Fossil turtle, crabs, whale and fish - fossil hunting for Miocene era treasures

[@MamlamboFossils]

Does the thumbnail remind anyone else of Baby Yoda? I hope everyone is staying safe out there, please take care!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Welcome to all the new subscribers, hope you enjoy the videos! Shout out if you have any questions 😃

[@billrobbins5874]

Thought it looked like a mouse not fossilized. Great day and finds for you all! Crab looks fascinating. 🦀🐢

[@40kam1]

Wild to discover it on Reddit and find a VERY fresh upload. You have a new subscriber!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for subscribing! Hope you enjoy the channel 😁

[@killjoy1523]

@@MamlamboFossils congrats your growing everyday

[@chubbrock659]

Those crabs are so cool for how well they’ve been preserved. You can still see some of the coloration on the claws. They really haven’t changed much in millions of years have they! Super fascinating, thanks for sharing your work.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Chubb! Yeah, I love the colour on the claws, crazy how well they are preserved 😄

[@gregreeves2234]

Very Cool as always!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Greg!

[@nikeduijk]

Very relaxing content. Love to see people enjoying nature! The excitement of the origin of the fossils is so cool

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks! Yeah, I get quite excited when I find a fossil 😄

[@pratiwisuci717]

You have amazing beaches full of fossils out there.. It is amazing how nature preserves the past for us to see. Thank you guys for sharing your knowledge with us. Stay safe and healthy.

[@MamlamboFossils]

My pleasure Pratiwi! It's mostly Craig with the knowledge, I'm happy to record what he is saying though! Stay safe that side as well!

[@kakakakapo1754]

Here from Reddit :) awesome channel, keep it up!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Welcome, I was wondering where everyone was coming from! Hope you enjoy the videos. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@AlexRejba]

@@MamlamboFossils Someone posted your video on 9GAG as well, expect new subscribers.

[@rickross2709]

Great finds Morne!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Rick! Stay safe!

[@mikeferman9979]

Awsome as always amazing prep on the crab 😁

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Mike, hope to finish the new one soon 😁

[@kitsune2184]

Im so glad i found you on reddit, you make very interesting content. Thank you so much! Keep up the great work

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks kitsune! Glad you're enjoying the videos, I love sharing my little adventures 😁

[@marionhopkins2138]

Absolutely beautiful finds

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thank you Marion 😄

[@fissh29]

Today's finds were very cool, but that crab is amazing...another great video...cheers!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it! Just finished working on the bottom side of the crab now. 11 hours in 😁

[@fissh29]

@@MamlamboFossils patience...great when it pays off...take care

[@FillyDing]

That crab at the end is awesome!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hopefully the bottom side preps well too!

[@tracybranham8648]

Amazing whale bone.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks! It's a big chunk!

[@markclelland3510]

Some more great finds. Love the prep sequence. Stay safe, hope your back out there hunting soon.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Mark! Only 3 more weeks of isolation left 😁

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Awesome. Please show us the finished crab, I hope it stays put.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Will do! I'll have to take it slow as they get really fragile when you prep both sides

[@MsPixi66]

Can't wait to see it finished best wishes from England.

[@EdHunter55]

Great finds! and that crab is coming along nicely!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Ed! Need to put some hours in tonight and tomorrow 😁

[@robertmartyr2041]

you got some nice finds mate :0) it would be good to see the prep of the turtle skull as that's quite unique and as you said it does look like a face :0) nice prep of the crab as it looks amazing and it's all there too :0) take care and can't wait for the next one :0)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Robert! And thanks for sending through those pictures. Yeah, I'm going to have to prep that turtle 😁🐢

[@robertmartyr2041]

your more than welcome mate :0) oh yes as you never know just what's also in the turtle concretion as there could be other bones or even bits of the shell :0) very jealous as we can only go for a walk for an hour and there are no fossils here where we live so it might be a few months before we can do any hunting of any kind so mate keep up the good work and thanks for posting :0)

[@andibrown9934]

Your beaches are VERY similar to our beaches here on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state! The possiblen 'anchor' stone you showed in another video.....we have those here,....in all sizes. ( we are not sure what they are either 😉) we have agateized snails too. Happy hunting!!

[@MamlamboFossils]

I've seen so many of those "anchor" stones as well, I think they form naturally when liquid from a lower layer of clay is squeezed out by the weight of higher layers 😄

[@임경민한국운석사냥]

Thank you for making a great video. I wish you good luck👍

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks so much!!

[@Doxymeister]

Oh excellent, a fossil hunting vid to watch with my morning coffee! It's cool and drippy here, was awakened by thousands of those pesky starlings roosting in the trees across the way from me, all yelling at once, LOL. Worth the rude alarm clock though, to see that mystery fossil, turtle head? Can't wait to see more of that. Won't write much more, I tend to talk gibberish before I've had my first full dose of caffeine! Nice finds, and as always was fun to accompany you and Craig to the beautiful beach!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Cold and rainy this side as well! At least I didn't have birds waking me this morning 😃 I'm hoping it is a turtle, will have to spend some time on it, but sometimes they stay a mystery! Thanks for watching, hope the coffee was good!

