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Hey, I’m going up to Seymour for some fossil hunting real soon, are the Cradock Bone Beds open to the public? Asking because I would love to go hunting there.

I’ve found a few sites of my own. Wotton-Under-Edge has a quarry dump which is great for echinoids, and keynsham has the best ammonites I’ve yet come across.

That’s a great idea; very resourceful and inventive. I wondered why you didn’t just use a cylinder of aluminium mesh at the bottom? Because of turbulence I suspect your small holes may well create a restriction, even if their combined area is greater than 3/8”. Also, at the top, it looked as though the 3/4” pipe might well fit over the lid duct without a fitting. Either that or perhaps the fitting could do with bushing. Finally, I found myself unable to spend 22 minutes watching this without skipping forward. I found the pace to be too slow for me, excruciatingly so at times. As an exercise, why not try editing that down to a six minute video and see what you end up with? Assembly sections after explaining, if included, are often better played at a faster speed. Feedback is well intentioned. Nice job. 👍

I've been finding a ton of baculites by accident recently. Don't know why mine don't seem to have pronounced sutures like most I see?

I’ve made one of these out of A execlon 4000 clear PVC and 3” diameter PVC. But I like the idea of using an off the shelf products. So I’m making one for my airbrush booth. My only concern is getting the length of the PVC exact. There’s an O ring inside the screw on top. So both gasket and o ring must be compressed. The desiccant should be first, followed by a particulate filter and coalescing filter. You can put your pressure regulator at the end or before. But some of these filters require a minimum psi to work so I put the regulator after everything.

I’ve made one of these out of A execlon 4000 clear PVC and 3” diameter PVC. But I like the idea of using an off the shelf products. So I’m making one for my airbrush booth. My only concern is getting the length of the PVC exact. There’s an O ring inside the screw on top. So both gasket and o ring must be compressed.

OK, so in through the out door, got it!

Hey i have a question that is not very common… can you make a video where i can find fossils in a small european contry of Serbia ?

*Let the Sunshine in...*

That's an easy to make interesting design, I,ll have to add one of those in. Id use a collesiong filter from tip tools before the dryer to save on the beads. Their metal water trap pipe setup is easy to make and works very well, i never even get moisture in the initial water trap.

We used to find these as kids on the red river about 30 miles up from where the lake is

Did you have a link for you manifold block, I didn't see that? Thx!

Amazing diversity! I’ve been wondering? Are the suture patterns original for the animals or a result of permineralisation?

Parasaurolophus with a pteranodon in the background and maybe a juvenile edmontosaurus.

Amazing specimens! I could sit and stare for hours

Nah I would have taken that ammonite. Also are all of these in the same location? You got mammal and ammonite stuff there

Are you sure about nanotyrannus. It’s still contentious as to whether it’s a different genus or juvinile tyrannosaurus

Nice video! It shows the parts of palaeontology not often talked about or displayed in popular media.

Talk about fun digging! We brought back almost 300 pounds of ammonites from the lake. You’re so right about the hike. 2.3 miles along the shore. Canoeing is our next trip.

A good friend of mine worked in the Texas Red Bed for his master degree in geology. He worked on the Alferd Romer Site 13, 7 miles west of Archer, Texas, on US 210.. He found a 60% complete Dimetrodon skelton and a partial Eryops skull in 1989. On the clay where he was working, he even found the tin fiol from the pack of cigarettes that Romer was smoking from 1940.

Many scientific papers on new fossil and specimens have the location details on the find. Many even have detailed maps. Just look up different fossil species names on google and then scroll down the various references. Many of these references are online if you really expand your search using the authors name and date as well. Some sites are destroyed, so they may no longer produce fossils and may even be under buildings once the fossils were exhausted.

Wow awesome finds!

Hı.Thanks.It was very help full .

How is this going? Still working good?

Another question: In rejuvenating my silica gel, which is better: The vacuum chamber, or the oven? If the vacuum is fine, I need only to draw that in the housing, and need not even remove the silica gel from it.

I like your solution. I went parallel, but instead of your cannister, I went with a 4.5" x 20" " Whole House " housing I got at Home Depot. Additionally, I discovered a re-fillable cartridge, Hydronix EC-4520W White Empty Water Filter Cartridge Durable Construction for Pre Post, Fits Standard Housings 4.5" x 20" at Amazon for $20.00, which I intend to fill with bulk silica gel beads. Now, I like your PVC solution a bit better as it directs the airflow all the way to the bottom of the column, and it has no other route than to completely pass through the entire charge of desiccant media. One question: Is the silica gel the best? There are others. And Grainger has it in bulk for cheap. Thanks! Mark

Awesome stuff. The bite marks at the end exceptional.

So when you talk about your holes - I’m a little confused . How many holes did you drill. 1/8th” drill bit ?? Thanks

My question for you - do I need to use a clear Pentex ??? I bought a blue one CHEAP !! It’s just not clear . Thanks so much for your answer

This is unreal!

The question is what are those

The problem with compressed gas is that it expands explosively when suddenly released. Water filters are designed for water under pressure. If they fail it is not a problem because the water is not compressed and the pressure is relieved instantly. Your life and health are precious. Rebuild this with a real pressure vessel.

Awesome. Do you get paid to.hunt fossils?

What PSI are you running?

Can you take a scooter down if you have disability issues?

Like the little ones make a pendent out of them

Need a chisel

Very glad you were not standing beside it. I feel like the system is still a sound idea though. And adding 'containment' may be easy as a ballistic cordura wrap. Just saying. Probably a good idea as a safety measure.

Very nice video of the extraction process making a good pedestal, always working with love is the key. How beautiful paleontology is GREETINGS!

A great new spot to keep people from doing anything with, Here comes a new sign.

How did this work out? I'm looking for a water separator/drier for an HVLP paint gun. For probably 15-45 minutes of compressor run time (@5hp, 9cfm/40psi, 7cfm/90psi). Which seems well below your mentioned weeks/months between servicing it. (I'd be happy if I could get 1-2 days of painting between drying the desiccant; I paint very infrequently) Any feeling on it it'd be good enough for painting? I'm not sure if desiccant absorbs quickly enough to dry constant flowing air? But this is really appealing.

65 million year old bones sticking out of rock? Deluge?

Just had a thought do you use stabilisation solution?

Imagine finding a Dimetrodon skull, I would be going through it all inch by inch.

Very helpful thx

I can relate from experience! Except for that last part 😆

When are the TD videos from This past season coming out?

If its scattered could it be multiple subjects?

The fossils are fascinating enough, but do you find Native American artifacts there too? Obviously they wouldn't come from the same level but they could be mixed at the bottom or maybe natives dropped stuff on top of layers with fossils. It looks like a good place to find arrow heads and stuff. I'd like to try metal detecting there for gold or newer artifacts.