Unbelievable Treasure Hidden in these Rocks! Fossil Hunting in Alpena, Michigan for Ancient Sea Life

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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2021
  • It's not everyday I get to find fossils that are over 360 Million Years Old! Down where I live in Florida, about the oldest we get is 50 Million. Which is still insanely old, but geologically speaking it's very young! I've never searched for these types of fossils before, and it was absolutely a pleasure to get out for something new! We found tons of Crinoid pieces, Brachiopods, Corals, and all sorts of stuff from the Devonian Period which was a period of time from around 358 - 419 Million Years Ago! I'll have links here in the description providing more information about the fossil remains we found in this video!
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  • @MichiganRocks
    @MichiganRocks 3 года назад +64

    That was a fun day. It's so much fun see seeing someone else see this stuff for the first time. I love sharing my state with others.

    • @angef9687
      @angef9687 3 года назад +8

      Rob, absolutely loved your shirt!!!

    • @MichiganRocks
      @MichiganRocks 3 года назад +5

      @@angef9687 Thanks. My sister got that for me.

    • @nubybautista9814
      @nubybautista9814 3 года назад +3

      ROB, I see what you were saying about it being an ocean there. You have marine fossils instead of wood!

    • @nubybautista9814
      @nubybautista9814 3 года назад +4

      Minute 23:30, Wow! Amazing how the earth is changing. Wonder what the map will look later if we make it that far.

    • @MichiganRocks
      @MichiganRocks 3 года назад +3

      @@nubybautista9814 It's hard to imagine continents moving that far, but it's a very slow process.

  • @WILDKYLE
    @WILDKYLE  3 года назад +32

    Hey y'all! What a treat to find these incredibly unique and old fossils! Be sure to subscribe to Rob's channel if you haven't! Huge thanks to him for taking us to these great spots. 🤟 ruclips.net/user/MichiganRocks

    • @wyomingadventures
      @wyomingadventures 3 года назад +2

      Rob an awesome guy!

    • @angef9687
      @angef9687 3 года назад +1

      Loved seeing/hearing your excitement with each find! Glad you got to get out fossil hunting with Rob and had a great time

  • @jocelynnguyen2812
    @jocelynnguyen2812 3 года назад +5

    Take a sip of beer every time Wildkyle says “crinoid stem” lol. What a fun day you had, makes me want to visit Michigan

  • @beyondborders9159
    @beyondborders9159 3 года назад +13

    You missed nice 2" crinoid section at 2:36 straight over to the right of the two pieces you picked up.....

    • @lung_tied23
      @lung_tied23 3 года назад +3

      Just saw the same thing , my heart sank when he skipped over it !!! Was such a nice sized piece 😍😍😍

  • @bigbensarrowheadchannel2739
    @bigbensarrowheadchannel2739 3 года назад +8

    Bro I'm loving your Michigan vids! Thanks for taking us along w ya!! Rock on!

  • @tinastoddard5411
    @tinastoddard5411 3 года назад +1

    I found this channel because I follow Rob's channel. It was fun to see the both if you sharing videos.

  • @ineedanewname9595944
    @ineedanewname9595944 3 года назад +2

    So jealous!!! Have fun and continue to share!! We love it!💜

  • @im1withnature
    @im1withnature 3 года назад +1

    At 13:05 there tons of brachiopods, and chrinoid stems , very cool! Great work Kyle!!

  • @kathieruiz5157
    @kathieruiz5157 3 года назад +3

    I just subscribed to Michigan Rocks! I loved this video! I want his shirt!

  • @paulkline9122
    @paulkline9122 3 года назад +10

    At 17:07, because of context with the other reef building organisms, I believe it is a stromatoporoid. The stromatoporoid is an extinct reef building sponge that lived from the Ordovician-Devonian. Stromatoporoid is not the same thing as a stromatolite as some have suggested. Enjoyed the video.

    • @jaredmitchell1302
      @jaredmitchell1302 2 года назад

      Nice one, looked it up and you are definitely correct.

  • @mirkatu3249
    @mirkatu3249 3 года назад +5

    Wow that area has so many cool fossils!

  • @donnalantz7981
    @donnalantz7981 3 года назад +7

    You got some monster finds. I've been to Rock Port Quarry, but didn't walk back as far as you did. Awesome finds.

  • @joyceknitsandsews
    @joyceknitsandsews 3 года назад +1

    Hi Kyle. Rob sent me to your channel. Welcome to Michigan! I’m enjoying your videos.

