Fossil hunt and prep: exploring a remote beach for fossils and finding a few mystery pieces

[@justincole9116]

Such a tease! I gotta know what all these partial preps end up looking like Great videos! Thank you for the content.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahahaha sorry for the partial preps :D If it wasn't hollow I might have been able to expose most of it :)

[@aubullion]

Haha, I literally said the same thing out loud. Looking forward to the follow up!

[@billrobbins5874]

Especially this one. That would be one truly giant claw! 🦀

[@adamrodgers9175]

I can't get enough of watching the prep. It's killing me on the inside wondering what's in the rocks you get.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'll try and get to all the interesting ones 😁

[@admiralcraddock464]

Some lovely pieces of smooth driftwood there.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yes! I have some pieces in my garden from there :)

[@andyrudd934]

Good video, I could watch hours of you prepping them!! I really can’t wait to see what they all look like finished..

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Andy! I'm glad you enjoyed the prepping :)

[@ronnieb5468]

It's amazing that there is still such a vibrant blue color to that crab claw .its been encased in stone for millions of years. Cant wait 2 c the rest of it .

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, that blue color is just crazy! I often wonder if that was the original color or if it has been replaced?

[@999CJ]

Things I've learnt since watching this channel. 1) The word carapace. 2) He can see through rock.

[@willbejamming1532]

You do capture some very beautiful landscapes on these quests for the elusive penguin.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's pretty easy here in New Zealand 😁

[@butchh11]

Awesome Claw .Thanks for sharing

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's a massive claw! Can't wait to see it prepped :D

[@gregreeves2234]

Another new video from you...what a great and pleasant surprise!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad I could surprise you :D

[@bobm5500]

Well don ,Your videos are very good quality and excellent editing . I really like to see , when you prep . Speeding it up and then a segment explaining what is happening , and most important part of all is what you use and how to go about it all ! All the best and I hope you find a fine quailty penguin .

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Bob! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos 😁 I will try and explain more what I am up to with the prepping. Thanks for watching!

[@jordansjournal1324]

I love those tiny tiny crabs, and free-floating claws. They'd be cool to turn into some sort of pendant

[@MamlamboFossils]

The tiny crabs are really beautiful and so much easier to carry 😁

[@Doxymeister]

Great hunt, as usual, and drop-dead gorgeous backdrop! I love the sound of the crashing surf in the background. What a crazy find, those claws are. So cool that you found crabs from tiny to large, and I hope that bird head-shaped thing turns out to be something. Can't wait to see the rest of the prep on those claws. Thanks for taking us along, alleviating some lock-down boredom!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it! Next hunt I'm heading off to find some different kinds of fossils - I think I need a bit of a change from the Miocene deposits. :) I'll try and do an update soon on that claw.

[@beverlyknox2159]

OMG . . That purple /red rock wax a HEART!!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's a beauty!

[@ghostravenXX]

Very cool hunt my friend. You have a good eye for finding them. Thx for sharing

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it Ghost 😁 keep safe!

[@Corntassels]

I'm still working through your older content and this was so rewarding! I am looking forward to MOAR of what I was calling Mr. Crayfish McCheeseburger😆, though we now know it is not a Crayfish haha. Now it'll have to be "The Claw!" Looking forward to your next excursion and/or prep. :)

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@steveclark4291]

I'm very interested in seeing what the item at time marker 21:39 turns out to be ! Thank you for the adventure ! It sure looks beautiful there ! Take care , stay safe and healthy out there ! Good luck in finding the penguin one ! Doing well here in Kansas !

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Steve! I think it's going to turn out to be a biiiig claw of some kind. I think that glue might be hard enough to have a go again tonight :)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Oh and stay safe over there in Kansas!

[@steveclark4291]

@@MamlamboFossils You're welcome ! I will try to stay safe ! They just started to allow the restaurants to start slowly opening up for business but a limit on how many people can be inside at any given time ! Watching channels like yours allows me to travel and learn new things about other places !

[@cooperlongman]

Wow! Can't wait to see that one you prepped finished!

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's done! I've kept the stone lid so you can open it up and look at the claw inside :D

[@stuart0898]

I look forward to your videos.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you do 😁 I enjoy making them so many more will be coming!

[@helenrichards2679]

I think the bird beak looks like a wing,brilliant video.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It did really look like something birdy!

[@jakobt7554]

love your vids man!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Jakob!

