you can almost hear the silence there. in the UK there's virtually nowhere where you'll not here some distant background noise. And that panorama of the distant mountains is wonderful. great video
cool video thanks for sharing!! I have always wanted to go there and try to find some trilobites with my kids. and you are right, we have to make the time to do it. thanks!
I don’t know how many videotapes I’ve seen where the prospector does not have the appropriate tools to excavate what they are looking for. Carry a belt with a brush attached with all your other tools. A small bottle of water, also carry able- you may also need to drink
Looks like you are in California! This stuff is probably from the Pioche Shale and dates back to the Lower Cambrian about 521 million years ago. The trilobites are from the genus Olenellus and they are the very first trilobites to appear in the fossil record.
I've hunted for those Olenellus trilobites in Georgia Plains, Vermont, but the Parker slate beds were so picked over, I could not find even part of a head, just a few brachiopods. The old quarry is in the middle of Montcalm's cow pasture and the cattle all came up to me mooing away and making a racket. Two years ago I went to another Cambrian outcrop behind an ice cream stand in Claverack, NY, with the same result and was eaten alive by silent mosquitoes. You're lucky to have a collecting place like that
I always suggest going to the Caesar Creek Spillway in Ohio, also Hueston Woods, Fossil Gardens, and Trammel Fossil Park. All of these are located in Ohio to the southwest.
Cool fossil finding video, just what I was looking for. Would love to find some trilobite fossils like you got there. That's very rewarding to touch and connect with something formed millions of years ago, from life on this planet.
Really cool ! Going outside in the wild is always enjoyable, and setting a goal, whether it's fossil hunting, looking for old bottles or finding geocaches sometimes help finding some ideas about where to go, and keep an eye open.
This is the kind of thing I do all the time and I agree with you that too many people forget just how beautiful things on this planet can be. Great video. Trilobite fossils are definitely on my bucket list. So funny I watch the same You Tube channels you do. The mom and daughter team is Northern Mudlarks and the other one you mentioned is Tideline Arts I think. Look at all the treasure you found. Maybe material for making something for your future films.
Yes you are correct that is the mother-daughter team I watch. I like how they’re so excited just to find beach glass you can tell they’re having fun and that’s what it’s all about. Get out there and find you some trilobite fossil, happy hunting. Thanks for watching
Thanks for taking us along Mike! I had to subscribe, you look for cool stuff. I look for gold in Michigan and put videos on UA-cam. We have woods and water here :) Thanks again brother.
I was in New York on the highway a few days ago and we drove by a huge shale deposit so i pulled over grabbed some shale and brought home and I found a bunch of trilobites...so cool! Mine looked different though....
Really enjoyed this video, gave me an insight into what to look for exactly at a site in the UK I'll go to after lockdown eventually ends. And you got some good finds there with some perseverance. The "lost piece" was a cliff hanger there for a while! Subscribed from London suburbs.
I live in pahrump Nevada, and have begun looking for fossils with my little three and a half year old son. Don't really know what we're doing , and so far we've been fossil hunting and just our yard alone. But I believe we've found a few I wish there was a way to attach a picture to these comments so I could show you but I've actually never really commented on a on UA-cam videos until yesterday when I started looking up these fossil finding videos. I wanted to tell her to let you know I really didn't enjoy your video and learned some things too like that we need a brush and water I guess in a proper hammer. As it stands I've been pulverizing things that I think might have been fossils with my black of experience. Again thanks for this video subscribe to your channel I'm going to look at the rest of them:)! Oh one more thing to add, what is driving me nuts about all this.. is that I feel half the time like I'm imagining I'm seeing a fossil and I just it's hard to tell whether it's my imagination or there's actually a fossil
Getting out there and exploring is half the fun the more you do it the more you learn. I am definitely no expert but you can email me pictures and I will gladly take a look at them. Glad you enjoyed the video keep hunting and exploring. Thanks for the sub and watching.
Such a fun video! Thanks for making it. I'd love to head out there one day. Some fun, free rockhounding adventures: Topaz mountain in Utah & Garnet Hill in Nevada! Going there next month :)
Hi, love the video. Were near amboy where you? ive been trying to find a good place to go find some cool fossils but its hard to find info. I'ed appreciate some more info. Thank you
It's crazy to think that whole area used to be a shallow ocean.....same with Massachusetts and NewYork where I live. I live near Holyoke where the dino tracks are. They are huge tracks big three toes tracks of these long neck species...really neat to see!