  • @darlameyer5936
    @darlameyer5936 3 года назад +5

    Amazing stuff! Its hard to wrap my head around how old those fossils are.

  • @jeffreykeffer4352
    @jeffreykeffer4352 3 года назад +2

    I love crinoids , I find them all the time in the creeks near my place , I make them into jewelry like necklaces and bracelets and stuff .

  • @chrisbgifford7387
    @chrisbgifford7387 3 года назад +13

    Wonderful finds and so many of them! The big on looked like a fan mushroom that grows and dying trees. It has rings like a tree. Please don't move the camera so fast my eyes are old and I can't focus fast enough. It was very exciting..

  • @katherinedoughty839
    @katherinedoughty839 3 года назад +1

    🧘Yes young Grasshopper! 🦗 Knowledge from the Book of Rob.. is just as interesting as the rocks!
    Shine on Shine off! 😃😁
    Awesome place guy's.. certainly a fun day👍

  • @tinacluff2793
    @tinacluff2793 3 года назад +3

    I love Indian beads and those shells, I use to collect those as a child. I miss being able to rock hunt.

  • @debihalsey2247
    @debihalsey2247 2 года назад +1

    Very fun video. Thank you for sharing.

  • @carolkemp2571
    @carolkemp2571 3 года назад +1

    That was fun, Kyle! Thanks for sharing another adventure!

  • @dustinfindsrocks
    @dustinfindsrocks 3 года назад +1

    That blastoid was super cool 💎👀💪

  • @kevinwhite9138
    @kevinwhite9138 3 года назад +1

    I NEED a shirt like Rob's lol. I currently only have a shirt with the caption: "Of Quartz I love Geology!"

  • @jameysmith2999
    @jameysmith2999 2 года назад +2

    So glad you had a good time in our beautiful state. I've found what I believe are dinosaur fossils on the shores of lake Michigan

  • @tjzambonischwartz
    @tjzambonischwartz 3 года назад +3

    Now this stuff is more in line with the fossils I grew up hunting in Arizona.

  • @johnbaenen5386
    @johnbaenen5386 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for the walk along.

  • @misha3872
    @misha3872 3 года назад +2

    So cool! Devonian fossils are my favorites!

  • @janetpullen5210
    @janetpullen5210 3 года назад +2

    What extraordinary finds…all the shapes in the rocks..it’s so neat to hear about the history in the rocks so long ago

  • @savagesquirrel9828
    @savagesquirrel9828 2 года назад

    Wow! Epic day….what could be more fun than finding fossils with M.R. Get him down to Florida😀 great finds

  • @QuantumSingularityOne
    @QuantumSingularityOne 3 года назад +1

    19:19 top right corner! Looks really interesting!

  • @cynthiaswearingen1037
    @cynthiaswearingen1037 3 года назад +4

    So many awesome fossils, Kyle! It's good to get a look at some different fossils than those we are used to!💖

  • @stephielulu9096
    @stephielulu9096 3 года назад +2

    You're so smart professor Kyle the palaeontologist, you know your stuff!

  • @historyhunter5146
    @historyhunter5146 3 года назад +3

    That’s crazy to think that the land you were standing on actually moved over 3,000 miles !!! WOW 😮

  • @aprilp.4530
    @aprilp.4530 3 года назад +1

    I love Robs shirt!

  • @neffyoga
    @neffyoga 3 года назад +2

    Two of my favorite channels in one video?! You both are so genuine and nice, and you’ve taught me so much. Much appreciation ❤️

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  3 года назад +3

      Thank you so much! We really appreciate that ☺️

  • @pretzeltime3900
    @pretzeltime3900 3 года назад +3

    Awesome video! I’m so jealous that you two are out there finding such epic fossils.

  • @sandraabshire4923
    @sandraabshire4923 3 года назад +2

    Loved the cladipora rock you threw back at 17:50!

  • @tashacherry1480
    @tashacherry1480 Год назад

    I love Robs rock hunting videos. I've been on seeeveral hunts with him.

  • @christinewalley6829
    @christinewalley6829 3 года назад +1

    Another awesome video. You know you need to take gifts back to Derick and @paleocris 🙂

  • @mikejohnson515
    @mikejohnson515 2 года назад +1

    This is the kind of stuff I find between my home in Columbus OH all the way down to Louisville KY!

  • @manisteerocks7092
    @manisteerocks7092 3 года назад +2

    Great show Kyle!!..if your ever back up in Michigan come on over to the west side of the state. I can show you some great places to find agates, unakite, Petoskey..oh..and "stripy"..rocks..

