The Hunt For The Perfect Ammonite - Fossil Hunting

Join me on another Fossil Hunt at Runswick Bay where I hunt for the perfect ammonite find and film me cracking open the perfect ammonite. I have been Fossil Hunting for the perfect ammonite from this specific species for quite awhile. This was found at Runswick Bay, near Whitby on the Yorkshire Coast in England.
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[@ForgottenFossils]

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[@cavie-caviidae80]

That brush like object you found may be whale baleen from the dead whale you mentioned earlier in your video, it forms part of the upper part of the whales mouth and acts like a filter when it is feeding

[@ForgottenFossils]

I had a feeling it was to do with the whale. Thanks. Guess it’s fallen to pieces now.

[@RehanaF13]

Yep. It’s baleen.

[@jonnyincomox]

Exactly what I thought as soon as I saw it too.

[@JaymzMX]

Yep, I knew instantly that was from the whale you mentioned.

[@innominatum9906]

This is so interesting! I grew up on a small-ish island in Denmark where there are large deposits of a type of "diatomite" called "moler". A former neighbor of my parents was the head of a local musem that specializes in fossils found in moler - so Ive been hunting fossils MANY times when I was younger. It really is just something special to crack open something found on the ground and see something that is millions of years old

[@kellyharper367]

So fun and calm ... Like a beach walk with a friend...added benefits... AMMONITES!!

[@ForgottenFossils]

A very nice one too

[@richconroy5559]

I recently read online that in order to keep things were cranking when they dry out you need to remove the salt from that period there method suggested was putting it to soak in fresh water that you changed every day for 3 weeks. A gentleman who claimed to be a paleontologist said they sometimes do it with mammoth teeth by putting them in tank of their toilet. That way every time you flush your changing the water and desalinating the sample.

[@ForgottenFossils]

I put my fossils from lyme regis in water to get the salt out.

[@sisD]

Nice finds! I never knew to look for rounded rocks for fossils. Plus I’d be afraid of hitting them and ruining a perfect fossil. Loved that polished piece. 🦋

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you!

[@Lame-o-nardo_]

Thanks to you i got to find some nodules on my hometown beach! Brought home a nice piece of Chlamydoselachus vertebrae with a fin on it! Probably the best fossil i've ever found!

[@iainking4256]

Hi Liam first off my friend We love your videos, you have a dry sense of humour and you really know your stuff. It is a pleasure watching you search for any fossils, and the way you open them is great. Keep these coming. Cheers from Australia.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Really appreciate that, i love Australia!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Not that i’ve ever been 😂

[@RosaStringWorks]

I can't pretend to know anything about fossils. but as far as breaking rock, a bit more patience by tapping lightly with a chisel around the circumference will send the splitting signal though the rock much better and you will get a much higher yield on a potentially valuable specimen. I have broken lots of rocks....

[@bobdrooples]

The blunt smack with a lump hammer makes me sad, especially with a chisel on hand.

[@leenobody3249]

These videos are really interesting and so relaxing to watch . It is almost 50 years since I was at Runswick Bay . Last time I was there I lost a shoe in a small patch of quick sand ! . Thanks matey.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Wow, i bet fossil hunting 50 years ago was amazing

[@georgescorgie8783]

9:08 the brush is baleen, it's one of the food straining organs from that dead whale you mentioned. Nice find.

[@Treasurehunter11001]

Cracking ammonite at 14:34 , that polished pebble is real nice , looked nice and quiet on that beach , great vid

[@ForgottenFossils]

Makes a nice change, just afew dog walkers and a fisherman really.

[@ethanhawtin7561]

I enjoyed this video! It shows that you don’t always find ichthyosaur verts and paddle and all that! It shows that hunting actually requires a lot of dedication and time! Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@ForgottenFossils]

Yes it’s really quite rare! I was still looking though 🤣

[@lisafarr5034]

Thank you so much for sharing this video, well done and enjoyable. Looking forward to the findings here. Have a fabulous day Kiddo.

[@raygrange7312]

Excellent upload Liam. Always look forward to your updates.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you Ray!

