Fossil Hunting for Trilobites

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@catman7153 6 жыл бұрын

Funny story for you...I worked at a Monsanto plant for many years before I retired. One day I drew hole watch duty for a confined space entry, which entailed a few hours of very boring duty standing watch outside of a vessel while monitoring a gas meter for hazardous fumes. While performing my duties I became bored and began searching through the limestone rock that was the standard ground cover in the plant. Much to my surprise I found a perfect trilobite fossil in one of the limestone rocks!

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 6 жыл бұрын

Lucky dog!

@SB-qm5wg 5 жыл бұрын

Nice story!

@JesusPerez-wl3ii 5 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome! How large was it?

@storms184 5 жыл бұрын

So lucky!!!!

@TVRExploring 7 жыл бұрын

Really cool to see these fossils in their natural environment rather than in a museum or collection. It's nice how accessible this site is too.

@beckyshock3099 5 жыл бұрын

WV is chock full of fossils, I have a Trilobite I found in a rock quarry near where I live

@bethbartlett5692 3 жыл бұрын

I just recently found this man's Channel. It is truly enjoyable and he is quite a likeable intelligent host! "Like, someone you'd want on an exploring in the woods." ...if he ever gets to NW Tennessee, I would pay a fee to go! Love the subjects!

@Frenchylikeshikes 4 жыл бұрын

All i was ever able to find was a couple of fish, even one fern of a sort, but never a trilobite. Great find !

@beebob1279 3 жыл бұрын

We have a summer house in Lackawanna County ( a few counties over from Swatara State Park). When I was younger the man who owned much of the mountain had a small family quarry. He showed me a fossil of a fish. This wasn't just a small fish, but quite large. He would find fossils but it wasn't what he was looking for. He wanted to make stone. He also told me of finding a huge hole in his quarry and dropped a small cap. It echoed meaning he likely had some kind of a cave below. I would think it could be like crystal cave (pa. tourist place) and have all kinds of things down there. Never had the opportunity to find fossils because he kept everyone out of there. I never found a fossil before. But I found a rock in the pond we're on that looks like a hat. Almost as though it was really hot and hit the swamp and the front flattened out. I keep it in the basement. I call it the hat rock. It's quite heavy.

@johnroos4347 3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful site. Nice fossils. Definitely a trilobite. 1st 2. Shells are very nice. Love your videos and thanks for sharing. John,. Florida.

@stanleydaniels100 4 жыл бұрын

The shells your finding with a trough running threw the middle of the shell is called mucrospirifer if that info helps.

@jejehdh 3 жыл бұрын

World during prehistoric eras: jungle and desert. America: **i said we underwater today**

@TheYoteden 7 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the trilobite! Loved them since childhood and its on my bucket list to find one.

@thewanderingwoodsman7227 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@theoddestweirdo9946 6 жыл бұрын

I have one on my lap but I bought it I didn't find it

@BrodyYYC 5 жыл бұрын

I pretty much have a literal fossil room in my house because I find so many but I've never found a trilobite that I was able to take home. I have found some at the Burgess Shale site but obviously I can't take them home. The way it works here I'm only allowed to take surface fossils if they're on public lands or private land that you have permission to be on. Then you're allowed to keep the fossil at your house as a steward to it for the Government of Alberta which is the legal owner. Super strict rules here. But if I had taken the trilobite from the Burgess site which is a UNESCO Heritage site I could have been fined up to $1 million per fossil. It probably sounds strange but I find most of my fossils on the roofs of buildings. They use smaller sized river washed rocks on the top of flat roofs and since I'm a high-rise window cleaner I'm always up there. My co-worker hates that I'm always looking for rocks lol.

@saaamember97 4 жыл бұрын

@@BrodyYYC Come to Texas .... You can find and take home all the fossils you want!

@patriciatinkey2677 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the cool little adventure! Saw you on JP's channel & added yours. The one you & he did of the falls, then cooking at the end of March, beginning of April 2020 was super cool.

@gkess7106 6 жыл бұрын

Why are the holes in the ground left open!? Not cool.

@ImpossumBullEWeild 2 жыл бұрын

I first found out about this spot when I was a teenager. I’ve been back several times since but most of what I’ve found so far are what appear to be small clam shells. It’s always interesting to see what you dig up. Good luck and thanks for sharing.

@jmfa57 Жыл бұрын

How cool that you are actually allowed to dig for fossils in this park. Parks out west tend to be much more restrictive. Great video!

@garrystone5409 4 жыл бұрын

At 7.07 you definitely have a trilobite pygidium (tail). Clean up with a toothbrush. Trilobites molted their pygidia so are often found in isolation. Keep going and splitting some of those larger blocks of shale along their planes. Congratualtions!

