Awesome! Glad I could help that coffee taste 😄 I'll try and add some prep in if I can from now on. Thanks for the feedback!

Fair point, it was taking too long to get the videos out so I've split the hunt and prep. Also, some people like one or the other 😁

Hi David, glad you're enjoying the channel 😁 thanks for the feedback and keep commenting!

Sure does, I struggle to listen to those guys that are on 10 the whole time. It hurts my braind.

yes i agree! i love the americans fossil finds but the energy stays high too long, it gets draining

Like the tedious and meticulous work you do one each fossil. Truly exciting to see them revealed!

Glad you enjoyed it SareJen 😄 I think your eye gets trained to look for shapes after enough hours, keep safe!

Yeah, and a random penny as well 😄 A bit of everything on the day, the wind was just a pain as it messes with the sound so much. Yeah, I should get that jasper cut and polished. I will once our lockdown is over. Keep safe that side!

Thanks Rick, that's some good info!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Hahha sheep always know the way 😄 Just need to train them to find me some fossils. Or maybe tow my wagon 😄

Awesome! Glad you liked it! I'll try and drop in some prep work when I can 😁

That's so awesome!!! Taranaki is the most amazing place for fossils, I'm super jealous! 😁

@@MamlamboFossils I'm gonna send u my first really gd fossil😉

I'll try and get a bit of prep in as many videos as I can 😁

Thanks Albs! Glad you enjoyed it! I'll try and do a prep at the end if I can 😄

Thanks Thiago! Hope you're keeping safe over there 😄

Glad you enjoyed it Daniel 😄

Thanks 👍 You're going to like the video I am working on now ;)

Thanks for the info Timkbir! I thought it was something like that 😄

The same thing happens with teeth

Thanks Pia-Lou!

Glad you're enjoying it! 😊 Thanks for watching!

My pleasure Sherri! Glad you enjoyed it 😄

Thanks Ghost Raven! I'll do a video on my tools at some point, it's a very basic setup. Keep well!

Thanks for all that info Stephen! It makes sense, I've hear that the Mako shark had been moved to another genus but didn't realise that was why 😄

@@MamlamboFossils Yeah, it's the main reason for the move, but like quite a few sharks assigning a good genus and species is quite complicated. Since most all of the species of fossil shark are named from teeth the assigned names are changed frequently as more research is done. It also doesn't help that alot of sharks and other fossil were named along time ago when the most important thing was getting naming the most species, so things were names sloppily and sometimes without reason. That's why megalodon has moved from Carcharodon to carcharocles according to some people otodus ( carcharocles is the correct genus by the way, most paleontologists I know and myself believe that megalodon has changed enough to be a different genus than otodus). side note because things were named so sloppily in the past there are actually very common fossils like worn isolated miocene dolphin vertebra kept locked up in the Smithsonian as type specimens of species, that have no scientific value and are not diagnostic of species, but were just named because they could be.

Hi Alpha! Glad you're enjoying them! I'm busy with a new video, so hopefully you have some new material to watch soon. Keep well!

@@MamlamboFossils keep safe too Mamlambo. Look forward to the new material. Like I said I'm hooked now Mr.

Glad you enjoyed it Steve 😄 Keep safe over there in Kansas!

@@MamlamboFossils I will ! You keep safe over in New Zealand !

I'm still working on it :) Here is my progress as of yesterday: imgur.com/gallery/mbOrnia

@@MamlamboFossils AHHHHH!!!! AND YOU'RE ON IMGUR!!!! It's a shame you started on the wrong side, first. But this way you've got a nice, flat surface to flip it over on, at the very least. Just followed you on Imgur, can't wait to see what the next few weeks hold for you! Keep up the great work!

Hahaha thank goodness I have hours and hours of footage from earlier in the year. Hopefully we are out soon!

Oh man, it was so hot! And my backpack was like 45kg 😄

My pleasure 😄 Hope you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it! 😄

ThanksTom 😁 glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Jacob! The big ones takes a few weeks to do, so they will be their own videos 😄

@@MamlamboFossils thanks. also with preping crabs and stuff do you have to have a air scribe or can you use a dremel

Thanks Mate 😁

I'll do that at some Aron 😄

Thanks Skyfire! I think I do miss quite a bit, I can walk over the same area numerous times and still find stuff 😄

Love it 😄 Hope you're staying safe that side Will.

Could be, it looks like some shells from another look at it. I'll check it out next time I'm there 😊

That's incredible! Was it the vulgarus crabs?

@@MamlamboFossils I'm not sure I tried sending photos of them to you but apparently you didn't receive them?

@@timothyberglund2528 I'll check my spam folder, maybe they went in there 🤔

@@MamlamboFossils I'm not sure if its a vulgaris if you can email me I'll send you some photos I'm a luddite, and I'm certain that you'll identify them 🦀

Awesome! Glad you found it as well, I've never found a crinoid - I really want to though :D

I think you're right, Anne. It definitely looks like Mako and would be the right age as well 😄

I got your photos this morning! Great job on moving that concretion 😄

Did you just call me RandomTooth Man? Is that my super hero name? 😁

Hhahaha, I still haven't found an ammonite! One nautiloid, but definitely not an ammonite. Strange how certain places have an abundance of one type of fossil.

