Sandsend Fossil Hunting

Join me while I go Fossil Hunting at Sandsend Beach, near Whitby on the Yorkshire Coast. Sandsend Fossil Hunting is best done afew hours before lowtide to leave you plenty of time to get back before the tide comes in. I tried to film as much of the Fossil Hunting as I could while down on the beach at Sandsend. Sandsend has stunning scenery like most of the other beaches around Whitby on the Yorkshire Coast.
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[@ForgottenFossils]

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[@josephdillon7420]

Beautiful location to fossil hunt. You're amazing with all your knowledge and great finds. Thanks for sharing. We love it.

[@clentonweston8839]

Love that fishbone and negative Ammonite fossil. Another great 👍🏿 video.

[@LymeRegisFossils]

That was worth getting up early for that , thanks for bringing that scenery to us on your fossil hunt

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks Brandon! I like to be as early as the tide and sunlight allows.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Hopefully you enjoy this Fossil Hunt. Feel free to check out some more of my finds by clicking here. 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJO3oox7fKmDm8U&ab_channel=WhitbyFossils

[@commando2gamez192]

You've grown since then 10.5k subs congrats!

[@oldgamerchick]

Very nice video. I am a rockhound and a fossil hunter. Can't help but, wince when you dropped the coral. Didn't realize this was an older video till you mentioned something about 400 subscribers 😳...😹😹 I am still enjoying your videos even if they are old. Beautiful scenery and watching the sunrise amazing. I know what you mean about the seaweed. In Galveston Texas every year this seaweed from Saragosa travels around 2,000 miles and piles up on the beach. The thing you're smelling is the tiny sea critters in the weed. Tiny shrimps and crabs that live in the seaweed make a horrid smell when they die. Every year the city has to get machines down there to clean it up before the tourists season. 🙃☕❤❤❤

[@fossiladventures2926]

Thanks for taking us along. The erratic is a lump of crushed shells, loads on the Holderness coast. :)

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you John maybe lots of bivalve shells?

[@blooky102]

With the brownish grey modules they seem like they have more brittle fossils so I reccomend maybe using a Dremel for those.

[@mariat.anderson5242]

I just subscribed on your channel. I find it very interesting. First time subscribing for fossil hunters. Good luck to your channel and hope you’ll get lots of fans to enjoy your video.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks for the sub Maria!

[@silverlady1118]

Another enjoyable video Beautiful place, thank you for sharing 😉

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Some interesting finds. Thanks for the video.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulholz6977]

After me and my girlfriend watched this video we went to sandsend today on our first major fossil hunt and found some cannon ball noudules. 4hrs went by really quick.thanks to your videos we feel like pros. Thanks Liam. Ps getting up and down to the beach in the rain was something else.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Did you open the nodules?

[@paulholz6977]

@@ForgottenFossils yes we did we got 5 well preserved ones amazing experience and feeling opening them up and finding a fossil inside. We found what looked like some type of bone it was huge and to heavy to carry.

[@kellyharper367]

Pure beauty, adventure, and wonder.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you Kelly!

[@obewan346]

Great video fella.. I can't wait to get to Whitby this year.. Lockdown 3 pending 😉

[@ForgottenFossils]

Hopefully no more lockdowns

[@twelv7visuals]

Hi Liam... to resolve the wind blowing across the microphone purchase what's called a dead cat to muffle the sound

[@pebbles8022]

Your channel is lovely, I thoroughly enjoy watching. I fossil on the Jurassic coast, but I'm hoping to come up to your area, in my little camper van one day soon and spend a week mooching on your glorious beaches.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you so much! It's so easy to spend hours on the beaches up here looking through rocks haha.

[@outdoorsy01]

Awesome video buddy. And some amazing finds

[@ForgottenFossils]

Glad you enjoyed

[@agate555]

Good stuff bro keep up the great videos

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you so much!

[@flojotube]

Nearly 6,000 subscribers today and you celebrated 500 in this video 5 months ago. Great job buddy!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks! 😃

[@petermedcalf5372]

Hi, when you were atop the cliff saying about the deer, there were some rocks in a hollow on the landward side. Wouldnt these be the same rocks that are falling out of the cliffs onto the beach? Would it be worth investigating those? At a really low tide can you walk along the beach to Whitby? I really enjoy your vids and you seem to have great knowledge of the various types of ammonites. We are looking forward to visiting Staithes and Whitby for a few days later in the year.

