Fossil Hunting 101 | Where to Look for Fossils, and How to Find Them

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    You didn't think finding fossils would be as simple as sitting in your backyard with a trowel, did you? Fossil hunting involves tools for excavation (such as a hammer, pick, and shovel), smaller chiseling tools, sample bags, a camera, and more. Dig into the tools and permits you'll need for a successful excavation.
    This video is Episode 12 from the video series Practical Geology, presented by James F. P. Cotter. To learn more about geology, visit: www.wondrium.com
    00:00 Darwin's Fascination for Geology
    03:55 The Story behind Dinosaur 13
    05:59 Legal Guidelines for Fossil Collecting
    08:57 Useful Fossil Hunting Gear
    12:22 Finding Fossil Localities
    14:46 Locating Fossil Hunting Guides
    18:53 Fossil Hunting Field Safety and Geography
    22:39 Studying River Sediments and Shorelines
    25:41 Decoding Your Fossils
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Komentáře • 96

  • @963ag
    @963ag Před 6 měsíci +7

    Following in the footsteps of my uncle, I developed a fervent interest in paleontology and geology. While still in elementary school, I had quite a collection - rare and varied specimens. Long story, but my life led me in different directions and pursuits. I am now 60 years old and this interest has returned. I have begun collecting again. I particularly like invertebrates - trilobites, crinoids, sea slabs, echinoderms, bryozoans corals, but also plant and fish fossils.

  • @alexanderzagula1994
    @alexanderzagula1994 Před rokem +9

    That exact thing happened to me, I’ve loved the outdoors and dinosaurs and collecting things, and now I love geology

  • @artisticevan2358
    @artisticevan2358 Před rokem +9

    i'm a giant astrophysics nerd, but god do I love paleontology and fossils.

  • @patriciakloeppel9863
    @patriciakloeppel9863 Před rokem +6

    subscribed love your youtube channel I do a lot of rock collecting and find a few here in Arizona, excellent tips

  • @riverside4339
    @riverside4339 Před rokem +2

    Good information, it got me hooked

  • @fruityhag8926
    @fruityhag8926 Před 7 dny

    i love to hike and dfindd natural wonders and oddities, but i've never been fossil hunting with intention! my partner and i are going on a road trip into vermont this weekend, and this guide has been very helpful!! thank u so much!!

  • @u.s.militia7682
    @u.s.militia7682 Před rokem +12

    A mastodon, wooly mammoth and giant short faced bear fossils have been found here in Saltville Virginia. I look for fossils all the time but only find concretions of shells. Should I look higher in the mountains or lower near the rivers and streams for fossils? I’ve collected many over the years and have no idea of what I have. I think I even have footprint fossils.

    • @anthonydoyle7370
      @anthonydoyle7370 Před rokem +7

      I'm really disappointed. I thought you were going to say, " A mastodon, woolly mammoth and short faced bear walked into a bar." lol.

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 Před rokem +1

    Good job in information tank you

  • @kieranknoke2284
    @kieranknoke2284 Před rokem +1

    Any places in Phoenix Arizona??

  • @tomgucwa7319
    @tomgucwa7319 Před rokem +5

    Limestones , shales , chalk , clays?.not too old , go-to streams an shores and zones of high rates of erosion , and or bulldozers.

  • @realtaiter3991
    @realtaiter3991 Před rokem +6

    If scientists didn’t shut down job sites when fossils are found, or steal the item from the person who found it, maybe more would be brought to their attention.

    • @justindunlap1235
      @justindunlap1235 Před rokem

      Straight up, I was working on digging the foundation for a riverfront house, we started finding Indian artifacts, long story short the foundation got poured 4 years later because the property owner reported the finds.

  • @gkess7106
    @gkess7106 Před rokem

    What is the source of the map shown at 12:45?

