A Tour Of My Fossil Collection

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Last time you saw me I was hiking through the woods looking at fossils in the rocks. Now I've brought back a collection of my findings and it's time to take an up-close look and my haul. Join me as I examine each fossil to learn what it can teach us about the ancient Earth!
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@adamjohnson2914 Год назад

Fossils are seriously so cool. you can just look around the ground/stream and find hundreds of millions of years of history, right in your hand.

@autismman6360 Год назад

And extremely tasty

@ghash242 Год назад

Ayo????

@autismman6360 Год назад

@@AllenMBanks no he means millions

@autismman6360 Год назад

@@AllenMBanks how’s he wrong?

@AbdoZaInsert Год назад

Because it’s tasty

@danlittlejohn1913 Год назад

A simple half inch Cole chisel is great for parting layers of rock - couple of bucks or maybe ten depending.. Find a seam or grove between the layers, line up the chisel blade and tap lightly a couple of times. Move the chisel along the seam and repeat until a long way around. If it doesn't work and split, start again and go deeper. Nice video Pro

@LeoiCaangWan Год назад

Also safety goggles

@jayyydizzzle Год назад

Cole chisel or cold chisel?

@dylan0003 Год назад

@@jayyydizzzle Chold Chisel

@jayyydizzzle Год назад

@@dylan0003 lol

@jacobestrada7655 Год назад

@@LeoiCaangWan twtttttttt

@candle340 Год назад

10:09 Ahh, yes. A fossilized "media offline" - my very favorite! 😂

@sawyerstudio Год назад

My guy, as a science educator, your work keeps getting better and better. This is one of the coolest videos you've made. Your recent videos are really inspiring in the category of reminding folks that interesting history is all around us, and we never know what we might find if we just take the time to look.

@user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад

10:09 That is one of my favorite fossil imprints

@maksiksq Год назад

23:06 I live in a private house and I smashed a ton of rocks, however generally big ones not as delicate as yours. I think you should've made small accurate cracks on the side, this way you not only could make it crack faster but also could divert where the crack will go, but I think the main thing you did wrong was taking a screw, screws are made to stay, you should've found a beefy nail or just used pliers and kept fixing a single(or a bunch) of nails again and again. Or you could buy an electric saw with disks name of which I don't know in English, it can even break concrete but you might need to find someone's garage because using it on the street is a bad idea

@robertstone9988 Год назад

12:35 I have one of them in my collection. I was hoping you would tell me what it is. Mine is from Bloomington IN and has one of the ends preserved, it tapers at the ends if thet helps. If you walk behind my house to the creek every single rock is made out of crinoid stems. I used to collect it when I was a kid but there's so many that you just can't take them all home. And out of the millions and millions and millions of chronic stems I have found one crinoid crown with the feeding tentacles. Just one that's how rare they are. I also have a handful that have fish scales and a bunch of seashells. 350 million years ago Morgan County Indiana was the epicenter of crinoids.

@stephenpinon8836 Год назад

If you have a drill with a concrete bit, you can probably make a few intrusive holes that are less that 1/8 in across, minimizing damage to the fossils. Then using a chisel and possibly a 5lb sledge, you can hit the rock along your drilled holes to get a very clean opening

@AlexxAmadeo Год назад

I had no idea I was going to watch a video of a man smashing rocks today and utterly enjoy it :)

@ger5956 Год назад

The best method I’ve found for splitting rocks is to drill a few pilot holes and hammer in wedges fairly gently to give more control over how the rock splits.

@Gingerchalky Год назад

This makes me want to go to the fossil beach here in the UK 😊😊

@AtlasPro1 Год назад

Do it!

@Magical-Ixalan Год назад

Whitby and Lyme Regis are prolific providers.

@Gingerchalky Год назад

@@Magical-Ixalan Lyme Regis is the one I was thinking of. Didn’t know about Whitby

@Magical-Ixalan Год назад

@@Gingerchalky Perhaps you could follow in the steps of the noble Mary Anning, the palaeontologist that changed the world back in the day. The film "Ammonite" provides a reasonable appraisal of her life and achievements. Whitby was where I was born, Dorset is where I now reside. Happy and safe hunting in which ever direction you choose to investigate.

@xelleowl Год назад

Port Mulgrave is a great spot near Whitby

@dumassjoe Год назад

I expected this to be boring, but you made it as interesting and educational as every other video you produce. Loved it

@redtailpunk Год назад

not many things can bring me back to that child sense of wonder, but i remember searching for fossils as a kid in the summer and havent much thought about it since. thanks for another interesting dive into a new world! always a good time here

@ipathanirfan Год назад

It's getting more interesting and the way of explaining makes it even more interesting....Thank you for the knowledge....

