good plan 😊 I should stop at the hardware store and get a steel rake for next time I'm there.

[@alasdairblackmore2592]

that @19:50 looks like the perfect small boat [canoe ?] anchor stone ... ! Weren't Maori small canoe anchor stones odd shaped like extra large hag stones ... and the ones that were "worked" were hour glass shaped ? The crack [or carved line] down one side makes me think its an old [but not ancient] fishing net or long line weight !

[@MamlamboFossils]

I did take it to the museum and they had an archeologist look at it who said it wasnt man made 😀

[@alasdairblackmore2592]

@@MamlamboFossils : Wow ... amazing shape for a natural bit of rock ... I hope it looks good as a water feature in your agate garden !

[@jonashagstrom4664]

It could be a concretion formed around a root. Bedding plane is at right angle to the vertical root.

[@John-wj2ht]

Could the “anchor “ be several vertebrae of a large cetacean and the hole the foramen?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I didn't see any bone structure in this one but in theory it could be with the neural channel lined up 😁

[@chathusrilanka]

The concretion at 9:27 how did you conclude that it is a crab? There are no visible signs on the surface. Is it just because the colour and the density of the concretion plus the shape?

[@chalcedonychris7310]

how cool are those bits of eggshell! Any idea of the species of moa you have there?

[@MamlamboFossils]

No idea! Judging from the TMT I found not too far away, it was the medium size ones, or a juvenile large one 😊 When is your next video coming out?

[@chalcedonychris7310]

@@MamlamboFossils just about done, probably premiere this weekend :-)

[@huntingtonbeachsasquatch]

My son and I love your videos and now he wants us to go start looking. I know we are on the other side of the earth but was wondering if you think we could find crabs and stuff in stones here on the southern California coastline? Thank you 4 your videos.

[@TalRohan]

ooh Moa's a big bird ..I think with the marking across the radius of the "potential Anchor" that it probably was used as one.

[@mikeferman9979]

Awsome as always more jealous every time I watch 😁

[@MamlamboFossils]

Like me when I watch people finding all those Meg teeth 😊

[@mikeferman9979]

@@MamlamboFossils oh yes I get very jealous there. I'm glad to own a four inch fully intact meg tooth received on my birthday last year 😁

[@rawdognasty666]

could also be some sort of counter weight for a mill or black smith or maybe even off a ship very cool finds

[@fossiladventures2926]

Love your videos. Moa finds are superb.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Fossil Adventures! I enjoy your videos as well 😁

[@johnr.8723]

The crab would go nice as a paper weight...and a conversational piece when someone ask, “What’s that on your desk!” I find stuff all the time, just don’t have the knowledge to identify it! Would love a crash course in Geology!

[@MamlamboFossils]

I love those tiny crabs, I call them pocket crabs as they fit so well into my pockets 😊 Often carry them around just to look at now and again.

[@jeremygush3342]

Awsome video as usual....I was thinking that maybe the stone with the hole in it, could have been used as a grinding stone for pigments ect and forgotten about till now....or a forearm bone that just didnt last and has been lost to erosion by the weather over MANY YEARS. Still a cool stone.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think if someone had come across the stone in the past, they probably would have found some use for it. I'm unsure if it was actually used, I'm certainly going to keep it 😊

[@floydhelms44]

Good find! Who goes out and finds a cool rock with a hole in it? Not a every day thing to find. Super find of the time.

[@savagesquirrel9828]

OMG the anchor is Huge! I can’t believe the stuff you lug...still, way cool.

[@Zillustration]

Even as a denser-boned bird, does the Moa risk quick deterioration in weathering conditions? i'm wondering if the skull would be prone to fragmenting due to bird bone porosity. Those vertebrae look porous and fragile to me.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, they are very fragile. They might also only be partially fossilised. The skulls are usually broken from what I have heard, but now and again they are found whole. Usually in soft sediments, not like here where the cliff has collapsed 😊

[@raygrange7312]

Still can’t get over how tranquil the New Zealand coastline appears to be. Nobody in sight.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, it's very rare to see anyone out. I often go 3 or 4 times without seeing someone. And also very little plastic rubbish around 😁

[@raygrange7312]

Just checked out population and size of the country. You are very lucky to live there. Especially in these hard times. Keep the vids coming my friend.

