What Is It Like To Be A Paleontologist | Dinosaur Hunt: A Time Team Special | Timeline

Robinson and Harding travel to the Rocky Mountains in Montana, USA, for this special programme on dinosaurs and the professional and private 'dinosaur hunters' who seek and recover fossil remains. Accompanying several digs, they soon learn that the methods used by the dinosaur hunters turn out to be similar to those employed by archaeologists. After joining a museum dig to excavate the bones of various tyrannosauroids, they discover the profitable tourist industry that dinosaur hunting has spawned in the US. Their journey culminates in a trip to the Badlands, where they help dinosaur hunter Jack Horner dig up the remains of a tyrannosaurus.
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[@BrookeMonfort]

Original airdate 2001, if anyone is wondering. But Tony and Phil are timeless. It's nice they had fun this side of the pond.

[@juditrotter5176]

Do you have any idea what book they are looking at?

[@cann5565]

I came to the comments to find out. Thank you.

[@supaflytoon7684]

Thanks, I was wandering how old was it with all the CRT monitors in the lab.

[@CFarnwide]

I actually was wondering, thanks!

[@SuperJay23]

Thank you was thinking when it aired

[@evansmcnerney6328]

“We haven’t passed a turn for 75 miles” 😂

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Phil digging dinos? How fricking cool is this gonna be. The next Jurassic Park movie needs to star Phil and Tony.

[@chrisken8902]

Yeah! But as diggers or as snacks ? :o

[@hatendiscontent]

"We're here in Mawntawna" I love Tony Robinson

[@savannah7375]

Honestly my favorite part

[@hatendiscontent]

Huh? How is the right lane the wrong one in the US? Are you daft? Or just stewpid?

[@hatendiscontent]

@@itzel1735 Not a good one!

[@hatendiscontent]

@@itzel1735 Sorry, im a bit rude when i drink. Hope you have a good day

[@maggiel8343]

The way Tony pronounces Montana is hilarious... I'm surprised no one corrected him while he was there.

[@destinyssister]

I'm not sure what I love more, Phil's passion for his work, or the Phil/Tony dynamic

[@RatelHBadger]

Just mind the edge of the trench

[@davidsheckler4450]

Of course he had "passion." You would have "passion" too getting paid handsomely to tell stories & flat out lie to the public.

[@DontFeedTheTrolls]

I'm from Utah and I find the way he pronounces "Montana" hilarious!

[@marjieyoung9570]

I searched for your comment! 😊 I'm from the Idaho panhandle and I laughed out loud when he said "Montana." 🤣

[@TheGhostOf2020]

I’m from CA and I went to the comments immediately hahaha

[@heidiburkard7464]

Hello from Salt Lake City

[@gurugurukuma]

"Why have you got mustard? There's no meat left on that bone." - classic Baldrick.

[@sallyannchappell5671]

I loved the surprise on their faces when they saw the ‘this is one I prepared earlier’ foot.

[@danididit3422]

Oh boy - I love the English Pronunciation "Mon-Tahna" LOL!

[@52daa]

So happy to see the guys in old USA😊. Welcome🎉. Even tho it was 20 some years ago 😢. I never tire of seeing them❤

[@steve-0493]

Yh just watched it recently myself lol..really good episode!!makes me love and respect Phil so much more!!it also reminded me of my love for dinosaur stuff and wanting to be a paleontologist

[@DragonQuicksilver]

"Have you ever handled a fossil?" "Does Mick Aston count?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@susancady2581]

As an American I got so excited when I saw Time Team were in the USA! I’m only disappointed I didn’t know at the time that they were here. I absolutely love this show, and am glad they were able to do some excavating on ‘our’ soil.

[@Thoth_al_Khem]

Pre-9-11 with Phil coming out of an airport with a trowel in his pocket.

[@emvandermeulen1908]

I love how this turned into Dateline: Dino Black Market.

[@babs629]

Just two British blokes driving on the right side of the road through "Mon-tawn-na" and having "a go" recovering dinosaur fossils! Love it!!

