Finding Fossil Crabs and Shells from the Middle Eocene in Texas!

[@jimmiarney]

As also I am a Rockhounder with fossils in the mix. You asked about the piece of petrified wood, what you have is a mimic of the real petrified wood. Meaning after the real petrified wood vacated the tree, sand replaced it filling the void. Thus over thousands of years the sand was forced inside the void. Eventually the water would push it out of the mold and now you have a mimic of the voided part of the tree. I learned this from a game warden and a property owner who was trying to have me arrested as I was standing in the water in the estuary of the river. Never got that ticket as I had never stepped out of the river. Property owner was schooled on the legality of his un-educated understanding of the tiers in the land on the sides of the river.

[@katlyn57inParadise]

Just found your channel. I LOVE that you are in Texas. I am in North Texas and LOVE finding neat rocks and fossils. ❤

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Thank you for watching! I love to see my viewer's finds too so if you have Instagram or Facebook, tag me in your posts!

[@jimmiarney]

As a avid Rock Hounder I can say with certainty find the Brazos River and You find what you seek. I use a kayak to look into the banks along both sides of the river, using the long grasses to pull myself along the banks. Here I have found pockets of shells and fossils along with many different types of Minerals…Quartz, Agates and even Gold,(not enough to get rich), but the fact that I have found Gold in this river.

[@sandramartin5155]

Me too in an around white rock area thinking of a new place to go with my grand boys and son for some hunting soon as my radiation is finished

[@jimmiarney]

Great stuff, but you should consider a kayak. There are far more shells along the banks of the river than were you are looking. They are just as easy to get out of the river banks as you are trying to get out of the dry river islands. You can get a new kayak at the end of every season. People buy them in the Spring and find out they have no place for them during the winter months and thus sell them for a fraction of the original cost, just wanting to get out from under trying to find somewhere to store it. Three years ago I gave kayaking lessons and trips down the Brazos River, I had purchased 13-16 assorted kayaks, took a old,’bull hauler trailer and fixed it up to haul all 15 of them to a designated place to launch from. We ALWAYS, paddled up river so that everyone could get back to their vehicles, without getting lost. Some only came to paddle and not looking for Minerals and fossils, while others would stay look and find both.

[@jefftrag1956]

If you are not familiar with Paraloid (I hope I spelled it right) it is a fossil stabilizer. You should have some in the field. Super glue and catalyst too.

[@joannparker1977]

Major rockhound here. Just subscribed!

[@johndaut2838]

All I find in Real Co and surrounding areas is Gastrapods, Echnoids and Bi-Valves from the Cretaceous. Would love to know where this location is.

[@josephthompson7145]

Thank you for letting us go along with you on your adventures!

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Thanks for watching! You can come down and get crabs too! 😆

[@largent45]

Cool video. I love fossils and wildlife! Thank you for the adventure and the knowledge! keep up the great work!

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Thank YOU for watching! I'm glad I can bring some value with my videos. I just like sharing the Stuff I Do with other people and as long as y'all keep enjoying it, I'll keep doing it!

[@JBPTX85]

Great video! If you're ever in the Austin area, there's a cool spot on Shoal creek that I've been going to recently and found some good specimens. I'd be happy to tell you about it or show you where it's at!

[@AngieDoesStuff]

I would love to! I haven't been to Austin in awhile. Would you mind shooting me an email? It's listed in every description box.

[@TylerWrong97]

Hey I’m in the Austin area and am a newbie fossil hunter, I’d love to check out any spots you guys can recommend. Thank you!

[@AngieDoesStuff]

As Jordan mentioned, Shoal Creek in the middle of town is a good place. Just about any road cut is going to yield something neat. Head out to Dripping Springs and look on all the road cuts off 150, 12, 165, and 170. Drive up to Llano and find some Llanite on the roadside. Join The Fossil Forum and see what you can uncover from old posts!

[@TheAdventureCloset]

Angie these are really, really cool! You'd have to drag us out of there. Amazing fossil finds. You've got some super good smarts 🤓 about em' too.

[@AngieDoesStuff]

I've always been a researcher so, yeah...it helps me be a better rockhound! The only problem is that you either find some that are eroded out - which is unpredictable - or you pack out pounds and pounds of concretions to go through later. Even with lots of research, sometimes you depend 100% on luck! Lemme know next time you're down!

[@TheAdventureCloset]

@@AngieDoesStuff we definitely will. I'm sure you could teach us a bunch.

[@LanceHall]

Awesome! The shells look close to the fauna exposed at Whiskey Bridge.

[@AngieDoesStuff]

It's not the same place, but does have the same layer!

[@craigerrington5061]

Brilliant video 😊

[@davidzamora7270]

Enjoyed your humor, you look adventurous 😊

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Thank you! It's sarcastic and dry so if you get it, you're my kind of people! Yeah, I like to think I'm adventurous. Thank you for watching and hanging out with me for a bit.

