I'm an amateur fossil hunter living on the South Island of New Zealand. I enjoy hunting the coastal cliffs for Miocene and Cretaceous era fossils and venturing further afield for the petrified wood and fossils that can be found there. I'm constantly learning about the fossils that can be found here in New Zealand.
I also use a variety of tools and techniques to prepare the fossils I find which I then donate to New Zealand museums.
I love hearing from other fossils hunters, so please get in touch and leave a comment.
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Great rescue mission but I could have done without watching it while my ears were assaulted by the music and I was afraid I would miss some explanation if I muted the sound😢
Awesome work, Morne! Seeing as how little I understand is known of New Zealand's Cretaceous marine fauna, this is likely to be a significant find! So you've really contributed to the preservation of New Zealand's national natural heritage organising this...! Bravo! 👏💫
So amazing, just standing there or even just looking at it through video, and your like "i am looking at a freakin 200million year old creature, like i travaled back in time." How fascinating it is?!?! And it makes you just wonder.
I know that EXACT rock at 3.07 (with the white bones in the concretion)! I've got a picture of it on my phone from a few years ago. Haha I had fantasies of helicoptering it out - so cool to see it actually get moved! Must have been a massive effort - that is not an easy place for a vehicle to reach. So cool - look forward to seeing your progress. I believe a large collection of bones found at the same site in the 1800s is held at the Canterbury museum in the archives? Would be cool to view.
I think they were sent back to Europe and the ship sank! It was such a mission to get it out of there, at least it is in a more accessible place now for people to view it
I've just been moving some piddling rocks around my garden, and messed up my SI joint again. Haha. These rocks required more than just lifting with your legs. It's great to see that the equipment could be brought in to get those fossils out!