[@johannaholmgren8088]

Love Tony's absolute confidence in Phil's navigating, lol. "We haven't seen a turning for 75 miles!" Reminds me of the time we were flying back home to Vancouver, BC from England some years ago. Right next to us were 2 young English guys, bicyclists, who were planning on biking from Vancouver to Mexico along the coastline highway and they figured it would only take a few days ....we asked if they'd ever been to North America before. "Nope, but we biked in France!" They figured they'd be okay because they biked the Pyrenees....by the time we arrived in Vancouver, and they'd seen the size of Canada, they weren't quite so sure they'd make it to Mexico in the timeline they'd planned for themselves....

[@rssvss]

It never takes long for Europeans to understand our fascination/infatuation with the automobile, when you have cover a hundred miles for a shopping trip.😅

[@kimjung-un8204]

This is like what the history Channel used to be

[@jonnyfatboy7563]

👊 but ur dad built the dinosaurs 😅

[@depthsounderdave]

It literally is what the History Channel used to be. Those trucks were new models then 😂

[@brianmorgan7680]

Other than ww2 programs this is exactly what the history channels bread n butter was all about. Too bad its utter trash now

[@andrewguida8995]

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes!

[@matthewhaywood7815]

You mean the grey's didn't kill the dinosaurs?!

[@RhonwenBear]

Rest in Peace, Bob. It was an honor digging by your side.

[@brianjohnson8918]

A nice break from the usual "Well, this looks like a different wall that intersects with these 12 other walls and butts up against the outside of this structure, which we believe to be an ancient Roman hand-ball court." On another subject, Phil should get a holster for his trowel.

[@laurachapple6795]

The mustard is my favourite moment of this episode.

[@thomasevans5467]

“It’s tantamount to having a dig and flogging off the find.” Yes that is exactly what it is Phil!

[@joecombs7468]

If you don't like it, don't do it. Don't like cigarettes, don't smoke. Don't like abortion, don't have one. Don't like guns, don't own one.

[@jeffaltier5582]

It was really fun to see Tony and Phil out of their elements and have to rely on someone else to be the experts. Really interesting special.

[@johnflatt1288]

Can we have a new show where Tony and Phil go to dig sites in the US, Canada, and Australia?! Or the whole world?

[@aserta]

They're a bit old now, doubt that's gonna happen. But, there's new episodes of Time Team, crowdfunded and Tony is back from to time.

[@joesands8860]

Tony and David Attenborough traveling the world explaining it all to us.

[@userunknownx]

@@aserta Or just go to Salisbury Chapel and you'll probably run into Phil.

[@Javaman92]

Having the Time Team here in the US was great fun. I know it was a long time ago, but I've only now seen this for the first time. I had to laugh at the music they decided on for this show.

[@altoncrane9714]

When young, which means long ago, my father took me fossil hunting in Alberta, in the badlands / Drumheller area. There were plenty to be found, that was near 60 years ago and I remember it clearly.

[@matthewmeier3316]

I live in calgary and I still love finding fossils out there in the wild badlands

[@cdfdesantis699]

Love the "Time Team". They always seem like they have fun with their important work, & don't take themselves too seriously. Good Tony & Phil got their hands on some REALLY ancient history.

[@cdfdesantis699]

@Dr. Octogon They ARE amusing, are they not? They never take themselves too seriously.

[@einienj3281]

The best way to learn new things, is to have fun.. 😊

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@einienj3281 Truer words were never spoken, friend! Thanks much for your reply!

[@einienj3281]

@@cdfdesantis699 😊🤟🏻

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@einienj3281 😉🦕

[@swearenginlawanda]

Jack Horner and Phil Harding in the same space. My 2 most favorite!!!!

[@andreperrault5393]

Hearing Tony/Baldrick/Sir Anthony (good on you, you deserve the honor), and any or all of the Time Team brings a smile to me and learning something new. Thanks!

[@gonefishing167]

Used to love the old Time Team. I remember we pulled into somewhere near Lake Powell in the USA and outside was a huge dinosaur 🦕 footprint. It was a wow moment. That was 2005 🦕🦕👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@deborahvretis3195]

The British descriptive words, Wild West, made me chuckle.