  • @wanderlustexcursion
    @wanderlustexcursion Před rokem

    Thanks sir, you are beautiful teacher

  • @ivandorsey
    @ivandorsey Před 3 měsíci +1

    I found a fossil on a rock in my yard yesterday it's smaller than a dime a sponge I think (eastern Nebraska)

  • @GrandmaBev64
    @GrandmaBev64 Před rokem +5

    I have had many fossils. Still have quite a few. I have tried to show my fossils. I have a petrified crab leg, as best as I can tell. It's awesome. It was found at the mouth of the Klamath River in California. I have been looking for someone to show it to.I really like petrified wood too.

    • @hawkmattz4215
      @hawkmattz4215 Před rokem +1

      I work in Klamath and would love to see it. Still been hoping to find a peice of petrified wood for myself.

    • @GrandmaBev64
      @GrandmaBev64 Před rokem

      @@hawkmattz4215 The Best place I've found for finding petrified fossils and bones, are at extreme low tides, at the mouth of the Klamath, on the riverbed, where the river and ocean meet, and in Cresent City, where the Jedi and city park come together, especially after a storm. I used to dig in the exposed giant rocks and along the shore, where all the seaweed and stuff mangle up together, inside of those piles, are all kinds of treasures. Some are stinky though, until cleaned up. They have an electric wheelchair there now too. It's free with preregistration.

    • @FOBanimates
      @FOBanimates Před 9 měsíci

      A bit late, but a place I found to have way too many specimens of petrified wood is Perranporth beach in Cornwall, UK. I tried searching for other things but it was just petrified wood. *Everywhere.* I did find a specimen with amber embedded in it and a piece of a clam shell fossilized in agate. Just saying, if you ever need petrified wood, go to that beach at some point.

  • @JohnnyButtons
    @JohnnyButtons Před rokem +1

    I bought some nice fossils from Ross Geller back in the late ‘90s.

  • @ediacaran630
    @ediacaran630 Před rokem

    Good !

  • @thetooginator153
    @thetooginator153 Před rokem +99

    Some constructive criticism: when starting a 30-minute video about how to find fossils, I think it would be smart to get to the point quickly. A lot of CZcamsrs pad runtime with filler, and it’s a turn off. Talking about how Charles Darwin’s hobbies is a great way to tell your audience that they are going to have to very patient to get to the “how to find fossils” part.

    • @bowold3976
      @bowold3976 Před rokem +8

      agreed it also instantly dismisses any possibility of creation or a creator being the reason for civilization. Darwin was a evolutionist as well as a freemason. The deeper you look into history the real history more obvious it becomes it has been rewritten and altered beyond belief.

    • @sonicvilleras
      @sonicvilleras Před rokem +8

      I hit the fast forward until I see what I wanna see lol. But I agree: just get to the point. This didnt come up on your feed, we all looked for it. If you know your audience is looking for it, you dont need to give us a class on what it is were already interested in.

    • @thetooginator153
      @thetooginator153 Před rokem +4

      @@sonicvilleras - Exactly! The “class on what it is we’re already interested in” describes the problem perfectly! I think it pads the runtime and is a major turnoff. As you said, we’re interested in the subject described in the title.
      It’s pretty rare that I watch videos over ten minutes long (preferably less), unless I really know the video creator’s work. Otherwise, I assume it’s mostly padding.

    • @candiiyadigg3880
      @candiiyadigg3880 Před rokem +5

      It’s divided you can easily skip to that part, it doesn’t hurt to intake some new info, if not there are short videos everywhere on her or even TIKTOK for people with a shorter attention span.

