FOSSIL FISH!! | 7 days Fossil Hunting the Green River Formation's 18” layer in Wyoming

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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024

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  • @vanmilton8606
    @vanmilton8606 3 года назад +50

    Would love to see some of the prep work being done, maybe would look cool sped up. Cheers for another awesome video!

  • @DiggingScience
    @DiggingScience  3 года назад +11

    Leave a comment below describing a location where you would love to go fossil hunting to enter this week’s giveaway! Up for grabs will be a Knightia fish prepped by Joe from the Green River Formation! Winner will be randomly drawn when we upload next! P.S. Joe sells fish. Send him an email if you want to purchase some:
    joescoinsandfossils@verizon.net
    Link to book a VIP tour at this quarry:
    www.fossilsafari.com/fossil_safari_vip_dig.html

    • @Wistful77
      @Wistful77 3 года назад +3

      I would love to go fossil hunting back where I grew up. The flinthills of Kansas.

    • @biancaschulz8917
      @biancaschulz8917 3 года назад +3

      Probably the Kem-Kem beds. I have a thooth from there. I will never, but thats what id choose.

    • @gemmaandriessen1341
      @gemmaandriessen1341 3 года назад +3

      I like to fossil hunt at the beach because there are creeks and we always make smal creeks to flush the sand of the pyrite amonites.

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +2

      @@biancaschulz8917 that would be so cool!

    • @vickyferrier4265
      @vickyferrier4265 3 года назад +2

      Like I said Glen Rose, TX. They have good finds there. We have a duck billed dinosaur and very visible footprints in the river bed.

  • @オウムガイ-k3j
    @オウムガイ-k3j 2 года назад +3

    I’m Japanese!
    You're video is exciting!
    Thank you for giving a dream to a 15 year old high school student.
    I'm grateful!

  • @vickyferrier4265
    @vickyferrier4265 3 года назад +59

    Glen Rose, Texas we have dinosaur footprints in the river. They also found a fossilized woman's finger. Oh and around Waco, Texas we have Mammoth.

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +3

      Congratulations! You are this videos winner! I'll be making an announcement about it in our community tab shortly! Go check it out to see your prize and email us at Valentine@diggingscience.com to claim your prize!

    • @shellchenonceau6987
      @shellchenonceau6987 3 года назад +5

      For the finger to have been fossilized, I bet she was millions of years old. It upsets longstanding archaeology professors if "forbidden" evidence like that comes to light. 🙃

    • @federicoforgione
      @federicoforgione 3 года назад

      @@shellchenonceau6987 creationist karen spotted

    • @cocokitty212
      @cocokitty212 Год назад +4

      @@shellchenonceau6987 Remains as young as 10,000 years old are considered fossils whether or not it is completely replaced with rock.
      Petrification can happen as soon as 5,000 years in the right conditions but technically won't be considered a fossil until 10,000.

    • @Unknwnghxst1
      @Unknwnghxst1 Год назад +2

      @@shellchenonceau6987 for something to be fossilized doesn't have to be millions of years. Fossils can be 10,000 years old 😂

  • @triple_A_rockhound
    @triple_A_rockhound 3 года назад +19

    Least your going fishing in fun way were they can't get away from ya lol

  • @Zandain
    @Zandain 3 года назад +10

    Wow, wow, wow!
    Fossils in all sizes and shape, just amazing!
    Thank you for this wonderful trip!
    - love from Denmark 🌸💕

  • @fossilwildlife5198
    @fossilwildlife5198 3 года назад +12

    Wooow 👍🏻 Amazing finds guys 🤠 Green river formation is a gorgeous fossil spot! Congrats to these wonderful fossils! And Joe did a great prep work! Seeing these framed black fossils on this clear matrix it's such a great sight 😃

  • @xxTOTEMxx
    @xxTOTEMxx 3 года назад +12

    Joe should post some videos about fossil prep!!!! Cool findings!!

  • @cooperwilliams9140
    @cooperwilliams9140 3 года назад +13

    I'll be right in that quarry! Can't wait for summer when I can be back

  • @AndrewPotts1962
    @AndrewPotts1962 3 года назад +12

    That was an amazing video to watch! Thanks for taking the time to share with us, I'm super impressed by the amount of knowledge you guys have!