  • @Dopa-MiningFam
    @Dopa-MiningFam 3 года назад +1

    Love all the knowledge you share in your videos!

  • @stinkygraykitty6808
    @stinkygraykitty6808 3 года назад +2

    Very cool!

  • @mksemposki
    @mksemposki 3 года назад +2

    Love it! Got a bunch of fossils myself with my daughter at Rockport. Had great fun!!!

  • @1sec2midnight
    @1sec2midnight 3 года назад +4

    Love the video and your enthusiasm for fossils. I've gotta get started looking for some. Very nice video and thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. Awesome!

  • @mikejohnson515
    @mikejohnson515 2 года назад +1

    I found coral attachments on a large brachiopod I found near Louisville (KY) recently!

  • @wyomingadventures
    @wyomingadventures 3 года назад +1

    That huge conglomerate rock was amazing!

  • @patifagan6774
    @patifagan6774 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic video,really enjoyed it

  • @thatsouthernpatriot3875
    @thatsouthernpatriot3875 3 года назад +3

    Cool stuff, I have found many Devonian age fossils here in Mississippi which include crinoids, brachiopods and bryozoans. My best find is a complete rugose coral. Some of my favorites to find are honeycomb corals(favosites)

  • @lynnscott8286
    @lynnscott8286 3 года назад +2

    That was awesome

  • @markattardo
    @markattardo 3 года назад +2

    Awesome adventure!!

  • @AngieDoesStuff
    @AngieDoesStuff 3 года назад +1

    I was screaming at the screen once you got to Burkholder because there was so much stuff everywhere! I know you can't (and shouldn't) take all you can, but I was just freaking out at the sheer amount of specimens littering the entire area. I think the calyx in matrix and blastoid were my favorites.

  • @anitameza3960
    @anitameza3960 3 года назад +6

    That was so cool. I am a rock and fossil nut myself.

  • @jjoyce73
    @jjoyce73 3 года назад +4

    The long-hinged brachs you found look to be Mucrospirifer mucronatus. Very cool! They're widespread in the Devonian, I've found them in Pennsylvania as well.

    • @megankimber8772
      @megankimber8772 3 года назад +1

      Yup, I have found them in upstate NY as well.

  • @coreysmith556
    @coreysmith556 3 года назад +1

    The younger fossils you guys find in Florida blow me away. My area ranges from Pennsylvanian to Ordovician.

  • @Charlie-lh4xb
    @Charlie-lh4xb 3 года назад

    I love Robs channel but seeing these places through your eyes was cool. It spun a new excitement out of it. Each of you bring a wide angle of information together, it's great would love to see more. Get his butt down to Fla✌

  • @SandMarcusJ
    @SandMarcusJ 3 года назад +1

    Im impressed man... didn't know how much you knew about rocks. I really liked the 60 million year old frog... never knew they got that old... :p

  • @Michael-cf9lf
    @Michael-cf9lf 3 года назад +3

    Awesome finds

  • @lilgrlQ1
    @lilgrlQ1 Год назад

    So glad I found your Channel! I'm in Wisconsin, but only a few hours from Michigan - Think I'll be headed that way before weather changes! Thanks for the Videos!

  • @gonesplorin5507
    @gonesplorin5507 2 года назад

    You're my new favorite channel 💕 I'm loving fossil hunting with you!

  • @debispilker4392
    @debispilker4392 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for the videos!

  • @ombresombre3695
    @ombresombre3695 3 года назад +1

    That's really cool ! I've never been able to find devonian fossil yet ! It's funny how the crinoid stem you've found are round, whether the ones I find in the lower/middle Jurassic back home in France are mostly star-shaped ! Between the corals, crinoids, bryozoan and of course the brachiopods, it was great to watch !

  • @lynncooper1781
    @lynncooper1781 3 года назад +1

    Rock and fossil hounding is sugar addictive,it is sweet,had some agatized coral and agates,you got it made.Awesome video.❤👍

  • @raymorris3560
    @raymorris3560 Год назад

    Wow, great video. Took me back to my youth looking for crinoid stems and disks. I have found a few of those star shaped disks as well. Fantastic video. Thanks for doing them!!