@tomasmondragon883 Год назад

Watching a geologist (amature or pro) show off their collection of cool rocks they found is always entertaining. I had a geo teacher in high school that had a sand collection 😁

@bhsiao9352 Год назад

One of the best educational channels man - keep it up!

@ScottysHaze Год назад

I had a fantastic time with these two fossil videos. You really are one of the best content creators. I'm a subscriber, and watch every single one of your videos. Thank you so much for what is clearly a lot of time and effort on your behalf to bring such fascinating content to those who enjoy the subject material. You do a fantastic job, and I always find myself getting so happy when I see that Atlas Pro has posted a new video. Thanks again! Please keep up the incredible work!

@AlexAzureOtaku Год назад

Your collection rocks

@AtlasPro1 Год назад

I see what you did there

@garywait3231 Год назад

Thanks for this delightful video, in which I re-lived my own fossil hunting in the Helderbergs and on the shore of Lake Champlain more than a half century ago. Having just discovered your channel, I hope to see more of your interesting and informative presentations. Thanks.

@cowanatomy Год назад

So cool to have that many fossils on your doorstep! I go miles away to go fossil hunting haha. Great vid :)

@daythechampion7609 Год назад

Ah yes posted 44 seconds ago, we early today

@Atius Год назад

Same here for some reason but for me it's minutes

@Jaxystan Год назад

Early gang?

@jasonzervos Год назад

For me it was 17 minutes ago when video started

@kingace6186 Год назад

Epic and interesting. I loved watching you nerd out over your cool Fossil Collection.

@morgan0 Год назад

really enjoying the fossil content, especially from relatively nearby

@rodchallis8031 Год назад

17:00 With mountain building, in this case I'm guessing the Taconic Orogeny, we also get a lot of erosion. Bays and inlets and shallow seas that supported corals can get silted over, killing those life forms. I'm no expert, but it's my guess as to what that rock represents.

@Jukindza Год назад

Yess! Please do so, find and explain more of them) Can't wait to see it)

@MannenFromNorth Год назад

At work when splitting big rocks or parts of mountains we hit with a sledge and create like a line of stress in the rock by hitting in multiple places that all connects up to eventually splitt it in controlled manner, not sure how well it works on smaller rocks but could be worth try to learn (it's extremely easy) before buying a set of specialized tools.

@nope3361 Год назад

That super fascinating and I’m glad you’re willing to do stuff like this. Good luck on your future expeditions

@stevelapointe180 Год назад

This is literally my favourite RU-vid Chanel. Every video is top notch.

@963ag 4 месяца назад

I have been an avid collector since childhood. Through the decades, I have lost my collection, sadly... ( long story) But at 60 years old, I have had an urge to rekindle my former passion for all things pertaining to fossils. I especially like trilobites, crinoids, sea slabs, echinoderms, bryozoans, and corals; but also fish and plant fossils. Videos such as this one help revitalize my interest.

@p.d.nickthielen6600 Год назад

As a retired geological engineer I had a good laugh. I remember trying to collect a chunk of rose quartz from a huge bolder and failing. I even Had a real rock hammer. You needed a larger set of tools. A large screw driver or a thin chisel. Would work and your want to hit the driver sharply, then move to the right or left and repeat. It will create a line along the cleavage. After several hits it will split. Anther option is to use a masonry bit and drill a series of small holes then drive a wedge in each hole in series and one little deeper on each hole. Email me and we can talk if you like

@a.cornelia Год назад

I really loved this video! Hope to see more like this soon 😃

@froytii Год назад

Amazing video! I absolutely loved the content and would like to see more content of this type keep posting videos!

@jlassiterstudio Год назад

I've loved these past 2 videos.

@SaxonSuccess Год назад

Good stuff, great that you're in such a prolific fossil belt.

@Nickleplate765 Год назад

A good day when I come across one of my favorite channels new videos this early!

@SnifferRiffle Год назад

Thank you for uploading this informative video. It helped me in identifying several of my own fossils I've found in my local area.

@Wizard_Pepsi Год назад

Amazing video, bringing attention to the smaller yet still very interesting fossils most people tend to overlook

@monicabello3527 Год назад

Wow, the last two videos was amazing, I love working on the field, and as I cannot do it everywhere, it's lovely to what peoples from onother continent can find

@takenname8053 Год назад

Very Nice, I hope that you find more to show us!

