Fossil Collecting Western Washington

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • I went to two locations in western Washington and collected fossils

Komentáře • 37

  • @chrisandrewoutside1560
    @chrisandrewoutside1560 Před 3 lety +4

    I love both those spots!! We've found many agatized snail shells and clams from that beach, and teredo wood too! Thanks for sharing.

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety +1

      That whole area out there is a lot of fun to hunt, there are many different fossils to find. I will go back out in the spring when the tides are better, I know there is a nice crab fossil waiting for me

  • @mitchgillilan
    @mitchgillilan Před 3 lety +4

    Awesome finds. That big vertebrae is really cool, if thats what it is. Im no expert either. They are all really cool. Thanks for taking us along on another adventure :)

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety +1

      I will have to send some pictures to someone who may know for sure what I found. Thans for watching

  • @lindsayc4676
    @lindsayc4676 Před 3 lety +6

    I was just out on Willapa hills area, by Fossil Creek, and I was eyeing a few road cuts that seemed like they would be promising. But I've never looked for fossils before, just rocks and minerals, so I wasn't sure what I was seeing in some of the geological formations. I wish I'd had more time to stop and look. Hopefully I can go back sometime soon!

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety +1

      When you see a bank that looks good, look for the white of shells. You may only see pieces to begin with, but keep looking. The other thing to look for is the round concretions inside those you will find fossils. You have to break them open. Good luck hunting

    • @davidtyndall3786
      @davidtyndall3786 Před rokem

      Instead of arrested abroad. They should call it arrested by abroad , That’s better.

  • @mattdakota940
    @mattdakota940 Před 3 lety +2

    Your second location is one of my favorite places to go. Travel by that place every Couple of days

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety

      I would find it hard to stay off those beaches if I lived that close

  • @CurrentlyRockhounding
    @CurrentlyRockhounding Před 3 lety +3

    Seems like a great place to go after some freezing weather that could fracture some of the rock out of the cliff. You had some really good finds.

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety +2

      I already have it in my mind what I will be doing on the lowest tides this next year. I saw some stuff in that clff face that I would like to take a better look at. Lots of marine mammals bones have been found on those beaches and on a low tide you can dig the beach gravel and find chalcedony clams.

    • @CurrentlyRockhounding
      @CurrentlyRockhounding Před 3 lety

      @@OldGuyAdventures I'm super looking forward to see the chalcedony clams video!

  • @KoryN38
    @KoryN38 Před 3 lety +1

    Super cool. I'm in Washington too. Always enjoy your videos.

  • @randbasic
    @randbasic Před 3 lety +2

    Road cuts are always fun. Just have to be careful about passing cars lol

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety +1

      Not usually around roads much, but this time of year you have to hunt where its not snowed out or flooded

  • @UyenTranonyoutube
    @UyenTranonyoutube Před 3 lety +1

    New sub. Thank you for sharing. I am in Washington too and just start picking rock a day ago since I watched another channel that I think you was in it too

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety

      I have met up with a few other youtube rockhounders, so more then likely it was me. Thank you for subscribing and I hope you get out and find some good rocks

  • @gwynnfarrell1856
    @gwynnfarrell1856 Před 3 lety +2

    Cool finds! Is the one you're letting us speculate on a coprolite? Thanks for a nice beach and bank hunt!

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety

      If I found it somewhere else I would say coprolite, but this is a marine layer and I would find it hard to believe that it would survive in that enviroment. It does look like it though.

    • @gwynnfarrell1856
      @gwynnfarrell1856 Před 3 lety

      @@OldGuyAdventures I got to thinking about videos I'd seen about fossil hunting and I think it was either Paleochris or Wildkyle who found coprolites among fossilized shark teeth and aquatic mammal bones. So I Googled information about coprolites and found this article. Mostly it's talking about some dried feces found in a cave from early north Americans but it also mentions the petrified type and how they're formed. It sounds like water environments are the most common places for them to form. So maybe your find really is a coprolite? slate.com/technology/2012/07/fossilized-feces-earliest-americans-shat-in-the-perfect-cave.html

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety +1

      I will have to send some pictures to someone who knows for sure. It does look like a piece of coprolite

  • @yoopermann7942
    @yoopermann7942 Před 3 lety +1

    CURRENTLY ROCK HOUNDING sent me over! just subscribed!

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you for subscribing, hope you enjoy

    • @yoopermann7942
      @yoopermann7942 Před 3 lety

      @@OldGuyAdventures i just going through your videos! thank you for the tips if i ever get back out to WASHINGTON STATE!!!

  • @yoopermann7942
    @yoopermann7942 Před 3 lety +2

    them were cool finds!

  • @nissmopwer
    @nissmopwer Před 3 lety +1

    These are so freaking cool!! I really want to go check out the straight now and

  • @Theclevy86
    @Theclevy86 Před 2 lety +1

    at 5:34 what beach were you at? I live in Port Angeles. I plan to begin fossil hunting! Nice finds!

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 2 lety

      I was at Murdock beach out by Joyce, just before you get to the Twin river

  • @MountainJohn
    @MountainJohn Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like Murdock beach

  • @genedavis7238
    @genedavis7238 Před 3 lety

    Looks like maybe a whale vertebrae and a coprolite

    • @OldGuyAdventures
      @OldGuyAdventures  Před 3 lety

      Thats what I was thinking also

    • @AGM-ut5vs
      @AGM-ut5vs Před měsícem

      Can’t believe you went fossil hunting yet you left fossils behind, and you don’t know what they are.