Fossil Hunting Fun with Dr Aaron Smith (@Yorkshire.Fossils)

I had the pleasure of catching up with my longtime friend and colleague, Dr Aaron Smith, who is an amazing fossil hunter by day and medical doctor by night (also by day...).
Aaron and I have been friends for more than a decade and have been on numerous fossil hunts together over the years, so we thought it would be fun to record a segment from our latest hunt on Yorkshire's Jurassic coast.
The fossils featured in this video are all from the Early Jurassic, specifically from a stage of the Jurassic called the Toarcian and are roughly 180 million years old. Do check out Aaron's RUclips channel here (‪@YorkshireFossils‬) and follow him on Instagram if you don't already. @Yorkshire.Fossils: www.instagram.....
Part of Aaron's and his family's fossil collection even featured in my first book, Fossils of the Whitby Coast (2011), which you can check out here: www.amazon.co.....

[@DreadEnder]

Yorkshirefossils are brilliant! It’s amazing that you met them!

[@caitlinlewis7858]

I did something similar to this in Wales' jurassic coast. Fossil hunting on beaches with my father are some of my most cherished memories. 😢

[@nirvanamadpaul]

On my way home called in for your book (recommended by scoutingforkeels)
Think I may have to start going manchester museum again..
So many questions I'd love to look through the reading material for answers

[@Ca1nxd]

Yes finnaly

[@AnotherEmily]

I have got to get back up to Yorkshire at some point!

[@VooV830]

💥😌👍😌👌💥pretty cool.

[@Treasurehunter11001]

Cool one guys, they don’t always crack how you want them to !

[@chickennugget998]

I follow this dude, pretty cool guy

[@DWABA]

Amazing finds! Why do we crack Ammonites instead of prepping them out like vertebrate fossils? And what’s the most important part of finding these beautiful ammonites?

[@drdeanlomax]

At this location/stretch of coast many ammonites simply 'pop out' easily when cracked with a hammer, so it is a lot easier to give them a tap with a hammer. However, in terms of prep, not all of the ammonites are good enough/easy to prep, especially when they are highly pyritised, so it makes it better to tap them with a hammer. The most important part? Probably the fact that we have found hundreds of different species contained inside these nodules, along with some real oddities, such as occasionally finding other animals associated with the ammonites inside nodules, such as bivalves, other ammonites, belemnites, or even crustaceans or vertebrae from marine reptiles.

[@woadsamurai3572]

What kind of stone are you pulling those ammonites out of? It's hard to tell due to the camera, but it almost looks like flint.

[@jackib5369]

💗😸💓😸💗