Yeah, I used to go to Clallam Bay east of the Coast Guard station and find lots of fossils -- snails, clams, crabs, marine mammal bones, and occasionally a nautiloid, which is similar to the ammonite in the vid. Gotta go over to Vancouver Island for the ammonites though...
can you tell me where you go on vancouver island ? I am interested in looking for some fossils but dont really know where to start.I live in campbell river do you know of any good sites around here? I have heard of some but they are probably picked pretty clean.
Everything I know is from the book West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island by Rolf Ludvigsen, Graham Beard. There's probably a copy at your library. Some sites get hit pretty hard, but if you try hard there are still nice fossils that can be legally collected without digging a big hole.
Thanks. I used a "paleotool" air scribe, which hooks up to an air compressor and works like a tiny jackhammer to knock off small bits of surrounding rock.
nice job cleaning it
cybertriobite 8 months ago
@cybertriobite Thanks!
HumboldtMike 8 months ago
we have some fosils like that in neah bay but i never thought of cleaning them up.
bahdah1234 3 years ago
Yeah, I used to go to Clallam Bay east of the Coast Guard station and find lots of fossils -- snails, clams, crabs, marine mammal bones, and occasionally a nautiloid, which is similar to the ammonite in the vid. Gotta go over to Vancouver Island for the ammonites though...
HumboldtMike 3 years ago
can you tell me where you go on vancouver island ? I am interested in looking for some fossils but dont really know where to start.I live in campbell river do you know of any good sites around here? I have heard of some but they are probably picked pretty clean.
balsacdajawsofdeath 2 years ago
Everything I know is from the book West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island by Rolf Ludvigsen, Graham Beard. There's probably a copy at your library. Some sites get hit pretty hard, but if you try hard there are still nice fossils that can be legally collected without digging a big hole.
HumboldtMike 2 years ago
thanks m8 :) could you tell me the price of the tools ? would help me loads ty :)
joemcc1 3 years ago
dude how did u clean that fossil plase tell me :) ps good vid 5 star *****
joemcc1 3 years ago
Thanks. I used a "paleotool" air scribe, which hooks up to an air compressor and works like a tiny jackhammer to knock off small bits of surrounding rock.
HumboldtMike 3 years ago
I'm sorry? lol. I had trouble digesting the video description, but looks cool.
vtutorial 3 years ago
Thanks. Hopefully the description makes more sense now...
HumboldtMike 3 years ago
ohhhh...now i get it. Really interesting. Deserves a follow up on wikipedia to learn more. Off i go...lol.
vtutorial 3 years ago