[@nolasmith7687]

I’d love you boys to do a similar special in outback Queensland where they are digging out huge and very Australian dinosaurs. I’m pretty sure that would be a good enough excuse to book a ticket to come and see us in Oz.

[@yeetghostrat]

Sadly, the show is no longer being made, and won't be coming back. But Tony is still hosting for various other similar shows.

[@sabbyd1832]

@@yeetghostrat Go check the Time Team channel, you will be pleasantly surprised

[@yeetghostrat]

@Sabby D Edit: holy wow! They are back!! Thank you for telling me! [Original] surprised? I know they keep posting more videos steadily on KZbin, but the show was canceled in 2014, after Mick passed away.

[@sabbyd1832]

@@yeetghostrat Yeah, I knew the show had stopped. I'm glad you're as excited as I am about the shows return 😊

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

@@yeetghostrat lol it's been back for a bit now and tony has just rocked up to join the party UPON EXTREMELY POPULAR DEMAND. We basically continually whinged til he came back 😌😌😌🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am proud.

[@sharonlobo7930]

Yes this is a great episode. So nice to see how much reverence Phil has for the bones.

[@stevewak547]

Phil: "I have successfully navigated you to Wolf Creek" Me: "I think you made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in Australia. Look out for Uncle Mick"

[@tttgaming8762]

Me too

[@susanfox-mx3nv]

My favorite part: Phil and Tony singing the 1964 hit, "A World Without Love." It was a "fab" rendition. I love the rapport the people on this show enjoy.

[@stephanieyee9784]

I've seen this episode a couple of times over the years including its original airing. It's so good to see Phil digging in a different context. I love palaeontology almost as much as I love archaeology. Fossil hunting would be so cool.

[@shihtzusrule9115]

Glad to see Tony and Phil in America and having fun.

[@justinludeman8424]

This was cool. A lady across the road from me, when I was a younger lad, was a retired archaeologist. She had many small fossils but my favourite was the 4-5 inch Megalodon tooth. It was shiny and black and obviously quite heavy from mineralisation. Such a fascinating field of study, eyes into the past. 🖖🏼🇦🇺

[@trevormiles5852]

For some reason, I feel especially honored that your here in our country. Sure hope you met good people and had fun.

[@paul-mw1yj]

Does Mick Aston count? Had me rollin!!!

[@ellipirelli4007]

I came here 4 this comment 😂👍🏻 i was screaming! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mimiv3088]

I have watched all of the digs they've done with their series. But this is the one that seems the most "fun." Something new for them to explore. And they seem to really enjoy it. Especially Phil. 😊 To me this is one of their top 10 digs ever.

[@2012escapee1]

The way Tony says "Mahn tahn na".

[@rjborremans4033]

How the heck is this the first time I am seeing this one? Nice to see these two come to 'Merica...😊

[@jameskelly9800]

at 24:44 Phil gets into a right-hand-drive vehicle. They had been left driven 'til then.

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

lol tonys own show has become a time capsule,the internet he used 🤣🤣🤣

[@christinebutler7630]

Somehow I think nothing could have prepared Tony for those distances!

[@corallewis3093]

No matter what year I love these guys ❤️ and miss the others!

[@gretchen3513]

So glad you've been able to come to USA. I hope you enjoyed your time.

[@mikeunum]

I knew it: Time Team Special - Time Team Classics Team. Go guys go...

[@capndave8474]

I enjoy watching Time Team on YT and wondered if you would ever get over to this side of the world. I live in northern Colorado and there are sites near here where we would visit when I was in college with fossils, mostly sea creatures, right up on the surface. Very enjoyable and interesting!

[@snedler]

Just remembered that Phil always had his cowboy hat on every single time.. To see him without, is almost like seeing him naked.. Would never have thought Phil going out without his beloved hat

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

I just bought a dinosaur tooth online. It's pride of place in our house. I've always wanted to own part of a dinosaur and could not be happier with it.

