 What's up guys welcome back to the rugged Rockhound Sorry, I'm not Trent here Gosh Tim Still in my camera All right Okay, so hello guys welcome once again to the rugged Rockhound if you're new Welcome, I hope you subscribe and can help support the channel So today we are back at a place that I haven't been to since last year and it is the Location where you find bird's eye. So the claim the bird's eye claim is Way over on the other side of that mountain there This is part of the layer where you get what's called the bird's eye marble Which is a layer of limestone that has these algae layers. So these layers of algae grow on Stuff whatever and we've got Seashells and All kinds of things that the algae grows on but what we're really looking for are the gastropod shells Which are your typical coiled seashells that are you know only about that big? But what happens is you go find these and you cut them open and you've got that beautiful shell in the middle And then you've got a bunch of Limestone around the outside that's these rings of algae and it's just beautiful stuff and we just had to get back here It's a new year so we've gone through a cycle with the snow and just this last weekend we've had a Some of the heaviest rain we've had in Utah for a while So we're hoping to expose a whole bunch of new stuff and just like usual. I'm gonna put the GPS coordinates right up here for you guys So if you guys want to get out here, you can just keep in mind this is state public land so to collect on state public land you do need to go to the state of Utah up in the Salt Lake and Actually pay for a permit to be able to collect and it's pretty inexpensive. It's just $25 for a year So anyway, we're gonna be right here at the base of that That's where we found all the good stuff. It's just right here on this hill at the base of where they put the power line So yeah, let's get at it. Let's go see if we can find some more of these gastropod shells. Let's do it. Yeah So just to give you guys a quick rundown so you get these spherical shapes that will be Kind of a sphere of algae You get the bigger rocks here Where you'll get tons of little algae things inside of them I don't know how well you can see that But pretty much every rock here Pretty much every rock is part of the algae. See you can get the algae balls and that's why it's called bird's-eye marble Because they look like little eyes but what we're So you can get these weird funky shapes And you cut them open But the one thing we do know Yeah, is that when they get a shape like this? They tend to be a seashell inside So we look for these ones that are kind of long Thicker at one end thinner at the other end You find those and that's where you're gonna find your seashells That's what we're looking for Hey, you can already see the center of that one Might be a little shell broken piece of a shell So what you want to find are the ones that are the most intact That have that best shape and of course the biggest so there you go see that shape So that's even bigger Now see how it's not bigger at one end. So this may or may not be a seashell. You won't know until you cut it So maybe so that's why you get a bunch of these you cut them open and You look for the seashells because those look the best and we'll definitely show you what those seashells looks like seashells look like afterward when we get them cut It's pretty awesome There's one That one probably has a seashell in it. Oh, yeah, that definitely has a seashell in it now. You see see how the top It kind of has this little hook Because that's the end of the seashell It's following that pattern. So that's definitely gonna be a seashell inside of that one walking over here and look at that It's perfectly broken. So it shows you exactly what's in it. See it's a gastropod or seashell That's encased in And it's been replaced by calcite. Yep. That's a nice one. So very nice. So this is what we're hoping for when we cut them open We're hoping to get these Very very nice There's an elongated one Here we go. This is a great spot. This is a really nice looking one right here Look at that. That's a good size. That's what you're looking for So traditionally this has been our best spot right here right below the power lines So it's probably because they originally had to dig this out and then exposed all the stuff And then it's since weathered and broken apart and that's probably why this is where we find our biggest and best is right through here So this is where we wanted to hit Again and hopefully find some nice big ones like the one I just picked up Got a little one right here nice It looks like the edge of one It's broken. I won't get that one See any others? Yeah, I'll pass on those They're very small might be the end of one right there That could be a broken one. Oh That looks like the edge of one right there. Ah, there we go. It's a much better one. Is that one right there? Yes, it is and Right there So, yeah, they're fairly abundant Just found a big one. There we go. Yeah, it was right there Actually, no, it was right there the little ones right there Nice that's a nice big one. That's an exciting one to cut Nope another