Thanks for the kind words Simon, I am on my way to another fossil hunt right now, so more videos are on their way. I found a new species for my collection yesterday, Waiparaconus, so that video should be out soon.

@@MamlamboFossils Wow, intriguing, looking forward to an update. Be lucky hunting today.

Thanks so much for the explanation. It does make sense, and thanks for taking the time to reply - I really appreciate it!

Hi there, it's three weeks on, and I was wondering if you had found that paper? It does sound interesting!

@@Doxymeister Oops sorry, it's exam season so I forgot! Science daily has a nice concise article here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180502103931.htm It links to the original university if you want some more pictures and graphs. The full paper is here on Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24205-5 but be aware it is fairly dense. Hope that helps!

I love that! I feel the same everyday, there are 100s of spots I still want to explore just within a few hours drive.

Thanks Tim!

Hahahah it does look like that, if only it weighed that little as well! Carrying that back up the cliff was quite an effort 😂

Yeah, he has a really cool channel! He finds some amazing bits of agate!

I dont know if it will take a polish 🤔 it's pretty sandy

My pleasure Harvey!

Thanks Dena! Thanks for watching and commenting 😄

Thanks so much! Yeah, I love the fossils and the fact that you can go and research them afterwards and work on them as well. Keeps me busy and out of trouble. I need to sort out my timelapse gear. The last one didn't come out at all.

Mamlambo OH MY GOSH DUDE!!!!! I owe you the biggest apology! I when I heard you say to please subscribe, I had to move on to keep editing my next one but I was just talking to agate dad and he told me what you did and I realised I missed it!!!! I just saw it. Mate you are way too kind brother. I thank you so much, and I’m so super passionate about trying to get these types of videos out to as many people as possible, because the “algorithm” can sometimes be terrible and if it wasn’t for Taylor, Agate Dad, putting your channel in his playlist, I wouldn’t have found your vids!!!! That’s just nuts that it never came up, so, I just want to push people like you and I and Taylor and our videos not for numbers or anything, but just for people to get the chance to realise they’re out there and that they’re rad. I hope that makes sense man. Thank you honestly and keep creating brother!

@@Rookie_Rockounding I totally get you! This is a passion project for me, I just love exploring and finding things I can research and wanted to share that with some other people. I must thank Agate dad for putting my video on his playlist - that's actually a really good idea!

Mamlambo Yeah it’s a way of sharing other people’s rad videos. I’ve got a list called “other people’s rad rocks collecting and stuff” hahaha! Worsts name but kinda makes sense. Should be a couple of hours on there I think. 😉👍

Thanks so much! I love your videos as well, such beautiful locations.

Thanks Michael!

Thanks Thiago, this is that concretion I was telling you about. Got one more video to put together then I will do the one where we went out 🦀🦀

Hahhaha now that is an image I won't get out of my head soon 😄 Thanks for watching!

I'm enjoying it!

Thanks mate! I'm still learning which ones to break open and which ones to leave. Perfectly round ones I will be leaving from now on 🦀🦀🦀

@@MamlamboFossils that's what's great about these kind hobbies, you're always learning! You're doing awesome bud!

Thanks for watching Amanda, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😄 Yeah, I love Rookie Rockhounding's channel. I do a bit of rockhounding as well so really enjoy seeing what he is finding across the ditch. I have a rockhounding channel as well if you are interested in that side of things: kzfaq.info/love/yIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ

Hahahaha my pleasure :)

Hopefully they have some in them 😄 Very cool that they are in shale. Wouldn't have expected it!

Thanks Jason! I need to get some confidence before I attempt this one :)

Thanks Rod! I didn't know that about Newfoundland 😁

@@MamlamboFossils Yeah! There's a place on Signal Hill here in St. John's, called The Johnson Geo Centre. According to them Australia is 2-300,000 years older than the Island. They have lots of cool stuff there. Cheers!

@@MamlamboFossils Hey! Have you watched any of the Northern Mudlarkers videos? They are new to KZfaq. You should subscribe to them. They are trending on here. They are really nice ladies.

@@rodwhite9737 I haven't checked them out yet, but will do so! 😁

@@rodwhite9737 that is amazing! I will have to visit it sometime 😄

Thanks Fossil Adventures! I'm going to check your channel out as well 😀

Thanks Goksel 😁

Thanks Caique! And thanks for watching!

Yeah, locals that know the waipara area will know the beaches. They just keep going all the way to Motunua. Thanks for watching! Might see you at the fossil ground!

I used to work as a possum hunter and whilst working a creek in the Ashley Forrest I found a seam of fossil sea shells , ill dig out the map n find the location for you

Thanks so much! And thanks for watching and commenting 😁

Hi Lance! Could well be if they are found still in the cliff. Can't hurt to take a look in a few 😁

I just have to time the tides :)

Thanks! 😄

Thanks Alberto 😄

@@MamlamboFossils 👍

That's awesome! I love his channel so much!

Thanks so much Angie!

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My pleasure! I'd love to see it, send me a photo please to mamlambo82@gmail.com

I know that you can use an MRI machine to see what is inside a concretion. The Canterbury museum have done it to see whether a particular concretion had a dolphin skull in it. I think it's expensive though 😀

And thanks for watching 😁

I have an electric engraver and it doesn't have as much power as my pneumatic ones. It could just be the brand I have though! They are also difficult to use as the motor needs to be in the part you hold which makes it bulky.

Time lapse for sure! I'm busy prepping a smaller one at the moment. Need to practice before I try one of the big ones! Thanks for the sub!

Hahahaha it does look like Wilson 😂

Yip, totally possible! Just time consuming and if the legs are hollow they are going to explode!

I've had a look at the Rissiona shells online and they look very similar, I've also had someone say it could be a Mauithoe insignis which looks to be very close to it. Thanks for the ID - it's pointed me in the right direction!

