Fossil hunting and exploring - I head off to a new site, find fossils and prep them

[@marceichelsheim1740]

Great, my morning cup of coffee tastes so much better looking at a new fossilhunt. Love it when you add a prep part.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Awesome! Glad I could help that coffee taste 😄 I'll try and add some prep in if I can from now on. Thanks for the feedback!

[@gabeg2434]

I love it when you do the preps in the same video. It always leaves me wondering when the prep is not included, although I realize it’s painstaking work.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Fair point, it was taking too long to get the videos out so I've split the hunt and prep. Also, some people like one or the other 😁

[@davidheafield1436]

Very watchable channel , I like your calm manner it beats an over exaggerated demeanour every time..well done

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi David, glad you're enjoying the channel 😁 thanks for the feedback and keep commenting!

[@blackie75]

Sure does, I struggle to listen to those guys that are on 10 the whole time. It hurts my braind.

[@Ahdekia]

yes i agree! i love the americans fossil finds but the energy stays high too long, it gets draining

[@billrobbins5874]

Like the tedious and meticulous work you do one each fossil. Truly exciting to see them revealed!

[@sarejen6868]

It is so interesting watching you find things and learning to see how you see them from a distance. You have a well trained eye for spotting those crab concretions. The prep work is a good learning video too even with the time sped up. Thank you for sharing your experiences!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it SareJen 😄 I think your eye gets trained to look for shapes after enough hours, keep safe!

[@tiredgibbonx3405]

I live in Taranaki and I wud like to thank you for yr enthusiasm and knowledge which hv given me new eyes...I've also joined the local geological society🙃to learn more about my region. Thx dude!

[@MamlamboFossils]

That's so awesome!!! Taranaki is the most amazing place for fossils, I'm super jealous! 😁

[@tiredgibbonx3405]

@@MamlamboFossils I'm gonna send u my first really gd fossil😉

[@timothyberglund2528]

We used to pull concretions off the side of the road Cuts up by Willapa Hills in Washington State and they were perfectly round spheres and inside them are really cool looking crab, and a occasional chambered nautilus

[@MamlamboFossils]

That's incredible! Was it the vulgarus crabs?

[@timothyberglund2528]

@@MamlamboFossils I'm not sure I tried sending photos of them to you but apparently you didn't receive them?

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@timothyberglund2528 I'll check my spam folder, maybe they went in there 🤔

[@timothyberglund2528]

@@MamlamboFossils I'm not sure if its a vulgaris if you can email me I'll send you some photos I'm a luddite, and I'm certain that you'll identify them 🦀

[@Doxymeister]

That's so cool, you found crabs all the way from teeny-tiny up to Crabosaurus Rex. That one concretion reminds me of a pastry with it's weird shape, kind of pointy on two sides. And finding that shark tooth just randomly like that was pretty amazing. It'll be interesting to see how that jasper looks when it's cut and polished. Really nice shot of the sunset to close, too-fabulous day!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, and a random penny as well 😄 A bit of everything on the day, the wind was just a pain as it messes with the sound so much. Yeah, I should get that jasper cut and polished. I will once our lockdown is over. Keep safe that side!

[@alphaomega4893]

Hi from England. Just subscribed absolutely fascinating my friend. Just binge watched your videos. Awsome. Got me hooked.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Alpha! Glad you're enjoying them! I'm busy with a new video, so hopefully you have some new material to watch soon. Keep well!

[@alphaomega4893]

@@MamlamboFossils keep safe too Mamlambo. Look forward to the new material. Like I said I'm hooked now Mr.

[@notananimationchannel]

I love the "I'll prep this later" system you got going.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'll try and get a bit of prep in as many videos as I can 😁

[@stephengroff633]

The tooth is what was formerly referred to as mako, (Isurus hastalis) but now it is being recognized as a white shark and is now in the genus carcharodon. They are relatively common where I'm from, and some (rarely) are found where they are transitioning from C. Hastalis to C. Carcharias (modern white shark) and have developed serrations. This is why the genus was moved from Isurus to Carcharodon.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for all that info Stephen! It makes sense, I've hear that the Mako shark had been moved to another genus but didn't realise that was why 😄

[@stephengroff633]

@@MamlamboFossils Yeah, it's the main reason for the move, but like quite a few sharks assigning a good genus and species is quite complicated. Since most all of the species of fossil shark are named from teeth the assigned names are changed frequently as more research is done. It also doesn't help that alot of sharks and other fossil were named along time ago when the most important thing was getting naming the most species, so things were names sloppily and sometimes without reason. That's why megalodon has moved from Carcharodon to carcharocles according to some people otodus ( carcharocles is the correct genus by the way, most paleontologists I know and myself believe that megalodon has changed enough to be a different genus than otodus). side note because things were named so sloppily in the past there are actually very common fossils like worn isolated miocene dolphin vertebra kept locked up in the Smithsonian as type specimens of species, that have no scientific value and are not diagnostic of species, but were just named because they could be.

