Fossil Spotting at East Quantoxhead

[@Blinkey99]

5:37 Eva having a dig 9:45 Eva digging in a helpful way 10:40 Eva finds a rock 11:26 Eva confirms some limpets

[@Pastabong]

13:00 Eva agrees

[@haroldbeck4351]

@@Pastabong Eva fan club.

[@Daaannn]

Thanks for Eva's report!

[@patricialavery8270]

Eva reminds me of Dog Meat,the pet in the game Fallout 4."Dog has found something".Could be a nice weapon could be a legendary monster.XD.

[@KnugenMooMoo]

It's just another rock 😃

[@MamguSian]

What a fascinating spot even if you didn't find any fossils you could take home. I've never seen rock formations like that before.

[@SorryImSam]

How did you get 3 weeks ago (edited) when the video came out 33 minutes ago lol

[@moodimoss406]

@@SorryImSam Me too lol what's going on

[@MamguSian]

@@SorryImSam Time travel - it's a thing if you know the right people.

[@MamguSian]

@@moodimoss406 See my reply to @Sam Sam

[@silva7493]

@@MamguSian What happened to @Sam Sam ? I don't see the comment.😄Anyway, I don't recall seeing these kinds of formations either! That would be in California where I am always, I haven't seen any Southern California beaches, though.. The geometric shaped rock layers look very hard. In between it, other layers look soft. Is it all sedimentary? I guess it is, or fossils probably wouldn't be encased in the hard stuff. But if not, what caused the various hard flat layers being laid down millions of years apart, and sandwiched within sedimentary layers? "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" It does look like it would be excellent building material.

[@xxPenjoxx]

"I'm just gonna head a few million years this way." That made me smile. It was difficult for me to get my head around what I was seeing here, so thank you for explaining it.

[@RedShift112]

i hope you know that for people with difficulties such as travelling alone who can't exactly get out much, your videos are so welcoming.

[@georgec2894]

The fractures (or joint sets) can be used to identify the direction of principle stress (if rocks are in-situ) where the principle stress direction is orthogonal to the most prominent joint set’s orientation. You can see which set of joints Crosscut each other to ‘unpick’ the rock’s strain history. There’s also some nice normal faults on that beach. These same formations also outcrop of the Yorkshire coastline. Source: university field trip, late 2013. Thanks as always 🙂

[@Caseosio]

I really enjoyed this video, absolutely fascinating geology, and it's fun that you confirmed your hypothesis about the local construction using materials from the beach - I loved seeing the ammonite in the wall there.

[@pambrown6260]

Good tour

[@Arma070]

Posted 1 month ago. Time traveler confirmed

[@caskwith]

The best way to get a souvenir sized fossil there I found was to go nearer the cliffs where rocks has fallen and cracked into small pieces recently enough to still have sharp edges and not be weathered by the sea. Pick through these and you will find small ammonites quite readily. You might only see the edge poking out but the rocks are small enough to take a few home and then you can split them open etc and most will have a nice fossil inside. In about half an hour I found enough like this to give one to each of the children in the family and keep a couple for myself.

[@k8eekatt]

What a thoughtful souvenir.

[@Dippedinsilver1974]

It's fascinating seeing the layers of rock like that. I didn't realize ammonites could get so large. I'm sorry you didn't find any fossils. I guess that's a good excuse to go back! Thank you for sharing that with us.

[@stopandlisten6070]

I had no idea Britain had such landscape. Stunning.

[@markthomas2577]

I had a look on an old OS Map and the ruined building could be what is marked as 'Old Limekiln'

[@liamboyd555]

Time travelling Atomic Shrimp! Travels millennia in a single step!

[@whippetquick3527]

We find the area between Blue Anchor and Watchet far better for fossils. Park on the front in Blue Anchor (free parking) and walk along the beach towards Watchet. You'll see a sudden change in the cliffs from sandstone to what you have at East Quantoxhead. Looking at the angles of the rock there must have been some major movement in the ground some millions of years ago. There's also lots of layers of white and pink alabaster in the area. In the opposite direction towards Dunster beach you'll pass at least 4 WWII pill boxes and as you reach the Avill flood outlet you'll see a small fenced off area with a small concrete cube. This is the sealed off entrance to a cold war ROC post where men would be stationed in the underground room to monitor events should we have had a nuclear attack. If you head to Kilve beach you'll find the remains of what was hoped to be Somersets major oil industry from back in the 1920s. The oil retort building still survives and is a grade II listed building. There's a lot of history in that area.

