Texas Fossil Hunting - 30 Plus Ammonites

Hey everyone. This video is from two days of hunting near Justin, Tx. I have been there before with my Sis, she went this time also, and found a bunch of cool things. They have moved more material so the hunting was fantastic! Have a lot of prepping to do now but how can you do that when you know these fossils are being destroyed? Hope you enjoy!

[@rosaliemartinez9476]

Happy to be a subscriber, didn't realize I was interested in fossils 👍

[@northtexasfossildude]

Glad to have you see a new interest. To think these animals were around that long ago and now we can find traces of them. Just amazing!

[@LanceHall]

Several years ago in one of those developments they scraped the pads and left them exposed before they recovered with loose material. In the weathered blue-gray shale I found several small shark teeth hand even part of belemnite which is rare down here. It was only that one thin layer in the whole development.

[@northtexasfossildude]

Awesome. No teeth for us. There are two areas with the grey matrix. Only a about a yard thick.

[@davidthomas6859]

Great video that was an awesome hunt ,such a variety of fossils.Really enjoyed thanks for showing ❤❤.Sorry not a clue on the mystery one 🤔

[@northtexasfossildude]

Thanks David. Had three guesses saying it is the worn part of a clam or scallop. Which, if I looked at it with tht in mind it makes sense.

[@LanceHall]

That's a nice "Goniophorus" echinoid. Those are real gems.

[@northtexasfossildude]

Thanks. They we're a lot of them. I stopped picking them up. I think they polish up nice. Thought of jewelry for them.

[@northtexasfossildude]

It is a very tiny Goniophorus. Almost stepped on it.

[@bisonpaleofossilriveradven3528]

Nice finds!

[@northtexasfossildude]

😊

[@derekhurt9983]

Nice finds you are lucky to find bigger ammonites that show the suture lines. Most of the ammonites I find in central to South Texas don't show sutures at all can you explain why that is. That some ammonites have sutures some don't

[@northtexasfossildude]

It is lucky. Not overly on here. Especially on the small to medium size. Thanks for watching.

[@TheFossilFiend]

Great finds! @13:50 thats another type of echinoid! GRats! I cant remember the name but I think theyre a rarer variety.

[@northtexasfossildude]

Thanks! I think we found several looking at thw species list. Amazing how many there are. That one is very cool!

[@piratepete842]

Be nice to see a video on the clean and prep on some of these examples

[@northtexasfossildude]

Thanks for watching. I am going to start cleaning out the garage this weekend. Need to make room to shout a video. Might be a couple of weeks but I will get one or more done.

[@joecameron3674]

Question for you. Do you ever come across any arrowheads or the like when you're looking for fossils? Love th videos!!

[@northtexasfossildude]

Thanks. I have only one complete arrow head. It's a golodrina. Killer find. There's a video where I found it. Other than that a broken Gary point. Others find them at NSR constantly.

[@joecameron3674]

@@northtexasfossildude Guess it's what you train your eye to spot. Thanks for the response.

[@lr6844]

Is that a fossilized skate, you know, a baby sting ray?

[@northtexasfossildude]

Hi LR, thanks for watching. It was determined to be a type of bivalve that had worn down. I can see why you thought sting ray though.

[@traildancer95]

Kind of blurry, need a new phone.🐌

[@northtexasfossildude]

I think it was the cameraman. Lol