[@vanessatelford5006]

After watching most of your videos I’m proud to say I’ve been lucky to find some nodules, I’ve brought them home with me and can see the keel though how do you make it look so easy opening them! Really enjoying learning and watching the videos.

[@ForgottenFossils]

I use my chisel and split it just next to the keel!

[@donhinchey9148]

Just came across your channel, some awesome fossils you’re finding , look forward to watching more of your videos

[@ForgottenFossils]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lisamills-wv6nc]

Very nice fossils! Nice job cracking them open. 😊

[@timothycronenweth2293]

That white brush is baleen from a type of whale that filters feeds on plankton. Love the fossil search. SO fun... 🦞

[@spongebobaxlpants]

The brush like object at 9:12 is the Baleen, or mouth filtering part of a whale that feeds on small crustaceans.

[@glenda1385]

Wow nice finds! Beautiful place as well. :)

[@AncientAbsWisdom]

Brilliant video. I was working in Scarborough all last week and had my day off on Robin Hoods Bay up on the north end. Think I found Icthiosaur spine sections joined as one just loose on the beach. Lovely film. Subscribed

[@kimberlyhinson4252]

I really enjoyed your video you did a great job!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you so much!

[@Itsahardknocklife9690]

Mate, you’re a legend. This is going to be our nee hobby

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you! It's such an amazing hobby

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Some Nice finds well done enjoyed the video

[@sarahprowse1194]

Great video, love it, keep it up :) 👍

[@ForgottenFossils]

I appreciate it!

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Pretty interesting. Why does the fossil matrix end up as those smooth, rounded nodules? Thanks for the fun video!

[@brooklyngraham1151]

The comb like structure was baleen, filtration membrane from a whale

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks! Thought so

[@fussyfossiler8857]

Hi , another great video mate 👍 👌, and the answer to your question roughly 9 mins into the video , it's the bristle/filter part of a whale 🐋 proberly the one that got washed up a while back 😁, and im still working my way up to doing a fossiling/ prepping video I was going to do one when I was at sandsend last month but I think I need to get some sort of mount for my phone or might invest in a go pro camera 🤔 , 😁🦕🦖.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Yes you’ll need a tripod or something similar! I hope to see a video soon 😂 It’s cool to know it’s from a whale 🐋

[@fussyfossiler8857]

@@ForgottenFossils we shall see !😁🤣 , I might try out a go pro or cheaper version, its the "yorkshire" In me that don't want to part with too much money 😁🤣 ,

[@waynes7739]

That feathery bit is whale baleen, most likely from the whale that washed up.

[@sayoneufurnell546]

@9:00 its a whale tooth also called a Baleen its the bristle like upper "tooth"

[@daphnedechambeau424]

Beautiful love them

[@releasingendorphins232]

Enjoying from Oklahoma. Thanks for sharing.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheYorkshireFossilHunter]

Kool video mate, polished bone looks awesome !!!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thats mate, i love it

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks*

[@aib0160]

What you thought looked like a brush was a bit of the dead whale you mentioned. They filter out krill and the like through them.

[@luizmiguelplayer6303]

A perfect fossil Hunt 🐚🐌

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks!! It was :)

[@2wahineandadog]

Huh I never thought about polishing a bone fossil rock - it looks great!

[@christianboutell7112]

Some absolutely stunning finds,and very informative,off to charmouth next week for a week's iron pyrite ammonite fossiling,cant wait.

[@maryreese1396]

I think that thing you that were wondering about what is could possible not be part of a whale's gill. They tend to have gills lined with these feather looking things that help separate the food from the water.

[@maryreese1396]

Sorry and out the auto-correct!

[@JoshuaEdenJamesOfficial]

I found ammonites like that with brown she'll on it. I showed one similar in my video remember. The ammonite I showed was a dactileryoceras semysinlartim how ever you spell it 😂. I thought your ammonite was very cool looking in that nodule 👏.

[@1mmickk]

I was in Whitby once, I will never see it again sadly. Even sadder is that I stood on those rocks and did not know they contained fossils. Cant win em all I guess.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Such a shame! At least you visited though.