There was a hill along Rt.202 in Holyoke where I found some clathopteris fossils in the 1980's that is said to have a significant level of iridium. The best fossils could be excavated from under a ledge, so people were afraid of it collapsing and started complaining though.
Yes I’ve seen some of the Nicola videos she find some really cool stuff too. I will definitely check out the other one thanks for the suggestions. Thanks for watching
Hi all can anyone tell me directions please? My girlfriend and I were out there yesterday off of hwy 40 but we found the sign that says trilobite wilderness area but werent really sure how far in the road we needed to travel
you can almost hear the silence there. in the UK there's virtually nowhere where you'll not here some distant background noise. And that panorama of the distant mountains is wonderful. great video
Right, perfect statement you can almost hear the silence it is beautiful out there thanks for watching
Living nearby, I can tell you there's plenty of places in SW USA to find silence. You do have to travel a bit, but worth it
cool video thanks for sharing!! I have always wanted to go there and try to find some trilobites with my kids. and you are right, we have to make the time to do it. thanks!
I don’t know how many videotapes I’ve seen where the prospector does not have the appropriate tools to excavate what they are looking for. Carry a belt with a brush attached with all your other tools. A small bottle of water, also carry able- you may also need to drink
Looks like you are in California! This stuff is probably from the Pioche Shale and dates back to the Lower Cambrian about 521 million years ago. The trilobites are from the genus Olenellus and they are the very first trilobites to appear in the fossil record.
Paleo 101
Wow! Cool thanks for the information, and yes in CA. Thanks for watching
I thought this was the Latham Shale?
I could be that too
just amazing cant believe the quality of those fossils i loved this video
Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun hunting for them. Thanks for watching.
Great video man! I would love to take my daughter out there when she gets a little better at hiking (she is 8). Been eyeing that spot for years. 😀
I've hunted for those Olenellus trilobites in Georgia Plains, Vermont, but the Parker slate beds were so picked over, I could not find even part of a head, just a few brachiopods. The old quarry is in the middle of Montcalm's cow pasture and the cattle all came up to me mooing away and making a racket. Two years ago I went to another Cambrian outcrop behind an ice cream stand in Claverack, NY, with the same result and was eaten alive by silent mosquitoes. You're lucky to have a collecting place like that
Yep it’s a cool place but not cool at all in the summer it gets about 115° out there
I always suggest going to the Caesar Creek Spillway in Ohio, also Hueston Woods, Fossil Gardens, and Trammel Fossil Park.
All of these are located in Ohio to the southwest.
Cool fossil finding video, just what I was looking for. Would love to find some trilobite fossils like you got there. That's very rewarding to touch and connect with something formed millions of years ago, from life on this planet.
Really cool ! Going outside in the wild is always enjoyable, and setting a goal, whether it's fossil hunting, looking for old bottles or finding geocaches sometimes help finding some ideas about where to go, and keep an eye open.
Couldn’t agree more. Thanks for watching
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it.
the thing you found at 9:24 is indeed a crystal. It's a manganese dendrite. It's basically oxidised manganese
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Wow,cool to know thanks. Thanks for watching
This is the kind of thing I do all the time and I agree with you that too many people forget just how beautiful things on this planet can be. Great video. Trilobite fossils are definitely on my bucket list. So funny I watch the same You Tube channels you do. The mom and daughter team is Northern Mudlarks and the other one you mentioned is Tideline Arts I think. Look at all the treasure you found. Maybe material for making something for your future films.
Yes you are correct that is the mother-daughter team I watch. I like how they’re so excited just to find beach glass you can tell they’re having fun and that’s what it’s all about. Get out there and find you some trilobite fossil, happy hunting. Thanks for watching
Thanks for taking us along Mike! I had to subscribe, you look for cool stuff. I look for gold in Michigan and put videos on UA-cam. We have woods and water here :) Thanks again brother.
Wood and water love it lol. Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Awesome video!!! Just subscribed, hope you make a few more videos with some fossil stuff. Cool channel though. Glad i found it!
Great video. Beautiful Yes do it while you can. I want to but I don’t thank my back well let me Thank you for the video.
I was in New York on the highway a few days ago and we drove by a huge shale deposit so i pulled over grabbed some shale and brought home and I found a bunch of trilobites...so cool! Mine looked different though....
Right on that’s cool.
Great vid. Love it.
Mike this is a really cool video! I never knew you could find something like this in our desert! The 3for was a great find!