[@stevenprice9327]

You have the eyes of a hawk my friend. Really impressive stuff picking up the colour, shape and detail. You have some real skills there fella. Respect from the Uk.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahahah thanks Steven! I think it's because I spend so much time every week looking for fossils, my eyes are getting fossil strong 😊

[@johnr.8723]

Could the rock with the hole be a worn fossilized vertebrate? Perhaps rock tumbled naturally?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm not seeing any bone material, it's definitely rock from what I can see. It could be that there was some bone material inside it at some point that has been worn away.

[@johnr.8723]

Mamlambo...still a great find nonetheless! Look forward to your next adventure!

[@ianstewartbrown5308]

Stone with the hole certainly looks like an anchor stone, check out videos on YT about them, Ancient stone anchors

[@MamlamboFossils]

It really does look like one, perhaps used for a fishing net. Thanks for letting me know!

[@leeclark946]

Mamlambo, the shark teeth reached me in good health my son was fascinated by them ! Thank you very much I will send a post card to the return address thank you very much and keep up the good work ! Big Lee

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Lee! Glad they got to you in one piece, look forward to receiving the post card 😄

[@andyroo7745]

Lee Clark - that’s awesome bro. 👍🏽

[@leeclark946]

I plan on getting them set in gold and have some pendants made for me and my son

[@andyroo7745]

That’s even sweeter bro. You da man. 👍🏽 Top Dad hey! 😎

[@nicolbolas5078]

What kind of teeth did you get?

[@mctron22rd]

I could only wish walk into a fossil bed like that, no actually were I live there are dinosaurs prints found in an ancient lake here in New Mexico. I wonder as to why there are so many bones in one location?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think it's a combination of tides and perhaps it was at the bottom of an underwater hole where bones collected? Those dinosaur footprints sound amazing! 😊

[@mctron22rd]

I am obsessed with Australia, New Zealand And is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, and the people there are so awesome and they genuinely care about the native indigenous people. They care about the wildlife and the environment. I have never been there but, I would love to live there. This is all derived from what information I have gathered or came across myself.

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@mctron22rd I've only been to Australia on stopovers so need to do a proper trip there!

[@andyroo7745]

Bro it’s like you’ve got X ray vision looking into those rocks. 👍🏽✅ Heaps fun. Cheers.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahahaha, I think I know all those rocks on the beach personally by now - so whenever there is a new one I check it out closely 😊

[@jefftrag1956]

Around 11 40 in the vid you found a small piece of egg shell. You need to make a screen and try washing that dirt, It looks like it is full of fossils, Bring a 5 gallon bucket fill it full of dirt and go to the water and sift through that dirt. I bet you will find lots of cool stuff. You could bring back hundreds of fossils!

[@MamlamboFossils]

That's a great idea Jeff! Thanks for the tip 😊 Sounds you've tried this before! I'll give it a go if I come across something like this again.

[@jefftrag1956]

@@MamlamboFossils You can dry sift too but with water it is faster and easier to see the fossils if they are cleaned. But dry sifting when there is no water is great too if the dirt is not too hard or sticky. 1/4" hardware cloth (mesh) is best.

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@jefftrag1956 I think I have some of that mesh at home, will give it a try! Thanks for your help

[@joshmiller7172]

wow this has made my day I love the beach there

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it Josh!

[@EdAtoZ]

Mamlambo, your weight, I do not think it is about anchor (if it was it for a small one man boat). I think you have a fishing net weight (used to hold the bottom of the fishing net down).

[@fortwoodmisery]

Almost certainly an anchor, Many cultures used them in that part of the pacific. It was probably larger at one point and for more crude and erosion has left you with what you see there.