[@1mmickk]

@@ForgottenFossils I stayed above the fish and chip shop on the first floor. Overlooks the boats and the church on the hill. Honestly, it was the best view I have ever seen and it cost 15 quid. Ive paid 1500 bucks to look at Sydney Harbour but Whitby was better. Ole Capn Cook, hes a legend.

[@mickeysrccrawl]

The white in under the rocks, looks just like the ones the whales filters alges whit (eating)

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Great 👍 video really shows you how far your collecting area stretches at low tide

[@ForgottenFossils]

So many areas where there could be sweet little bone blocks and ammos full of barnicles and seaweed thats been disguised for years😅

[@LymeRegisFossils]

The joy of having the beach yourself and having a search around

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Those cannonball nodules so often don’t have anything much in ? Great 👍 looking nodule though

[@EppingMusicSchool]

GREAT video

[@ForgottenFossils]

Cheers!

[@265petsar]

That is bayleen from a whale, used to filter Crill (shrimp)

[@blufootedboobie8999]

new subscriber that is on my list of one of the places I would love to hunt

[@ForgottenFossils]

It's a beautiful place!

[@blufootedboobie8999]

@@ForgottenFossils I just have to get there one day UK has been on my list for years to go hunt for trilobites I just need one from there

[@felipeduenas2968]

This is interesting I love fossiles

[@lisafarr5034]

My entire life I have collected beach rocks, now with so much, I would like to start cracking some open.

[@Cutty77]

Whale baleen!

[@adrianred236]

You would have a much better chance of breaking open any rock along a line that you want if you do it between 2 hard objects i.e. hammer and anvil. Just tap and rotate for the next tap, a bit of patience and you'll have a much less chance of breaking them in the wrong direction.

[@TAFARN723]

At around 9:00 looks like a whale's baleen brush. Some whales don't have teeth they have a comb structure use to collect shrimp-like krill, plankton and small fish. Love your channel I'll have give this a go . You can't keep fossils in Canada:( Off to the UK then.

[@yutumedia]

Thank you Dara O'Briain

[@ForgottenFossils]

Haha 😂

[@fossilwildlife5198]

Gorgeous fossils, Liam! 👍🏻⛏️ How did you polish the ichthyosaur bone piece? Can you explain me the process briefly?

[@ForgottenFossils]

Hi, this was full of pyrite you can see the greenish tint. I tried with my dremel but it wasnt the finish i wanted so I sent it to a professional preparer.

[@julianmarsh2758]

The thousandth sub baby !!!

[@ForgottenFossils]

WHOOO! :D

[@eduelmacho3588]

Aunque no entienda la que dice me gusta mucho como encuentra los fósiles es entretenido y interesante buen video

[@ForgottenFossils]

Muchas gracias

[@MahsaAMINI33]

Good

[@samrey1210]

Were do u go to get your fossils polished I have some I would like to polish as I live in the whitby area

[@BacGold]

Gostei muito dó seu canal é sou garimpeiro 🙏

[@Afiqa3004]

9.13 it's a mango seed

[@fishing631]

Another cracking video mate wish I could get there but I am in tier 3 😔

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks bud, you'll be back out soon.

[@raygrange7312]

Ignore it .

[@ForgottenFossils]

@@raygrange7312 I live in Whitby now luckily.

[@kiranniranjank3155]

nice and don't destroy it by broking all. keep and it is its valuable nature gift and its take billion years to form.

[@thestupidinator8436]

I hope to go somewhere like this once, the only place i can go to right now is crail and i havent been having much luci

[@ForgottenFossils]

Where is Crail?

[@thestupidinator8436]

In Scotland, north east from Edinburgh,

[@cynthiarowley719]

Do you use other tools? Beautiful location!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Just a hammer and chisel and eye protection, i send my nice pieces off to be professionally prepared.

[@julianmarsh7993]

Told ya we'd do it for you, our Ruby is 1000 subscriber.

