Fossil Hunting at Charmouth 

I have to say as a frequent viewer I really appreciate you not putting adds in the middle of videos, it makes for much more enjoyable viewing for the fans! I always watch start and end in appreciation, you rock mr shrimp! Thanks for thinking of us!

Another excellent video of Eva identifying rocks. She's taught me so much. To the point where I'm now taking groups out to the beach to bark at rocks. I have an official digger as well, who I do pay, to create any sand holes we require. I say pay, I mean I give him toast. Thank you Eva.

Hey there. I've never commented before but Mike, I think what you should be most proud of is the comments similar to what I just read, which was something like " I was having a very rough time in my life and watching your videos made me feel so much better" Well done Mike Peter in Toronto

Eva slowly becoming the channel's main character. I would love to see Eva try scambaiting.

I must be a real life dog communicator, I understood Eva perfectly when she said "I found rocks". 😁

I really enjoy all of your videos. I am having a rough day today but this relaxing video is exactly what I needed. Please never stop doing what you are doing. I will continue watching every single video you produce.

I love Eva’s enthusiasm for fossil hunting 😅

Thank you! Charmouth and Lyme Regis are my favourite beaches in the UK. I used to go to Lyme for day trips (born in East Devon, so only a 30 min drive) for over 25 years, before marriage. It was where my Dad felt most at ease, resting from a very taxing manual job. My brother used to walk from Lyme to Charmouth and bring back amonites, belmnites and iron pyrites for us to see. He had quite a collection, so of the amonites as large as a jam jar lid, which was quite special. Glad that Eva enjoyed herself - my dog was barking back at her during the first few minutes, then just watched her digging. Loved this. Sending greetings from Dunedin, NZ

Ava and her love of rocks never ceases to be a never ending source of happiness for me

Eva must be thrilled that you and Jenny have decided to take up her hobby of stone-gathering.

fossil collection has always fascinated me and been one of my favourite hobbies since a child. the jurassic coast in south england has so many gems quite literally. happy hunting!

I don't watch these kinds of videos as often as I should. As someone who's been going through a lot lately and who also wants to get into rocks and gemstones, this is a relaxing and informative video. Thank you!

Thank you so much for sharing your beach fossil hunting walks Whether or not you discover numerous items yo take home, I thoroughly enjoy walking with you. Eva is such an oddly endearing little canine. Her rock obsession makes me laugh.

I've only been to the ocean shore once in my life & then for less than an hour. So I do enjoy your walks along the shore.

Eva started out so full of energy, "Lookit, lookit, what did I find, boss!?"

I think Eva was an Archaeologist in her previous life!

1:19 "Just go...and...frolic" had me laughing. Thank you for that :)

Thank you for the relaxing film. We love the beaches around Charmouth. We've only been in the summer when it's busy but if you walk far enough, you can still find some peace and lose yourself in the search for Jurassic treasure.

Thanks for the relaxing outing. My better half isn't up to it IRL (waiting for knee surgery) and I won't go without her, so vicariously we're having a great time.

Perfect winter stroll along one of my favourite beaches, thank you so much! Hubby found a lovely ichthyosaur vertebra last time we went. Still proudly on display at home and one of the only fossils we found that hasn't crumbled over time (pyrite decay!).

I love these outings. Very relaxing to watch, especially after a bout of watching the news. lols Thank you!🥰

Always love a good fossil hunting session. There is always a sense of adventure and discovery when you venture out there.

A bit of important safety information, during the winter months the local water companies dump untreated sewage into the river and in turn the sea around there, their website will tell you if/where the sewage dumps have been in the past few weeks.

8:05 I'mpretty sure you're looking at a partial boot print😄 Great video, loved Eva and the dinosaur duvet cover shirt😉

Love the eye and cheek on the sandpaper at 32:39

oh how exciting another fossil hunting video i love watching these adventures there also very relaxing i look forward to these ones i love evas energy

I used to go to this beach all the time as kid on summer holidays, and spent most of my time there hunting for fossils, and eventually amassed quite a few over the years 😁 thank you for posting this, so many good memories coming back to me of holidays in this area.