@santoshr2984 2 месяца назад

Good one .. thoroughly enjoyed. Definitely waiting for the second video :0)

@emmakersten4916 Год назад

I've fossil hunted on the shores of Skaneateles Lake, and I've found a few small trilobite fossils before. They're not eurypterids, but trilobites can definitely be found in the most fossil rich areas of that Devonian rock. Also, other people have said it, but a solid chisel is what you want to split those rocks. Works like a charm on that soft shale.

@simonnygaardjensen1367 Год назад

All this fossilhunting could make for a really cool collab with @PBS Eons

@jayyydizzzle Год назад

Congrats on 1 million subs dawg!!!

@jthomashair Год назад

I live in Appalachia too (North Carolina) and you’ve made me want to go the mountains and look for fossils myself!

@arvidberg1530 Год назад

Love this, great collection!

@jefftokman Год назад

Depending on how close you are to the finger lakes it might be worth your while to collect shale because they often have fossils embedded in them and are easily broken apart. In Ithaca (where I’m located) it’s relatively easy to find shale near Cayuga lake or anywhere that has exposed rocks like Taughannock state park or Truman state park or any of the other waterfalls nearby.

@Eyes_Spies Год назад

Fossils are so diverse and cool love em

@innosam123 Год назад

Being so early makes me feel like you’re watching a small, unknown channel. :)

@hatsudopia5085 Год назад

Hope you get to do a part 2 to this

@tedetienne7639 Год назад

Very interesting video! I really enjoyed it. But, wow, did I want to reach through the screen and hand you my geologist hammer! I’ve never seen a geologist trying to split a rock using a nail, and now we know why! Please keep making more like this!

@Jayce1701 Год назад

I love your work in general, but this was an amazing video!! Please keep up the great work!

@einsteinwasright1044 Год назад

Use a very hard chisel, such as cold chisels, mason or brick chisels, some of which are available with hand guards so that you can really hit them without risking hitting your hand. Wear eye protection goggles! A small sledgehammer is heavier than the nail hammer that you were using, and its extra weight will be more effective.

@joshschmidt4546 Год назад

your intro gives me goosebumps every time, best intro on youtube.

@theothenintendomaster3717 Год назад

Very nice video . Keep up the good work

@foryouphilanything Год назад

These videos about fossils have been great, you're awesome!

@neilscole Год назад

Totally enjoyed these videos, like all of your videos. 🙂

@cozmictwinkie9260 Год назад

Those sea lily things are so gnarly, I like 'em!

@meytechify Год назад

Fantastic video. More like this please.

@01k Год назад

I love this video, thanks for sharing

@joshschmidt4546 Год назад

your sound design is so good to.

@auroraasleep Год назад

I always enjoy seeing other people's fossil collections.

@auroraasleep Год назад

Highly recommend a rock hammer & chisels. They are inexpensive, but be careful where you carry them in NY, because some places you can collect without an issue, and other places you'll get in trouble. We tend to leave ours home and only break stuff open here, but So. Much. Easier.

@alannabanana6255 Год назад

I enjoyed this video very much. Watched it while trying to relax, found it soothing and informative, and I would definitely be interested in more content like this. It makes me wish I pursued sciences instead of arts. You have a new subscriber :)

@MrStillions Год назад

I came here after twitter recommended your tweet about the missing clip and now I'm subscribed. 😂👍🏼

@kate-xf3vg Год назад

i grew up in northeastern ohio with a small creek in the woods behind my house. when i was 7 a tornado touched down for a bit on the creek which tore up an insane amount of trees. while sad for the trees, it exposed the roots which allowed me and my dad to dig around for fossils. tons of lil shells super similar to the ones in this video. long story short, this vid brought me back soooo many memories of spending afternoons trying to break open the rocks on the driveway, either with tools similar to the ones used in this or just chucking them at the ground and hoping for dinosaurs 😂 and despite never finding a sauropod, finding each tiny shell was truly magical experience! i hope this video inspires more people to explore the world around them 😁

@Imperiused Год назад

Grew up in NE Ohio too. We had this big rock pile out back that my dad and mom had either dug up out of the garden or some other hole they were digging, and my sisters and I used to climb all over it looking for fossils. I eventually learned there were no dinosaur fossils in Ohio to my eternal disappointment but we did find lots and lots of imprint fossils!

@jamesrapp9778 Год назад

Cheers for the video mate 😎 👌

@kingalex105x7 Месяц назад

your videos feel like they have thier own lore to them with it all being interconnected

@reneeglover4819 Год назад

Love this!

@gtbkts Год назад

Thanks for the awesome content

@Amelia-vk4jt Год назад

It's amazing what's around you if you only know where and what your looking at

@loveisthekey Год назад

Super video, Thank You

@peterwolf4230 Год назад

I've seen a video in how to crack big rocks apart before, the key is to use multiple pressure points. Think multiple nails/screws, not just one. And each one gets tapped in a little further until the total pressure breaks them....

