Discovering Kentucky's Ancient Oceans - We Found INCREDIBLE Fossil-Geodes & More at these Roadcuts!

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  • @sixthgear5874
    @sixthgear5874 11 місяців тому +5

    Kentucky is an absolute gem from geology to fossils to Native American artifacts to sprawling caves of natural beauty, always holds a special place in my heart

  • @lisaclay3137
    @lisaclay3137 Рік тому +4

    Well hello Natalie from Mobile Al😊

    • @nataliegrn5093
      @nataliegrn5093 Рік тому

      @Lisaclay do we know each other?! I've moved around so much 😂

    • @lisaclay3137
      @lisaclay3137 Рік тому +1

      No, He just made the comment that your family lives in Alabama. Just a hello from a fellow person from Alabama.

    • @nataliegrn5093
      @nataliegrn5093 11 місяців тому

      Aww! I was just curious because I lived in Mobile for 10 years! 😊

  • @markusgross9494
    @markusgross9494 Рік тому +14

    Love the Platystrophia and Hebertella brachs. I worked in Kentucky a few years back and collected several examples of them. For any persons interested in collecting some brachs, I collected them near Taylorsville, KY (4-5 miles east of the intersection of highways 44 and 55).
    Kyle, I would love to collect fossils with you if you ever make it to Huntsville, Alabama.

  • @maryoneill5070
    @maryoneill5070 Рік тому +6

    Incredible video. I love seeing you so happy. I’m so glad Natalie wandered into your life. You are a beautiful couple.
    Everything found is amazing.

  • @weirdo8643
    @weirdo8643 11 місяців тому +2

    Y'all got a lot of really kewl finds. The one Natalie found at 6:50 reminded me of the plant from little shop of horrors,"feed me Seymore".😂

  • @AngieJames4172
    @AngieJames4172 Рік тому +5

    27 minutes and UA-cam never notified me!!! and I have all notifications on for you! The 💩's !! @6:53 WHOA what a stunner Natalie!!! You must name hims Baby Jaws! Kyle @9:00 it resembles an Owl face! So cool! Natalie's @10:15 is stunning but I still love Baby Jaws! KYLE!! LOOK at you going and scoring magnificent finds also! The 2 of you are knocking it out with the amazing crystals in the brach's! The ones that go all the way through are remarkable! Do you know what would be really beautiful? If someday, if you don't already, when you have your Forever Home, if you had like a tall-ish concrete foundation, porch or wall(s) and put as many of your beautiful crystal and fossil finds placed lovingly and beautifully on them as permanently ? as possible. What excruciatingly beautiful show pieces they would be. Well, my vision of it/them is anyway. And you would be able to see them anytime/whenever you stepped outside or wherever you placed them. And they would never have to be kept hidden away in boxes or bags. They would be on permanent beautiful artistic display. Oh man Kyle, if you get that Trilobite professionally prepped, PLEASE, PLEASE share it when it is finished. Isn't it weird you can find so many crystals in one spot, then in another not a single crystal? GREAT video, love and hugs. Take care and be safe!

  • @cynthiaswearingen1037
    @cynthiaswearingen1037 Рік тому +6

    Brachiopods, trilobytes, cephalopods...I want to come fossil hunting with you guys!!! Awesome fossils!!!❤

  • @SuperCharlie2002
    @SuperCharlie2002 Рік тому +4

    That's awesome! In heading to Kentucky in March to visit family. Where abouts can I search? My wife is now fascinated with this..😂

  • @richconroy5559
    @richconroy5559 11 місяців тому +1

    Honestly some of those geodes should have googly eyes placed on top of them because that would make them all the more joyful

  • @jennifereubank3168
    @jennifereubank3168 Рік тому +2

    Geez you guys! Save some for the rest of us! Lol! Im just kidding! Ya'll knocked it outta the park! You are a great team together! Safe travels and well wishes from MS!