  • @TheoKellison
    @TheoKellison 3 года назад +3

    Dude ive never been so late for a kyle upload!😭 this week was madness! This was so awesome!!! That looked like a serious fossil treasure trove! Love me some brachiopods😁 they can look so dang cool, and the coral! Awesome video dude! And big shout out to rob for taking you to the treasure!😄 forgot to mention the insane gigantic deathplates!!!😱 dude those are amazing!😄

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  3 года назад

      Better late than never my friend!!! I appreciate you hahahaha. I really love the brachiopods too, I'm obsessed with them hahaha. This was such a blast man!

  • @imakecarsounds6166
    @imakecarsounds6166 3 года назад +1

    I love the videos and how nice you are to your fans keep up the great work👍👍(:(: (:

  • @storytimewithunclebill1998
    @storytimewithunclebill1998 2 года назад +2

    Looked like a lot of fun with a lot of cool finds. Got a new subscriber. Was fun to watch. Great video

  • @nenepoo1
    @nenepoo1 3 года назад +1

    Man this place if full of treasures

  • @donnac1279
    @donnac1279 3 года назад +1

    Kyle..you just showed death plates! I have a huge piece that i picked up in the 1990's and never knew what it was! Im from the coast but was living in KY at the time, 4 wheelin on top of a "knob". Stopped on top and was looking around at rocks and saw this big plate. The reason i picked it up is because it has a small welk on top and i recognized it. Telling my friends...this stuff in this rock comes from the ocean. They just laughed. I brought it home and its been with me ever since. Thanks for sharing, now i know what i have.

  • @emilyvogts9490
    @emilyvogts9490 2 года назад +1

    love your videos kyle!

  • @donnal.hanrahan2824
    @donnal.hanrahan2824 3 года назад +2

    I love d watching this .the knowledge you have is amazing thank you for making these videos !!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️I could watch this all day!

  • @animallover9262
    @animallover9262 3 года назад +1

    Yesssss just what I needed!

  • @wyomingadventures
    @wyomingadventures 3 года назад

    The Fossils are awesome! You found some awesome ones with Rob. The death plates are my favorite! I probably would have to rent a trailer to pull behind my pickup to take home rocks. 😁

  • @killjoy1523
    @killjoy1523 3 года назад +5

    Wow the mortality plates are way better there then at Penn dixie

  • @lisak5133
    @lisak5133 3 года назад

    I... cannot put into words how jealous I am. Wow. Absolutely amazing. 😠😂

  • @bonesstones6584
    @bonesstones6584 3 года назад +4

    Awesome finds dude! Some of the Indian tribes were known to use crinoids as beads. My pops told me he found a few crinoids in the fields around where he grew up in Cochran, Georgia. I found lots of artifacts in those same fields but sadly no crinoids...

  • @MJAdams-js7np
    @MJAdams-js7np 3 года назад

    I once found a brachiopod filled with quartz up there. Very cool place to rock hunt. Glad you’re enjoying our beautiful state!!!! Subscribed thanks to @michiganrocks btw

  • @adamholven2870
    @adamholven2870 3 года назад +1

    Nice blastoid! I've only found a handful in Iowa in Devonian formations.

  • @shellmeyours
    @shellmeyours 3 года назад +2

    Your nice Blastoid is Nucleocrinus elegans. I find them here in NY.

  • @miraclearg2212cpb
    @miraclearg2212cpb 3 года назад +2

    Love finding crinoid stems and brachiopods here in central Oklahoma!

    • @trachodon
      @trachodon 3 года назад +1

      Yup- got some of those, too, from Lake Murray State Park, south of Ardmore.

    • @miraclearg2212cpb
      @miraclearg2212cpb 3 года назад +1

      @@trachodon I have found some down dirt roads before! Love lake Murray

  • @pathfinder_9655
    @pathfinder_9655 3 года назад

    I wish I had known you were up here!!! I found some great crinoid calyx at partridge point as well as blastoids and rockport has an area with some trilobites! Found 3 partials in one day!

  • @lisaaltizer465
    @lisaaltizer465 3 года назад +3

    I want to go to there. I find the same types of fossils in my area, but not usually as nice as those, and rarely not in matrix. Congrats!!!

  • @leonelcardona2353
    @leonelcardona2353 3 года назад +1

    Great video makes me wanna go fossil hunting

  • @cherylradabaugh2720
    @cherylradabaugh2720 2 года назад +1

    Will.have to go through my rocks I've found . definitely found some cool ones .post some pictures for you .

  • @carol07643
    @carol07643 2 года назад

    You had me dizzy! Lots of cool fossils!

  • @megankimber8772
    @megankimber8772 3 года назад +2

    Gorgeous mucrospirifer brachiopod at 13:17!