[@fissh29]

How did these fossils come to be in those small conventions, instead if in a layer of solid rock? Cool finds my friend. Your content and enthusiasm are very enjoyable to see...I can't wait to see finds and cleaned specimens each vid...cheers!!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Sail Oria! I'm not sure on the exact mechanism, there are a few scientific papers out with theories. I think when the crabs die and they are underground, the juices and stuff leach out and form a cement around them. Just my theory though 😊

[@JCinerea]

From what I understand, the critter croaks and it's remains are covered by sediment. Groundwater leaves mineral deposits on the remains, and those mineral deposits grow as more mineral is deposited. These deposits enclose surrounding sediment grains, which forms the hard ball of the concretion. Since concretions are harder than the surrounding rock, the surrounding rock will often erode away and leave the concretions on the surface of an outcrop.

[@jrpenuela4576]

How can you tell that its a concretion??? Pls answer my question... I really love ur vids

[@MamlamboFossils]

In this location I look at the texture, it should be almost like cement, that rough finish. The colour varies from blue to yellow, and the shape should be rounded 😄

[@TheHauselv]

It sure doesn't look natural to me. Really awesome finds and Thx for the nice Video. Good Luck with the Skull.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Michel, it really does look man-made. At least it looks like it could have been used as some type of weight 😊

[@notananimationchannel]

Is the moa bone a fossil, or just an old bone

[@MamlamboFossils]

It doesn't feel fully fossilised, but perhaps it's been partially fossilised? It hasn't got the same solid feel as that other piece I (the TMT) had.

[@LouellaLikes]

this was definitely your lucky day!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Pia-Lou 😊 It was a great day out there, even with a high sand level. Thanks for watching!

[@michaelbernoff5701]

My guess on the round rock is a crusher for olives or something like it. Google olive crusher artifact and it's almost identical

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Michael! I'll have a look at them online 👍

[@bradelliott437]

one of the best fossil finding videos ive seen you are good id hunt with u for days. id make a cart trollie or something for the bigger ones

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Brad, do have a cart. Have a look at the video where I fetch the fossil skull 😁

[@bradelliott437]

Mamlambo im on it buddy

[@bradelliott437]

Mamlambo i know how hard it is to carry them stones for miles

[@alexistrebexis3195]

That last bolder with the hole through it has to be an ancient anchor of some kind. Can’t be man made! I wouldn’t think anyways.

[@willbejamming1532]

So, I told my partner I put her in a KZbin video and she was very relieved to see only her hand holding the Megalodon tooth. Nice finds. Great dedication and practical fashion sense. May you find moa moa.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha glad she is okay with it 😊 I hope to find lots moa moa!

[@chova1000]

Good hunt!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Osvaldo 😊

[@seanparchim9165]

I think the Chinese used a round Rock with a similar hole in the middle as an anchor or at least from the the Asia's somewhere,nice finds sir.. cheers...

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Sean, looks like most countries have some type of stone anchor. I'm going to take this to someone that collects Maori artifacts to have a look at it, they can perhaps tell me more about it. Thanks for watching!

[@alexandermelchers1497]

Oh wow! You really got lucky with your Moa finds this time, didn't you! :D Excellent video, as always! Really enjoyed watching it. The hole through the top of a vertebra is called the neural canal, by the way, and runs below the neural arch. In a way you're still right in calling it a foramen (emphasis on the last syllable), though, as a foramen is just any hole through a bone. Typically, however, it's application is much more restricted to certain anatomical features not labelled by more specific names.

[@hammondvanhoren5402]

Can my son and I volunteer to carry fossils for you I'd love the experience to learn from you and help you in your fossil hunting adventures, some of those fossils look almost back breaking many hands make light work and all that

[@Fred-zn5xh]

The rock with the hole through it really does look interesting, I have some Native American artifacts that have indents into rock and they used them for starting fires with friction so they may had done the same technique to drill through the rock without many tools and very cool Moa bones, hope you find the skull!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Fred! A few people have mentioned it could have been used for anchors or starting fires, it's given me some more information to go on 😊

[@OneRoundDown]

I'm inclined to think it's a net weight for long gill nets.

[@karenlouks3636]

Good luck with the skull the one thing that gets away

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Karen, one day I'll find a moa skull 😄

[@lukemedcraft446]

prehaps the rock with the whole could of been used as a grinding wheel

[@MamlamboFossils]

I've seen a few of these around after finding this one, I think they are formed when air or water bubbles up from lower layers of clay. That being said, people might have used these naturally formed "holey" rocks as anchors or grinding wheels rather than make one from scratch.