  • @kathysmith4261
    @kathysmith4261 Рік тому +2

    I love the crystal encrusted Brachiopods. The one you picked up at 12.25 was a heart shape you should give it to Natalie. 😊

  • @addish5022
    @addish5022 Рік тому +2

    I have ones that look like 3:28. They’re part of a clade called the Strophomenids.

  • @laurieowen8696
    @laurieowen8696 11 місяців тому +2

    Gastro Queen... I'm sure that's all she ever dreamed of😂 Can we get that Queen something more royal than the plastic bags she has to hunt with? 😂😂😂love you both

  • @gracewashburn8276
    @gracewashburn8276 11 місяців тому +3

    I hope you’re doing OK sweetie it’s 2023 was a rough time but you’re doing good and I love the stuff you’re putting out. Oh my goodness some of the things I would love to have for my collections. Oh well you take care of yourself you take care of Natalie, hopefully things are going well. Keep up your singing career in 2024 will be much better. Love you my friend take care.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @kaboom4679
    @kaboom4679 Рік тому +3

    Nice stuff with bonus crystals .

  • @brennenevans4349
    @brennenevans4349 Рік тому +3

    always a good when you find some nice fossils

  • @marciajohnson6767
    @marciajohnson6767 Рік тому +2

    So cool ND just on the side of the road?? How awesome

  • @jonlennon3348
    @jonlennon3348 Рік тому +3

    You better marry that fossil hunter.

  • @DownriverRocks
    @DownriverRocks Місяць тому

    Freeze at @9:54 Lowe right corner. Aminunite or sethropod right under your finger? Loved this road cut video. And yes, Natalie is the queen of fossils

  • @robbybobby64
    @robbybobby64 Рік тому +4

    Good finds today. Geodes in the fossils was a pleasant surprise.

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +2

      They are really unique!

  • @sheenamoore3938
    @sheenamoore3938 Місяць тому

    So much stuff Kyle. Thank you both for taking me along.

  • @graemero5532
    @graemero5532 Рік тому +3

    That was a blast from the past 👍🏻

  • @jackiebaggett6123
    @jackiebaggett6123 Рік тому +3

    It's so crazy to realize that millions of years ago there was an ocean so far inland. Thanks for sharing that and all of your fossil finds with us. It would be a lot of fun to go out and fossil hunt, hopefully someday. I live in the Pacific Northwest close to Canada. I wonder if there are different kinds of fossils up here. Can't wait to see more videos.

  • @tuckerhuff692
    @tuckerhuff692 Рік тому +4

    Are you going to do a video on your bottle/fossil collection soon

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +3

      I've been wanting to do that for a while. Hopefully soon! Probably moving soon so might have to get settled with that first.

  • @RockyMountainBear
    @RockyMountainBear 11 місяців тому +2

    6:46 fossilized little shop of horrors! 😂 that's freaking awesome

    • @intaglioarts
      @intaglioarts 10 місяців тому +1

      Exactly. That rock is begging to be carved into a face.

  • @loripretti843
    @loripretti843 11 місяців тому +2

    Kyle I throughly enjoy going on your adventures with you!!! Way Way Cool!!! God Bless Us All!!!

  • @mikepetrucha2774
    @mikepetrucha2774 Рік тому +3

    Some of the brachiopod geodes remind me of some kind of fossilized piranha with all those pointy crystals.

  • @marybeth6272
    @marybeth6272 Рік тому +3

    So cool. They're just sitting there waiting for you to pick them up! Love those fossils!

  • @BlindSquirrelRocks-dv9lc
    @BlindSquirrelRocks-dv9lc Рік тому +4

    No doubt those KY roadcuts are candy stores for fossil addicts! You guys had some great fun at your locations, and the trilobite examples were icing on the cake! The fangs on some of Natalie's geode brachs were outrageous!! Thanks for the adventure!