[@mikeferman9979]

Wow those claws amazing as always

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Mike!

[@zekerodriguez9674]

That was a cool prep! I really like stuff like that happen.. cool fossil are great 👍 to see. Thanks for sharing. It was awesome! 👍

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it 😄 Just got back from an awesome hunt, should hopefully have the video up soon!

[@netwaggie]

Just awesome. In lockdown this is required viewing, you feel like you're out there too.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it! I'm really lucky that I can share my adventures with so many people 😄

[@netwaggie]

@@MamlamboFossils As a kid I used to fossil hunt along the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan, and Lake Superior in the summer on vacation. Many fond memories of spending hours cracking stones, finding fossilized shells, etc. Watching you reminds me of those days, and since we can't go anywhere now, it's just great to watch you wander around doing your passion.

[@ussamausuo7566]

Great findes ⛏

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Ussama :)

[@Happyhandcannon]

Nice finds! Being from Iowa, I know nothing about sharks but am fascinated with them. It looks like some kind of thresher shark because of its tail.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Jason! I was thinking it could be a bronze whaler, not sure why that name was sticking in my head :)

[@Happyhandcannon]

@@MamlamboFossils I bet you're correct. I looked them up & they have that type of tail also.

[@stuartcampbell4854]

Great video and please keep the prep tips coming !!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Will do Stuart 😁

[@thomasducrey7839]

Great finds! For the next prep you should really give some of the bone nodules à try! So much Potential! Keep it up :)

[@MamlamboFossils]

I am busy putting a video together of a bone prep 😁

[@robertbeighter6336]

Great hunt bro! I was hoping for a crayfish too, but thats a huge claw!

[@MamlamboFossils]

You and me both! I have a definite crayfish I must still prep, doing a prep tomorrow of some cretaceous bone I found for the next video. Maybe a crayfish palate cleanser after that 😄

[@RicOrnelas]

New subscriber. Have you made any introduction videos on what to look for. It is late in that part of the world I am in(El Salvador) but tomorrow its time for time for some binge watching. Thanks for sharing.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Ric! I haven't yet, but I do show in my videos why I am picking up the type of rock and how I know it is a crab. If you still have questions, message me and I can help you out. Stay safe that side!

[@notananimationchannel]

9:45 that looks like the bone that connects to the scapula of a seal. (There might be a more technical term for it)

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think you're right, I googled it and came up with seal forelimb bone. Not sure the exact name of it 😄

[@notananimationchannel]

@@MamlamboFossils I had another look, it's not the bone that connects directly to the scapula, but it is part of the forelimb (we get a lot of dead seals on the beech)

[@steveclark4291]

What is the white stone looking piece at time marker 6:11 just left of center ? What do you do with items that you pick up and carve out of the rocks ?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I send some off to some of our local museums, others I catalog and keep in my own collection.

[@steveclark4291]

@@MamlamboFossils okay that is good that you give some to museums ! This allows others to see the difference kind of animals that once lived on earth !

[@suerobertson5132]

Love the sceanic location,,,,why are there so many crabs and not much else?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I suppose the dominant predators / scavengers in that area were crabs as opposed to some other kind of animal. There are usually way more whale bones so might have just been in a strange area 😁

[@brandeni1785]

Another great and cool fossil hunt.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Branden :)

[@thiagodesouza8424]

Nice... 🎉 🎉 Mamlambo... Great hunt 👍👌👌

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Thiago! Keep safe!

[@sheldonknaggs2407]

would love a follow up video of finished products.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'll do an update shortly 😄

[@bretthess6376]

You find a great whopping chunk of purple and green jasper *YAWN* You leave it behind groan

[@MamlamboFossils]

I have too much of that jasper already at home! There is one river nearby which has stacks of it :)

[@dougcharles5004]

Man that’s some nice driftwood in the background.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah that beach is full of driftwood

[@LouellaLikes]

Again great finds!, I always like to see the prepping. How many days will this one have to dry before you can go any further? Can't wait to see the end result ( no pressure , hahaha) !

