Digging For Fossils In The Dinosaur Capital Of America | Dinosaur Hunt: A Time Team Special

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Жыл бұрын

Robinson and Harding travel to the Rocky Mountains in Montana, USA, for this special programme on dinosaurs and the professional and private 'dinosaur hunters' who seek and recover fossil remains. Accompanying several digs, they soon learn that the methods used by the dinosaur hunters turn out to be similar to those employed by archaeologists. After joining a museum dig to excavate the bones of various tyrannosauroids, they discover the profitable tourist industry that dinosaur hunting has spawned in the US. Their journey culminates in a trip to the Badlands, where they help dinosaur hunter Jack Horner dig up the remains of a tyrannosaurus.
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@BrookeMonfort Жыл бұрын

Original airdate 2001, if anyone is wondering. But Tony and Phil are timeless. It's nice they had fun this side of the pond.

@juditrotter5176 Жыл бұрын

Do you have any idea what book they are looking at?

@cann5565 Жыл бұрын

I came to the comments to find out. Thank you.

@supaflytoon7684 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I was wandering how old was it with all the CRT monitors in the lab.

@CFarnwide Жыл бұрын

I actually was wondering, thanks!

@SuperJay23 Жыл бұрын

Thank you was thinking when it aired

@evansmcnerney6328 Жыл бұрын

“We haven’t passed a turn for 75 miles” 😂

@benjaminrapp7418 2 күн бұрын

Welcome to Montana! 😂

@c1ph3rpunk Жыл бұрын

Phil digging dinos? How fricking cool is this gonna be. The next Jurassic Park movie needs to star Phil and Tony.

@chrisken8902 Жыл бұрын

Yeah! But as diggers or as snacks ? :o

@destinyssister Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what I love more, Phil's passion for his work, or the Phil/Tony dynamic

@RatelHBadger Жыл бұрын

Just mind the edge of the trench

@davidsheckler4450 10 ай бұрын

Of course he had "passion." You would have "passion" too getting paid handsomely to tell stories & flat out lie to the public.

@hatendiscontent Жыл бұрын

"We're here in Mawntawna" I love Tony Robinson

@savannah7375 Жыл бұрын

Honestly my favorite part

@hatendiscontent Жыл бұрын

Huh? How is the right lane the wrong one in the US? Are you daft? Or just stewpid?

@hatendiscontent Жыл бұрын

@@itzel1735 Not a good one!

@hatendiscontent Жыл бұрын

@@itzel1735 Sorry, im a bit rude when i drink. Hope you have a good day

@gurugurukuma Жыл бұрын

"Why have you got mustard? There's no meat left on that bone." - classic Baldrick.

@DontFeedTheTrolls Жыл бұрын

I'm from Utah and I find the way he pronounces "Montana" hilarious!

@marjieyoung9570 Жыл бұрын

I searched for your comment! 😊 I'm from the Idaho panhandle and I laughed out loud when he said "Montana." 🤣

@TheGhostOf2020 Жыл бұрын

I’m from CA and I went to the comments immediately hahaha

@heidiburkard7464 Жыл бұрын

Hello from Salt Lake City

@maggiel8343 Жыл бұрын

The way Tony pronounces Montana is hilarious... I'm surprised no one corrected him while he was there.

@DragonQuicksilver Жыл бұрын

"Have you ever handled a fossil?" "Does Mick Aston count?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@babs629 Жыл бұрын

Just two British blokes driving on the right side of the road through "Mon-tawn-na" and having "a go" recovering dinosaur fossils! Love it!!

@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын

Love the "Time Team". They always seem like they have fun with their important work, & don't take themselves too seriously. Good Tony & Phil got their hands on some REALLY ancient history.

@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын

@Dr. Octogon They ARE amusing, are they not? They never take themselves too seriously.

@einienj3281 Жыл бұрын

The best way to learn new things, is to have fun.. 😊

@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын

@@einienj3281 Truer words were never spoken, friend! Thanks much for your reply!

@einienj3281 Жыл бұрын

@@cdfdesantis699 😊🤟🏻

@cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын

@@einienj3281 😉🦕

@kimjung-un8204 Жыл бұрын

This is like what the history Channel used to be

@jonnyfatboy7563 Жыл бұрын

👊 but ur dad built the dinosaurs 😅

@depthsounderdave Жыл бұрын

It literally is what the History Channel used to be. Those trucks were new models then 😂

@brianmorgan7680 Жыл бұрын

Other than ww2 programs this is exactly what the history channels bread n butter was all about. Too bad its utter trash now

@andrewguida8995 Жыл бұрын

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes!