@Nodegama Год назад

good work. And who could have predicted that rocks are so hard ^.^

@maarirs12894 Год назад

Get rock splitting tools from Trow and Holden. Wedge and feather or a chisel that u can use to score the rock.

@Spacemongerr Год назад

Good rock video

@WAMTAT Год назад

Very cool rocks

@endrawes0 Год назад

Different is good. Geology/geography... Same thing! I don't mind you keeping things fresh!

@voidandwood6724 Год назад

Hello atlas pro your fossil review looks interesting what’s even more interesting is you may be right about the fossil being related to something like the ammonite. Though not from america you do find ammonites commonly in partials and the patterns of ammonites being small ridges spaced out make it look like something from an ammonite. If not maybe it could be some sort of fossil tree or an uncoiled ammonite Which is basically and Ammonite but it’s not curved and is just strait with the small bumps/ridges spaces out. Although an u coiled ammonite is least likely.

@omrivol Год назад

Great video!

@blooptev Год назад

gratz on a mil btw king

@ethaneverglades7512 Год назад

A fantastic place in the U.S to look for fossils from many different periods that occurred after the dinosaurs is the Peace River in Florida

@llabronco Год назад

Another excellent video. I'm jealous that you have a location near you so laden with fossils! On a side note, how tall are you dude? Its super difficult to gage without seeing you next to anything that can provide context but you look pretty tall!

@corro202 Год назад

Awesome video.

@magicbluewolf94 Год назад

Looks like you might have a gastropod impression at 18:48 or so! Check out the little spiral! I'd be more inclined to call the brachiopod at 20:10 an internal mold, but very cool nevertheless. I'll also echo what others have said about getting a proper rock hammer. You'll want a chisel-tipped one for working with sedimentary rocks.

@jonnywatts2970 Год назад

I'm stuck on your table! What is that top made of!? It's gorgeous!

@dispergosum Год назад

This is so fitting because I'm going fossil hunting today!

@pp87 Год назад

Oh! This could be a great collaboration opportunity for The Water Jet Channel!

@WickedDreadroot Год назад

sometimes i find myself watching a dude talking about his rock collection and enjoying it. What a sunday

@bengiyardimli1925 Год назад

Hey thanks for delivering on my fossil/rock request.

@AtlasPro1 Год назад

I did it all for you!

@stevekemble8911 Год назад

I loved collecting fossils when I was young. I entered my collection in a NOLA school science fair where it was stolen. I never got back into it... Enjoy what you have.

@joechavez1761 Год назад

That bit of you trying to break open the rock was the biggest tease of the century

@eprohoda Год назад

hoow is it going?, Yeah-total gorgeous shots.;)

@dictatorofcanada4238 Год назад

If you spend time in Winnipeg, you’ll notice that notable downtown buildings like the Legislature and Manitoba Museum are built of limestone that is rich in fossils, some quite large. This is the “Tyndall stone”, mined from around the small community of Tyndall, Manitoba.

@sunshinewtwodollasigns100 Год назад

Great channel. Make a video about index fossils!

@Fantasygod930 Год назад

I actually have my own fossil collection but most of the fossils are pieces of ammonite shells maybe a few prehistoric snails shells and I even have a small dinosaur but it's like fake maybe I'm not sure it looks fake but I'm not sure and it was definitely an impressive collection I had but I donated some of it to the Fort Worth Zoo since I didn't want them to go to waste I mostly donated the small ones the big ones I really like but I might donate them to a museum or something

@tonyhinderman Год назад

Just stopping in to say the FW Zoo is awesome

@NotFlappy12 Год назад

Just stopping in to say please use punctuation

@VladimirMiyazaki Год назад

I love your videos. My only request is to upload them in 4K 60fps

@xINVISIGOTHx Год назад

almost all the rocks in my yard are coral or coral fossils (idk the difference) or other sea life, especially if i try to dig a hole

@theothenintendomaster3717 Год назад

You, could talk more about the Paleozoic like the permian ,carboniferous or the cambrian.

@metavault0923 Год назад

i think the best way to crack open without damaging them too much, would be to drill small holes arround it, then use a chisel with the hammer, great content as always, love it

@voidandwood6724 Год назад

I would recommend atlas if u think it’s something like a cephalopod dig it out to see what’s inside the rock. Because sometimes details are hidden inside and outside. I’d think it’s a partial of an ammonite

@jaydencarr5610 Год назад

I have a single fossil ...its a double on one side it has a pretty clear trilobite crustacean sort of thing on the other a curve of some ancient sea shell. How interesting