    • @RuinedTemple
      @RuinedTemple Před rokem +5

      @@bowold3976
      Evolution is an accepted & supported scientific theory in the scientific community, but creationism is not.
      Therefore, when presenting scientific concepts & theories, sharing scientific information, or educating others on scientific subjects, scientists & those who educate others on scientific subjects shouldn't be expected to present creationist concepts like they're accepted & supported by the scientific community, nor should they be expected to omit evolutionary theory or concepts- especially when they're pertinent to or apply to the subjects they're covering, & they certainly shouldn't be expected to alter their presentations simply for the comfort of those who disagree with such an important & longstanding scientific theory because it doesn't mesh well with their interpretation of the modern incarnation of their sacred text.
      By the way, the theory of evolution in no way dismisses the idea that their may be some form of intelligent design or even a conscious creative force responsible for creating the universe, everything in existence, life, etc. **
      It just doesn't jive with how SOME Christians INTERPRET what they've read from parts of the modern version of the Christian bible.
      ** I personally don't think that it makes much sense to assume that a divine force was directly responsible for creating civilization, as that was something that humans very obviously developed & it's never really been considered to be intrinsically related to divine creation... kind of like how humans also designed & created things like cities, horticulture, agriculture, animal husbandry, infrastructure, etc. Science has also been able to find, from ancient artifacts & evidence found, that humans slowly developed civilization over time. Perhaps you were mistaken in your understanding of the definition of what exactly civilization is?

  • @zemetrius
    @zemetrius Před 8 měsíci

    found some crinoid fossils in the mountains around pahrump in southern nevada, this area was the floor of the sea that was once here, according to what information i could find. i look for more every time i go out to the gold claim.

  • @kkittycatkat1990
    @kkittycatkat1990 Před 9 měsíci +1

    @ 5:15 This is where the term "Indian giver" came from.
    "Oh, yeah! Sure you can go fossil hunting!"
    After finding a land mine: "It's mine!" "It's all mine!"

  • @bonnieplushtuber5517
    @bonnieplushtuber5517 Před rokem

    Anyone know any sites in Connecticut?

  • @Manatee724
    @Manatee724 Před rokem +3

    Wait! Caesars creek, I fish there all the time. I need to know where to go to find these trilobite fossils!! Ugh.

    • @Steph-sk3xb
      @Steph-sk3xb Před rokem

      Look for an area what would have been under water hundreds of years ago which will probably be anywhere near the shore.

  • @gastonadrien2692
    @gastonadrien2692 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you, I’m fossil hunting today

    • @TheGreatCourses
      @TheGreatCourses  Před 6 měsíci

      Glad to be of service! Let us know what you find.

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 Před rokem

    Yes of course that's amanzing channel pure information

  • @jameshurley6021
    @jameshurley6021 Před rokem +1

    discussions ensued about Sue? that's a polite euphemism....

  • @robertstone9988
    @robertstone9988 Před rokem +2

    No body cared about sue till they saw the doller signs

  • @thuthuycao2456
    @thuthuycao2456 Před rokem

    woww

  • @jamesalann2261
    @jamesalann2261 Před 2 dny

    As a serious fossil geek and lifelong collector, I can emphatically tell you that half the fun is knowing you’re not supposed to be out there! In other words, private property doesn’t stop the serious guys!

  • @davidhart5344
    @davidhart5344 Před rokem

    I always loved geology but was never any good at cosines and tangents

  • @mikewarriner2988
    @mikewarriner2988 Před měsícem

    I'm find I keep simply put change my mind

  • @pierreliew
    @pierreliew Před 8 měsíci

    sadly there aren't many fossils around where i live

    • @fw1240
      @fw1240 Před 24 dny

      If there's limestone driveways/landscaping, there's fossils.

  • @rdavidmurphy1
    @rdavidmurphy1 Před 6 měsíci

    I guess there are no fossils outside the US or your title would indicate differently

  • @chinajoebinlying1773
    @chinajoebinlying1773 Před rokem +1

    Most museums will just put them in a box out of site of the public.

  • @TheInfamousFlash2
    @TheInfamousFlash2 Před 11 měsíci

    😶

  • @j.b.4340
    @j.b.4340 Před rokem +2

    I hunt driveway gravel.