[@Doxymeister]

@@MamlamboFossils Coffee is ALWAYS good, LOL! Cheers!

[@mikes5637]

You had me at "prepping with acid". We would like to see that, please.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It will be quite an experience I think! We will all be learning at the same time. I'm going to use some ascetic acid (vinegar) as it seems be what is recommended, especially for someone just starting out.

[@AveryDelMiller]

Really glad I found your channel, so interesting!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you found it too Avery! Thanks for watching the videos!

[@IrvinGisher]

Very cool!!

[@shookings]

I'm a little late to the party, but I had to share this. You know what is an absolute joy? Watching the automatic captions try to parse your Kiwi accent.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha that's one way to stop computers taking over the world 😂

[@pimponesunmuneco5417]

9:00 is a nail.🐌🐌

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for the ID :D

[@sleepingdogs8939]

Some of those rocks have really large fossi bones in them, but how would you get it home? The fossil that looks like a skull is strange. I hope you share pictures of it when you get some more prep work done on it.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Some of them are just too large to take back home! If it is something truly amazing I can always organize 10 people with the museum's help to go and fetch it 😁

[@quoththeraven3985]

I watched a couple of these videos, I went on my backyard and looked at a rock in my garden that's been there for decades......its a crab! This rock in my garden is clearly a crab ....no joke..I cant believe it

[@MamlamboFossils]

Send me some pics! 😁

[@FollowingGhost]

Hopefully you did find a turtle skull that would be a cool addition. Too bad you guys don't have an easy way to recover those large concretions. Thanks for using my photo at the end.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for sending it! I think the fact that we can only carry a few small concretions out keeps it producing for future generations. You really have to work for your fossils 😃

[@FollowingGhost]

@@MamlamboFossils leaving some for others is great but I always think about them being destroyed before they are recovered. I can't get out to places like that anymore, too crippled up and I too much pain, but luckily I have easy places to hunt. Road cuts are a great place here as well as the lake bottoms during the winter draw down. Looking forward to seeing the finished prep on the crab.

[@frankniddie2666]

It's crazy how crabs haven't changed much in millions of years..

[@MamlamboFossils]

Have a look at carcinization, it's the process where the crab form keeps appearing!

[@shatteredcranium]

Reddit sent me here. +1 subscriber. keep the content comming!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for joining the channel, hope you enjoy the videos 😁

[@willbejamming1532]

Yummy looking crab sandwich you've got there. Thanks for sharing. Please, Sir, could I have some more?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think I might still finish that crab this week if all goes well. 🦀🦀🦀

[@jefftrag1956]

Seems like you need something more like a power chisel if you are going to prep those bigger fossils. Must be some sort of electric construction tool or stone carving tool you could get. I have been meaning to ask what you do for a living?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, you get the bigger air scribes. You don't want to put too much force into the fossil as it could damage it. As to what I do, I work in healthcare 😁

[@jefftrag1956]

@@MamlamboFossils At the hospital of ancient crabs?

[@nicoopazo5426]

Daaame, it would be really cool if that Fossil were a turtle skull, never seen one in person...

[@MamlamboFossils]

Let's hope it is 😃

[@chalcedonychris7310]

keen to see that skull thing cleaned up. I wonder what it is??

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hoping something cool like a turtle or sea snake

[@cmccormick8020]

In what part of tennessee do you hunt?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm in New Zealand 😄

[@freakysteve140281]

I can really picture my kids getting into this. My son loves the fossils but my daughter would be the one with the patience to drill them out.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Nice! Good excuse to get into some science as well!

[@robertbeighter6336]

Hey buddy, that limestone can have some beautiful shapes to it - but its very modern - ie

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahah I've just been lucky with the last few crabs! I'm hoping the big boy I'm doing next will be super easy as well!

[@toonvandenbroeck1697]

Hey I have a question for ya are ya from Scotland?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Born in South Africa which is why my accent is a bit different 😁

[@toonvandenbroeck1697]

@@MamlamboFossils you're from south Africa!!!! And I was thinking this dude is from Scotland 😂 ps. great video's

[@skoitch]

Is there a video where you prep the “turtle skull”?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I had it scanned by a neutron scanner. Turns out it's two dolphin vertebrae lying next to each other 😂

[@jfmaniac5118]

Are there any regulations as to what you can take home/keep of bones and such? I was curious if you were allowed to keep the whale bones if you could bring them home :)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Fossils are regulated here in New Zealand meaning you can collect on the beach but not sell or send them out the country and they encourage you to let a local museum know if you find something. I email the museum photos of what I find and donate anything to them that they want to study. You never know, you might get something named after yourself! 😁

[@jfmaniac5118]

@@MamlamboFossils That's great! I believe last I checked, anything with bones here in the US you have to record/send gps coordinates to the paleo society or someone like that and they will then unearth it :) maybe I'm completely wrong, it's been years since I looked at the laws really. I will give ANYTHING to have a peace of a Mamlambosaurus :)

[@stephengroff633]

@@jfmaniac5118 generally there are no regulations of that kind in the US, exept on federally owned land. There are however some states that regulate collecting, but there is quite a lot of variation from state to state. Also there is no real offical society for paleontology in the US, the closest things would be the Smithsonian which handles most all federal fossil specimens (however they don't at this time accept many new specimens exept for very important ones), and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology which is a non government organization that has no authority over collecting (they just loby the government for regulations which as I previously stated only apply on federally owned land).