That was really nice, I've been enjoying these fossil hunting beach trips. Slightly disappointed we didn't get to see the attempt at burning some of the oil bearing shale you mentioned at 5:33.

This is awesome. I have been here many times and it is truly one of the most enjoyable things to do when down that way. Thanks for posting.

Beautiful scenery there, always loved fossils, very good, love your content Atomic Shrimp 💜💜

Thanks for another lovely video, I find your channel relaxing and good company when I'm feeling low.

your videos are so comfy to watch, i always love seeing new uploads

Reminds me of many terrible holidays from my youth. Camping at Charmouth, never finding any fossils, the walk to Lyme Regis, and the bus back. One year we camped in a storm. It sucked.

I absolutely love this part of the world! I’ve found some great stuff here. I’m looking forward to seeing what you find! I like to out some of my smaller finds and pyrite ones in resin keyrings

I came here with my husband and family the last time I came to the UK (3 years ago). My husband loves all things dinosaurs and fossils. We didn't find much but my dad was killing it and found some small ammonites. I recommend just visiting the area - it is so beautiful especially when the weather is sunny.

On the beach W of Charmouth - lifting the rocks (1-2 person job) often identified interesting fossils underneath. Thank you for the day trip!

this was so interesting and fun to watch!!! and that beach looks gorgeous, makes me wanna go out and just look at all the rocks

love a good holiday around Devon!

Enjoying your adventures in fossil hunting. My friends frequently refer to me as "The Fossil". Cheers from California! Great channel content. Fun and educational. A twofer! Thanks

I was very lucky when I visited CHarmouth and Lyme Regis for three days this October. Due to storm Babet, there were some really nice new landslides from the cliffs. I found more than 700 belemnites in two days of Charmouth, nearly 200 ammonites on the three days combined and a couple of crinoids aswell. I enjoyed my time there and hope to return some time!

14:17 when you picked up the belemnite right hand of the screen looks like part of ammonite exposed in the rock would make a lovely prepping job

There is an interesting ammonite pavement to the right of the Cobb at Lyme Regis. Lots of huge ammonites there and well worth popping over to.

Love the fossil hunting and mudlarking vids Mr Shrimp, Keep ‘‘em coming please!

I love your videos. I'm commenting because i also know that it helps the algorithm. :)

Looking forward to this video! Love your vids, A.S.

I love the occasional Eva footprints where you're searching! Evidence of life..

Some of these rocks are almost perfectly round, I would love to take one of those home just as decoration. Something about these unusual smooth rocks is really cool.

What a lovely walk, I enjoyed that, thank you 🐚

For the best fossils in that area I'd recommend walking about a mile along in the Golden Cap/ Seatown area where there are more landslips.

Lovely video, thanks. Happy Holidays

I was that exact section of beach in the summer. My wife picked up a rock just because it was heart shaped. To her delight, there was a perfect ammonite on the reverse. I found loads of bellomites. Few ammonites too but very small.

I still think the fool's gold is pretty cool, especially when it takes on interesting crystal formations. Bismuth is the coolest metal crystal of all in my opinion, but pyrite is still cool.

The dog has the makings of a good paleontologist.

That shot of the beach at 12:25, made me think of the desolate beach visited at almost the end of time, by the unnamed narrator in H.G. Wells' 'The Time Machine'. I do like a bit of 'bleak and desolate', myself. Lovely, chilled out video as always, Mike. Thank you.

Eva experiencing pure sensory overload from the sheer amount of rocks everywhere

Thanks for an interesting and relaxing video.

I’m glad you were able to dissect the rocks in this video because I was super curious! I went fossil hunting with my girlfriend once early in our relationship, we went early to Lyme Regis and spent all day searching the beach and local quarries as I was getting desperate and conceded defeat towards the end of the day with nothing but interesting pebble formations. We made our way back along the beach towards our car when low and behold, I caught a glimpse of a lone segmented rock in the sand that had been exposed by receding water! It was similar to what Jenny found in this video but I was elated and considered it a win for the day! Glad I got to go home with something!

