The Ichthyosaur Dig | Fossil Hunting

In this vintage video watch as Charlie leads Steve and co on an exbidition to recover an Ichthyosaur fossil. This film documents day one of the process. Sadly there is no more of this story to be told.
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[@sleepingdogs8939]

You folks sure worked hard to get down to that fossil. I hope you can recover all that remains.

[@philipjjacobs]

I remember that ichthyosaur well, it lay there exposed for a long time.

[@ThelastCelticForest914]

Did they manage to extract it? If so where is it now?

[@ForgottenFossils]

I would like to know also

[@TheEtchesCollection]

They managed to extract a few parts of it and this remains in Charlies private collection.

[@philipjjacobs]

It`s a shame that Charlie never really did much with it to my knowledge. Looking at the bones in situ it looked much larger than my ichthyosaur: Britney

[@LouinVB]

Two mistakes I see even before you reached your destination. 1) low freeboard boat in open ocean is never a good idea. 2) not wearing life vests is never good.

[@TheEtchesCollection]

We agree, however this wasn't so much the open ocean more just a few metres deep at best off of the Dorset coast where the ledges keep the water level incredibly shallow. On this ocassion the team seen decided against wearing life jackets (Not a decision we would recommend either). This was many years ago, before we became a registered institution and these individuals were acting of their own accord at that time. We just have the pleasure of sharing this video captured from the event. We of course wouldn't allow an excavation like this without the relevant safety precautions.