  • @rickbearbower8196
    @rickbearbower8196 11 місяців тому +2

    Amazing! I share the love of fossils and rocks.

  • @betsywarner2773
    @betsywarner2773 8 місяців тому +1

    I so wish I could have been there with you guys! I love the brachiopod geodes...I'm drooling! Kyle, never lose your passion for fossils. They keep us young at heart!

  • @tuckerhuff692
    @tuckerhuff692 Рік тому +4

    We haven’t seen Duck Man for awhile

  • @patriciabock4299
    @patriciabock4299 11 місяців тому +1

    Love when you stop in my home state and probably not that far from where I live. Sometime gonna have to flag you down on that road and take you to creek where there are really good fossils of trees that once grew here.

  • @paulwells782
    @paulwells782 Рік тому +2

    I knew it!! I drove through the region so many times. I wish I had time to stop and check out the fossils. I knew they should be there.

    • @paulwells782
      @paulwells782 Рік тому

      As a Michigan guy I recognized that limestone!

  • @jaklyncraft666
    @jaklyncraft666 Рік тому +3

    Oh, lovely. My 2 favourite people! Once again, being in the UK, I am amazed that you find fossils on the side of the road 😮 great to see you, Kyle, with your lovely lady Natalie 😊

  • @mirkatu3249
    @mirkatu3249 Рік тому +2

    Gorgeous geodes. Natalie has a great eye for fossils! :-)

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +1

      She really does! It's so fun to do this with her :)

  • @robertmandigo7942
    @robertmandigo7942 11 місяців тому +1

    Yes I think Natalie was kicking your butt finding those gastropod geodes, she has a great eye for the fossils and she is right out there with you in that weather. The one she found at 6:50 is awesome. I have found some gastropods in a large Rock along the Saginaw River and this video makes me want to go back and find again but we finally got some snow so I will have to wait for warmer weather. Keep up the great videos and God bless you and your family.

  • @historylooker7
    @historylooker7 11 місяців тому +1

    Gosh ,that was awesome, Y'all 💥⛏⛏!!! Nice 👌

  • @richconroy5559
    @richconroy5559 11 місяців тому +1

    I would love one of those really big well-preserved brachs!

  • @likeakite
    @likeakite 11 місяців тому +1

    Love the videos of you and Natalie discovering stuff

  • @peachstateexplorer8004
    @peachstateexplorer8004 Рік тому +1

    Amazing fossils!!! 🤩🤩👊👊👊 Enjoyed the video, now I need to go hunting for fossils 😎 See ya!!!

  • @firechicken455adventures
    @firechicken455adventures 11 місяців тому +1

    I love watching your adventures. Thanks for bringing us along. Keep doing what you do!

  • @largent45
    @largent45 Рік тому +4

    Those are just insanely cool! Those plates are really cool. Trilobite fragments are better than no trilobites at all! And the cephalopods! And a complete trilobite! Amazing! Wow between the two road cuts you guys just found a bonanza of fossils! So many beautiful finds you two! Amazing! ❤

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +1

      Yes! Sooo many incredible fossils at these roadcuts. We had an amazing time!

  • @SaltwaterSean
    @SaltwaterSean 11 місяців тому +1

    Love this one Kyle

  • @elfcounsul
    @elfcounsul 2 місяці тому +1

    Looks like central Ky in the Bluegrass region. The trilobite head is from a Flexicalymene meeki.

  • @kirsiselei8703
    @kirsiselei8703 11 місяців тому +1

    Really amazing pieces u two found💕👍🇫🇮

  • @CindysGems
    @CindysGems 11 місяців тому +2

    ‼️‼️IDEA: pick up some plates/ fossils/ shells & sell them to us. I’d love some sand dollars‼️‼️‼️. Use recycled shopping bags to collect; because they have handles and can be washed.

  • @rebyj
    @rebyj Рік тому +2

    what fun finds! Thanks for answering the questions that are in the comments. I wanted to know the answers too lol.