[@KOIstories]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing.

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Thank YOU for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@rickross2709]

Great finding, such cute shells!!

[@AngieDoesStuff]

(I thought I'd responded to this. Sorry!) Thank you so much!

[@frankanddanasnyder3272]

What formation? What location?

[@dstarsfranklin]

Just found ur channel. Where are some good places to go closer to the Gulf area? Coming from Lake Jackson. So hard to find any rocks here besides the driveway. Brazos, San Bernard, Colorado rivers and Oyster Creek is just mud down here.

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Hi! I'd love to give you some ideas. If you look at the description box of any of these videos, there's a link to my website. I have a contact form on that website. If you could send me an email that way, we can chat about it!

[@melodyhart2017]

You should use stabilizer on them,you paint it on before you work on it !

[@AngieDoesStuff]

I've got some and I don't know why I didn't think about that. Duh! Thank you!

[@richardgipson4023]

Did you know that the Brazos is one of the few rivers with a resident population of fresh water crabs . They dont get very big but are through out the system .

[@AngieDoesStuff]

I didn't! That's a great fact to know. Thank you for watching and sharing that info with me!

[@VolCanixWorx]

Falls of the Brazos has some great fossils ❤

[@AngieDoesStuff]

I've never been there and I don't know why not. I'm so close!

[@963ag]

I am a fossil collector living in southwest Texas. I have some unusual bivalves ( I would say clams, oysters.) and a large gastropod snail. I can't identify them through either the Internet or books, or having taken photos and posting on Facebook rockhounding groups. I am trying to organize my collection and label everything by at least genus, if not species. I found a geological map of the area I found them in, it says Quartenary, but the pieces just seem so much older - and resemble similar species I found on the Internet from the Cretaceous. What is the best way to identify pieces? The local museum and college doesn't help - unless it is a significant vertebrate find.

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Howdy! If you go to my profile page or my very outdated website, you can find my email address. If you want to send me pics and more info on location (nearest intersection is always most helpful), I might be able to help you. If not, that will help me steer you in the right direction. I look forward to seeing what you found!

[@963ag]

@@AngieDoesStuff I just sent you some emails. I hope you received them. I am old school and don't have Tic Toc, just Facebook and email. Thank you in advance!

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Just wanted to mention I haven't seen anything come through yet. Please check the email address! Don't forget the "YT" after "angiedoesstuff." I also have a form you can fill out on my website that will go right to my email.

[@ronniehart8052]

Have you found many arrowheads from your walks in the creeks? Sure looks like you would somewhere along this creek. I'm new to your channel, so I'll asked, have you hunted McFaddin beach about High Island? What a place for finding Pleistocene fossils.

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Oddly, I haven't found any arrowheads yet and I've definitely been looking! I go to McFaddin a couple of times a year and it's one of my favorite beaches.

[@fossilsoft]

The crabs look like they are a bit of a challange...nice finds, not a lot of places you can find crabs in the UK...

[@AngieDoesStuff]

They're difficult, for sure. Still trying to figure out the best way to open them. I know there are other places in the US to find crabs but I can't remember where, off the top of my head. But y'all have the Jurassic Coast, which is a bucket list destination for me!

[@fossilsoft]

@@AngieDoesStuff The Jurrasic coast as you know is world famous for fossil collection, but is prolifically collected from. You would do far better collecting from the Yorkshire coast around the Robin Hood bay area and the Whitby area, you would go home with a lot more fossils ranging from the Lower lias to the Upper lias Jurrasic formations. If you ever come over to the UK and wish to search this area drop me a message and I will provide you with the best locations to collect from...

[@brianjacob8728]

Brazos River?

[@AngieDoesStuff]

No, but not too far from it!

[@AussieRockhoundingandAdventure]

Awesome video there so fragile aren't they

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Thank you! Unfortunately, yes. The ones in the hard mud are very delicate. There are some in rock that are much better but I'm not sure how to get them out yet, because they're not nodules; it's like bedrock. I can't imagine using a rock hammer in 104°F weather right now!

[@thelostdogs2328]

Hardened mud might be stramatelite

[@toddcorley464]

You should put dates when they were alive on the screen

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Sometimes I do. It's in the description box of this video though.

[@thelostdogs2328]

Those are awesome!!! Fossilized sea life! Wanna trade? I have 350 million year old clams crinoids coral and shell

[@AngieDoesStuff]

I might be willing to buy some stuff from you but I haven't really found enough decent ones and now I live about 12 hours from the location. 😔

[@scottking7260]

Or Jeep like stuff, like not start...😉

[@AngieDoesStuff]

Oh, it always starts. It's just the stuff that happens between that time and when I get where I'm going that's sketchy af

[@bediasite]

Sent you a PM........