@bradtipton986 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with further splitting of the larger blocks he knocked off. I was going to comment that until I saw your comment.

@garymingy8671 4 жыл бұрын

Triblodite are fun! They are an index species ,well studied, they were around for along time , changing slowly..so match the details and you get a pretty good date . Most animals you want the teeth ,

@bradleymichaelw9416 7 жыл бұрын

first off I appreciate the Tolkien quote and I really enjoy watching Alot of my old haunts. I'm from Tremont area so I grew up around some of these locations. would love a video on the boxcar rocks! they are not that far from your fossil spot.

@thewanderingwoodsman7227 7 жыл бұрын

I have a video of the boxcar rocks already, but I will probably go back again soon and make another video.

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 6 жыл бұрын

That was most definitely a partial trilobite, probably a Calymene. As for the shells you found, most of them were actually brachiopods, not "clams" as such. And yes, there really is a difference between a brachiopod and a pelecypod (clam, oyster, mussel, etc.).

@Tracykobebean124 10 ай бұрын

I was about to comment naming the fossils but I guess you already did surprised somebody got the naming right.

@TJfossil 9 ай бұрын

Actually, looks more like a phacopid - Probably Eldredgeops rana.

@Tracykobebean124 9 ай бұрын

@@TJfossil there the same trilobite phacopid and eldredgeops same one you mean but the outer parts would be flatter then super curved rounded.

@alexanderbeatty3439 7 жыл бұрын

Cool video, thanks for posting. You also found a Greenops trilobite pygidium at 2:55.

@thewanderingwoodsman7227 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@guanetiawilliams2068 2 жыл бұрын

@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 What is a trilobite?❤️

@BrodyYYC 5 жыл бұрын

I love fossil hunting! I live in a pretty good place for it. The mountains to the west has tons of ancient ocean fossils. To the east is the badlands with fossils of much larger animals from like 65-200 million years ago. Plus to the south you'll find our colorful official provincial fossil ammolite.

@ericaleigh3742 4 жыл бұрын

I love fossils and science

@france102097 7 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your fossil videos!

@thewanderingwoodsman7227 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@JanetH.215 Жыл бұрын

I dug on that pile of rubble and found a fossil after 30 minutes. Best part of the hike was walking down a couple miles to Bordner's Cabin and seeing that amazing waterfall!

@dhammiam 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, nice finds. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

@bradtipton986 2 жыл бұрын

Another outstanding clip, Cliff. I thoroughly enjoyed the 8 minutes packed with good views and no "dead time".

@johnlewis1640 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a lot of fun, thanks for the video.

@carllewis166 6 жыл бұрын

Have you tried the creek yet? lime stone is great place to find trilobites. I'm in Illinois , find trilobites in the lime stone in Kankakee river.

@Darth-Nihilus1 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Turtle Creek Pa and with all of the coal I haven’t found any fossils unless I have to look in the limestone cliffs

@tyke3030 5 жыл бұрын

The area where you were hunting is famous for a trilobite called Cryptolithus, which was what you had the tail of - most of them are going to be pieces. The big brachiopods are also up there. O found nearly a whole one in the same spot a little over 2 inches across. The 81 overpass was incredible for trilobites and brittle starfish - unfortunately they are no longer allowing fossil hunting there.

@bradtipton986 2 жыл бұрын

I have not been up that direction lately. I did now know the fossil dig there was closed off. I was going to suggest that place to Cliff. My Son and Grandson spent an afternoon there and I was astounded at what they found. (I collected fossils in my youth and have a couple of real gems, like a complete clam, partially open and one can see the vent.) Back to the kids. What astounded me the most was they found some complete aquatic animals, fully 3 dimensional. They were fairly small, but complete and extremely fragile.

@hotrod694 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOUR VIDS!

@shirleygiordano7627 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being a kid, and liking trilobites better than Dinosaurs!

@hmpz36911 3 жыл бұрын

Pssh...

@karenpacker8862 4 жыл бұрын

Id have a hard time leaving these places!

@saigenrose1032 4 жыл бұрын

Found the fossils of these on my grandparents old porch swing pretty weird looking but cool. Interesting to know about🙂💥👍💥

@nyloaf 5 жыл бұрын

"This place tends to be pretty hit or miss." Me, in my head: i guess they never miss, huh

@saaamember97 4 жыл бұрын

Thing is, just about every place in the world is "Hit or Miss!"

@johanaster9828 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think no one in this community would get this Got a boyfriend!? I bet he doesn't kiss ya

@Paleos1000 6 жыл бұрын

Mahantango Formation? Devonian?

@lilacsnroses247 4 жыл бұрын

Beltsville state park has fossils too.