[@a.digi.]

I always enjoy watching your videos. It is nice to see you always smiling. It makes your videos perfect when you prep at the end! Greetings from Germany!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Albs! Glad you enjoyed it! I'll try and do a prep at the end if I can 😄

[@LouellaLikes]

Great finds! And.. a shark tooth too. What a fantastic expedition!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Pia-Lou!

[@rkstevenson5448]

I'm fairly sure that's a Mako tooth. The tooth was likely lost before it was fully matured, which is why it's hollow.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Rick, that's some good info!

[@kurttaz]

Yep, that's spot on😁 I ask for a hunt with a small prep at the end, and you deliver. I tip my hat to you good sir💯💯

[@MamlamboFossils]

Awesome! Glad you liked it! I'll try and drop in some prep work when I can 😁

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Digging Science is an awesome channel. Jonathan and Joe are amazing guys. I think I found your channel through a video KZbin recommended below one of theirs.

[@sherrinewell2105]

What a great day! Thank you!

[@MamlamboFossils]

My pleasure Sherri! Glad you enjoyed it 😄

[@stanleydaniels100]

love watching the preps too!!!! Another awesome vid!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it Daniel 😄

[@Doxymeister]

"I heard some sheep, maybe I can follow them down to the beach." ROFL, I literally laughed out loud. This would only work if there were a cliff they had to climb down to get there!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahha sheep always know the way 😄 Just need to train them to find me some fossils. Or maybe tow my wagon 😄

[@Biffle-re3db]

Always interesting. Love watching you uncover the crabs. 👍👍👍

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks 👍 You're going to like the video I am working on now ;)

[@ghostravenXX]

I recently discovered your channel and subscribed . Very nice fossils. Love the prep work section . Plz include more of these . Also I would love to see a video on the burrs and tools used for the prep work as well as the techniques you use . Thx for sharing and good luck on your hunts

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Ghost Raven! I'll do a video on my tools at some point, it's a very basic setup. Keep well!

[@Biffle-re3db]

I love fossil hunting, so I really like your videos, its fun going on hunts with you! Always looking forward to the next adventure. 👍✌💗

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you're enjoying it! 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@willbejamming1532]

Mamlambo on a mission, wending the hot winds for finds long entombed by time's rock hard reckoning.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Love it 😄 Hope you're staying safe that side Will.

[@Anubis30224]

Fantastic! Can't wait to see the 50 pounder! I've been checking my sub box for it since you mentioned it the other week.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm still working on it :) Here is my progress as of yesterday: imgur.com/gallery/mbOrnia

[@Anubis30224]

@@MamlamboFossils AHHHHH!!!! AND YOU'RE ON IMGUR!!!! It's a shame you started on the wrong side, first. But this way you've got a nice, flat surface to flip it over on, at the very least. Just followed you on Imgur, can't wait to see what the next few weeks hold for you! Keep up the great work!

[@skyfire9432]

Great finds! You have a good eye. Most people would just walk over those rocks without noticing anything.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Skyfire! I think I do miss quite a bit, I can walk over the same area numerous times and still find stuff 😄

[@amybrewer7103]

Hi Mamlambo... Nice Crabs mate...

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Thiago! Hope you're keeping safe over there 😄

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you for the adventure ! I have subscribed to his channel also ! Take care , stay safe and healthy out there ! Doing well here in Kansas !

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it Steve 😄 Keep safe over there in Kansas!

[@steveclark4291]

@@MamlamboFossils I will ! You keep safe over in New Zealand !

[@timkbirchico8542]

the fossils are different colours because of the different minerals present in each area when they fossilised. Great vid again mate😎

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for the info Timkbir! I thought it was something like that 😄

[@gatba5219]

The same thing happens with teeth

[@jeremygush3342]

Thanks again for another awsome video, nice to watch during lockdown till Aunty Cindy let's us out again. Hahahah

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha thank goodness I have hours and hours of footage from earlier in the year. Hopefully we are out soon!