[@KaidoFujimi]

It's really interesting how different fossils are dealt with there as opposed to some of our beaches here. It's the same principle of not being able to take them home but if you find a particularly remarkable one, some beach/forestry services encourage you to take one or two to them so that they might be put in a glass observation case or something. Ultimately for educational purposes. That's a really great beach. Thanks for the tour!

[@HendrikOutdoor]

I love going on these trips with you, these videos make for very enjoyable and relaxing Sunday afternoons. :)

[@koraxacollins9645]

At 5:08 I see a skull on one of the rocks thats broken away, to the upper left. Quite fitting for a fossil trip lol

[@iain_grant]

The first time I went to Kilve beach, many years ago. I was tripping over the fossils - they were everywhere and enormous! The next time, a year or two later, it was clear someone had been there with stone cutting machinery and cut so many out :(

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

The fish locker makes great content along the lines of this video . It would be a pretty good crossover honestly.

[@brianartillery]

"The grey thing between the land and the sky..." Were you referring to what Basil Fawlty says to that irascible guest, played so wonderfully by Joan Sanderson? Fascinating video, Mike. I love the randomness of your output - one day annoying scammers; the next, it's something good to eat, and the next is a geology and palaentology lesson. It's unexpected, always interesting, and above all, fun. Thank you so much. 👍👍👍

[@KarlVaughan]

What an amazing place. Definitely worth a visit at some point. Looking at old maps I see that the ruins are of an old limekiln.

[@djowen5192]

That makes sense, there's lots of old lime kiln activities there, simply haul the rock up and burn it I suppose.

[@abbigailburkes4408]

England looks so beautiful in the countryside. I love how green and rainy it looks. My kind of place!

[@yikes7607]

When you said the beach was incredible you meant it. Really impressive landscape! There is some place not too far from where I live where people go look for fossils, because apparently it was underwater a long geological time ago. Serra de Valongo, Portugal. I always wanted to go but never have, now I feel tempted to really plan a trip there. Your content is always so interesting.

[@TheGoldSwordSquad]

If you’re looking for a large number of ammonites you should definitely visit the ammonite pavement in Lyme Regis. One of the best places for fossils I’ve ever visited

[@Mookii]

Definitely agree with a visit to Lyme for fossils. May be worth keeping an eye on the tide times for fossil hunting as well.

[@bcostin]

What an amazing place. The natural history of the British Isles is just as unique as its human history. And as those ancient walls demonstrate, those two will overlap in interesting ways. We have unattended honor-system booths here in the states, as well. There are a couple within a few miles of me on corners of back-roads. They stock seasonal garden vegetables, fruit, and herbs with a collection box for money. Some also have bottles of water for thirsty walkers and cyclists. Those "little library" enclosures with donated books seem to spring up nearby, too. Little "honor-ecosystems".

[@OptimisticMisanthrope]

Here in Murica (California) I've only seen a single honesty stall and that was a local farm in a tourist-heavy town/city to keep running. Would have trips during my elementary (primary) school years to them and see how pomegranates, Brussel sprouts, and the such were grown. Thanks for all your content, from foraging, to trips where we might see a bit of the world, to weird stuff in a can. Love you all and keep up however feels good.

[@wainwrightaw25]

Fascinating video. Especially the ammonite built into the old wall towards the end. Thankyou for posting

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

Incredible place! That's the kind of place where I'd be completely invested in spending the entire stay pretending to be an adventurer on another planet searching for signs of life. Oh, who am I kidding. At almost 50 I still do the same thing 😂

[@michigo]

Love the lil honesty stalls. Best part was, when I went to boarding school in a small (not even a town) town in Denmark. We could buy fruits and veggies while we did the weekly 7 km run or just went for walk :3

[@djowen5192]

Interestingly these are known as lime stone 'pavements' so your analogy is spot on. A really interesting beach if you get that far is the one at Coverack on the lizard where you find rocks from the boundary between the earth's mantle and crust. It's fascinating just what's under our feet, like your own personal little time machine.