@matthewhaywood7815 Жыл бұрын

You mean the grey's didn't kill the dinosaurs?!

@thomasevans5467 Жыл бұрын

“It’s tantamount to having a dig and flogging off the find.” Yes that is exactly what it is Phil!

@joecombs7468 3 ай бұрын

If you don't like it, don't do it. Don't like cigarettes, don't smoke. Don't like abortion, don't have one. Don't like guns, don't own one.

@johannaholmgren8088 Жыл бұрын

Love Tony's absolute confidence in Phil's navigating, lol. "We haven't seen a turning for 75 miles!" Reminds me of the time we were flying back home to Vancouver, BC from England some years ago. Right next to us were 2 young English guys, bicyclists, who were planning on biking from Vancouver to Mexico along the coastline highway and they figured it would only take a few days ....we asked if they'd ever been to North America before. "Nope, but we biked in France!" They figured they'd be okay because they biked the Pyrenees....by the time we arrived in Vancouver, and they'd seen the size of Canada, they weren't quite so sure they'd make it to Mexico in the timeline they'd planned for themselves....

@rssvss 9 ай бұрын

It never takes long for Europeans to understand our fascination/infatuation with the automobile, when you have cover a hundred miles for a shopping trip.😅

@andreperrault5393 Жыл бұрын

Hearing Tony/Baldrick/Sir Anthony (good on you, you deserve the honor), and any or all of the Time Team brings a smile to me and learning something new. Thanks!

@danididit3422 Жыл бұрын

Oh boy - I love the English Pronunciation "Mon-Tahna" LOL!

@jeffaltier5582 Жыл бұрын

It was really fun to see Tony and Phil out of their elements and have to rely on someone else to be the experts. Really interesting special.

@Javaman92 Жыл бұрын

Having the Time Team here in the US was great fun. I know it was a long time ago, but I've only now seen this for the first time. I had to laugh at the music they decided on for this show.

@susancady2581 10 ай бұрын

As an American I got so excited when I saw Time Team were in the USA! I’m only disappointed I didn’t know at the time that they were here. I absolutely love this show, and am glad they were able to do some excavating on ‘our’ soil.

@johnflatt1288 Жыл бұрын

Can we have a new show where Tony and Phil go to dig sites in the US, Canada, and Australia?! Or the whole world?

@aserta Жыл бұрын

They're a bit old now, doubt that's gonna happen. But, there's new episodes of Time Team, crowdfunded and Tony is back from to time.

@joesands8860 Жыл бұрын

Tony and David Attenborough traveling the world explaining it all to us.

@userunknownx Жыл бұрын

@@aserta Or just go to Salisbury Chapel and you'll probably run into Phil.

@52daa 9 ай бұрын

So happy to see the guys in old USA😊. Welcome🎉. Even tho it was 20 some years ago 😢. I never tire of seeing them❤

@steve-0493 Ай бұрын

Yh just watched it recently myself lol..really good episode!!makes me love and respect Phil so much more!!it also reminded me of my love for dinosaur stuff and wanting to be a paleontologist

@nolasmith7687 Жыл бұрын

I’d love you boys to do a similar special in outback Queensland where they are digging out huge and very Australian dinosaurs. I’m pretty sure that would be a good enough excuse to book a ticket to come and see us in Oz.

@yeetghostrat Жыл бұрын

Sadly, the show is no longer being made, and won't be coming back. But Tony is still hosting for various other similar shows.

@sabbyd1832 Жыл бұрын

@@yeetghostrat Go check the Time Team channel, you will be pleasantly surprised

@yeetghostrat Жыл бұрын

@Sabby D Edit: holy wow! They are back!! Thank you for telling me! [Original] surprised? I know they keep posting more videos steadily on KZfaq, but the show was canceled in 2014, after Mick passed away.

@sabbyd1832 Жыл бұрын

@@yeetghostrat Yeah, I knew the show had stopped. I'm glad you're as excited as I am about the shows return 😊

@CaptainAMAZINGGG Жыл бұрын

@@yeetghostrat lol it's been back for a bit now and tony has just rocked up to join the party UPON EXTREMELY POPULAR DEMAND. We basically continually whinged til he came back 😌😌😌🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am proud.

@sharonlobo7930 Жыл бұрын

Yes this is a great episode. So nice to see how much reverence Phil has for the bones.

@stephanieyee9784 Жыл бұрын

I've seen this episode a couple of times over the years including its original airing. It's so good to see Phil digging in a different context. I love palaeontology almost as much as I love archaeology. Fossil hunting would be so cool.