[@canadianhonker2537]

That turned out to be an awesome day, hot finds on a hot day!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Oh man, it was so hot! And my backpack was like 45kg 😄

[@butchh11]

Thanks for posting

[@MamlamboFossils]

My pleasure 😄 Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Treasurehunter11001]

Awesome crabs and a bit of everything on that hunt , I wonder if there is another crab in that rock leaning against the big rock at 5.28 ?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Could be, it looks like some shells from another look at it. I'll check it out next time I'm there 😊

[@ashleerhodes3445]

Came from your reddit post. I’m really happy to have discovered you. I search for fossils around where I live. Crinoids are in abundance where I’m at

[@MamlamboFossils]

Awesome! Glad you found it as well, I've never found a crinoid - I really want to though :D

[@im1withnature]

Tooth is a mako I find them in that condition often in dry non compact sediments like dirt and sand.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Dennis! Now I just need to find a concretion full of it!

[@aronszekely4893]

Fantastic video! Absolutely love this channel! Can you please make a video about prep bazics? It would be so great.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'll do that at some Aron 😄

[@impunitythebagpuss]

Just found this site...so very interesting! Cleaning the rock away from the fossil is amazing! Liked and subscribed.....

[@robertmartyr2041]

hi Mamlambo, a nice assortment of fossils and my favourite has to be the shark tooth and I too think it's a mako and quite random finding it on the pathway :0) an idea with the fossils/concretions would be to have a stash point that way you won't have to haul all the goodies with you and can just take them on the way back :0) with the crabs different colour it could be down to the sediment they was in and coloured them that way :0) nice prep and would love to see more of them :0) have a super day mate and hoping your all keeping well and safe :0)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Robert! If you say it's a mako I'm sure it is, you know your shark teeth! Yeah, I should start getting a point to stash the finds :D Have a good day that side and stay safe!

[@robertmartyr2041]

no probs mate :0) i'm pretty sure it's a mako, shame the root is not there though :0) a stash point would be good for you as that way you can get more fossils/concretions but you will have to carry them from the beach to the car or use the your red truck as you can put afew on that :0) we will mate and looking forward to the next adventure :0)

[@fossiladventures2926]

You find crabs like we find ammonites haha . Stay safe

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hhahaha, I still haven't found an ammonite! One nautiloid, but definitely not an ammonite. Strange how certain places have an abundance of one type of fossil.

[@annedrogoul3893]

Could be Mako shark tooth , a beautiful one 👍😀😜

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think you're right, Anne. It definitely looks like Mako and would be the right age as well 😄

[@tomgarzaiii7111]

Another awesome video.

[@MamlamboFossils]

ThanksTom 😁 glad you enjoyed it!

[@pockettt]

Awesome finds

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Mate 😁

[@yaboismineralsandpets3549]

loved the video😁 would like if you did more prep videos! like all those big ones. 😉😉

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Jacob! The big ones takes a few weeks to do, so they will be their own videos 😄

[@yaboismineralsandpets3549]

@@MamlamboFossils thanks. also with preping crabs and stuff do you have to have a air scribe or can you use a dremel

[@omnomshibob]

I've fished probably a dozen beaches in the Marlborough area and now I'm wondering how many cool things I stepped on without even realizing it. You're going to need to some construction equipment to prep that monster crab. Maybe a jackhammer?

[@MamlamboFossils]

You do get an air scribe made for removing large chunks of rock, it's made by Paleotools. I think it's called the Junior Jack or something similar. I should look into getting one, they are pricey though!

[@omnomshibob]

Wowser, $880 AMD!! www.paleotools.com/mighty-jack

[@omnomshibob]

This is what we use at work for engraving on aerospace components. I think I have one at home that wasn't needed at work (wink wink), It's yours if you want it (and I can find it), I haven't got an air supply or any use for it even if I did. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264574546324

[@keannesmith2211]

That tooth is cool!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, it is very well preserved 😄

[@Syph1l1S]

i wish people did things like this around my area

[@ussamausuo7566]

Tahts so cooool🤙

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😄

[@hubertadamski6522]

More preps 😁😁

[@MamlamboFossils]

My latest video has some prep at the end of it as well 😁

[@chalcedonychris7310]

Nice random tooth man!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Did you just call me RandomTooth Man? Is that my super hero name? 😁

[@robertbeighter6336]

Nice work dude!

[@robertbeighter6336]

Yep - thats a good crab..

[@robertbeighter6336]

and a penny?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahah the penny was random! In the middle of nowhere as well 😄

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Robert 😄

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Hopefully we come out of lockdown so you can continue your solo searches. Stay safe.

[@MamlamboFossils]

We should hear today, here's hoping we go to Level 3 😄

[@Bizz420]

Touching all hobbies in this video. Lol rockhounding, fossils and medal detecting.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha didn't think of that 😁

[@stanleydaniels100]

Nice Mako tooth!.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Daniel! I'm always stoked with shark teeth as I don't find them often 😄

[@stanleydaniels100]

@@MamlamboFossils I recently bought a megalodon tooth online and made a short vid about prehistoric sharks on my channel. I also just recently started to develop an interest in fossil sharks teeth. Makes a great addage along with my fossil mammals interests. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there!!!!