[@bunnybachman]

I have never seen anything like this beach, Eva seems to really enjoy it. She's excited to look for fossils with you! Thank you for another great video.

[@susankenny5677]

Love the video. One of my favourite haunts. The building you saw on the cliff top is a lime kiln. Kilve just up the road has one too, as well as a chantry and ruins with quaint cafe. Car park is a tad dearer but if your using the cafe one and grabbing a coffee it's free. There is a gorgeous little church and graveyard at the back of the carpark you used that would have been worth a visit.

[@gravic48]

I grew up in Weston-super-Mare and yet had no idea this place existed. Plan to combine a visit here with visit to family sometime. Thank you for introducing me!

[@kathleenfleming7519]

So amazing! I watched a documentary about fossilized trees called Jet. The narrator said you could find Jet on the beach, that Jet can be made into jewelry. What a scientist's dream!

[@devttyUSB0]

That place looks amazing. All these layers of rocks look beautiful.

[@Foundations01]

This upload coming right after potholer54's new geology education video is perfect timing, and now I have an even greater appreciation for this series!

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

That was a solid video from Mr. Holer! When I was a kid I wanted to be a geologist, but I couldn't grow a beard. Little did I know they're handed out at graduation. If only I knew then what I know now.

[@donnagray9579]

Fossil Spotting at East Quantoxhead sounds like a spin-off series.

[@threetythreepercent]

I once slipped and sliced my lower leg wide open on some sharp wet rocks at Kilve/East Quantoxhead beach. Remember hurriedly limping back to the car park where the only other people there happened to be a lovely couple from St John’s Ambulance. They also took my dog home for me while I was taken to Minehead hospital for stitches. If those people happen to be reading this, thank you again for being so lovely.

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

When I was a chid in the 70's my family had holidays down in Somerset, usually in the Minehead - Watchet part, and we often used to go on the beaches and look for fossils. At one time we had quite a collection, I had an ammonite fossil about the size of a brick I found that I had in my bedroom as a doorstop for years (not sure what happened to it!). From one place the rock was very slate-like, and split into thin layers in which were crushed shells of the fossilised sea creatures. Some where quite colourful, although I don't know if that was just mineral staining or the actual colour of the outer layers of the shell. It was facinating to a 7+ year old, and left me with an interest in fossils that has been with me my life. The funny thing is I was never that into Dinosaurs, they didn't seem so real to me as the Ammonites and other shellfish we found! I remember seeing in a Cafe a huge Ammonite fossil that someone had found, it must have been a couple of feet across.

[@julescaru8591]

Love going with you on your rambles Mike , a lovely day at the seaside ! All the best Jules

[@MotoHikes]

Now *this* is what lazy sunday mornings with a broken leg are for

[@thecatherd]

If you enjoy fossil spotting, I can recommend the rock pools on Brighton's coast. I have fond memories of finding trilobite fossils embedded in the rock pools there as a child.

[@carlz0r]

That's such a cool beach.. I could wander around there for hours. The village is beautiful, too.

[@darrellshoub7527]

A fine video, Atomic Shrimp ! As a resident of the Bronx, New York, USA, I love the concept of honesty stalls. I have been told that in the Upstate New York countryside, there are such stalls, which have tables with excess vegetables and a money box, but here in the urban areas, they would never be able to withstand the widespread urge... to both steal and vandalize. Seeing such a stall in your video is quite heart warming ; ''prothropic'' (if misanthropic had a true antonym). ///// The beach of straight lines is fascinating. A good site for those amateur ''Scientists"" fond of saying ""Nature does not build with straight lines""" [ like Terrence Howard, who was trolled by Oxford to give that very strange lecture, for example]

[@nige3801]

I've seen little book cupboards on the NYC streets, you just take a book, maybe put a couple back in..

[@InsanePickle24]

@@nige3801 We have those here in Oregon

[@nige3801]

@@InsanePickle24 they are a good idea , that's nice to know!

[@rucksacks]

Philanthropic is the word you're looking for.