[@Johnfor3]

I am betting it was used as a net anchor to hold the bottom of an ancient fishing net or trap down!

[@robertmartyr2041]

hi mamlambo, you got some nice finds especially the moa bones/verts and I would definitely go back and see what else gets exposed by the sea and the good chance of more bone and poss skull :0) love the crabs too as they might not be all there it gives them a character :0) thanks for putting the plate of shark teeth in the slide show and I think its a great idea as we get to show you what we find too :0) have a super day and the rock with a hole it could be an anchor but I do know some rocks which have had chalk in them over time the chalk dissolves and leaves a hole, ive seen it in smaller rocks but that one is quite big but either way it's a cool and nice find :0) thanks for taking us mate :0)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Robert! That's a good theory about something having dissolved out of the rock, I'm thinking the same thing. Thanks for sending in your photos, you have found so many shark teeth 😊 I'm heading back there tonight to look for more bones as it has rained a bit. Will do an update video soon.

[@robertmartyr2041]

good luck for tonight mate and can't wait to see what you find, a moa skull would be the icing on the cake :0) it would have taken along time to dissolve the chalk and the rock seems to be quite old too so I think it was filled with chalk and just dissolved over the years :0) i'm not sure when my next shark tooth trip is but i'm trying to find that 7 inch meg, it's got my name on it I just have to find it now :0) take care and very much looking forward to the next adventure :0)

[@michaelrobertson8795]

Great find👍👍✌

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Michael 😊

[@jesusyeshuaelelyonelshadai6295]

Those are old boat anchors with hole in middle

[@MamlamboFossils]

I thought the same thing but the museum confirmed it's a natural formation

[@poloxvy835]

Great vid loved the finds would love to find my own

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Pickle Head 😄 I think there are fossils in most areas of the world, ask around - especially older generation rockhounds. They have so much information!

[@bonesstones6584]

I'm not sure that is an anchor. The method used by the Maori for drilling holes in stone would have left a conical shaped hole. Still, why expend the energy drilling a hole through stone when you could simply utilize a stone with a naturally occurring hole. Either way, it's pretty cool. Congrats on the moa verts, I hope you find more! I also hope you find a patu onewa someday.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, that makes sense. I don't think the hole was man-made, the inside is very rough and pitted. I'm sure if someone had come across it they might have seen it's potential as an anchor. I'm always look for patu onewa and other artifacts, especially when I see potential middens or places where it looks like the stones have been in fires. Thanks for the informative comment! 😊

[@ramongonzalez2909]

I found a place where there’s big bones and seems to be dinosaur skin on the rocks. Can I send you a video of it and see if you can help me identify it?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Sure! I don't know if I will be able to help, but send it to me at [e-mail]

[@karenlouks3636]

stone with the hole I think it was used as an anchor just a guess most interesting

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm hoping it was used as well, maybe I'll use it as one just to test it out 😄

[@tychoscholten4906]

Cool!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Tycho! 😊

[@yoyo-ei6ox]

Maybe its a seed mill... to make flour... the rounded shape rock

[@notananimationchannel]

17:04 looks like coral

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for that, I'll go research the corals from that era and see if I come up with! That's a big help 😊

[@zatoth13]

Agreed-I believe I found a similar fossil-albeit smaller-on a beach here and it is a coral fossil of some sort.

[@andrewfannin2795]

Even if the rock with the hole is natural it's still awesome

[@MamlamboFossils]

Totally agree!

[@99problemsbutafishaintone35]

Net weight?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I thought so too but took it to some experts and it's just a natural formation.

[@joseamadormarquez7560]

Muy interesante sus videos , solo que nunca se ve que hay dentro de las piedras. Saludos. 👍

[@boboala1]

Moa or Goa?

[@MamlamboFossils]

This one is a moa 😊

[@audreygullas8728]

I feel sure about that being an ancore " how ya spell it ? Lol. Anyways, if you notice that onone side of it, you can see where the rope or whatever went around it ! Its so easy to see. Take it in and have it looked at by some historians. So cool.