    • @shawnlindow9608
      @shawnlindow9608 Před rokem

      I found a few small fossils in my own driveway gravel in upstate New York

    • @fw1240
      @fw1240 Před 24 dny

      Yep. Limestone, probably 👍🏻

  • @daledarkes5344
    @daledarkes5344 Před rokem

    Please inform iiii I i

  • @lakota123max
    @lakota123max Před rokem +2

    how sad that we have to ask the masters permission to fossil hunt in the states..geez.....

  • @oarfish8121
    @oarfish8121 Před rokem +1

    Vertebrate fossils are overrated.

  • @elisejaudon925
    @elisejaudon925 Před rokem +4

    So to look properly? I can only look where they tell me to look. I can only find what they tell me to find. If I find junk and its approved, I may keep it. If I find anything interesting, I have to trade it for approved junk. Certainly dose take any excitement or joy away emeideatly. This guy would have you walk around and bendover when told to. He will tell you everything you're allowed to know or believe . No fun for me. I guess he liked that part of his education.

    • @knaperstekt7953
      @knaperstekt7953 Před rokem +4

      What are you even on about? You should stay off the internet when on your medication.

  • @Ryan98063
    @Ryan98063 Před rokem +4

    Typical archaeologist unsurprisingly they don't trust the rest of us, educated or not. As a Newfoundlander, I have difficulty telling between true archaeologists who are in it for the knowledge vs those who are in it for the fame

  • @mandamiddle0278
    @mandamiddle0278 Před rokem

    ohio naaaaaah

  • @2Goiz_1ShanDA
    @2Goiz_1ShanDA Před 8 měsíci

    Good luck proving anybody got them off of private land pal!😂. And I've got an authoritative last name in the industry I can get along with charging a lot more. bennett

  • @edbarskite2730
    @edbarskite2730 Před rokem +1

    LIKE HOW THEY FOUND ELASTIC BONE MARROW,. NOAH'S FLOOD WAS ROUND 8000 YRS AGO, WHICH MAKES SENSE,,

    • @mouthofspaghetti7817
      @mouthofspaghetti7817 Před rokem

      I like how you skip the part about the marrow gaining elasticity, only after after being treated with acid.
      Sorry your invisible sky wizard doesn't do the real. It be the fake, beLIEvers must have the Fake'th.

  • @fw1240
    @fw1240 Před 24 dny

    You misidentified crinoids, just fyi.

  • @christianquingcong227

    Accept Jesus now and forsake sins Jesus is coming

    • @haraldschmidt8828
      @haraldschmidt8828 Před 4 měsíci

      Religious fanatics make humanity dumber.

    • @sH-ed5yf
      @sH-ed5yf Před 4 měsíci +1

      No mate finding fossils is more fun

    • @christianquingcong227
      @christianquingcong227 Před 4 měsíci

      @sH-ed5yf repent for your sins and believe in the Lord Jesus now he is coming back

    • @sH-ed5yf
      @sH-ed5yf Před 4 měsíci

      @@christianquingcong227 Sure kid. My family is fine. Without your religios propaganda

    • @sH-ed5yf
      @sH-ed5yf Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@christianquingcong227 wow. Talking about fossils and now a doomsday cultist.
      That escalated quickly

  • @edbarskite2730
    @edbarskite2730 Před rokem

    FOSSIL ARE REMNANTS OF NOAHS FLOOD, BURIED QUICKLY,,

    • @BasementBear
      @BasementBear Před rokem +3

      If this was remotely true, do you feel this was the proper way to present your theory?

    • @mouthofspaghetti7817
      @mouthofspaghetti7817 Před rokem

      Your CAPS lock button is stuck👍
      Just looking out for you, didn't want you to come across as an ranting idiot.

    • @Steph-sk3xb
      @Steph-sk3xb Před rokem

      @@BasementBearI think it’s somewhat true. That flood would have been responsible for a lot of fossils. They’ve always been around though.

    • @BasementBear
      @BasementBear Před rokem +3

      @@Steph-sk3xb There is also the problem that there can be no fossils in the creationist timeline, with the consensus being that a fossil is at least 10000 years old.