[@letsplayavecalnos751]

does two empty rock are very good quality of flint, you could have done knife blade or arrow head with that.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Theres alot of natural flint I find on the beaches. I wish i could find some worked ones.

[@casalleblas2079]

9:10 wale jaw

[@geraldinesera8915]

So glad you treated a couple of ammonites with discretion. Stop hitting anything with your sledge hammer. God saved these specimens for us, treat them accordingly.

[@05macdonaldsmitha]

Was the weird thing that looked like a brush part of the breen from the dead whale???

[@ForgottenFossils]

Yep

[@kareno8634]

2nd time seeing this Whacking of these stones, looking for Ammonites. 8 O *Is there ANY Other way to open?* Seems such a chance to take and a sad waste. ":Hoping" is Not good enough. ! =( 14:35 perhaps the "Best" opening job. lol REALLY COOL - Thanks!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks!

[@ForgottenFossils]

You can take them home and use proper air pens if you have them, but these are quite common to find in this area. Anything rare I bring home

[@lisafarr5034]

How far do the rock and debris flow in from?

[@henryhenshaw3678]

What kind of books would you recommend for starting? Looks so cool and want to know what I'm looking for XD

[@ForgottenFossils]

I know some great ones for where I hunt (Yorkshire)

[@henryhenshaw3678]

@@ForgottenFossils amazing! Do you know the names? I'm gonna be spending a lot of time in Yorkshire this summer and look forward to it 😁

[@ForgottenFossils]

@@henryhenshaw3678 Fossils of the Whitby Coast - Great beginner friendly book. + Fossils from the Lias of the Yorkshire Coast - Goes more in depth.

[@henryhenshaw3678]

@@ForgottenFossils wow, amazing! Thanks so much for the help 😁

[@Limara64]

Isn’t that brush thing part of a whales filtration thingy?

[@rune9949]

Yes it is

[@Mephistopholies]

Good show. The tooth whales suck seawater through and eat what gets stuck to.

[@markbroussard5636]

Why don’t you use the chisel to split the round rocks?

[@shakaraslam4917]

All the round stones he broke were fossilized eggs

[@deandeann1541]

That corker you split at 14:40 was just beautiful!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you! 🙏

[@eringolightly8372]

9:00 whale baleen

[@garethrobinson1729]

I would love to go fossil hunting but there are no videos telling people with no knowledge what to look for and what is it that makes you decide to split a stone give us direction and I think you will get more subs

[@janehigh9610]

Can anyone help me with a find a robins hood bay I’m desperate to find out what it is that’s if you can post pictures on here thanks 😊

[@briantheminer]

Get yourself a proper flat edge mineral hammer, if you’re short of cash a welders hammer sharpened on a grind stone will suffice

[@ForgottenFossils]

I have one, they dont even touch the pyrite nodules.

[@davidwilson2581]

That weird looking thing that you didn’t know what it was as part of the dead well he was talking about that’s the equivalent of teeth

[@ForgottenFossils]

It’s really cool

[@randomconsumer4494]

That is a piece of whale baleen.

[@julianmarsh7993]

The funny thing is whale baleen...whale filter.

[@nathenwoodruff4498]

It’s a whales tooth brush dilly

[@kathysampson826]

Baleen

[@patriciamoritz5528]

DO YOU EVER A FISH FOSSIL IMBEDDED IN THE ROCKS! SO.CAROLINA 🇺🇸

[@ForgottenFossils]

Yes, Check out my video where I find a lepidotes fish.

[@realitycheck7802]

Whale balleen, to filter plankton.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Really interesting

[@kharonntaylor6113]

912 is whale teeth

[@reemaguha2724]

That wasn't brush that teeth of a whale

[@w1ldn243]

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[@davidjamesmagtibay6065]

I don't get these vids please inform me

[@ForgottenFossils]

fossil hunting

[@ethanhawtin7561]

First

[@ethanhawtin7561]

Maybe?

[@ForgottenFossils]

Yep

[@aggabus]

Fresh new poking How form buried Noah's flood

[@sirbedrockfortnite]

It looks like whale teeth

[@jr1504]

oye ganas bien?