[@huenchen82]

If there ever would be a competition like a ´´Paleo Ironman´´you have the best chances to win the cup. You are a kind of Apterygiformes Kiwi giganteus, i guess! The geologists say that the plates move; It seems that YOU move at least half of both islands! Have a nice time, greets from a fossil addict;-)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahahaha that's awesome! The crazy thing is that between morning and evening, the beach can completely change because of the tide moving a few million tons of sand and rock!

[@stephengroff633]

I always find the formations where your at so fascinate, where I'm at (Maryland USA) we have very similarly aged miocene formations. However, most of our fossils are not in concreteions only some crabs and a few fish, our concentrations are also not very friendly to prep and much smaller than yours. P.S. Great videos! Keep up the great work! 😁👍

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Stephen! It's interesting to see all the different Miocene areas and how they differ across the world. Someone sent me some pictures of exactly the same tusk shells they were finding as I am, on the other side of the world. Thanks for sharing this cool info! 😊

[@gkess7106]

So is the crab under that rock?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Inside the rock 😁

[@elijaherb]

Your videos are so cool and inspiring, keep at it bro! The tidbits of knowledge are awesome to learn

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoying them Elijah! Hope you stick around :)

[@lawrencet83]

8:36 It looks like the character Greedo from Star Wars.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahah it does!

[@lt.danicecream]

This is pretty cool. What kind of stones are those?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hiya John, the stone with fossils in them are called concretions in this part of the world 😄

[@lt.danicecream]

Thank you, I've looked a bit more into concretions. I work in construction for a living, but have always been fascinated by things like this. Cool channel and thanks for the reply!

[@joshfung2131]

SKULL PREP VIDEO!!!!

[@ChillFrost]

Looks at the round stone here in our garden.. "Hi...."

[@MamlamboFossils]

😁

[@FNMike]

Do you have to report any of your finds?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I don't have to, but I email the museum photos of my find and donate anything they want to study.

[@laurasparkles14]

My heart wants fossils so bad ❤

[@MamlamboFossils]

Me too! It's difficult having to stay inside for so long. But at least I have prepping and video editing to do 😀

[@laurasparkles14]

@@MamlamboFossils well I really like your prep videos too! Once its all this is over I'm going crystal and agate hunting!

[@Jenshaffer.author]

Now I need to go to New Zealand...

[@MamlamboFossils]

Maybe you can when COVID is under control!

[@Jenshaffer.author]

@@MamlamboFossils that beautiful country is definitely on my bucket list!

[@tracybranham8648]

I've never seen perfectly round stone

[@MamlamboFossils]

Some of the concretions I find are nearly perfect, I think it's the wave action rolling them around and smoothing out all the bumps. 😊

[@jasontusmc]

Alright man I need to head to New Zealand……..do you like to go fishing too? Lol

[@jeremydiamond8824]

Good morning Mamlambo from her in the states,been watching all your vlogs for a bit ! Just wanted you to know I love your vlogs my girlfriend got me hooked on ya reminds me of being a kid and enjoying my dinosaur days as a little one ! Also I wanted to let you know there’s another ITube vloger from the south her in the states and his UTube channel is The Dutchwalker and his one vlog ( Amazing lifetime AMMONITES & Matrix found ) he’s mainly a Arrow head finder but OMG check the ammonites he found wow is it cool and you would enjoy ! Take care and keep doing those vlogs very fun and exciting !! 😎🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hi Jeremy, thanks for getting in touch! I'm glad the videos are reminding you of those days of being a kid. I'll check out the Dutchwalker channel. Keep safe that side 😄

[@jeremydiamond8824]

Thanks allot I appreciate that you as well😎🇺🇸👍🏻

[@adventureunderground2234]

I found a sea turtle skull on an unpopulated shore. It wasn't a fossil. It was a true skull. My wife wouldn't let me keep it. Wish I had anyway.

[@tracybranham8648]

Oh my the tree fossil does look like bone.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It really does! It had me fooled 😊

[@vancouverislandhistoricall8972]

Interesting

[@MamlamboFossils]

Do you think it's a turtle skull?

[@vancouverislandhistoricall8972]

Definitely part of a skull thick bone for its size witch is a key characteristic of a turtle skull I believe it could very well be that

[@cricketcricket9749]

Have you ever prepped a huge crab? Would be awesome if you could get to your house.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm busy on a 50 lbs one now 😁

[@cricketcricket9749]

@@MamlamboFossils good luck.....can't wait to see it!

[@tracybranham8648]

Fish was my first thought

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah I'm going to try and prep.it but fish is really tricky to do. Might be able to Craig to help me by scanning it in the synchroton 😁