NZ Fossil Cards

Below are some videos of the fossils featured on the NZ Fossil Card set I made.

Fossil crab - removing ALL the rock [~12 million years old]

Fossil crab - removing ALL the rock [~12 million years old]

I used this footage in a previous video but I was never happy with the way it turned out. Here is the footage with more stabilisation and editing. From memory, I think this prep took around 20 hours,...

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Fossil hunting & exploring New Zealand

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Some of the fossils I find in my videos:

  • enormous Miocene fossil crabs
  • a fossil whale skull
  • fossil fish
  • plesiosaurus and mosasaurus fossils
  • shark teeth and vertebrae
  • and hopefully soon a fossil penguin!

I donate many of my finds to museums and universities and some of them are even being studied further!

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My fossil shark poster arrived today! Thanks @cofcnaturalhistory 😀

My fossil shark poster arrived today! Thanks @cofcnaturalhistory 😀

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Here are some frames I took from a video of the scan of some cetacean teeth I found in a concretion. It was scanned by a beam of neutrons at ANSTO as traditional x-rays aren't powerful enough to penetrate this dense rock from what I understand.

Keep an eye on my YouTube channel for the full video, it's pretty mind-blowing footage! 

This is going to help me prep the concretion as I now have a map of where the teeth and bones are in the rock.

Here are some frames I took from a video of the scan of some cetacean teeth I found in a concretion. It was scanned by a beam of neutrons at ANSTO as traditional x-rays aren't powerful enough to penetrate this dense rock from what I understand. Keep an eye on my YouTube channel for the full video, it's pretty mind-blowing footage! This is going to help me prep the concretion as I now have a map of where the teeth and bones are in the rock.

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I'm doing a 3d scan of that 48 million year old fossil marlin skull tonight with my  POP2. A friend from up north, Stuart, sent me this mega carousel which is great for a 15kg skull 😃

I'm doing a 3d scan of that 48 million year old fossil marlin skull tonight with my POP2. A friend from up north, Stuart, sent me this mega carousel which is great for a 15kg skull 😃

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I'm excited to try and prep these ammonites! Thanks so much @yorkshire_fossil_hunter 😀 Keep an eye out for a future prep video.

I'm excited to try and prep these ammonites! Thanks so much @yorkshire_fossil_hunter 😀 Keep an eye out for a future prep video.

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An amazing piece of petrified wood I found in a stream today. I thought it was a modern piece of wood till I picked it up and felt how heavy it was!

An amazing piece of petrified wood I found in a stream today. I thought it was a modern piece of wood till I picked it up and felt how heavy it was!

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The left side of the penguin is coming along nicely, it's very symmetrical!

The left side of the penguin is coming along nicely, it's very symmetrical!

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Some petrified wood I found today in North Canterbury, all very different looking.

Some petrified wood I found today in North Canterbury, all very different looking.

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The cutest tiny fossil crab I found today!

The cutest tiny fossil crab I found today!

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