Hello, As a avid viewer for some time now, I am loving these fossil hunting videos - perhaps heightened by the fact that In work I've been lending a hand to the education team, one area of which is regarding geodes and fossils etc. and these videos have helped my own knowledge which in turn I can pass on to visitors/children (I work at a rather small zoo) Our own collection of fossils is unfortunately rather small - I was wondering if the next time you went out and found anything that perhaps you do not wish to add to your own collection, but is still rather interesting, you would consider donating some, I also think it could be very interesting to the children and visitors alike to see the process of finding the fossils that they're looking at in the cabinet. My idea would be to add a QR-Code linking to the video of you finding them (Should you choose to make a new video) allowing them to do so. I'm in your discord if you're interested in discussing this.

The dogs commentary was appreciated from me

You could build a treasure chest full of sea glass jewels.

We used to have a gentleman who would nature walks on the educational channel. Any plants or animals he saw during the walks he would tell you about them. I watched him for years. I don't get that channel any more but he stopped doing the show years ago. I like your videos even better because you do them in England so it's all new to me. So many interesting things to see there! I hope you can continue to do these videos for a long time. I hope you have a very happy Christmas!

I think some of your sea glass nuggets would make a great decorative addition to a succulent plant along with some pebbles having some colourful glass or even clear nuggets would be a great addition. I've used bits of rougher jade in the past but some sea glass would look really interesting as a bit of an addition.

Good eyes,Jenny! So good to see you and the Mister finding neat things.

Love the glimpse of your very appropriate shirt !! :) would you ever want to do an explanation video about how fossils are formed, why and where?

Do you already have a collection of fossils and if so any chance of seeing them in a future video maybe?

I found a perfect condition trigona bivalve at kimmeridge a while back

Right as you said you might miss some things at 10:33 you missed something, bottom of the screen off to the left a bit is a concave shaped rock which from my experience is either the underside of a large gryphea, a piece of a negative from a very large ammonite or a bivalve, however whenever I find any of those options like how the one in the video is it’s almost always badly eroded, broken or just poor quality so not the end of the world 👍

I grew up in E Devon I loved these beaches for fossil hunting & fishing, so good to see them again 😊 thank you

Nice to see better luck this time

Thank you for another fossile hunting video! You're channel really has become part of our weekend routine. Also love the dino shirt! 😊

Lovely how you can make a leisurely beach stroll interesting and educational. 99% Of people would just walk by without noticing any intricasies.

I love the fossil hunting. I’d love to find one someday. I live on a volcanic island we have lots of interesting geological but fossils are not too common here. I always look forward to your videos

I know I'm late, but I just wanted to comment and say how amazing Eva's taste in rocks is. She somehow manages to find the most beautiful ones to bark at, and her enthusiasm is just contagious! 😂

Atomic Shrimp, the place I go when I feel limp. (tried to rhyme) Your videos always put me in a better mood!

I remember when I was a child, and I used to go fossil hunting when visiting my grandparents down in Gosport. I found a sand shark tooth on the beach at Lee-on-Solent. Absolutely wonderful memory.

Thanks for sharing another adventure of yours, sir Shrimp!🧭🦐🎩

The reason pyrite can form in black shales is because of organic matter. Organic carbon is in an incredibly reduced state (opposite of oxidised), and creates a reducing environment. Basically oxygen attached to iron oxidises organic carbon, leaving reduced iron, which then forms pyrite. That is why pyrite nodules form around fossils (it is where organic carbon is most concentrated). Pyrite in black shale is also a really good indicator that the shale is marine in origin. Obviously ammonites are also a dead giveaway.

Have you been to Compton Bay and Brook on the Isle of Wight? There's always quite a few dinosaur footprints on the top of the flat rock at low tide and huge 3 toed foot casts of iguanadon footprints just lying around on the beach. It's pretty impressive if you Google search it you can see them and also they have a few on display along with some interesting island finds at the dinosaur museum near Sandown. A fascinating guy to visit and speak to is jurassic Jim he's got a shop on the island selling rocks and fossils but he's a really nice guy and he's well worth visiting, he's very knowledgeable about fossils and geology.