@fishythenothosaurus5938 5 жыл бұрын

Trilos are my favorite animals, love them.

@france102097 7 жыл бұрын

Also from one of my trilobites what you fount sure looks like one...it looks like it's missing the head and a bit of the middle but you definitely have the sides

@galaxywonders5165 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video man, good job!

@thewanderingwoodsman7227 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@user-ju5nd6wq8b 6 жыл бұрын

hi from Thailand I love it

@ALABAMAHEADHUNTER 5 жыл бұрын

Cool trilobite ! We have 3 or 4 places here in Alabama where we find them . May go hunt some Saturday .

@ricksheetz1873 4 жыл бұрын

enjoyed, Thank you for posting, neat finds

@markmcwilliams3767 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hold something that old in your hand and just think how long it's been there and what's changed over the time while it has laid there

@alexander_nunezf 5 жыл бұрын

How do you know where to find such fossils?

@keekeehawke2920 5 жыл бұрын

Who knows what you may find there along the creek. I used to find huge amounts of fossils at the foot of Cloudland Mnt In Alabama. Right alongside a tail rosd track when i was a kid. I had shoe boxes full but my mothet hating clutter always threw them out unfortunately. I had some awesome ones of sll kinds of bones. Mskes me sick to this fay anf im on my 60s. Dont let anyone fool you. You never change. Only our bodies become old and painful. I hate it as i still am a young woman trapped in an old body Enjoy your youth. Dont take it for granted. It doesn't last forever. Tramp to your hearts desire. Advice from me to you. From an older wanderer God bless

@ortega8823 6 жыл бұрын

I loved you video! 🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎

@pattyfarghaly1821 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@LeviPeanut_Garivic_Balmyleader 6 жыл бұрын

Nice trilobite I hope you take care of it and where is that place

@taurus7516 7 жыл бұрын

The trilobite you found is the tail and part of the body of a phacops trilobite.

@DesignsbyDonBrown 4 жыл бұрын

@3:36 Looks like a prehistoric plane wing :P

@brianferris1233 6 жыл бұрын

Great finds.

@vinmarusop5592 2 жыл бұрын

Wow nice fossil very nice

@dollarjilt1 3 жыл бұрын

Though this video is 3 years old, its good to see the US out doors. I'm from Savannah but stuck in Vietnam during Covid lock down. You look like a Civil War soldier, maybe 151st Pennsylvania Regiment...

@jbojm9 7 жыл бұрын

Those yellow brachiopods look pretty cool in that dark material.

@Gunners_Mate_Guns 6 жыл бұрын

Yep, very pretty mineralization. Glad to see someone else knew exactly what they were.

@janerecon4098 5 жыл бұрын

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@montanyerolopezdiaz3266 4 жыл бұрын

Buen video, bonito el trilobites😉

@tomdrowry 6 жыл бұрын

What age is that formation ?

@ellenayers1302 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I also wander and wonder at Everything! Do you take questions?

@thewanderingwoodsman7227 6 жыл бұрын

yes

@ellenayers1302 6 жыл бұрын

might I send you a pic of rock to help me ID?

@thewanderingwoodsman7227 6 жыл бұрын

you may

@jaym8257 3 жыл бұрын

Ahah! I'm a geologist but from your intro I had no idea where you were. But you are at a state park in eastern Pennsylvania and are finding fossils in a black shale. I'm assuming it is Devonian and perhaps a Marcellus equivalent? You found a bunch of brachiopods and some pelecypods (bivalve) shells. The later are what we commonly see on the beach nowadays and we eat in chowder or on the half shell. Brachiopods while very common in the Paleozoic are rare today. But they still exist alive on the planet.

@TenFalconsMusic Жыл бұрын

Three words of advice: Head mounted camera. 😁👍

@RockHoundingAdventures 5 жыл бұрын

Which state park were u at?

@cliftonfrederick2478 5 жыл бұрын

Look. Like millions years old cells . You are very lucky man find anything .👍👍👍

@barry3565 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting place for archaeologist or geologist ! Federal land? Not restricted area ? Free to pick anything? The area must have been under the ocean millions years?

@davidlawand2805 6 жыл бұрын

I found Brachiopods in the river bank behind my school !

@karenmopani3974 Жыл бұрын

Cliff thank you for all of your content, love watching your travels. This is off topic but the dragonfly insect repeller , does it work? And if so, where’d you get it please? Tia

@alertfox_9014 5 жыл бұрын

Where is this place again?

@TREEHUGGAH1 3 жыл бұрын

very great find. much respect

@jq7323 5 жыл бұрын

Where is this located in PA? I live in Central, PA and have found fossils like the ones you are finding, never found a trilobite though.