  • @jerrystandecker9101
    @jerrystandecker9101 3 года назад +13

    My friends house actually has those plates on his walls. all down his hallway some in his living room floor. around his fire place all in his bathroom. and all on the backsplash of his kitchen. it's beautiful and they're real and I'm so jealous fish every where..

  • @katlynvasselo1150
    @katlynvasselo1150 3 года назад +4

    I love living vicariously through your videos!

  • @mollyhollypollydolly8760
    @mollyhollypollydolly8760 3 года назад +3

    I love fossil hunting with you and Joe!!

  • @TheEtchesCollection
    @TheEtchesCollection 3 года назад +2

    What an incredible selection of fish, They are stunning!!

  • @tammieupshaw8005
    @tammieupshaw8005 3 года назад +1

    One of my favorite RUclips shows. Awesome Job!!

  • @marthafenimore4279
    @marthafenimore4279 3 года назад

    Enjoy Joe in the videos. One talented guy. Love the quarry hunting.

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 3 года назад +2

    An insane lot of work.....But what beautiful fossil's WOW....This hast to be one of the best video's you guy's have ever made....Thanks for sharing this.....!

  • @marciaspiegel5280
    @marciaspiegel5280 Год назад

    Good going with great fish. Leaves a clear picture of the river then. Busy! Thx.

  • @triple_A_rockhound
    @triple_A_rockhound 3 года назад +5

    Interesting area for leads n sea life
    That huge palm was something to see

  • @whitham1961
    @whitham1961 3 года назад +3

    Excellent work, the time, effort and patience paid off. Good luck on your endeavors. I am so amused by this channel and I hope you guys will be around for a long long time..

  • @robertgotschall1246
    @robertgotschall1246 3 года назад +5

    I remember finding Sticklebacks fossils at Hazan, Nevada about 40 miles from Reno. I got some nice aquatic plants also but no leaves and nothing like this stuff, great.

  • @nintendokid9980
    @nintendokid9980 3 года назад

    I love the contrast between the fossil and matrix of a prepped specimen. Green river formation go craaaazy

  • @vaguelysober
    @vaguelysober 3 года назад +3

    Glad I found your channel! This is some really awesome work!

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +1

      THANK YOU!! Cannot wait to share more!

  • @aliencat11
    @aliencat11 3 года назад +2

    This was so cool! It makes me so happy to see your videos.

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +1

      Thank you! It means a lot that people like you enjoy them!

  • @ImaginationHobbies
    @ImaginationHobbies Год назад

    Woahhhh. Those fish really transformed with the prepwork!

  • @tamz-lynn
    @tamz-lynn 3 года назад +1

    I've never found myself interested in fossils yet everytime YT recommends one of your videos I watch. I surrender lol, I am an official subscriber now 😁

  • @damonj606
    @damonj606 3 года назад +4

    Beautiful place

  • @orcuttnyc
    @orcuttnyc 3 года назад +1

    Keep on keepin on. You guys are interesting and fun to vicariously watch ;)

  • @gargangrg2116
    @gargangrg2116 3 года назад +1

    Both amazed with your discoveries and all the knowledge shared ! Merci !

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340
    @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340 2 года назад

    What an awesome day some lovely fossils

  • @DiamondMinerIvins
    @DiamondMinerIvins 3 года назад +1

    Very cool! I love these type of fish fossils. I found a 3D fish fossil! Video is uploaded!

  • @GitMunny1
    @GitMunny1 2 года назад

    Love the channel! Thank you. Thumbs up!

  • @cooperwilliams9140
    @cooperwilliams9140 3 года назад +10

    The video I've been waiting for 1 year for... 😂😂😂

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +4

      Well wait no longer! This one did take way too long!

    • @cooperwilliams9140
      @cooperwilliams9140 3 года назад +3

      @@DiggingScience It's all good! Maybe I'll see you guys this summer!

  • @chad499
    @chad499 3 года назад +2

    Great stuff man! Keep it up!

  • @howardfreeland5595
    @howardfreeland5595 Год назад

    Great video, guys! I collected in that general area in 1966 on my way to Utah for my geology field camp. You can see that I'm an old timer in fossils.