@gonefishing167 Жыл бұрын

Used to love the old Time Team. I remember we pulled into somewhere near Lake Powell in the USA and outside was a huge dinosaur 🦕 footprint. It was a wow moment. That was 2005 🦕🦕👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺

@altoncrane9714 Жыл бұрын

When young, which means long ago, my father took me fossil hunting in Alberta, in the badlands / Drumheller area. There were plenty to be found, that was near 60 years ago and I remember it clearly.

@matthewmeier3316 Жыл бұрын

I live in calgary and I still love finding fossils out there in the wild badlands

@Thoth_al_Khem Жыл бұрын

Pre-9-11 with Phil coming out of an airport with a trowel in his pocket.

@sallyannchappell5671 10 ай бұрын

I loved the surprise on their faces when they saw the ‘this is one I prepared earlier’ foot.

@laurachapple6795 Жыл бұрын

The mustard is my favourite moment of this episode.

@emvandermeulen1908 Жыл бұрын

I love how this turned into Dateline: Dino Black Market.

@justinludeman8424 Жыл бұрын

This was cool. A lady across the road from me, when I was a younger lad, was a retired archaeologist. She had many small fossils but my favourite was the 4-5 inch Megalodon tooth. It was shiny and black and obviously quite heavy from mineralisation. Such a fascinating field of study, eyes into the past. 🖖🏼🇦🇺

@swearenginlawanda Жыл бұрын

Jack Horner and Phil Harding in the same space. My 2 most favorite!!!!

@stevewak547 Жыл бұрын

Phil: "I have successfully navigated you to Wolf Creek" Me: "I think you made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in Australia. Look out for Uncle Mick"

@tttgaming8762 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@brianjohnson8918 Жыл бұрын

A nice break from the usual "Well, this looks like a different wall that intersects with these 12 other walls and butts up against the outside of this structure, which we believe to be an ancient Roman hand-ball court." On another subject, Phil should get a holster for his trowel.

@teresaclark5465 Жыл бұрын

Watched for the Time Team and loved it, so informative! Phil's right about your passion, the only way I'm digging on the side of a cliff in 90-degree weather is for gold! Good on ya!

@capndave8474 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching Time Team on YT and wondered if you would ever get over to this side of the world. I live in northern Colorado and there are sites near here where we would visit when I was in college with fossils, mostly sea creatures, right up on the surface. Very enjoyable and interesting!

@paul-mw1yj Жыл бұрын

Does Mick Aston count? Had me rollin!!!

@ellipirelli4007 Жыл бұрын

I came here 4 this comment 😂👍🏻 i was screaming! 😂😂😂😂😂

@trevormiles5852 Жыл бұрын

For some reason, I feel especially honored that your here in our country. Sure hope you met good people and had fun.

@shihtzusrule9115 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see Tony and Phil in America and having fun.

@mimiv3088 10 ай бұрын

I have watched all of the digs they've done with their series. But this is the one that seems the most "fun." Something new for them to explore. And they seem to really enjoy it. Especially Phil. 😊 To me this is one of their top 10 digs ever.

@jimmccormick6091 Жыл бұрын

I have enjoyed Time Team for a number of years now. My favorite binge watch. Having said that, you do get a bit full of Romans, Saxons, and Picts. I had always want3ed to see the boys in the US, either on a dino dig, or maybe excavating an American Indian settlement. Have at it! And Thank you!

@billrobbins5874 Жыл бұрын

Alot of work involved in those dinosaurs. Appreciate following along!

@aserta Жыл бұрын

There's not much to be dug up in US, as a lot of the settlements are in areas that are inert, so therefore looted. There's stories on inland settlements found with mostly standing cobbled walls, tools resting on them and fire pits still visible. Various items long since gone, looted by the first European settlers.

@gretchen3513 Жыл бұрын

So glad you've been able to come to USA. I hope you enjoyed your time.

@RhonwenBear 7 ай бұрын

Rest in Peace, Bob. It was an honor digging by your side.

@rjborremans4033 11 ай бұрын

How the heck is this the first time I am seeing this one? Nice to see these two come to 'Merica...😊

@deborahvretis3195 Жыл бұрын

The British descriptive words, Wild West, made me chuckle.

@seanpaula8924 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!! Tony and Phil in the states digging ❤❤

@germaineprien7691 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you boys came accross the pond to see us!!!🙅‍♀️🙆‍♀️👋👍

@corallewis3093 10 ай бұрын

No matter what year I love these guys ❤️ and miss the others!