@sarahb9240 5 жыл бұрын

Jacob Peters -he’s in Swatara State Park in Lebanon County

@SuperDitdit 2 жыл бұрын

Do you take them home? Or leave them for someone else to find?

@pikeman4358 6 жыл бұрын

can you find and take fossils in England without the danger of a fine?

@jmccracken491 4 жыл бұрын

Trilibite for sure.

@PRR5406 6 жыл бұрын

Where is this park?

@elainecooksey5338 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed looking for Fossils Cliff.I have a couple of Fossils, an egg my Brother found, and aTrilobite.

@elainecooksey5338 4 жыл бұрын

@D S Sorry i did not reply sooner Cliff. I do not know what type of egg it is, but whaterver was inside had hatched. the egg in its fossil state is about 7 cm around egg and only 3 quarters remain.the length is 9 cm .

@jamesvw769 3 жыл бұрын

Where did these fossils come from ? Was that area covered by ocean at one time in the past ?

@angelsinthearchitecture7106 3 жыл бұрын

It was all covered with water.

@nickmad887 5 жыл бұрын

great channel.

@waltermears3044 Жыл бұрын

Man-made lake in benbrook Texas surrounded by Marine fossils have several bucketfuls some as large as 10 or 12 in around most of them are bigger than your hand

@vollasca1925 6 жыл бұрын

Nice trilobites

@RuggedBrotha 6 жыл бұрын

KInda looks like some vuvas and a dirty spot in the middle... Good work man..

@almontepaolilli7531 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@leslielesh 5 жыл бұрын

Come visit us and we can go up to Simi Valley. I can show you ancient coral fields 900 feet above sea level. There’s also some very interesting old shell formations. Let us know if you’re ever this way and will take you out there. We are in socal California.

@2Goiz_1ShanDA Жыл бұрын

You must be back in my home stompin grounds around maybe Cincinnati ohio butler Hamilton kinda area mayyybe ?👍. Not all wonderers r lost it's true. ...but they r ALSO not complete either🤔✊ nice post!

@raven5ism 4 жыл бұрын

where is this and is it legal to take such from a state park??

@jhand294 5 жыл бұрын

Hey sorry I didn't get what he said where is this?

@METALDETECTINGValerio 5 жыл бұрын

nice Fossil

@eaglepointtactical8532 5 жыл бұрын

cool

@treasureisland3778 5 жыл бұрын

@ 3:54 ...*that is a heart urchin (sea urchin-cretaceous) slightly left center screen*

@gailcoffey4950 4 жыл бұрын

Have you panned for gold?

@u.s.militia7682 3 жыл бұрын

Where is this again? I’m i SW Virginia in the Appalachians near East Tennessee. I usually find shells that are totally black in color inside some type of black flaky rock that smells of oil. At 51 years old this old retired army veteran is trying to learn something new.

@trjb1767 2 жыл бұрын

Join a local.mineral.or fossil club. People are always enthusiastic and like.having new.folks along. .at least that's how they are in the northeast

@paleogeology9554 6 жыл бұрын

The really good spot thats loaded with trilobites and star fish is out along the road, if you shoot me a PM I'd be happy to show ya where its located.

@MeargleSchmeargle 5 жыл бұрын

Is it in GA, or elsewhere?

@Dino-yz2yp 6 жыл бұрын

I found hundreds of fossils on one day here

@hullion 3 жыл бұрын

Man, try to put a large object behind your small rocks, like your hand. That way your camera can actually focus on it.

@Carolbearce 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@kasenmiller1122 5 жыл бұрын

Is this in Ohio? If it was finding trilobites isn’t that hard, still that’s awesome

@stevenschoeller5806 6 жыл бұрын

Hey man would you be willing to sell the fossils you discarded or did not want?

@jq7323 5 жыл бұрын

Really? You'd buy fossils? Id find some for you for free if you lived near lol!. This isnt scientific what soever, but if you live in PA on the side of cliffs is usually where i find a pile.

@walterlangston4253 5 жыл бұрын

I got 1 trilobit there cool to find

@gymlingocoachtai7804 4 жыл бұрын

What is the name of park you have found it?

@lilacsnroses247 4 жыл бұрын

Swatara state park

@FLUXRAKER 4 жыл бұрын

What park is he in I didn’t catch it

@vikkinicholson2300 4 жыл бұрын

just reading the comments that turned in to fossil madness. lol.

@shanenice5380 6 жыл бұрын

Fossil hunt when i was a kid many years.i think it doesnt mean its thousand years old.^_^

@HernanToroA Жыл бұрын

Man. Everything out of focus! Sugestion: put them on your open palm, and use it as a focusing surface. If you let the ground on screen, the autofocus will latch to it.