Interesting, educational, creative, inspiring, in one word Fantastic!! Thank you so much 😊

Mike: "I have nothing to throw!" Eva: "What about these rocks?!"

I had a teacher in 7th grade who gave us an assignment to collect a fossil. I'm not sure why he expected a bunch of 12 & 13 year old kids to have any idea of where or how to do that, and most of the class couldn't. One kid brought in an antler from a whitetail deer, as that was the closest he could get. Luckily, I had a friend in a nearby neighborhood who knew of a couple sandy hills where he'd seen a few fossils years before. I was able to gather 50+ grams of tiny fossilized shark teeth and ray dental plates, among some other bits I couldn't quite identify. I think I still have them, packed away somewhere.

A-shrimp's dog is an absolute dork!

At about 9:30 there is a significant sluffing of lose material from the cliff in the background showing quite dark material. Might that be magnetite (oxidized pyrite)? With that much pyrite and water, I would put a bet on it. Might even be some gold as it often collects on pyrite crystals when the latter fall out of the magmatic solution. They say "gold rides the iron horse' out here. But not always. If it were me, I'd try dragging a magnet and seeing what comes up. If there is significant oxidization of the pyrite you might magna-fish some fossils. That is also heavier than the sands, so there are probably much better fossils under the rocks and light colored sand.

Hello, I haven't tuned in for a bit. I wanted to let you know that I tried clotted cream and black currents and I loved both. Both are quite nice. The clotted cream has a fresh taste and the black current jam is delicious! However I tried marmite and I don't care for that very much. Think if I had been raised on it I might like it. I also tried digestive biscuits and that was refreshing. And mince pies are lovely. Listening to you talk about fossils is so interesting. I once bought the fossil of a trilobite for a gift.

Thanks for taking us with you!

Ahh an early Christmas present. Lovely!

My best ammonite fossil was found at Charmouth last April , only the size of a 5p piece but in perfect condition.

What a pleasure. I was surprised you didn't have a knife, you strike me as the sort of fellow who carries a pocket knife as a matter of course. Thanks for the content.

I’ve said it’s once too many times but you are truly a G Atomic Shrimp

The best iron pyrite fossils to be found are between charmouth and lyme regis,we've found some stunning examples over the years.such a beautiful part of England to be in,also between golden cap and seatown is good to,there's a pub in seatown which is very welcoming after such a long walk.

I saw a kind of your signature tablecloth today at my local hardware shop in Amsterdam...slighty differend in colour and print..but with the triangles and paterns. So it' does still exist in it's kind 😁

The pinkinsh-red hard stone that you thought was "flintish type material" was gypsum. It comes from the cliffs at Weston to Branscombe where there are layers of gypsum in the cliff-face.

Extremely interesting. My other half particularly appreciated the reference to H R Giger as they are a fan of his work.

Whenever you find egg shaped rocks (and there were quite a few ostrich sized ones along the way) turn them over with your foot, because you never know when crab feet might poke out of them. It's fun digging them out and even if you're not versed in the trade, you can still make a decent attempt at it with some b-72 glue and a cheap air scribe. Also, that giant ammonite you saw towards the end of the visit,... would be worth having a stab at with a portable hammer drill because it's complete on the other side. Some vinegar can make good gains into the rock before you have to do other work to it.

so many rocks, all of which must be barked at

HR Giger drawing flowers, got a chuckle.

Eva needs her own show on RU-vid and an award! Your critter is completely adorable. Does she have any relatives you can send to California?

I'm sure I remember Dr. Who battling a Crinoid. 😅 Maybe I put too much Slaughtercester Sauce on my Festive Nutrient Cube.

Lovely video thank you, so relaxing

Mr Shrimp, I would love to see a video of you trying to make a Christmas Dinner on a budget, since supermarkets are starting their so called veg wars soon!