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +1

      Of course! I try my best :)

  • @heathervannatter364
    @heathervannatter364 Рік тому +2

    Nice finds!

  • @brianwalker9185
    @brianwalker9185 11 місяців тому

    Great road cut. What you said about the memories...That statement took me to my childhood, in a rockhounding family...that also dug bottles.
    Mom bought a book that identified interesting sites, by highway and mile post marker, in my home state, Arizona. Road cuts still peak my interest 50 years later.
    Hope you are finding peace and good health, young man.

  • @lisamills-wv6nc
    @lisamills-wv6nc Рік тому +3

    Wow! Natalie certainly has an eye for finding gorgeous fossils! The crystals in them are stunning! You both are so good finding them! Thank you for sharing! Love it! 😊

  • @b.slocumb7763
    @b.slocumb7763 Рік тому +1

    Can you start a prep of the trilobite with an acid prep? Mamlambo Fossils does that a lot when he doesn’t want to shatter anything off with his tools. Maybe a vinegar soak and check it every couple hours to see what happened.

  • @lisamills-wv6nc
    @lisamills-wv6nc Рік тому +2

    Wow! Natalie certainly has an eye for finding gorgeous fossils! The crystals are so stunning! Thank you for sharing! Love it! 😊

  • @mattdeveau1704
    @mattdeveau1704 Рік тому +2

    Great finds as always, you never disappoint! Those "brachiodes" were all amazing . Especially Natalie's shark mouth one. Awesome finds 👍

  • @galacticaibo
    @galacticaibo 11 місяців тому +1

    Lots of amazing finds, yall! I live about 15 minutes from the state line into Kentucky and there’s a huge road cut right where you enter the state. Seeing this makes me want to go fossil hunting there, but seeing how close it is to the highway and how speedy people drive around here, I think I would quickly become a skid mark on the pavement, lol.

  • @catherinewilliams3850
    @catherinewilliams3850 11 місяців тому

    Wow my mind boggles at the amazing fossils you find just beside the road, those brachiopod geodes are beautful.

  • @AvalonDreamz
    @AvalonDreamz 8 місяців тому

    Oh man, I really would love to see those all cleaned up and shining!

  • @captain-habit
    @captain-habit 11 місяців тому +1

    This is such a great example of how fossils are EVERYWHERE. Most of my best pieces of crystallized (etc) coral have come out of... the corn field up the street from me 😂 might have to find a place to pull off the next time I'm in Kentucky 👀

  • @justjoy4239
    @justjoy4239 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful finds guys! I’m jealous once again! 😂

  • @Hydrart
    @Hydrart Рік тому +1

    Considering the preservation on some of your fossils, maybe you could make a diorama of the ancient sea bed 😮

  • @rocklobster1068
    @rocklobster1068 Рік тому +2

    My dad and I visited the Maysville cut back in September, unfortunately we didn’t find too much exciting. Those brachiopods are insane!!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +1

      I love the Maysville roadcut! I went once so far and I got lucky with a couple nice cephalopods!

  • @fishinwidow35
    @fishinwidow35 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice! I lived in Kentucky for 10 years and only found one geode in someone's driveway

  • @GREEKEXPLORERS
    @GREEKEXPLORERS 11 місяців тому

    Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @nhrockaholic6038
    @nhrockaholic6038 11 місяців тому

    So cool. I am such a fan of all the brachiopods… but just love Trilobites!!

  • @garyanddoris6022
    @garyanddoris6022 Місяць тому

    I believe that's around breathitt county Kentucky....nice finds thought about stopping there myself , you need to check Jackson County out down on 30

  • @vladimirgauthier370
    @vladimirgauthier370 11 місяців тому

    12:15 maybe barite on the calcite

  • @cherylgreen4738
    @cherylgreen4738 11 місяців тому

    amazing amount of finds

  • @cptnkaos5994
    @cptnkaos5994 11 місяців тому

    nice finds Kyle congrats

  • @Julianne955
    @Julianne955 11 місяців тому

    That was some very cool finds! I like the plates of fossils, I think they're so interesting! Have a wonderful week you two!