Really enjoyed this video, gave me an insight into what to look for exactly at a site in the UK I'll go to after lockdown eventually ends. And you got some good finds there with some perseverance. The "lost piece" was a cliff hanger there for a while! Subscribed from London suburbs.
Thanks for watching all the way from London that’s so cool,I hope you get out there and find some.
I live in pahrump Nevada, and have begun looking for fossils with my little three and a half year old son. Don't really know what we're doing , and so far we've been fossil hunting and just our yard alone. But I believe we've found a few I wish there was a way to attach a picture to these comments so I could show you but I've actually never really commented on a on UA-cam videos until yesterday when I started looking up these fossil finding videos. I wanted to tell her to let you know I really didn't enjoy your video and learned some things too like that we need a brush and water I guess in a proper hammer. As it stands I've been pulverizing things that I think might have been fossils with my black of experience. Again thanks for this video subscribe to your channel I'm going to look at the rest of them:)!
Oh one more thing to add, what is driving me nuts about all this.. is that I feel half the time like I'm imagining I'm seeing a fossil and I just it's hard to tell whether it's my imagination or there's actually a fossil
Getting out there and exploring is half the fun the more you do it the more you learn. I am definitely no expert but you can email me pictures and I will gladly take a look at them. Glad you enjoyed the video keep hunting and exploring. Thanks for the sub and watching.
Awesome Video! Thank you for sharing it.
A new subscriber from the UK 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 love the channel.
UK subscriber that is so cool thanks for subscribing and watching much appreciated
We're not busy at the moment! I'm planning a trip there as soon as the lockdown is lifted!
Such a fun video! Thanks for making it. I'd love to head out there one day. Some fun, free rockhounding adventures: Topaz mountain in Utah & Garnet Hill in Nevada! Going there next month :)
Nice. Good luck and have fun.
Was in the area today and I found the brush you found.
Cool deal man thanks for watching
Hi, love the video. Were near amboy where you? ive been trying to find a good place to go find some cool fossils but its hard to find info. I'ed appreciate some more info. Thank you
Loved this! Thank you!
Right on thanks for watching
Cool video! I love trilobites!
Glad to hear it thanks for watching yeah they are pretty cool.
Fun Stuff!
i cant believe you left home or your car without them. add an ice pick while
your at it
It's crazy to think that whole area used to be a shallow ocean.....same with Massachusetts and NewYork where I live. I live near Holyoke where the dino tracks are. They are huge tracks big three toes tracks of these long neck species...really neat to see!
Right, all that was under water now dry as a bone. Maybe those tracks are dragon tracks how cool would that be. Thanks for watching
There was a hill along Rt.202 in Holyoke where I found some clathopteris fossils in the 1980's that is said to have a significant level of iridium. The best fossils could be excavated from under a ledge, so people were afraid of it collapsing and started complaining though.
I agree dude but it’s awkward AF to go looking for at the River Thames because it’s in the middle of a Business district. Too many ppl in suits
Thanks for the video. Do you mind sharing the exact location please?
9:30 - that is Dendrite on the shale.
Cool, good to know thanks
Awesome video! Do you think it's possible to ride a mountain bike through the dirt road leading up to the mountain? Thanks in advance!
You will enjoy Si Finds and Nicola White they are both from London and find fantastic things near the River Thames.
Yes I’ve seen some of the Nicola videos she find some really cool stuff too. I will definitely check out the other one thanks for the suggestions.
Thanks for watching
Where is this? I’d like to find some
Subbed! Stay in touch lets hunt these deserts!!
Do you have the gps coordinates for this place. Went there as a kid and can't find it as an adult lol
I thought trilobites were deep earth creatures
Hi all can anyone tell me directions please? My girlfriend and I were out there yesterday off of hwy 40 but we found the sign that says trilobite wilderness area but werent really sure how far in the road we needed to travel
It’s off the old 66.
Thanks for watching
Watch out for snakes
Definitely, in the summer time I wear snake chaps.
I’m planning to post a video about the same subject . Thank you for sharing
Cool deal, Will definitely watch your video too thanks for watching.
Latham Shale?
Anything besides trilobites?
I’m sure there is but i’m still learning what to look for, very cool place though thanks for watching
Off of route 66 or off the 40?
Off the 66.
Thanks for watching
Thanks for the reply! Think I’m gonna give this a shot with the nephews.
Sam
Fttfdtc and And is going out with us and