  • @FuzzyJunglePigeon
    @FuzzyJunglePigeon 3 года назад +4

    That Phareodus (sp?) is amazing, so jealous of you guys. Is Joe really as miserable as he seems ? 😆

  • @arringar
    @arringar 3 года назад +6

    I found your channel a few days ago (recommended to me by RUclips cause I'm a nerd like that) and I love your videos! Your enthusiasm is awesome and I really appreciate the detailed information you share in the description. You should organize fossil hunting trips! I would definitely be keen to go on a fossil hunting trip with you as a guide. I'm sure many of your viewers would pay good money for that - I mean sure, it's for the science, but you gotta eat and pay the bills, right? Keep up the great work!

  • @greatbasinman
    @greatbasinman 3 года назад

    Finished process looks amazing, well worth the labor of love 😎😎😎

  • @supernaturewee5442
    @supernaturewee5442 2 года назад

    Great finds!!! I loved watching this. You guys worked SO hard!! Wow! And I must say... you have such a nice, humble, easy-going countenance... which makes watching you even more fun... but your buddy needs a little work on his snark and snap-backs to you. He could have left out many of his ad-libs....too rude. 💚💚💚

  • @tracybranham8648
    @tracybranham8648 3 года назад

    I like the fossil leaves too. So pretty!

  • @Doxymeister
    @Doxymeister 3 года назад +4

    ROFL, that was probably the only cow for miles around--and he chose to stand in the road! Farm life!

  • @MK2DETEC
    @MK2DETEC 3 года назад +2

    This video is amazing. thank you 👍🏻

  • @cowboygeologist7772
    @cowboygeologist7772 Год назад

    Very cool; thanks for sharing.

  • @moefuggerr2970
    @moefuggerr2970 2 года назад +1

    Cool stuff. I grew up where there were many fossils. Used to find them a lot. Over in Texas.

  • @maryannkom299
    @maryannkom299 2 года назад

    Wow! I’m loving this!

  • @tlcferguson8243
    @tlcferguson8243 3 года назад

    Awesome video guys thanks for sharing. And keep digging science for all of us who can't .

  • @OzoneFineArtVentures
    @OzoneFineArtVentures 3 года назад

    Great video, so exciting to see the fish come out! Bucket list material!

  • @MarkOBrienmarkspage1
    @MarkOBrienmarkspage1 3 года назад +3

    Only way you can get fossils that are this pristine is from super quick catastrophic situations

  • @katecarpenter7366
    @katecarpenter7366 3 года назад +1

    Love it, I would love to see a video on how they are prepared.

  • @jacksongould4263
    @jacksongould4263 3 года назад

    This video rocks! Awesome video that is digestible and fun for anyone, keep up the quality content

  • @PsychoTB48
    @PsychoTB48 3 года назад

    I love it when you guys head to the green river formation far more existing than diving for teeth. Great work guys.

  • @lesenigma2536
    @lesenigma2536 3 года назад

    I'm going to be going to a quarry like that soon.
    Cheers from Arizona!

  • @biancaschulz8917
    @biancaschulz8917 3 года назад +9

    Im so jealos of you guys. Love what you are doing.

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +2

      Thank you! It is a blast and worth all the blood, sweat, and tears!

  • @lmp8932
    @lmp8932 3 года назад

    I love fossils, I would love to find a fish or two. I have found a few leaves but none are perfect - I still display them though :) Your fossil areas are amazing - and so are the fossils you found.

  • @TheWildReportOfficial
    @TheWildReportOfficial 3 года назад +3

    Just found this channel and it looks absolutely awesome. Love your style and the incredibly specimens you guys find. Let me know if you are ever in NC, I know a spot where we can find a few hundred shark teeth (sandbar tigers, bull, lemon, white, mako, snaggletooth, and sometimes meg or ang) in a few hours of digging and sifting. Subbed and excited for more content!

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for subbing, we can't wait to share more. It's always amazing to think of all the cool stuff constantly around us. Enjoyed checking out your channel, reminds me that we should document some of the wildlife we see more often!

    • @TheWildReportOfficial
      @TheWildReportOfficial 3 года назад +1

      @@DiggingScience It definitely is, the earth is full of treasures both above and below ground. I'd love to see some of the wildlife you run into, and I'll have to start filming some of my fossil and mineral finds. Looking forward to keeping up with your content and maybe linking up sometime if our paths cross!