Você é incrivel e seus videos ne atraem e principalmente o local que vc está. Na praia é tão lundo que dá gosto assistir.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Alê! I do get to go to some beautiful areas 😄 Keep well!

[@AidanMartin]

What kind of climate do you think new zealand had at that time? I happen to be pretty obsessed with what the climate was like during that time and own a house in france east of the brittany pennisula though I am myself French-American.The fossils that happened to have been found in the brittany pennisula date to the time that crab lived and indicate a subtropical climate like the gulf coast states including the cypress swamps of Louisiana and North of Florida. I am just curious if you have an idea

[@MamlamboFossils]

It was about 5 degrees warmer than the present day, the ocean was also much warmer than it is currently over New Zealand. The area I was in was probably under a few hundred meters of water 😄 Sounds like you live in a great place, I've always wanted to visit France!

[@AidanMartin]

@@MamlamboFossils I presume that is celsius and that the climate of new zealand was sub-tropical rather than temperate like it is now just like france would've been

[@EdAtoZ]

Mamiambo, At time index 6:56 to the right of your new crab find, is that an anchor stone ?

[@veronicaave4787]

This makes me think how so many times I saw rocks like This and I had no idea that it was fossils lol

[@JimmyShot]

Dang I wish I had somewhere like that to go mess around and find fossils. My area was the bottom of the ocean but it’s really lacking in fossils like the crabs you find. Seems amazing to be able to go out and find that stuff.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Not every day is this good, you don't see the times I don't go out and find nothing 😄

[@dyannejohnson6184]

I’m fromCanada...I often got that colour jasper

[@MamlamboFossils]

Awesome! I hope it cuts and polishes well 😄

[@bonesstones6584]

It's funny how often a hunt (fossils, Indian artifacts, etc.) starts off slow and then BAM you're tripping over them! What was that creature attached to the first crab you found, it was moving?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think it was a sea snail, maybe a whelk 😊 Yeah, they often start off slow until you hit a good spot!

[@kaspera.k.atoonly9859]

One of the crabs you found looked like a Calzone

[@MamlamboFossils]

Now I'm really craving a calzone!

[@gregreeves2234]

Great video!! So casually: "move that sharks tooth". LOL Plans for today (4/19/2020) to be the day for the last concretion move(hopefully)!

[@MamlamboFossils]

I got your photos this morning! Great job on moving that concretion 😄

[@Gashinshoutan2009]

The incomplete small crab, could it be a shedded carapace of the crab and some other creature borrowed a hole in it?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, some of the fossils I find could totally be shed carapaces with something having burrowed through it 😀

[@kenbrummage4429]

What are you painting on during the end scenes while prepping?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm putting B72 paraloid on it, it's a consolidant!

[@jefftrag1956]

Wish I was there. Over 3 weeks locked down in my shop by myself in a Mexican city of 7 million, we are starting to really experience the virus.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Stay safe Jeff! Hope it gets better soon.

[@stuartmclaughlin4717]

So where's the 50 pound concretion reveal?😳gotta see that 🦀 man!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Oh man, I'm still working on it. 18 hours in and still not even halfway 😄

[@joshstephens1527]

Can i please ask where you get the paleo-consolidant stuff?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I get mine from conservationsupplies.co.nz

[@Fred-zn5xh]

I like the crab that has the hole going into it, it shows that not just the waves breakup fossils but the creatures of that time may have played a part in the missing limbs / claws, but who knows, can’t wait to see the prep video on the big crab!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, I think something burrowed into that crab before it was a fossil 😄 Interesting to try and read the story of these fossils. That big crab is a beast, I had to flip it over and start again as I hit the ventral side!

[@NinaMilaa]

Where can we found? All over the world? Or just in your state/beach? Is it possible to find something in Iceland or German sea in the north?

[@MamlamboFossils]

The crab fossils are found all over the world, I'm unsure about Iceland - you want sedimentary rocks rather than volcanic. Ask at your local museum or rock club, they will know for sure 😄

[@NinaMilaa]

Mamlambo all right! Thank you!👍🏻

[@RESEARCHINGYOURROOTS]

Great hunt and prep. Love this channel and your hunts and revealings from within the rocks. Also, may I ask are you a native Kiwi, or Australian or South African? I am a linguist and I hear New Zealand/Australia, but a bit of German in your Ts and Hs and Just.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I was born in South Africa 😁 good ear you have there!