[@blahza12345]

Great video as always, educating and calming. Re honesty boxes, Dublin Airport has them for bottles of water. The airport operator said that payment statistics are actually better than those of a regular till. Faith in humanity - restored..?

[@SlimPickins_07]

Awesome stuff. We have some long dried up ancient riverbeds here that you can find fossils like that. I love going out to look for them.

[@scottbelcher9026]

Most definitely interesting!!! So calming and relaxing too,and sure makes me think… ❤ Eva is so sweet!!! ❤

[@KnugenMooMoo]

Just wanna say Thank you Shrimp for taking all of us to theys lovely places.

[@BlindBabeBeth]

The naturally squared rocks are really beautiful.

[@jwalster9412]

"I'm just going to head afew million years this way." (9:36) I can see the time machine in the background.

[@moomoojayjay]

"I think that's watercress" Mrs Shrimp, "mmmh 🙄" 😅 I don't think she meant it that way but my interpretation made me chuckle. Great vid as usual!

[@davidlawrence503]

That,s correct for keeping wooden wheels tight / swelled. on early wooden spoked vehicle wheels the same process was required

[@deanusrjm]

Your videos are so varied but always interesting.

[@k8eekatt]

Thanks for sharing your interesting walk.

[@susanfarley1332]

Those rocks look so tempting. They would make great garden paths and other stuff. But if everyone yielded to temptation ...no more beach.

[@Jack93885]

Pathing would definitely be excessive but I think a nice (yet minimal) use for it would be as a keystone to an arch.

[@hilarysoloff8936]

What an amazing beach. The closest we have to that is an area called the Tessellated Pavement which doesn't seem to have all the levels seen here. Really enjoy the variation in beaches seen in these videos 👍🏻

[@phileo_ss]

What an interesting beach. And nice to see the ammonite built into the wall. I still have several ammonites and bivalve fossils I collected on the Isle of Wight when I went there on my school journey. The rocks were much softer and porous and could easily be cracked open with a chisel. Actually, air bubbles will come out and some grains will come loose when I immersed them in water. And I never knew that 'honesty stalls' existed in England. We have lots of them in Japan, usually selling vegetables and fruit.

[@thany3]

This beach reminds me of Aoshima Island, near Miyazaki, Japan. It's a different kind of formation they have there, but similar in the way that rock is getting exposed by a geological process in a very interesting way. Locally they call it the "devil's washboard" 😀

[@Fairyfink]

Another wonderful Sunday morning spent fossil hunting with Mr Shrimp.

[@ArcticGator]

What a great way to spend a day, and those honesty stores are so cool!

[@Paddy3443]

Another great video! Very similar to parts of the south wales coast, particularly near Llantwit Major, just on the other side of the channel of course, so I assume it's the same sort of formation. Amazingly extensive.

[@Taffy_Duck]

like swansea also

[@GolosinasArgentinas]

Amazing place! Absolutely beautiful. Love those "honesty stalls". Sadly, where I live, everything would be stolen and vandalized :'(

[@Styphon]

Very reminiscent of old Roman roads. My old geology prof would have loved a field trip like this, though a little too distant for a 'day trip'

[@tonkysue207]

Like having a day out ..loved it .

[@olik136]

I wonder if those layers actually match up/ connect with the layers on the beach from the other video

[@xCoffeeNWeedx]

thank you for taking us on your adventures. what a cool area. - love from Canada

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

There are some terrific fossil prints of a little doggo 😀❤️

[@aaa-uc6el]

Nice strike and dip landform, i just learned that in my geography class! Yes it is sedimentary rocks, formed by sediments washed from the sea Thank you for sharing nice views in UK, never got to go there and there isn't much large scale rock formations (except hexagonal pillars) in Hong Kong

[@GrandadsOtherChannel]

SO you were off down to Butlins at Minehead for a short break holiday 😆 Perfect holiday weather 🌦🌧🌨🌩⛈

[@blankfrankie3747]

That beach is truly beautiful.

[@TheAshesvondust]

I love physical geography professor Shrimp!