[@beverlymartin1414]

I am so pleased you do not have tons of plastic waste on your shore..

[@thatdirtymichiganmusician1038]

24:00 we get those here in Michigan. But they are in a more brick red colored stone.

[@ForgottenFossils]

That's cool

[@andrewtippins1727]

Awesome thanks

[@ForgottenFossils]

No problem

[@respectanimals2]

Brilliant vid dude, just found your channel and subscribed, 😎👍🌴

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you so much

[@fossilwildlife5198]

Beautiful landscape with the sunrise and the terrifying steep walls! Isn't it hard to go upstairs this uncomfortable way with all the heavy stones of fossils? 🤔😅

[@ForgottenFossils]

Haha It's not too bad but i've not found something SUPER heavy yet 😆

[@billrobbins5874]

Wow, that is quite a trek down. How long does it take you to go up? Would be nice to have a fossil beach and know what to look for. Great finds!

[@kareno8634]

I get the Love of a Favorites - but, How can you Not stop and check other Stones, etc. out? 25:14 Skull? lol Don't know; Few to some, Me Lots. ! Good thing you hadn't been looking for Crabs, didn't see any. [?] did you? This is just so different than imagined in other areas. w0w Cheers!

[@ritaloenner3304]

Beautiful place and sunrize 😍 so piecefull.would love too hunt fossils there💯😊

[@ForgottenFossils]

The best! :D

[@alexandermelchers1497]

Great video again! Love the setting, and it's always interesting to see how others fare on their hunts :D I'm just a bit confused still. @22:49 you mention that you can tell by the cross-section that the piece of bone is fish bone. To me it looked rather like may be a piece of ichthyosaur jaw, just by the shape. What specifically from the cross-section makes you think it's fish bone? Just the overall shape/outline of it, is it the degree of vascularization, or would you expect the vascular channels to be more aligned in reptile bone? I don't get out to go on hunts myself too much, so am just trying to learn as much as I can before going on my next one ;)

[@Treasurehunter11001]

Wow that early morning sunrise and light was incredible, nice scenery shots , I have some very similar clips to put together for a sandsend video I might start on it today , not as good as yours though , I didn’t find much either. Looking forward to seeing the rarest find you made . Do you ever look for Jet? I am thinking of having a serious look for it next time I am there .

[@ForgottenFossils]

I usually dont go out looking for Jet, because i like my marine reptile bone but if i see some jet i'll take it for sure. Got a bagful which i've picked up over the last year or so on my hunts. Only afew really nice bits though. I'd like to find a good bit with an ammonite impression on the surface one day.

[@Treasurehunter11001]

Be interesting to see it on video if you come across anymore Jet !

[@johnrichardson1796]

Another great video , absolutely stunning sunrise, I went there last year but didn't have much success , do you ever find good quality amonite fossils in the red rocks ? Also what camera do you use ?

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks John, i’ve never found any good ammonites in the red rocks before, I did find a nautilus in one once but it was very sea worn. I just use my iphone with a gimbal.

[@clintonmorris8222]

Using a chisel with that big hammer of Thor will give you more control and accuracy when splitting ammonites.

[@Thompsett]

brilliant, subbed

[@ForgottenFossils]

Much appreciated!

[@johnniecameron8829]

The cliffs are beautiful..our beaches are flat and sandy

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thanks man! Yours must be easy access but maybe not many fossils 😅

[@rpriest43]

at 9.09 there looks to be the biggest ammonite in the background...like a boulder size one...lol

[@ForgottenFossils]

Huge nodule yeah 😂

[@protostryke6031]

9:06 the rock in the background looks like it has a mega ammonite!

[@flojotube]

At 18:00 in this video you show a small round stone you’ve popped open and there’s a gorgeous black interior w/ a fossil poking out... I notice there a white-Ish RIM/border around the black, but still in the interior.... what causes this??

