Prepping An Ammonite Found While Fossil Hunting

[@rebeccalucysmith9689]

Is that bees wax you use to finish it?

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Do you prefer these kind of prep videos, or the Timelapse versions? Let me know down in the comments

[@luckythebudgie3116]

This kind

[@WhitbyFossils1]

@@luckythebudgie3116 thanks!

[@danc101]

I prefer this kind

[@danc101]

It's so satisfying to watch

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thanks! I preferred making these to be honest. Certainly makes it more interesting to watch and has a different perspective

[@keithcorrigan658]

You have given this fossil a new life and exposed it's majesty and beauty and taken away the millions of years of darkness and Brought it into the light for the world to appreciate ! a days work well done ! I thankyou !🙊🙉🙈🇬🇧🇷🇺🇺🇸🇳🇿🇨🇦🇮🇳🌞🌞🌞😐👫👫👫👫👫👫👫

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thanks for the kind words :D!

[@meadow408]

I think she means that she has no idea what ur saying

[@angelajones6487]

Loved the filming of this prep. I love watching the process of chipping away the rock. It's awesome, Dan! And the final specimen....so beautiful! Love, love, love your work!!! 😊💖 More please 🤗🙏🙏🙏

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Glad you enjoyed it, certainly more difficult to to edit, but definitely more fun to make than just a timelapse. More to come soon! Did a few the other day luckily

[@joycescott1225]

That must be so satisfying to see the end product after it's finished more preps please xx

[@tizianocaronni702]

Thank you for sharing your skill in fossil preparation.

[@TheFossilFiend]

Great prep work, and I loved the way you presented the process in the video. I will admit it made me nervous watching you use such a powerful scribe so close to the fossil, but you definitely have a practiced and steady hand!

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thankyou! I wanted to do something a little different than timelapses, kind of hard to come up with ideas in such a niche market.6 years of many failures have led up to it haha. I still mess up stuff to this date. You can never stop learning!

[@davidthomas6859]

Cracking Dac and cracking prep Dan💪👍

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thanks! Prepped an absolute dream, no faults at all haha. Couldn't have been better for a video

[@briantaylor7611]

Fantastic prep video Dan,.. I enjoyed this style of filming as it was close to realtime and I could clearly see the steps needed to produce such a fantastic specimen...I hope that with my dremel and a lot of practice on my not so perfect 'dac's ',I can produce something close to your skill..mebey in the future I may get a set-up similar to yours!😊🤞

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Cheers mate, practice makes perfect ;)

[@alsbani]

superb job !!

[@simonmarsh9706]

Love the style of this video. Similar to Clickspring but with fossils :D keep them coming!

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thankyou! Been wanting to try something a bit different for a while now.

[@groolzerman223]

Funny, there's a place in New Zealand also called Whitby! No fossil that I know of, though. How's it up in Whitby these days?

[@jerunac]

Wow, amazing work!

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thanks. It prepped up beautifully :)

[@raygrange7312]

Great job mate.

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thanks mate!

[@VooV830]

Absolutely amazing video..😮

[@Ian-lz1pe]

Hi Dan It's a great video and I'm just getting a tool to give some ago myself. What do you apply at the end of the video is it a grease? I have seen some varish etc and wondered how you select what to use? Thanks Ian

[@WhitbyFossils1]

its natural beeswax

[@markclayton225]

Great video by the way, I'm wanting to start to learn how to prep some of my fossils so just watching you and your fellow fossil hunters video's. Is there a reason why you left the ammonite half in the matrix and not excavated all of it?.

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Purely aesthetics more than anything really. I just prefer them with matrix. Gives good contrast, plus it’s more work removing it completely 😂

[@JEAVORILEY]

What a great video Dan. It shows the great detail and time and effort that goes into prepping a fossil. Love the camera angles and well edited mate 👍

[@WhitbyFossils1]

cheers r kid

[@DericLarson]

What kind of chisel is this? I have some fossils I’d like to do with with. I just don’t have the right equipment

[@nicolaheald8375]

Can I ask what you put on the fossil to finish it and make it glossy

[@davidb2820]

Would be nice if you describe what you're doing - for example what is this paste ypu put on at the end?? Fat?

[@Brusselsproutsk8]

What was the stuff you put on the Ammonite and rubbed in?

[@user-le8wl2rw9r-WDA]

What is the substance you rubbed on the fossil called and do you sell it ?

[@andypowlesland599]

What was the stuff that the toothbrush was dipped?

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Natural beeswax. Brings out the colours 😀

[@andypowlesland599]

Ah super! Will this preserve fossils also? I have a very good a minute that I found that is iron pyrite and it awesome.. I want to polish it and put something on it to preserve it and keep its golden shine if possible?

[@andypowlesland599]

Love the episodes by the way!

[@WhitbyFossils1]

@@andypowlesland599Luckily the majority of fossils we find in whitby don't need to be preserved with anything, as pyrite rot doesn't tend to occur in whitby. The company zoic sell a product called pyrite stop that is designed for fossils that can suffer from it, dorset being the main culprit

[@jeffsers624]

What is the name of the tool you're using?

[@WhitbyFossils1]

It’s a pneumatic air scribe

[@jeffsers624]

@WhitbyFossils1 thank you!

[@grayforsyth3728]

Awesome content!

[@AlfredoRamos-i2r]

Cuánto cuesta eso que encontraste

[@WightFossilTours]

Nice job 💪🤩 I can’t wait to get some proper tools

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Get buying mate. Not once regretted dropping the money you have to lol!

[@WightFossilTours]

@@WhitbyFossils1 will do soon, I need to find out what the fittings are on my compressor so I can finally finish my order

[@WhitbyFossils1]

What compressor you got? Usually it’s going to either be 1/8 or 1/4 bps. Think it’s usually 1/4. Speak to Kate and mihai at zoic mate. They’re steer you in the right direction

[@WightFossilTours]

@@WhitbyFossils1 only a 50 ltr, not sure on the make as I bought it months ago. Day off tomorrow so I’ll ring them after the beach 😜

[@LymeRegisFossils]

Good work

[@RustyTorch]

i liked the format :3 tho i dont have a preference! also what did you use on the fossil? that yellow stuff

[@WhitbyFossils1]

Thanks! I think I prefer it myself, though always wanting to know what other people think! It's natural beeswax.

[@RustyTorch]

@@WhitbyFossils1 is that to just help woth shine or does it protect it?

[@WhitbyFossils1]

@@RustyTorch yes, also brings out the dark colours much more that way. There's plenty of other things you can use, but I much prefer the beeswax to anything else

[@RustyTorch]

@@WhitbyFossils1 is there a specific type of natural beeswax you use? i see a few different forms but usually natural beeswax seems to be in bars, would that work? yours looks a little more liquid and less solid lol thats why i ask

[@lesleyb26]

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