  • @crustycobs2669
    @crustycobs2669 2 года назад

    Hey Kyle, I have seen a coffee table made out of one of those 'death plates', it was cut and polished
    flat. Definitely one of the most exotic and beautiful tables ever (but it weighs a lot). Great video!

  • @LynnGorman
    @LynnGorman 3 года назад +1

    My son and I used to find lots of fossils in Irondale Alabama, just on the east side of Birmingham.

  • @brunobarks6544
    @brunobarks6544 Год назад

    I like what I see. New sub 👍
    Ill be watching. Thank you.

  • @misha3872
    @misha3872 3 года назад +3

    For the first location the brachiopods look like Atrypa reticularis and some Spiriferids, the second is Mucrospirifer mucronatus as you pointed out as well as some strophomenids, the funky coral looks like Aulopora sp. Most of the quarry brachiopods were rhynchonellids but I think I also saw a chonetid.
    Could the banded structures you saw be stromatolites?

  • @normawinton6832
    @normawinton6832 3 года назад +1

    Im back! Lost my account for a minute. Nice fossils in mi. I live in mo. and have found all kinds of fossils. Of coarse i was so young when i went hunting for them. Need too do some hunting while i metal detect. Ya never know! Happy hunting!

  • @AppalachianRocks
    @AppalachianRocks 2 года назад +1

    Where i live in kentucky, we have ordovician fossils (500 mya) all over the place, about 2 months ago i pulled up an extremely rare and 95% complete hebertella occidentalis brachiopod as well as a chunk of primitive jawless fish armor

  • @amandathurston2720
    @amandathurston2720 2 года назад

    It’s nice shopping for fossils at the fossil store with you, I learned some about the ones I have too! And you have ones I haven’t seen before, I’ll have to see if I have them too.

  • @anniemenard5578
    @anniemenard5578 3 года назад +1

    I like your line : Full of dead stuff😂🤟❤️

  • @heidikoester
    @heidikoester 3 года назад +1

    I’m so happy that you got to check out our Lake Michigan fossils! I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin and we have similar fossils. My favorites are brachiopods, crinoids and coral fossils. I sure wish we had Petoskey ones in Milwaukee. In my neck of the woods we were a part of the cerulean sea. BTW, you scored big, awesome haul 💕

    • @trachodon
      @trachodon 3 года назад +1

      This is on or near the west shore of Lake Huron, rather than Lake Michigan. As I sit here anticipating hip joint replacement surgery a week from today, I really enjoyed seeing these very familiar places. Great finds, and I look forward to getting back in the saddle in a few months!

    • @heidikoester
      @heidikoester 3 года назад +1

      @@trachodon oh ok thank you! Looks like an awesome place! I wish you the best with your hip replacement and hope that you mend quickly so that you can rock hunt soon! 🙂

    • @trachodon
      @trachodon 3 года назад +1

      @@heidikoester You are so kind- thank you, Heidi!

    • @heidikoester
      @heidikoester 3 года назад +1

      @@trachodon 🙂

  • @YsabetJustYsabet
    @YsabetJustYsabet 3 года назад +1

    If you ever happen to end up in Las Vegas, take a close look at the bare, rocky hills surrounding the city-- not the tall ones, but the low, rolling, rough stone hills. They're ancient coral beds, and I lived in LV for three years; during that time I went hunting the exact same things you're hunting in this video, but in desert hills full of barrel cacti and scorpions. Found them, too-- lots! So there's a new place for you to hunt if you ever get the chance. Thanks for this video-- you had a much prettier place to hunt in, but you brought back a lot of good memories (except for the time I sat on a barrel cactus; that wasn't so good.)

  • @morninboy
    @morninboy 3 года назад +1

    In the Okanagan valley BC there is an area up Bear Creek road where there are beautiful pink crinoid fossils imbedded in blue lime stone. The colour contrast is absolutely beautiful and It makes me wonder if it is crinoids that give the colour in pink marble

  • @margieblackburn8445
    @margieblackburn8445 3 года назад

    Hey bubby i find them here in ky i polished some of then and they are so beautiful in total christal and horn corals to

  • @stilltlrforlife
    @stilltlrforlife 2 года назад +1

    Those circular fossils you found that looked like tree rings were giant sea sponges.

  • @treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340

    Great video

  • @nicolafiorenzani7317
    @nicolafiorenzani7317 3 года назад +1

    If you like older fossils, I recommend going to Skiatook lake in Oklahoma, similar age in fossils and same density of fossils as this spot. Nice video!