[@ningayeti]

Taking ammonites from the beach is acceptable, but never collect Mennonites under any circumstances😝

[@CorvoFG]

Correct about the pond and wheels. It was also used as an opportunity to allow the horse to drink and cool down as they were relatively shallow.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Apparently the famous 'haywain' painting by Constable is a depiction of this

[@traciepratte3983]

That looks like the cells or skin of a HUGE animal from the past . The building blocks of life LITERALLY!!!

[@richardmillican7733]

Reminds me of the areas of bedrock around Napanee Ontario. The local car junkyard at westplains is directly on top of very similar rock 3000 miles from here!

[@richardmillican7733]

The old cottage ruin looks similar in build to the magazine buildings constructed at the quarry at holyhead mountain, when they were blasting out rock for the construction of Holyhead breakwater.

[@somethinginnocuousindahouse]

very enjoyable video, I always love it when Eva is also in the video, she is so cute!

[@Petrelles22]

I love North Somerset 😍. As ever, I learned from your video, about geology and also (and this will stick in my memory unlike geology) about carts driving through ponds.i never knew that and might even try to find out more. 😊

[@Traderjoe]

I’m very interested in geology myself and those formations are columnar jointing. That sedentary rock was subjected to conditions of molten rock temperatures and pressures that transformed the sedimentary rock into metamorphic and the stresses caused those layers and straight line splits

[@ronin_gthayc3020]

Great little video ,I was not to far there a wee weeks ago(bridport) I will have to check it out when down there next year .

[@yokeloeulci8001]

Thank-you Mike !

[@cantsay]

8:51 clearly a dragon egg, you don't want the responsibility 🙃

[@KyleRDent]

Poor Eva probably didn't know what to do with herself surrounded by so much rock!

[@MsAnpassad]

I think it looked like a church, as the structure suggested that it had been quite high with those side supports. Or maybe some sort of lighthouse or windmill?

[@samhenwood5746]

That a a really fascinating vlog & thanks Atomic shrimp 🤗

[@C1c4da]

Beautiful video. Hello from Indiana, USA

[@psychedelikchameleon]

That reminds me, I need to rewatch Fawlty Towers 😁

[@rachelmessham2450]

I think this explains the Bimini Road. Especially the curve you explained.

[@DeltaDemon1]

Honesty stalls are something wonderfully alien to me. I was introduced to the concept in a video about Japan and thought "Only in Japan" but I guess it's more common than I thought. I doubt it would work here.

[@InJusticeAustralia]

Fascinating indeed. I thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

Though Somerset would not be my first thought on were to protect, it would be the reason they do because protecting the areas you least expect invasion is intelligent

[@NachozMan]

Woah this was absolutely stunning

[@MrEvilWasp]

When I was in the building trade I used to see a lot of stone with different kinds of fossils in it that had been used centuries ago on churches and other aged buildings. Normally around doorways though rather than the walls themselves. Peace

[@gavinhammond1778]

Nature doesn't build in straight lines...Nature does whatever it feels like doing. I realize this video isn't proof either way, but I enjoy how your content encourages the possible rather than the absolute. Thanks for the content.

[@8mu-]

5:38 I see Eva is disregarding the rules and digging for fossils anyway! :)

[@nancydavidson2295]

Read all the comments...nice way to extend a particularly nice vlog.

[@Frost_Saber]

That was interesting, thanks for filming

[@eimdeima]

You should make your way down to the Hartland peninsula in North Devon. From there to Milook Haven in North Cornwall has absolutely stunning geological rock formations.

[@rollingwave2732]

What large ammonites. That was wonderful. I had always wanted to go fossil hunting with someone who knows what they are talking about. Now I am inspired to go to the Burren and look into the limestone pavements there.

[@misc.cont.]

Big Death Stranding vibes. Aesthetically and thematically.

[@LisaLovesFugglers]

The ground at this beach and the previous one reminds me of skin when it's dry/cracked! I really liked how similar and the layers in the ground and cliffs presented themselves. Also, that stone with the multi stones in - would you call that a hagstone? I've always wanted to collect one for myself before, but rarely get the opportunity to do so.

[@huahindan]

Thanks! Fascinating

[@miked2662]

I thought you were joking, then I paused on the sign and read where it said to put your money in the slot of the wall. 😂