    • @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615
      @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 2 года назад +1

      Cries in Connecticut

  • @bobby1602
    @bobby1602 3 года назад +4

    what process did you use to clean up those fossils

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад +4

      Joe has a professional lab setup with air abrasive tools and vibrating microdrills.

  • @1337pino
    @1337pino 3 года назад

    Never change, Joe.

  • @korpakukac
    @korpakukac 3 года назад +1

    Great vid, would love to see how the prep work is done.

  • @gdelan1
    @gdelan1 Год назад

    great stuff guys!

  • @clintonneuhaus1818
    @clintonneuhaus1818 3 года назад

    Great video guys!

  • @pxtn
    @pxtn 3 года назад

    I would love to see video of Joe prepping them

  • @ineedanewname9595944
    @ineedanewname9595944 3 года назад

    Such a bunch of work, but well worth it!!

  • @paddyodriscoll8648
    @paddyodriscoll8648 Год назад

    I was at a dig in Canada that was under Uppsala university and we were low budget. We used silverware knives and rubber mallets to split strata. My favorite part was the sound. You’d hear dink… dink… dink,,,, then a duuuh… and this hollow sound would indicate the split. Then you got to see if you found something…
    Good times…. Good times…

  • @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615
    @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 2 года назад

    You don’t realize just how fragile that shale is until you pick it up pretty incredible you guys can keep it from cracking I have only handled relatively small pieces and always feel like it’s about to shatter

  • @drealary1065
    @drealary1065 3 года назад

    Nice fish!

  • @Whocares.........
    @Whocares......... 3 года назад +1

    Nice job! New sub. Rox

  • @snigie1
    @snigie1 3 года назад +4

    Still waiting for the mosquito find so we can wreck havoc on a small south American island!

  • @echo9970
    @echo9970 3 года назад +1

    We would go to the local quarry that Sir David Attenborough 1st got his love for the world we live in. He use to go there as a child just the same as we did. I did not know he was from around were I was born, but I seen one of his interviews and he talked about it.
    Can I ask what you do with all the things that you find? Do you work for a museum and do these things go on display?

    • @DiggingScience
      @DiggingScience  3 года назад

      I do not work for a museum but a large part of my collection is on display at various museums. Loved hearing your story and hope to see you around in future videos!

  • @UWPcustombaits
    @UWPcustombaits 3 года назад +2

    I'm a avid angler and would love to have any kind of fossilized fish in my collection, I find plenty of teeth and verts in my area but would be awesome to go somewhere I can get a full fish.

  • @mercermouth7571
    @mercermouth7571 3 года назад

    Beautiful examples of the 'fall of man'...

  • @PrototypeO
    @PrototypeO 2 года назад

    Are you guys using barrel stave rings to split the layers?

  • @ezace7548
    @ezace7548 3 года назад

    Amazing!

  • @carmenpereiramercado5190
    @carmenpereiramercado5190 2 года назад

    I don't know anything about this BUT this seems really evasive and destructive to finding intact fossils. Really cool though and great luck to you!

  • @AngieDoesStuff
    @AngieDoesStuff 3 года назад +1

    That pizza joint must be the only decent food in WY. The whole state is bland, culinary-wise! The final products are really beautiful and I appreciate the explanation of the kerogen differences! Where would I like to go fossil hunting? Florida, of course! Peace River!

  • @JabberCT
    @JabberCT 2 года назад

    How do you prep the fish like that and make the fossil come out black? Very cool.

  • @ronl7131
    @ronl7131 3 года назад

    Great finds….

  • @biblicaltheologyexegesisan9024
    @biblicaltheologyexegesisan9024 2 года назад

    nice that you can catch up on Noah's flood. Welcome to discovering the remnants of the flood

  • @Humpadilly
    @Humpadilly 3 года назад +1

    I like your videos

  • @johnbender5356
    @johnbender5356 3 года назад

    Great video

  • @matthiasmorse5263
    @matthiasmorse5263 3 года назад +1

    The Scroungy Moose is the best name for a pizza company, hands down.