[@raygrange7312]

I recommend a good Brit channel called Yorkshire Fossils.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Ray! I'm subscribed to Yorkshire Fossils, very nice guys as well 😄

[@raygrange7312]

Mamlambo 👍

[@Markl-np9ot]

Nice to find you at here. Have you ever find yellow anmial teeth fossil on NZ seashore before?I cant find another person help me identify it. it not like dogs or bears or dophins.

[@Nejmen.]

Do you sell these? i'm not planning on buying, just curious. Really interesting video.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Magnus! I don't sell any of my fossils, you need a permit for that in New Zealand :)

[@skoitch]

I want to try and prep one! Do you have a website where you sell any of this stuff?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I don't sell any fossils, New Zealand have laws restricting the export of fossils. You can buy unprepped fossils from other countries though. My website is mamlambofossils.com

[@raygrange7312]

That lot must have weighed a bit😁

[@MamlamboFossils]

Oh it did! I think it was about 45kg

[@chubbrock659]

You must be in great shape to haul 100 pounds of rocks for miles at a time! What do you do with all of your finds?

[@MamlamboFossils]

It keeps me fit :) I give some to the local museum if they want it. The rest I prep and keep in my collection.

[@GoliathAngelus]

Could it be from a killerwhale?

[@steveclark4291]

So what do you with the things that you find ?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I donate stuff to the museum that they want, otherwise I catalog and store it myself.

[@doctorofart]

77 lbs is about my max in a backpack, but I think your a bigger than me (: . So cool. Why were the legs on that first crab with the legs sticking still attached? That rock is very telling about how they were formed. For the most part they have very little erosion. If dug out of the hillside, I say none. But yeah that green one with all the legs poking out tell me these crabs and such were encapsulated inside a globular hot mass while free floating and then cured licked inside. The kiwis plastic matrix can’t always contain the entire crab and parts stick out. The nature of brokenness in your typical bone conglomerates tells me it was a devastating cataclysm of some type. Probably cometary in nature

[@doctorofart]

While molten and hot Capillary action would try its best to encapsulate the entire mass. You can see at some of the extended bumps how the material looks as if it was stretched over the bump.

[@mikeforcerer8537]

My back is starting to hurt just watching you carry so many large concretions.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha won't lie, it was sore for a week afterwards 😁

[@mikeforcerer8537]

@@MamlamboFossils Would of killed me. lol

[@huenchen82]

Man, i think those crabs are heading the next level of extinction!!! If you are finished with them one day- there will be not one specimen left ;-) But Newzealand will have a new mountain....the one that grew out of your collection dude! Keep care of your spine, my friend, otherwise it will burst someday with those tons of cool stuff in your backpack!!! All the best...:-)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha, the good thing is that new ones are constantly being exposed by the storms and tides chipping away at the cliffs.

[@huenchen82]

As long as you are out there, chasing them? Remember, also your rich newzealand layers are not endless;-) This is a new kind of evolutionary pressure...will they resist...?

[@rolojones3212]

Heard of sheep? yes, heard of a Flock of sheep, not so much.

[@MamlamboFossils]

😄

[@BuickDoc]

Are you searching the archaic "Planet of the Crabs"?

[@michaelreily5607]

Do you sell these ?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Michael, I don't sell any fossils or concretions I find.

[@chayan2397]

First

[@MamlamboFossils]

Not the first time either!

[@chayan2397]

Mamlambo the good old days before the lockdown at least know there’s time to spend with family at home do some prep videos or collection video and wait this out

[@morskojvolk]

I'm sure you've answered this question many times already, but, how big is the biggest crab you've found so far? Love this channel, you're the "Bob Ross" of fossil hunting. (Google him!) Edit: In response to your query in the description, I do enjoy seeing the preps in the same video.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha I love Bob, happy little trees! I've found a very nice 25kg crab concretion that I am working on at the moment. That's probably the biggest crab I have currently 😄

[@morskojvolk]

@@MamlamboFossils Wow, that sounds like a monster. Hope we get to see it soon!

[@antonibaminaboni377]

Would you be interested in selling some unbroken concretions?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hiya Anthony, I don't sell any of the fossils or concretions. I mostly just donate them to a local museum if they want them. One would need an export permit for each individual fossil :)

[@nathanthanatos3743]

Sheep Calcaneus= heel bone from a sheep

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yes, you're totally right!

[@nathanthanatos3743]

@@MamlamboFossils nah, google's totally right :D I just wanted to save others the trouble because the initial results are about osteoporosis in sheep and such. confusing.