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Pia-Lou 😁 it's dry and I've done a bit more on it tonight 😁

[@grayhaven451]

As usual another great hunt!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Mickey! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Before watching the rest of the video. It's a cow shark, also known as a broad nose sevengill. They usually have spots though, so I'll confirm it's not a sixgill. They have been around for super long and are widely represented in the fossil record

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Chris! That's some good info :)

[@EdHunter55]

Great finds! very excited to see how the claw will turn out, or the crab the colour on that one looks quite special. As for the shark, the teeth kinda remind me of the teeth from a six or seven-gill shark but I could be totally wrong as I can't see it clearly enough. I do own a few shark yaws if your interested I'll trade you one for a small crab. =P

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for the ID Ed, I think you're right! I'm still working on the crab now, it's doing well after it's repair :)

[@valiantwarrior4517]

I agree. Looks like possibly a sevengill. Pretty wicked teeth.

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

I'm dying to see the one you think looks like a bird beak, opened. I thought it looked like a bent wing.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm hoping it is bone, having had a closer look at it, it might just be a shape in the rock!

[@palhungary]

poor little sharkie. seems to be a Heptranchias. cool vid, as always :)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for that ID! Someone else mentioned it might be Heptranchias :) Wish I could have kept those jaws!

[@robertmartyr2041]

hi Mamlambo, some really nice find and that claw is huge so can't wait for the prep as it's gonna look totally claw-some :0) shame about the shark and I think it could be from the tiger shark family :0) well as least no sheep trying to go for a dip this time with is a good thing :0) i'm hoping in the next month or two to get out fossil hunting as hopefully we will be over the worst of covid 19 :0) anyway mate great vid and looking forward to the next one :0)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Robert! I wish that glue would harden quicker :D I was tempted to hide the shark somewhere and come back in a few months for those jaws. I thought it could have been a bronze whaler shark, but I'm not great at IDing sharks that aren't Great Whites :D Hope you get out soon!

[@robertmartyr2041]

good things come to those who wait as the glue has to harden but will be worth the wait :0) I had a look at tiger shark and its is out as the teeth are wrong, I had a look at the bronze whaler, copper, shark and the teeth don't have cusps at 3.06 you can see at least 2-3 cusps each side of the tooth and I think it could be a tope shark as I had a look at their teeth and they are quite similar :0) I know it sounds mean but you could have cut the head off, after a few months very little will be left but you could taxidermy the head or if it's too far gone just keep the jaws :0) me neither mate but google is good for finding things especially sharks :0) I hope so too and will get some pix but it could be weeks or months but at least it's something to look forward to :0) have a great day and on to the next adventure mate :0)

[@joannhempen8210]

Why are all of these fossils here? What’s the history on this beach that makes so many fossils in the big ball of rock stuff? I’m so curious. Thank you for sharing!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi JoAnn, they are concretions, like a natural cement forming around the fossils. I'm not sure of the exact process by which they are forming.

[@juliemckenna514]

So cool thanks for sharing 😊

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for watching!

[@coolasrc]

Hey mate. I am in New Zealand too and loved fossils when I was younger and was just so fascinated by them, i am in the north island in Auckland. Would love to find some crabs, are you aware of any spots in Auckland you can find them, also I have a question about why you don’t remove all the rock when you are chipping at a crab, I can only think that it would get too Fidly after a while and may break off the legs and claws, I’ve left a subscribe and will binge watch some of your videos soon, would you or have you made a video of how to identify fossil rocks for “noobies” in New Zealand, thank you very much and awesome channel 👍

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hiya Coolas! Glad you're enjoying the videos! I know the Coromandel has some amazing petrified wood, not sure about the other fossils in that area. Your best bet is to get in touch with GNS, they are super helpful and will know where you can find some fossils in your area. Message me on Instagram if you have any questions or find something you think is a fossil :) @mamlambo_nz

[@coolasrc]

Mamlambo thank you very much I’ll be sure to let you know if I find anything. I’ll have a look online . Thanks very much for your help!!

[@Biggie_Cheese1234]

I feel bad for you in Texas where I live I find shark teeth not crabs in rocks

[@MamlamboFossils]

I like both 😄

[@ayrinaaini]

Wish i could join too.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's always good hunting with other people 😁

[@chubbrock659]

this might be a dumb question, but how do these animals end up encased? do you think they were alive and then caught in an avalanche of mud or something? or were they dead and gradually covered in sediment that hardened? for the condition that they are in, it would seem like a sudden event allowing them to be preserved in good shape. what do you think?

[@MamlamboFossils]

These crabs live in mud / sediment from what I know. Perhaps some event caused many of them to be buried? New Zealand has many earthquakes so it is conceivable that a large earthquake caused a mudslide that buried a few million crabs. Otherwise, if I crab died, it would probably have been scavenged by other crabs and animals.