[@AdamosDad]

18:47 Crab taco! Anyone! You should try to sell crab or other fossils that you don't think are worth prepping, "one mans junk is another's treasure.'

[@juanmangerita]

Can you X-ray to see detail inside?

[@MamlamboFossils]

X-rays don't really penetrate the rock well but Craig had the penguin he found on our one hunt scanned with a synchroton which gave some amazing results.

[@savagesquirrel9828]

It’s a Pleistocene crinoid stem😀😀😀😆😆

[@sweetuncertainty5619]

Considering it was in the waves so long it may not have had any tool marks left

[@IratePuffin]

I can’t even imagine a 12ft bird.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It would have been a scary sight!

[@TheBarbecutioner]

Pretty rare. After all, the moa is no moa.

[@christopherstuifbergen3462]

So the rock with the hole in the middle it says it could be a native American artifact

[@modelleg]

If you would ever meet a Moa, you would be a food item.

[@shookings]

Want to have a good laugh? Turn on automatic captions, and have fun seeing google trying to parse your accent

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahahah that is hilarious! The AI needs to be trained a bit more :)

[@NinaMilaa]

What do you mean with „moe „? Moe egg?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Where in the video was it? I usually talk about moa which are extinct large birds from New Zealand 😁

[@NinaMilaa]

Mamlambo ok thanks you! Love your videos🙌🏻👍🏻

[@davidguerreroguzman3512]

Amigo me puedes vender un cangrejo 🦀 de esos me lo mandarías a Barcelona me gustaría tener uno en mi colección y poder decir que son de los que cojes tu...por cierto muy bueno tu canal

[@MamlamboFossils]

Sorry, I don't sell any crabs :)

[@tomgrafstrom3019]

I think the tool marks have washed away and that is a Native American net weight

[@jaynenunya6070]

he is in New Zealand lol

[@bradelliott437]

hey do u find many of thoes crabs 🦀 and if u do do u sell them cause i wanna scale the stone off of it but havent found one yeti got some full clams from the florida keys. let me know id appreciate it ill hit u up on facebook

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hiya Brad, I do find them now and again. I don't sell any fossils and export is controlled, permits are needed to send them out of New Zealand. I think there other crab species for sale on eBay though.

[@bradelliott437]

Mamlambo wow i figured u was somewhere amazing by what u was finding didnt know the rules of that thanks for the reply what is your facebook page and ill share some of my fossils with u and definitely watch your videos

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@bradelliott437 search for morne mamlambo 😁

[@haynerbass]

That's a weight for a fish net.

[@daras-]

quern-stone, nothing else.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Never knew about a quern stone, thanks for that info!

[@RicardoJunqueira]

May I suggest more fossil prepping videos and less hunting ones?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I try and do a mix of both 😁 thanks for the suggestion!

[@doctorofart]

I love watching your videos. Thank you for taking the time and energy to share. I was looking at all your nicely rounded crabs and thinking of my experience here in the US on the beach and cliffs. The ones on the beach look very similar to your rocks, without the fossils. They are rounded and fairly smooth while the ones on the cliff are the exact same shape, yet with more texture on the surface. Clearly the ones fallen into the beach are polished and smooth while the ones still intact in the matrix are coarsely textured and more bumpy, not having been freshly tumbled in the sands. What I am wondering is if the crabs you get fresh off the cliff have more texture than the ones you just picked up off the beach? I hope that wasn’t too confusing.

[@doctorofart]

Looking fury at your close up of the artifact I’d say it is a rock. Not just any rock m, it is one of the most awesome rocks I’ve ever seen. I’d have to study closer to know for sure, but the hole shift in size, the seam on one side and the impression on the other give it away. What an incredible find either way. You go out alone. Would a visitor from the states be able to go out on a hunt with you? It will be some time, but New Zealand is high on my travel list. Meeting you in person would be a hoot (Southern for a good time) and an honor. (:

[@v7i5k2t5o7r]

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[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks 😊😊😊

[@lynnscott8286]

The round rock looks like an anchor stone

Nice video man! Would you like to be KZbin friends? :]

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks! I think we are already KZbin friends 😄