  • @LoneWolf-479
    @LoneWolf-479 3 года назад

    Homie was more excited about the pizza than the fish

  • @KadruH
    @KadruH 3 года назад

    amazing video

  • @Steve-Jody
    @Steve-Jody Год назад

    Just found your page ! New subscriber and I thumbs up your page !!
    Where in Florida are you guys based at? I’m a Floridian too. Do you sell or have your own museum ? Cheers boys.

  • @shotgunsam23
    @shotgunsam23 3 года назад

    This is pretty awesome

  • @Fred5612
    @Fred5612 3 года назад

    Do you post a video where you explain how you prep them? I am planning to go fossil fish hunting in Holmzmaden, Germany in September but I’m a newbie and I’d like some info on how to extract and prep these fossils

  • @bonniehenline2234
    @bonniehenline2234 3 года назад

    Hi. I happen to be an amature fossil hunter in my younger days, but would "LOVE" to hunt fossils again. I have a question for u. I currently live in western north carolina & am curious(?) to know if 1.)what could be found if any in the river beds, 2.) where exactly would i look. I dont know the history of western north carolina & its mountains. Any suggestions or pointers u could give me would be greatly appreciated!! I 💖 ur video's. A great passion of mine & thank u for all that u do for the knowledge & history !! Thank you
    Bonnie. H.

  • @shomipinoy
    @shomipinoy 3 года назад +1

    Liking your video because I want you guys to be successful... I can’t wait to do the same thing in the future

  • @scottmeacham1738
    @scottmeacham1738 3 года назад

    What an amazing video! You guys need to apply for more money so you can hire some grunts. Maybe put some interns to work.
    Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!

  • @JReed305
    @JReed305 3 года назад

    Wish you guys would show more of the prep out.

  • @russellbranham4868
    @russellbranham4868 2 года назад

    My wife and I are going to spend a full day at Warfield, in August. (for our anniversary) I hope to find a ray, more than anything!

  • @newlevelgraphicsdavidframe2870
    @newlevelgraphicsdavidframe2870 3 года назад

    How did you prep the plate's air abrasion?

  • @whitey211
    @whitey211 2 года назад

    Beautiful fossils! Is that Arowana related to the ones we have now? They look nothing alike.

  • @dobybeau
    @dobybeau 3 года назад

    Tell us their story please so we can get a picture of how they got here , what was it like in the quarry area millions of years ago. I want a picture of the past to think about. When you find sharks teeth in a tiny river bed inland , I want to know how in the world there were once sharks here. You even found a whale spine once ! How has the area changed ? What was once there ? This is fascinating !

  • @CarlWinter-oy8uf
    @CarlWinter-oy8uf 11 месяцев назад

    Really hard work fellas --however the fossils impressions you get so excited about --are very faint and hard to see !
    -Extinct bass and herring in Wyoming are fascinating --but hopefully you will find a clear cast fossil fish impression so we can see the results of your sweat!

    • @canadiangemstones7636
      @canadiangemstones7636 3 месяца назад

      The bones are still covered in a thin layer of rock. Many hours of carefully removing it will reveal fantastic fossils.

  • @TheWhisperrKid
    @TheWhisperrKid 3 года назад +1

    Is this work in the video? Or fun? I mean, if it is work, it looks like fun 😀

  • @IngeniousOutdoors
    @IngeniousOutdoors 3 года назад

    Why the hell can't i find friends like this?
    "Wanna go fossil hunting?"
    Hell yeah bro. Im in.
    I even live in Wyoming...

  • @hardstylelife5749
    @hardstylelife5749 3 года назад

    Very interesting video. Quick question: do you need a specific claim in order to dig fossils in USA?

  • @CarlWinter-oy8uf
    @CarlWinter-oy8uf 11 месяцев назад

    OK-- now I see the final result -after exhaustive prepping --nice work --now I can clearly see the fish fossil ---at the end of the vid ---staining with what chemical ? All the bones are now visible --thankyou !(I live in Africa )

  • @lynnscott8286
    @lynnscott8286 3 года назад

    How do you prep them?

  • @cooperwilliams9140
    @cooperwilliams9140 3 года назад +2

    I cringed everytime a plate broke... is the 18 inch layer that brittle?