@susanfox-mx3nv 10 ай бұрын

My favorite part: Phil and Tony singing the 1964 hit, "A World Without Love." It was a "fab" rendition. I love the rapport the people on this show enjoy.

@ivanahugankiss8414 Жыл бұрын

Great documentary!!! Very well done with fantastic narration. Thank you! I've been fascinated by dinosaurs since very early childhood

@yeetghostrat Жыл бұрын

This is a BBC show called Time Team, it ran for 20 seasons with a total of 286 episodes. It's amazing, and they've had a huge positive influence on archeology and UK history. You can find all of it here on KZfaq for free, from various sources. Some of the sources, like this channel, are completely legal repostings.

@snedler Жыл бұрын

Just remembered that Phil always had his cowboy hat on every single time.. To see him without, is almost like seeing him naked.. Would never have thought Phil going out without his beloved hat

@sabbyd1832 Жыл бұрын

Time Team is a fabulous show, thanks

@StandedInUtah Жыл бұрын

I grew up in that part of Montana! This is like a trip home!! I had Ice Cream in Choteau more times than I can count!!

@christinebutler7630 Жыл бұрын

Somehow I think nothing could have prepared Tony for those distances!

@Bethgael Жыл бұрын

I'm with Phil. And on top of context, if I were /buying/ bones I'd be concerned about their provenance. You cannot know they are what the sellers say they are or that they come from where the sellers say they're from. Now, if these sellers were properly logging, cataloguing, and donating some of that $80million to dinosaur scholarship... I might be persuaded to change my mind.

@donnaorton9547 Жыл бұрын

Love these oldies!! More please!!

@adreabrooks11 Жыл бұрын

The show they're on is pretty good too! -_^

@mikeunum Жыл бұрын

I knew it: Time Team Special - Time Team Classics Team. Go guys go...

@gggghhgggghbb Жыл бұрын

I like these two, it's great seeing them here in the USA. This was a great episode. 👍🍀

@rhiahlMT 7 ай бұрын

I was happy to see the Time Team visit my state and to meet Jack Horner. He's a legendary Montanan. His work withe the Museum of the Rockies (I was there last week) was phenomenal.

@gidgitvonlarue9972 10 ай бұрын

I just bought a dinosaur tooth online. It's pride of place in our house. I've always wanted to own part of a dinosaur and could not be happier with it.

@CLAWCUZBRO Жыл бұрын

lol tonys own show has become a time capsule,the internet he used 🤣🤣🤣

@geams Жыл бұрын

The son charges people to help with the dig and the mother sells the bones at her shop.😂

@MossyMozart Жыл бұрын

@Geams - As seem in the video, both mother and son claimed that he doesn't sell fossils in her shop. Fingers crossed that it's true.

@Heeyitsmika Жыл бұрын

@@MossyMozart i for one believe it. true scientists wont sell these things. And you can see in the mother's eyes that she knows what shes doing isnt approved by her son.

@annehaight9963 Жыл бұрын

@@Heeyitsmika Are you kidding? It's obvious he's lying when he talks about it. He literally sounds ashamed as he speaks.

@2012escapee1 Жыл бұрын

The way Tony says "Mahn tahn na".

@jayoakes7874 Жыл бұрын

Phil got that dino bone selling rant going wearing daisy dukes😄

@MossyMozart Жыл бұрын

@jay oakes - The shorts are alarming, but not THAT bad as "Daisy Dukes".

@deborahparham3783 9 ай бұрын

There's nothing disturbing about Phil's shorts. He has great legs and some of us rather enjoy watching Phil strut his stuff in those shorts.

@jameskelly9800 Жыл бұрын

at 24:44 Phil gets into a right-hand-drive vehicle. They had been left driven 'til then.

@donnamealy4877 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for making me homesick. I grew up near Wolf Creek and know this area well 😢. Cool thing about fossils in Montana (and Kansas where I currently live) is you can be out walking and stumble across great fossils

@shanerickert1304 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see them driving on the correct side of the vehicle and the roadway. 😉

@bethbartlett5692 Жыл бұрын

This is one that I was unaware of, what a treat! I've come to have an almost personal like familiarity with TT Cast, they each are so endearing.

@Raycheetah Жыл бұрын

I can understand the impulse to own a dinosaur specimen. It's like having in your hands a bridge to a time almost unimaginably long ago, a connection with a life lived before any capacity even existed to imagine a creature such as yourself. But you don't have to own a premium specimen to experience that; just a small fossil can do, to reach back 75 million years or so. ='[.]'=

@PeachyKeen84 Жыл бұрын

Those two are having a blast!! 😅

@kiwimac Жыл бұрын

I do love the Tony / Phil dynamic!