[@chubbrock659]

@@MamlamboFossils awesome, that would definitely make sense! thank you.

[@fkirby3]

What was the black and white stone at 7:37?

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's a dark rock with some shell fossils in it, good eyes!

[@kurttaz]

Penguin 🐧🐧come on 💯💯

[@MamlamboFossils]

I know! Has to be there one of these days 😁

[@omgvinnie6505]

How do u see these things I can’t see no claws

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hiya Georgina, I think your eye gets used to it. Took me ages to start seeing them 😄

[@omgvinnie6505]

Mamlambo Il get some practice in on next beach holiday ...nice channel

[@randyle4520]

Sick videos brah

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Randy! 😁

[@randyle4520]

@@MamlamboFossils hope you find a dinosaur bone worth millions! But we will reengineer it x.x

[@randyle4520]

@@MamlamboFossils I'm a uber driver and one guy Told. Me about 40 miles where I live in the silicon valley theres many many megalodon tooth found. He also states that he was working on a site in LA downtown where whale bones was found he said about 7million years ago la was underwater

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@randyle4520 Awesome! Finding a Meg tooth must be craaaazy, I still haven't found one. I'm in the right age group rock, so hopefully it's only a matter of time.

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@randyle4520 Thanks Randy!

[@warrickmatheson2502]

cool beans!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Warrick!

[@sauceboy9700]

Is it possible to remove all the stone from the crab?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah it is, it just takes much longer and leaves the fragile very fragile. My preference is to keep some rock to provide strength and also I like the way it looks.

[@sauceboy9700]

@@MamlamboFossils Ah okay. I've seen some people prep it in a way where it looks like the crab is standing on a rock, really wanna try and do that one time

[@Gabbermans57]

The shark was a so called "very dead shark"😉

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahhaha can't argue with that!

[@drbushnaqable]

Could be snaggletooth shark ??

[@vancouverislandhistoricall8972]

The shark is quite confusing the teeth look like cow shark six gill shark or Greenland shark but the shape of body is more like that off a mako shark

[@MamlamboFossils]

I know! I was thinking a bronze whaler? Not sure though :)

[@vancouverislandhistoricall8972]

Mamlambo no it seems the teeth of the bronze whaler don’t have barbs on them in the video you can clearly see that the teeth of this shark have barbs

[@stephengroff633]

It kinda looks like a cow shark Notorynchus cependianus possibly? They do live in the waters around New Zealand, and they are the only shark with multi cusped teeth like that, that would look like that shark. I could be wrong though, at the angle on the video I can't make out the bottom teeth too well, and I'm no marine biologist just a student paleontologists.

[@MamlamboFossils]

That looks like a likely candidate! Someone else said it could be heptranchias perlo. Thanks for the info, I'll look into it :)

[@theageofaquariums3614]

Hey bud! Currently in greymouth myself itching for the potential travel restriction to lift so I can start going out again. Was wondering if there was any way to contact you for some pointers and or ID while I'm over here.will Be on South island for another 2-3 months.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Daniel, you can email me at [e-mail] or message me on instagram @mamlambo_nz - yeah can't wait for Level 2 and lower!

[@downunderdan]

This is why I'm proud if someone calls me a fossil

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahha ain't that true!

[@bonesstones6584]

Cow shark (seven gill) - fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/family/218 Oh the beautiful arrowheads I could make from that jasper!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for the ID! There is a river nearby which is full of that jasper :)

[@billrobbins5874]

Do hope you find your penguin someday soon. 🐧🦀🦞🐚🦕🦖

[@gregoriocaballero4046]

Open the rock!!!!

[@RESEARCHINGYOURROOTS]

Shark skin is worth money and makes great wallets.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I see a DIY shark wallet in the future 😄

[@_jurassic_9890]

do a video of just fossil preps

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hiya Owen, I have a few videos of me just doing prep of the fossils on my channel.

[@_jurassic_9890]

@@MamlamboFossils i mean do a compliation of more then one prep in one video of some of the big crabs and mysterious fossils you found.

[@michaelrobertson8795]

That's pretty awesome one of these days I'd like to go to New Zealand I might not come back, everybody smoosh that like button👍👍👍✌🤠

[@MamlamboFossils]

It is a beautiful country, hopefully we can all start travelling soon again.

[@Belenor]

Deadus Sharkeus

[@MamlamboFossils]

:)

[@necmettincelik7457]

Hy from Türkiye

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi there!