[@nirvanamadpaul]

Was up last week, found something I'd like I.d checked.. if you read over the next week mind a look? Derbyshire

[@agate555]

Shout out from the USA

[@ForgottenFossils]

🇺🇸

[@ForgottenFossils]

I typed a USA Flag emoji but it's not showing on desktop haha

[@alansdorsetfossils4028]

There is always a risk of falling debris from the cliff. I've collected many times from these localities. I see some people usually Geologists wearing plastic industrial hard hats not a bad idea, as a small pebble from 50 or 60ft could cause brain damage. What I've got is a bump cap it looks a bit like a baseball cap, has a cloth covering, a thin plastic shield provides some protection but light and comfortable. I'd recommend one of those very light very comfortable.

[@ForgottenFossils]

If a nodule comes down a hard hat wont do anything. False sense of security in my opinion. I just try not to go under the cliffs.

[@alansdorsetfossils4028]

@@ForgottenFossils I agree but I am sure there are times when you spot something on a screen slope make an assessment dive for it and get clear of the cliff again quick. For me personally having the bump Cap will save me from a small pebble and they come down often enough so its personal choice I still say it's better than no hat at all.

[@juliancross3885]

Can I ask what weight is the Estwing hammer that you use?

[@ForgottenFossils]

Just had a look and I bought the Estwing 2lb Club Hammer with Vinyl Grip

[@julietaylor7297]

Do the fossils ever get damaged when you hammer them open? I did not know if the fossilized material is much harder than the outer rock covering.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Yes all the time. Probably about 8 out of 10 get broken. That's why I only hammer the more common finds.

[@protostryke6031]

How do you identify ammonites and what is the best place to search?

[@ForgottenFossils]

They come in rounded nodules and often you can see the edge poking out.

[@flojotube]

Do you carry tools other than the sledge hammer? Like a chisel for finer strikes perhaps?

[@ForgottenFossils]

Hammer, chisel, first aid kit and bubble wrap.

[@kellystanoyevic86]

Can you get a wind sock and Mike? It would help a lot

[@craigs71]

I might be heading up that way tomorrow if the weather isn't too nasty, not too far for me to go (live in South Yorks) and I'll be bringing my hammers and chisels.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Good luck, it’s meant to rain all day today and some tomorrow, but thats the best weather to be out if you want some good finds.

[@gkess7106]

At your left elbow, at 9:02, there appears to be a large oval stone with a horizontal seam running around the edge. Did you notice this and do you think it’s worth a try at splitting it? A foam sponge over your microphone will help kill the wind noise. If I came to hunt fossils on that beach, would I be allowed to take them back to the USA?

[@ForgottenFossils]

I think so, you’re allowed to collect them here as long as you’re not hammering the beds or in the cliff. Basically any loose rock is fine.

[@cluckhorndeleted9382]

I've been there before

[@ForgottenFossils]

It's a great place

[@geraldinesera8915]

Your predominant interest seems to be ammonites. What do you do with them all?

[@agnieszkadubielak8762]

Fajne filmy. Piekne okazy. Niestety angielski znam slabo. A gdzie sa takie piekne okazy

[@ForgottenFossils]

Dziękuję za Twój komentarz! Cieszę się, że filmik Ci się podoba. Używam Google Tłumacza!

[@luispereyra1652]

Good. Amigo tienes que aprender a romper piedras o a tomarte el tiempo para hacerlo!!

[@ForgottenFossils]

Thank you!

[@peteranddorothybowles5428]

Scuba divers use bags of shot that slip into the BCD s for buoyancy control Instead of weight belts Nowadays

[@peterkotrik6006]

Hi. We just want to go there to look for some fossils next week. Friday and Saturday. Can you tell me where is the best beach to go please? Maybe you want to join me and my girlfriend and help us to find something. Thank you.

[@ForgottenFossils]

Saltwick is a great one

[@davidwilson2581]

Would you be interested in trading a few fossils for some Native American artifacts or commonly known as arrowheads from North America

[@ForgottenFossils]

Yes that sounds like a really cool trade

[@davidwilson2581]

Well let’s make it happen

[@nehuenbec]

Death Stranding... anyone?

[@Gxnycis]

What 500 u have 6000

[@ForgottenFossils]

I do now haha