[@Bethgael]

I'm with Phil. And on top of context, if I were /buying/ bones I'd be concerned about their provenance. You cannot know they are what the sellers say they are or that they come from where the sellers say they're from. Now, if these sellers were properly logging, cataloguing, and donating some of that $80million to dinosaur scholarship... I might be persuaded to change my mind.

[@teresaclark5465]

Watched for the Time Team and loved it, so informative! Phil's right about your passion, the only way I'm digging on the side of a cliff in 90-degree weather is for gold! Good on ya!

[@germaineprien7691]

Glad to see you boys came accross the pond to see us!!!🙅‍♀️🙆‍♀️👋👍

[@StandedInUtah]

I grew up in that part of Montana! This is like a trip home!! I had Ice Cream in Choteau more times than I can count!!

[@scotchleaf]

Phil: "Is that your bone?" Tony: "In a manner of speaking..." lol

[@jayoakes7874]

Phil got that dino bone selling rant going wearing daisy dukes😄

[@MossyMozart]

@jay oakes - The shorts are alarming, but not THAT bad as "Daisy Dukes".

[@deborahparham3783]

There's nothing disturbing about Phil's shorts. He has great legs and some of us rather enjoy watching Phil strut his stuff in those shorts.

[@kiwimac]

I do love the Tony / Phil dynamic!

[@geams]

The son charges people to help with the dig and the mother sells the bones at her shop.😂

[@MossyMozart]

@Geams - As seem in the video, both mother and son claimed that he doesn't sell fossils in her shop. Fingers crossed that it's true.

[@Heeyitsmika]

@@MossyMozart i for one believe it. true scientists wont sell these things. And you can see in the mother's eyes that she knows what shes doing isnt approved by her son.

[@annehaight9963]

@@Heeyitsmika Are you kidding? It's obvious he's lying when he talks about it. He literally sounds ashamed as he speaks.

[@jimmccormick6091]

I have enjoyed Time Team for a number of years now. My favorite binge watch. Having said that, you do get a bit full of Romans, Saxons, and Picts. I had always want3ed to see the boys in the US, either on a dino dig, or maybe excavating an American Indian settlement. Have at it! And Thank you!

[@billrobbins5874]

Alot of work involved in those dinosaurs. Appreciate following along!

[@aserta]

There's not much to be dug up in US, as a lot of the settlements are in areas that are inert, so therefore looted. There's stories on inland settlements found with mostly standing cobbled walls, tools resting on them and fire pits still visible. Various items long since gone, looted by the first European settlers.

[@shanerickert1304]

Nice to see them driving on the correct side of the vehicle and the roadway. 😉

[@adventurehawksancientharmo3519]

I was an employee at the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State back in 1995.

[@KCsFunHouse]

I love how Tony says “Montana”, it’s cute!

[@bumblebxnny]

i just love time team, these guys are just so adorable and yet make curious topics even more interesting to learn about. Like i actually want to listen to what they wanna say

[@seanpaula8924]

Wonderful!! Tony and Phil in the states digging ❤❤

[@wulf7463]

remember the days of physical maps?

[@Raycheetah]

I can understand the impulse to own a dinosaur specimen. It's like having in your hands a bridge to a time almost unimaginably long ago, a connection with a life lived before any capacity even existed to imagine a creature such as yourself. But you don't have to own a premium specimen to experience that; just a small fossil can do, to reach back 75 million years or so. ='[.]'=

[@rhiahlMT]

I was happy to see the Time Team visit my state and to meet Jack Horner. He's a legendary Montanan. His work withe the Museum of the Rockies (I was there last week) was phenomenal.

[@hollyevolving]

The B-Rex dig was finished in 2003, and produced a 37% complete skeleton that yielded up some important tissue data by 2005. And the skull is, pardon the pun, jaw-dropping. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specimens_of_Tyrannosaurus#%22B-rex%22:_MOR_1125

[@autumnleaf3667]

Thank you!

[@alix5514]

Thanks!

[@LisaMaierLiest]

Fun fact: You can test if it is a Bone or a Stone through the Tongue Test. Because Bones porous, there are tiny holes in it, if you lick it, your tongue sticks a little to it. :)

[@janvafa9959]

Don’t lick the rocks!!!

