Fossil Hunting - Lyme & Charmouth Jurassic Coast! Finding Pyrite Ammonites Massive Haul Of Gems!!!

In this video I’m in Charmouth Dorset! On the hunt for Fossils along the Jurassic coast line!!
I show you some easy ways to find the ammonites, all you need is a keen eye and a lot of patience!
We go along Charmouth and venture across to Lyme Regis a lovely town full with quirky shops, bakeries & Restaurants.
Lyme Regis & Charmouth is full of history and worth checking out their museums.
We highly recommend if you visit having Lyme Regis Fish & Chips:
The Lyme Fish Bar - www.lymesfishba...
Also Charmouth Fish & Chips:
Charmouth Fish Bar - charmouthfishb...
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[@BlueJayBonsai]

Wow, that looks like so much fun! I’d walk around with a telescope pointed at the ground if I was there. 😂🤣🐦💙

[@nillysbonsai9636]

It really is great fun. The excitements not knowing what may turn up! The stars there are amazing too so it would be worth packing the 🔭 😊🌱

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Really unexpected and really interesting. As a kid in Australia all i ever wanted to be was a paleontogolist. Until I found out you dont get paid much :)

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thank you Xav! There’s more to life the government fun tokens I’m sure 😂 much the same as a kid obsessed with Dinos nature ect you soon realise the best jobs in them fields are rare, seemingly impossible to get into and underpaid. I guess it’s like being a footballer to some chasing the dream! 🌱

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

Wow, truely spectacular finds !! Liked the BBQ lunch as well. Hope you figure out what those specimens are !! Cheers

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thank you! Really quite please with the finds! The bacon roll kept the troops moving :D I’ve cleaned those unidentified finds up a little. Definitely worth a little research. I’ve been fairly flat out since getting back! It’s on the agenda 🌱😊

[@1000000trs]

1:30 it looks like you missed another (that has been caught by the camera), its about a hand's width diagnonnaly up and right of the one you picked up. You can just see the ridges emerging through the sand !

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Well spotted you Can’t win them all! Someone else hopefully had a good day ☺️

[@dianacampbell8381]

also at 4:44, his thumb literally bumped another one while picking up one ammonite. The other one looks kind of cool, like it was a double decker.

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Very Observant thank you for watching through. Many folk comment on my videos and ask me questions without watching in entirety! I must say I may have pick it up out of shot but maybe I didn’t you might spot it in a upcoming video where I intend to through my Jurassic coast finds! I’m happy a lucky person or youngster might have found it and may treasure it. This was a exceptional trip for pyrite ammonites can’t scoop them all :D

[@legendgodmyth]

My favourite place to go unfortunately it’s a 2.5 hour drive 😢

[@nillysbonsai9636]

It’s up there for me too! Favourite places! Unfortunately no closer for at 3.5 if you don’t stop 🤣

[@Tobiazzz30]

The bones are broken parts of ichthyosaur jaws

[@Tobiazzz30]

Also that was a really nice hunt you found some cool things

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thank you very much for this info. I had my suspicions! How keen we’ve looked up and down this site over the years it was only a matter of time until I found a piece!

[@arthurmoore2166]

Walked along both sides of the Charmouth beach today 14th May 2024 not found a single fossil? Strange how the you tube videos find loads of Ammonites on the surface

[@nillysbonsai9636]

I can promise you it’s luck of the draw. Iv drove 180 miles before now and found a few scraps! Iv also been with friends and some find fossils some don’t. It can have a lot to do with getting the eye in getting a bad back and lazer focus (effort levels) winter rough weather get out just as tide goes out, your result will be different 💯

[@arthurmoore2166]

I did go back the next day and found a few great amenities. 👍

[@MylifesHaunted]

I think those pieces might be tortoise shell

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thank you for the info il certainly check that out!

[@skusethesleuth7988]

What's the best time of year to go ?

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Winter when softer folk are put off (less competition) and the weather whips the waves up 😃 We had successful trip around the spring high tides also!

[@moonrakermudlarks]

Thank you so much for taking us along with you. I love searching for fossils at at Lyme Regis (and hopefully a cap badge or 2).

[@nillysbonsai9636]

You are most welcome! One of my favourite places to visit. Amazing scenery with the magic of not quite know what will turn up in the mud :D thank you for watching!

[@ModelFossilist]

Ammonites lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous time periods. In the Triassic, it was Ceratites that were living. And before the Ceratites, Goniatites were the ammonoids living.

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thank you for your comment 👌

[@christianboutell7112]

Many stunning finds,cant wait to be down in charmouth at the end of October,we've been fossiling between seatown and lyme regis since 1979 and never get bored of it,it's a magical place to be.

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Couldn’t agree more with you! It’s a firm fav of mine. It’s a case of the simple things in life right! Enjoy your trip. Il certainly be trying to squeeze in a winter visit. Thank you for you comment 🙂

[@alisterwest6987]

Hi just subscribed liked the pot making also watched the seed collecting enjoyable videos thanks for all the information in them 👍

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thanks for the sub and kind comment. Hopefully more of what you enjoying going forward 😊🌱

[@AMPLEDOCK]

Some nice finds there! I only have a couple of non fossil suggestions to make. Number one: Don't waste your money on Costa coffee. Go to the Galley Cafe!! Second thing: Bacon sandwich with no butter or brown sauce looked dry and disappointing but I do like your folding stove thing. 🤙

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Cheers this was a good trip! And honestly I don’t like spending money :D I’d rather invest it. But costa is a decent size cup for a coffee fiend and empty a useful collectors tool :D nothing against supporting local folks tho 👍 and the bacon roll… honestly It tasted damn good after the journey and a early hours fossil hunt. Wacked together on the coast early winters morning with them views il take it real living :D

[@RodneyRiv]

Nice hunt Sam! Me and my missus were at Lyme Regis fossil hunting just a few days ago! Big love from Rob Rivett...small world.

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thanks mate! Oh really! It is a small world, Must have just missed you literally! Did you guys find much?

[@RodneyRiv]

@@nillysbonsai9636 yeah we had a nice hunt, I'll send you a pic on Facebook if I can find you!

[@suiseki2571]

If you're not sure what you have found ask the bloke in the museum. He is very helpful and knows his fossils. I thought I'd found a load of dino teeth but he had a look and they turned out to be belemnites (a bit like straight ammonites) really quite cool. He'd be able to identify your unknown finds I'm sure.

[@nillysbonsai9636]

We would have popped in there but our trip was fairly out of season I guess and most days we come back from adventures and the shops be shut! I love the visitor centre and little shop there tho deffo worth a look!

[@legendgodmyth]

No way you called belemnites straight ammonites that are completely different as belemnites are the backbone of the squid

[@suiseki2571]

@@legendgodmyth Yes way, I described them as "a bit like a straight ammonite". If you had read the previous part of my comment where I said that I thought they were "dino teeth" then you would have realized that I am no expert on the subject, quite clueless really but they are very interesting.

[@legendgodmyth]

@@suiseki2571 well now you know

[@suiseki2571]

@@legendgodmyth I certainly do, they are very interesting and cool to find.

[@davidthomas6859]

Nice haul ❤

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Thank you! 🤗

[@EggBuehl]

Bacon

[@nillysbonsai9636]

🥓 on the Beach 🏖