little one next to them Good Good good good This is the view from here It's nice Tim's looking around so I found this one. It's a nice little shell You can really see the The shape of the shell so you know that it's a seashell I won't cut that though because it's too small So I had to catch everybody up on where we're at so I just pulled that thing up And Tim's got a couple that big too. So here's where Tim's at Here's where I'm at So on the way down So I had to go get my pick because I pick out my hand pick because I left it Look at that thing Look at that monster Yeah, so I think it's the biggest one. I I don't know if we've ever pulled one out this big before Some host rock and a rounded piece there probably not a shell though So apparently this little spot right here we might have missed last time because it's been fantastic I've been finding stuff all over the surface or it's just because the Sun came out I don't know and Tim's hard at work at there pulling more and more stuff out. So We're doing very well and here we go another monster one That could easily have a nice big shell in it exciting So this is the area that we kind of missed and didn't really search and right here. I found one of these rocks Where you know some of them are still nice and solid But some of them have just kind of fallen apart and this one has pretty much fallen apart So I just started going through it and I've been pulling out a bunch of little shells There's a little one right there. It's a tiny one. I'd like them bigger, but yeah, so I'm gonna just dig into this a little bit See if we can find some more shells down in here So we've both got about as much as we we need for the day. We got we got plenty So Tim is going to go ahead and bury his hole So yeah, everybody if you kind of come out and rockhound and dig and you're gonna dig holes Make sure to fill back your holes in we do want to keep the places nice So everybody can enjoy them So yeah, he's gonna fill his hole back in and then we're gonna head back so Got about half a bucket Tim's got about a quarter of a bucket, but his buckets bigger than mine. Mine's just like a gallon bucket We're back from the hunt. I just got everything cut open over here We're gonna go ahead and take a look at it put the macro lens on this and see what we found We got some good stuff today Right got the macro lens on let's go ahead and take a look at some of these So the first one we got here This is a nice example of what it looks like when you cut into an oyster fossil So if you put an outside of it's kind of got this little depression and because of that You're like, oh, that's probably the top or bottom of an oyster shell and sure enough cut it open You get this nice ring and so the ring is the edges of the oyster shell because oysters right are curved like this kind of like a cup shape So yeah oyster shell This one was very interesting looks like it's Some kind of like twig or something Which you do get a lot of those to you get a lot of twigs That the algae grows on as well This one was pretty neat. Yeah, big thing It's pretty darn pretty darn big piece And my guess is it's probably a stick It's probably algae that grew off of a stick that has then since been replaced with calcite Here's our first shell So yeah, we got a whole bunch of shell fossils to show That sounds pretty neat nice contrast This one's pretty cool because it's got a nice fracture going through the middle of it that replaced with calcite It was kind of a neat little contrast there Another nice shell fossil Very nice More shell fossils As you can see I've only got one side quite often when you cut these only one side ends up being good because they are small The shell fossils and so when you cut through them sometimes only one side is good or the other side shatters Very nice though another one see this one was pretty hollow so If you were to polish that the center would not polish it very well But other than that looks nice Another nice looking one look at kind of that reddish color right in there It's pretty darn cool Another nice shell fossil This one is very interesting. Look at the stuff going on in there the patterns and look at the color right there It's drying out Don't dry out Yeah, look at the color right there and look at all that stuff in there That's a really cool one Another nice shell fossil almost looks like it has a shadow Another great shell fossil This is a great pair that turned out really nice This is a single one that turned out Really nice. Look at that. That is fantastic Here's a pair that turned out really good Here's the final one. This was my favorite from it. Look at the chambers inside of it both sides turned out well Just overall really nice piece and there you have it Those are the highlights from our hunt. I love that place the gastropod fossils that you can find out there are so amazing So when you go out there guys, you're looking for shapes like this. All right You get that shape and you know, you're gonna have a nice seashell fossil inside of it Okay, so I've shown you the place to go So get on out there and search for the stuff yourself because remember there's treasure everywhere