[@LisaMaierLiest]

@@janvafa9959 A palentologist explained that talking about his daily life. He said, it is no problem, when they are excrevating it, these things have been in stone for millions of years. There is nothing that could possibly be more sterile... But it may get disgusting if more palentologists are working together and one is like I found bone - and the bone is given around and they are all testing it ;D

[@matthewmeier3316]

@@LisaMaierLiest or just use a magnify glass like everyone else to see the pores

[@PeachyKeen84]

Those two are having a blast!! 😅

[@donnamealy4877]

Thanks for making me homesick. I grew up near Wolf Creek and know this area well 😢. Cool thing about fossils in Montana (and Kansas where I currently live) is you can be out walking and stumble across great fossils

[@sabbyd1832]

Time Team is a fabulous show, thanks

[@sharonlobo7930]

The T Rex in New York City's Museum of Natural History came from this area of Montana. It is an extraordinary specimen. Now I see how much time and effort must have gone into unearthing and preparing it for display.

[@brwdl]

That’s Mahn-tah-na, please.

[@marinabay2664]

The guy who was like "I don't know they're just cool," when asked why he likes dinosaurs... I vibe with him

[@donnaorton9547]

Love these oldies!! More please!!

[@adreabrooks11]

The show they're on is pretty good too! -_^

[@esthermarygold-lowe4403]

Phil and Tony are my favorites love 💘you guys

[@mr.skipper4544]

Welcome to the United States, hope to see hear more often 👍🇺🇲

[@Kimmy-pw8tm]

Tony is fun on traveling the world by train.

[@gggghhgggghbb]

I like these two, it's great seeing them here in the USA. This was a great episode. 👍🍀

[@SpencerKingHemoclysm]

Geoguesser players watching this video like "location cant be disclosed, eh?"

[@thelostone6981]

So glad to see Tony and Phil in my neck of the woods!

[@kasie680]

Phil has gone Indiana Jones “ IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!!” 😂😂

[@seanys]

Dave is totally not lying about where the bones he’s found are.

[@annehaight9963]

He even sounds ashamed as he lies about it. His mother at least is smart enough to avoid answering the question.

[@saraholson5946]

Articulated Dino fossils are found, just rarely. Some of the most spectacular examples have even had skin and schutes still intact.

[@lqboren47]

Value is an interesting thing. There are many things I value on this side of the life that is just thrown out by others.

[@JonnoPlays]

Anybody know what Dino book they're reading out of? 📙

[@flightographist]

Nice rebroadcast!

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

I am absolutely LIVING for the way Tony pronounced Montana, HE IS SO PRECIOUS 😌😌😌💕💕💕

[@alix5514]

Try pronouncing Cholmondley.

[@bethbartlett5692]

This is one that I was unaware of, what a treat! I've come to have an almost personal like familiarity with TT Cast, they each are so endearing.

[@ladanaknupp9061]

Welcome to my home state. Born and raised in and around Billings, Montana.

[@danimal27]

Just drove through the Rockies! Absolutely stunning

[@ivanahugankiss8414]

Great documentary!!! Very well done with fantastic narration. Thank you! I've been fascinated by dinosaurs since very early childhood

[@yeetghostrat]

This is a BBC show called Time Team, it ran for 20 seasons with a total of 286 episodes. It's amazing, and they've had a huge positive influence on archeology and UK history. You can find all of it here on KZbin for free, from various sources. Some of the sources, like this channel, are completely legal repostings.

[@ihave7sacks]

You don't think about how old these Documentaries are until Baldrick whips out the late 90's Toshiba Satellite.

[@vbachman6742]

Best PC ever. I still use mine 😊

[@kevinsterner9104]

Bob certainly has a vibe 🤣

[@sleeplessstu]

Seeing Tony walk out of the Bozeman Airport is surreal 😳….

[@bertskidmore5506]

Wow this is one episode i never knew existed, thanks for the video I know i will enjoy it!

[@MisterTee2010]

The largest T-Rex ever discovered was in Saskatchewan, Canada. And I am proud to say that have seen it.

[@coppertopv365]

How did I miss this gem