  • @karendurjan8923
    @karendurjan8923 Рік тому +3

    Theo does fossil prepping.

  • @jessebaumun3098
    @jessebaumun3098 Рік тому +1

    Love the bottle videos but really enjoy the fossil hunts also. Reminds me of when I used to bring home every fossil I found as a kid. Also, what do you do with all the ones you keep?

  • @lindawells9240
    @lindawells9240 11 місяців тому

    Kyle that was a awesome video. You guys scored on finding fossils. My favorite was the beautiful fern tucked between that rock matrix. Happy New Year, and Happy Hunting.

  • @judymarkel8029
    @judymarkel8029 Рік тому +1

    This was a fun video. I love Natalie's necklace. Did she make it,?
    Great Crystal's. That one looked like a shark for sure. Thanks

    • @nataliegrn5093
      @nataliegrn5093 11 місяців тому

      I found the necklace at a thrift shop! It has a bead that slides up so it can store crystals/fossils! The tapir tooth in it is from Kyle 😊

    • @judymarkel8029
      @judymarkel8029 11 місяців тому +1

      It is very cool. Thank you for letting me know

  • @marionmarshall7380
    @marionmarshall7380 3 місяці тому +1

    I can prep the trilo for you Kyle

  • @joannhempen8210
    @joannhempen8210 Рік тому +1

    I love videos like this. I wonder how many times I’ve driven somewhere and passed a place like that off of a highway and never knew you could potentially find fossils. We go to Florida every year for vacation and drive right through Alabama, we live in Illinois. Do you know of any places in the Midwest that has fossils like these. Thanks Kyle for another amazing video!

  • @user-ks5cg5cd7m
    @user-ks5cg5cd7m Рік тому +2

    How does a brachiopod become a geode? Fascinating!!!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому

      It is fascinating! It's basically like other geodes form. There ends up a void or hollow space within the Brachiopod once buried and over time groundwater percolates into the opening and the minerals create the calcite crystals!

  • @jforce91
    @jforce91 Рік тому +1

    heres an interesting experiment... could you take a blacklight to em, and see if there's hidden patterns, like on the neogene shells in florida?

  • @triple_A_rockhound
    @triple_A_rockhound 11 місяців тому

    ground finds r best kind

  • @AlphaGatorDCS
    @AlphaGatorDCS 11 місяців тому +2

    Looking forward to more bottle and shark teeth videos!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  11 місяців тому +1

      Bottle vids soon for sure! Shark tooth sites a bit too flooded at the moment 😭

  • @atuuschaaw
    @atuuschaaw Рік тому +1

  • @joanneriley3899
    @joanneriley3899 Рік тому +14

    Kyle can you please go a bit more in-depth and explain what a ‘brachiopod’ is and everything else you find? Thanks

    • @donnabowen1636
      @donnabowen1636 10 місяців тому

      Google my friend. My fave way to find out and get details.

    • @artsysimp5848
      @artsysimp5848 10 місяців тому

      @@donnabowen1636LMAO THE SASS.. 😂😂

    • @suemitchell1354
      @suemitchell1354 2 місяці тому

      Most of them look like you are picking up grey walnuts! Lol

  • @elizabethlewis3509
    @elizabethlewis3509 Рік тому +1

    How do you clean fossils?

  • @newlevelgraphicsdavidframe2870

    It is best to hunt roadcuts when it rains. Come to Brookville IN. I hunt trilobites! We always called the gastropods "ice cream cones" Those trilobite pieces are molts. Isotelus are super hard to find I have only found 3 ever in 15 years

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому

      Everything shows up better that's for sure!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому

      Would be fun to hunt some Indiana roadcuts one day!