@sharonlobo7930 Жыл бұрын

The T Rex in New York City's Museum of Natural History came from this area of Montana. It is an extraordinary specimen. Now I see how much time and effort must have gone into unearthing and preparing it for display.

@brwdl 9 ай бұрын

That’s Mahn-tah-na, please.

@bumblebxnny 10 ай бұрын

i just love time team, these guys are just so adorable and yet make curious topics even more interesting to learn about. Like i actually want to listen to what they wanna say

@bertskidmore5506 Жыл бұрын

Wow this is one episode i never knew existed, thanks for the video I know i will enjoy it!

@mr.skipper4544 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the United States, hope to see hear more often 👍🇺🇲

@JonnoPlays Жыл бұрын

Anybody know what Dino book they're reading out of? 📙

@adventurehawksancientharmony Жыл бұрын

I was an employee at the Museum of the Rockies at Montana State back in 1995.

@KCsFunHouse Жыл бұрын

I love how Tony says “Montana”, it’s cute!

@marinabay2664 Жыл бұрын

The guy who was like "I don't know they're just cool," when asked why he likes dinosaurs... I vibe with him

@CaptainAMAZINGGG Жыл бұрын

I am absolutely LIVING for the way Tony pronounced Montana, HE IS SO PRECIOUS 😌😌😌💕💕💕

@alix5514 9 ай бұрын

Try pronouncing Cholmondley.

@Kimmy-pw8tm Жыл бұрын

Tony is fun on traveling the world by train.

@lqboren47 Жыл бұрын

Value is an interesting thing. There are many things I value on this side of the life that is just thrown out by others.

@flosslittle5231 Жыл бұрын

How have I never seen this before? So good 💚

@scotchleaf 8 ай бұрын

Phil: "Is that your bone?" Tony: "In a manner of speaking..." lol

@danimal27 Жыл бұрын

Just drove through the Rockies! Absolutely stunning

@SpencerKingHemoclysm Жыл бұрын

Geoguesser players watching this video like "location cant be disclosed, eh?"

@esthermarygold-lowe4403 Жыл бұрын

Phil and Tony are my favorites love 💘you guys

@flightographist Жыл бұрын

Nice rebroadcast!

@kasie680 8 ай бұрын

Phil has gone Indiana Jones “ IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!!” 😂😂

@sandrajohnson9926 Жыл бұрын

Interesting you two came all the way across the pond to visit & dig for dinosaur bones. What an adventure you 2 had!!

@laughingoutloud5742 Жыл бұрын

This was awesome!! I hope they go back again!!

@robertcrocker901 Жыл бұрын

Great to have them in the US. Think Phil would fit right in out west and could find all kinds of neat stuff.

@thelostone6981 9 ай бұрын

So glad to see Tony and Phil in my neck of the woods!

@lethaleefox6017 Жыл бұрын

Cute adventure, with serious issues pointed out.

@ihave7sacks Жыл бұрын

You don't think about how old these Documentaries are until Baldrick whips out the late 90's Toshiba Satellite.

@vbachman6742 Жыл бұрын

Best PC ever. I still use mine 😊

@hollyevolving Жыл бұрын

The B-Rex dig was finished in 2003, and produced a 37% complete skeleton that yielded up some important tissue data by 2005. And the skull is, pardon the pun, jaw-dropping. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specimens_of_Tyrannosaurus#%22B-rex%22:_MOR_1125

@autumnleaf3667 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@alix5514 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@zombieholic Жыл бұрын

Man such a great episode! You should check out Tyrell Museum in Drumheller Alberta! Also they may have a dinosaur that was found with it's skin and guts still intact! I so want to see it! take care!

@wulf7463 Жыл бұрын

remember the days of physical maps?

@terryt.1643 8 ай бұрын

Love Tony and Phil. What a great adventure.

@LisaMaierLiest Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: You can test if it is a Bone or a Stone through the Tongue Test. Because Bones porous, there are tiny holes in it, if you lick it, your tongue sticks a little to it. :)

@janvafa9959 Жыл бұрын

Don’t lick the rocks!!!

@LisaMaierLiest Жыл бұрын

@@janvafa9959 A palentologist explained that talking about his daily life. He said, it is no problem, when they are excrevating it, these things have been in stone for millions of years. There is nothing that could possibly be more sterile... But it may get disgusting if more palentologists are working together and one is like I found bone - and the bone is given around and they are all testing it ;D

@matthewmeier3316 Жыл бұрын

@@LisaMaierLiest or just use a magnify glass like everyone else to see the pores