Thanks Robert! If you say it's a mako I'm sure it is, you know your shark teeth! Yeah, I should start getting a point to stash the finds :D Have a good day that side and stay safe!

no probs mate :0) i'm pretty sure it's a mako, shame the root is not there though :0) a stash point would be good for you as that way you can get more fossils/concretions but you will have to carry them from the beach to the car or use the your red truck as you can put afew on that :0) we will mate and looking forward to the next adventure :0)

Yeah, it is very well preserved 😄

Thanks Dennis! Now I just need to find a concretion full of it!

My latest video has some prep at the end of it as well 😁

Thanks Daniel! I'm always stoked with shark teeth as I don't find them often 😄

@@MamlamboFossils I recently bought a megalodon tooth online and made a short vid about prehistoric sharks on my channel. I also just recently started to develop an interest in fossil sharks teeth. Makes a great addage along with my fossil mammals interests. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there!!!!

Yep - thats a good crab..

and a penny?

Hahah the penny was random! In the middle of nowhere as well 😄

Thanks Robert 😄

We should hear today, here's hoping we go to Level 3 😄

Hahaha didn't think of that 😁

Not every day is this good, you don't see the times I don't go out and find nothing 😄

I was born in South Africa 😁 good ear you have there!

You do get an air scribe made for removing large chunks of rock, it's made by Paleotools. I think it's called the Junior Jack or something similar. I should look into getting one, they are pricey though!

Wowser, $880 AMD!! www.paleotools.com/mighty-jack

This is what we use at work for engraving on aerospace components. I think I have one at home that wasn't needed at work (wink wink), It's yours if you want it (and I can find it), I haven't got an air supply or any use for it even if I did. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264574546324

Thanks Alê! I do get to go to some beautiful areas 😄 Keep well!

I think it was a sea snail, maybe a whelk 😊 Yeah, they often start off slow until you hit a good spot!

Awesome! I hope it cuts and polishes well 😄

Now I'm really craving a calzone!

Thanks Ray! I'm subscribed to Yorkshire Fossils, very nice guys as well 😄

Mamlambo 👍

Hahaha won't lie, it was sore for a week afterwards 😁

@@MamlamboFossils Would of killed me. lol

Yeah, some of the fossils I find could totally be shed carapaces with something having burrowed through it 😀

Oh man, I'm still working on it. 18 hours in and still not even halfway 😄

It was about 5 degrees warmer than the present day, the ocean was also much warmer than it is currently over New Zealand. The area I was in was probably under a few hundred meters of water 😄 Sounds like you live in a great place, I've always wanted to visit France!

@@MamlamboFossils I presume that is celsius and that the climate of new zealand was sub-tropical rather than temperate like it is now just like france would've been

I'm putting B72 paraloid on it, it's a consolidant!

Stay safe Jeff! Hope it gets better soon.

Hahaha, the good thing is that new ones are constantly being exposed by the storms and tides chipping away at the cliffs.

As long as you are out there, chasing them? Remember, also your rich newzealand layers are not endless;-) This is a new kind of evolutionary pressure...will they resist...?

Yeah, I think something burrowed into that crab before it was a fossil 😄 Interesting to try and read the story of these fossils. That big crab is a beast, I had to flip it over and start again as I hit the ventral side!

I get mine from conservationsupplies.co.nz

The crab fossils are found all over the world, I'm unsure about Iceland - you want sedimentary rocks rather than volcanic. Ask at your local museum or rock club, they will know for sure 😄

Mamlambo all right! Thank you!👍🏻

Oh it did! I think it was about 45kg

I don't sell any fossils, New Zealand have laws restricting the export of fossils. You can buy unprepped fossils from other countries though. My website is mamlambofossils.com

Hi Magnus! I don't sell any of my fossils, you need a permit for that in New Zealand :)

While molten and hot Capillary action would try its best to encapsulate the entire mass. You can see at some of the extended bumps how the material looks as if it was stretched over the bump.

I donate stuff to the museum that they want, otherwise I catalog and store it myself.

It keeps me fit :) I give some to the local museum if they want it. The rest I prep and keep in my collection.

Hahaha I love Bob, happy little trees! I've found a very nice 25kg crab concretion that I am working on at the moment. That's probably the biggest crab I have currently 😄

@@MamlamboFossils Wow, that sounds like a monster. Hope we get to see it soon!

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Hi Michael, I don't sell any fossils or concretions I find.

Not the first time either!

Mamlambo the good old days before the lockdown at least know there’s time to spend with family at home do some prep videos or collection video and wait this out

Hiya Anthony, I don't sell any of the fossils or concretions. I mostly just donate them to a local museum if they want them. One would need an export permit for each individual fossil :)

Yes, you're totally right!

@@MamlamboFossils nah, google's totally right :D I just wanted to save others the trouble because the initial results are about osteoporosis in sheep and such. confusing.