I think there is a variety of methods these concretions can form. I think some of them form in situ as I have found them with the crab legs still in the clay outside of the concretion. I don't think there has to be volcanic ash involved in every instance either, but some good theories 😄

I’m thinking of the Moeraki boulders which are another puzzle. The fact that they are also spherical and seem to be built up in layers suffers that they were rolled around the way you roll a piece of plasticine on the table to make it round. It would have to be done with clay of the right sticky consistency which hardened fast enough to allow multiple layers to form.

Hi mercmad, it's certainly possible. Ask around, or investigate some of the broken ones to see if you see anything sticking out. I know they have them towards Taranaki as well. Thanks for watching!

It's an air scribe. Google the CP9361 air scribe, mine is similar to that.

Hi Lewis! There are quite a few facebook groups around, might be a good place to find fellow fossil hunters in your area 😁

Thanks for watching! I think Belemnites are an older species compared to Tusk shells. Belemnites were up to Cretaceous where Tusk shells are younger, Miocene to present day.

Hahahha, only saw now that I replied from my Rockhounding channel account.

Using a sled is a really good idea! I might give that a go. I am uploading another prep video in the next week 😄 It takes time to do the prep and then edit all the footage - sometimes more than 20 hours of 4K video! Thanks for watching and thanks for the suggestion!

@@MamlamboFossils oh I know I have prepped enough in the hard limestone we have and done enough editing. It takes a lot longer than people realize. If you can find a roll up plastic sled you can carry it on the side or under your pack. They are ok I like the rigid ones more but remember either you get to figure out a way to secure your goodies.

Thank you for the ID! And thanks for watching 😁

It's a beaut of a beach! I prep them and put them on display or donate them to New Zealand museums.

Very big!

In New Zealand you can collect fossils from public beaches. It is recommended to let a museum know if you find something cool, I do that if I don't know what it is or if I suspect it is something rare. Twice now the museum has then asked if they could have the fossil I collected which I then donate to them to study further. It is against the law to export a fossil out of the country without a permit as well.

Mamlambo thanks for your prompt response :) that’s so cool! What would you say is the highlight of your fossil hunting?

@@nehab4148 Definitely that rush when I find something which looks like it could be important or rare 😄 Like when we found that penguin on day 2 of the hike we did, was such a rush!

It is a beautiful country!

Good question Jerrod! This is so I can use my air prep tool to fuller expose it later on. I will be doing a video showing a similar one in the near future. Thanks for watching! 😀

@@MamlamboFossils Any results or new video of that big giant fossil crab being finished? Love to see more videos. cheers from Los Angeles, California! USA

Sounds like something I need 😁

I don't think it's the gas that causes the round shape, just the way it decomposing bits form a round area of sediment that becomes harder.

The rocks have been in the cliff for 99% percent of time and only been eroded recently.

You can identify the species from them!!

@@MamlamboFossils well that is pretty awesome then. Is it likely to be anything extant? Like sperm whales or orca?

Hi Sandro! Google "tusk shell dentalium" to see the miocene era tusk shells we find there. Belemnite fossils are older, cretaceous if I'm not mistaken. Thanks for watching! 😀

@@MamlamboFossils you right 😅

@@sandrorex2250 I only know because I thought the same thing 😁

@@MamlamboFossils These cliffs of clay were laid down as sediment layers over millions of years. The continents as we now know them shifted in different shapes and sizes from different places all over the globe (450 million years ago to today (The earth's mantle is still moving.) small and large pieces bumped against each other and accreted themselves onto each other. Major movements up to 50,000 years ago. Since that time there's been more piled on top either by sea sediment or volcanic action. If you find some fossils are "from" the ancient warm tropical waters of Malaysia or The South Seas, they probably are or where you live now was once where warm shallow seas covered it. They are above the sea level now due to either the sea level having lowered slowly or the base layer far below being slowly thrust up because a different mantle plate is thrusting up that layer as the plate slips under or over the plate in that area. I'm not familiar with the ancient plate movements forming your area or the current tectonics occurring where you live. Check out accretions and terranes history for your area. (Yes, they are spelled terranes and not terrains.) Where I am from there were tusk shells found from Alaska to Baja California and were used in pre-white man times as money and making trade goods. These were most often traded to First Nation people's east of the Cascade Mt.s and some items making it as Far East as the American Plains and SW tribes. The Nez Perce mentioned in the photo of the bracelet and necklace lived in the rugged area of NE Oregon. They are most famous for their development of the American Appaloosa Horse long before the white men came. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentalium_shell Dentalium shells could also be found in fresh water rivers having contact with the Pacific Ocean when I was a kid in the 60's. Thank you for such interesting videos. I'm fossil collecting vicariously through your shows.

Hi Sally, it makes it easier to work on with the air scribe. Some of the crab is in one half, some in the other. So glueing it back together is the best way of ensuring they line back up 😄

It really had a creepy vibe to it! 😄

It was the only time that worked with the tides 😀

@@MamlamboFossils ohh, i see. thanks

It does take a bit of practice but usually you look at the shape of the rock and any bits of leg or claw sticking out

@@MamlamboFossils is a rule of thumb the rounder the higher chance of it being a fossil?

That would be so cool!!

Yip, I sometimes do update videos - often on my Patreon as well

If you look at some of my other videos where I do the full prep you might see it better 😀

Hi Tim! I can give it a go or point you in the right direction :) Email me at mamlambo82@gmail.com

Hi Jerrod, thanks for watching! A very large flood could cause some sediment build-up from the rivers flooding out into the ocean. I'm unsure whether this could cause concretions to form, we would have to ask a geologist 😄

Thanks Necmettin!

Yip, I was born in South Africa :)