    • @kimgower1347
      @kimgower1347 Рік тому

      What Beautiful finds, all those tiny crystals. You do a great job zooming in on those. Your Beautiful as always and Natalie too!

  • @jenlensis10
    @jenlensis10 Рік тому +2

    Do you know what's up with Paleo Chris? Miss seeing the two of you together!!!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +1

      We just filmed a video together a few days ago! Will probably be my video for next week's upload :)

  • @derekdemeter6556
    @derekdemeter6556 Рік тому +5

    Great finds you both! Some of those brachiopods have gypsum in it as well. Those are the long bladed crystals and are the result of geothermal water seeping into the fossils. I have also found pink dolomite crystals and marcasite/pyrite in those brachios as well! You all scored big! Congrats my man. Also that trilobite is amazing! I can prep it out for you :)

  • @historyhunter5146
    @historyhunter5146 Рік тому +1

    Kyle , I have a question please, we live in the lower south central Mississippi area about an hour and a half above the gulf coast. All we see are trees and forests , there are creeks as well but with limited access but I really want to take my son Fossil hunting can you please tell me what types of fossils I might find in the area or what types of areas I should search in ? Thanks 😊 Condolences on the loss of your mom . My thoughts and prayers are with you

  • @joelol3692
    @joelol3692 9 місяців тому

    Which county and area are the road cuts located. We travel to Lexington often for cancer screenings Lisa has to have. We are avid fossil and rock hunters. We enjoy your videos always. Thanks again in advance. Much love and many blessings to you all

  • @jenlensis10
    @jenlensis10 Рік тому +2

    Do you sell any of your finds? I would love a brachiopod!!!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому +4

      Most likely an Etsy page coming soon to make that happen!

  • @gisharris4562
    @gisharris4562 Рік тому +1

    Those are amazing ,
    do you not think that maybe they are all geodes?

  • @cherylradabaugh2720
    @cherylradabaugh2720 Рік тому +2

    I've found brachs here in Ohio ,but not any where the size of the ones you found there .

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому

      Kentucky definitely has had the biggest I've found so far!

  • @hazelcornell4311
    @hazelcornell4311 5 місяців тому

    Lucky. I used to collect those in Eastern Kentucky when I was a kid, and there weren't crystals inside... it was just a limestone cast. Where in Kentucky are you?

  • @Berndaddie
    @Berndaddie Рік тому +2

    You da man, Kyle and of course Natalie is da woman. Hee hee.

  • @Thelostpinetree
    @Thelostpinetree Рік тому +2

    Do you mind telling what part of Kentucky I could find fossils like that? I live in northern Kentucky and Ive never found Brachiopods that big nor have i found geode fossils! its incredible! I wanna hunt some so badly!! =D

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому

      This is in the general area of Shelbyville/Louisville!

    • @Thelostpinetree
      @Thelostpinetree Рік тому

      @@WILDKYLE oh awesome! Tysm!

  • @suemitchell1354
    @suemitchell1354 2 місяці тому +1

    I did not expect them to still be live ones in today’s world. Nor to have crystals inside.

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 11 місяців тому

    Mucrospirifer, composita, atrypa oh my.

  • @gregbishop210
    @gregbishop210 11 місяців тому

    Awesome finds. How would you know that stopping along the side of the freeway there would be fossils?

  • @garrywatson9521
    @garrywatson9521 11 місяців тому

    Kyle, do you reveal where you are in Kentucky? I have been in the Maysville area with fewer finds than you are showing.

  • @копутеркомпутеревич
    @копутеркомпутеревич 10 місяців тому

    молодцы

  • @howarddenney5331
    @howarddenney5331 Рік тому +2

    Do you cut these open to see if there are crystals inside?

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Рік тому

      I'm definitely going to soon!

  • @livincountry
    @livincountry 3 місяці тому

    What kind of rock is that? I have tons of shell rock here where we live but haven't found any fossil shells