11/13/2024 0 Comments FOSSILS FOR SALE !Its that time of year again, when I have a bit more time to prepare fossils! The Winter days are dark and its a good time to stay indoors and prepare some fossils! The local common fossil finds like ammonites are fun to prepare. I`ve prepared some Promicroceras sp. ammonites that are preserved in calcite, they are on my website. They are beautiful little ammonites in a limestone matrix. If you'd like to know more about finding fossils then see my Youtube video called "10 Fossil Hunting Mistakes." The beautiful ammonite in my photograph is an ammonite called Promicroceras sp. Its preserved in Iron Pyrite. To see a YouTube video about finding these then look at 'Ammonite Lyme Regis.' Thanks for watching and don`t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel 'Lyme Regis Fossils.'
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The Summer Holidays are rapidly approaching and many people will head to the Jurassic Coast, to go fossil hunting at low tide ! If you are thinking of looking for fossils you must beware of the dangerous cliffs that are liable to fall suddenly and without warning! Many people have heard of Lyme Regis as being a good place to collect fossils. You need a tide table book or knowledge of when it's low tide, here at Lyme Regis. You can go out an hour before low tide and an hour after low tide East of Lyme Regis, on the 2008 landslide. That is a good place to sieve for fossils on the beach, the sea washes the fossils onto the beaches from the landslides-it does the work for you! There is an area of vertical cliffs called Church Cliffs along this stretch and it is very crumbly and it falls down all the time. There is a fossil collecting code of conduct here along the Jurassic Coast, see West Dorset Fossil Collecting Code Of Conduct online. Your not allowed to dig in the cliffs in situ. Yesterday, I saw someone digging in the base of the sheer cliffs, East of Lyme Regis-which your not meant to do. Its so incredibly dangerous to be anywhere near the cliffs and I have seen people get injured in the past by falling rocks. I take out guided fossil walks along the beach East of Lyme Regis -at low tide. I always see people that are too near to the cliffs, and some people I warn of the dangers. As I am often on a guided fossil walk my first concern is the people I'm taking out along the Coast. My father is a retired geologist, in the past he used to help me with large public walks. If I had a group of 30 people to take out we would constantly warn them of the dangers of cliff falls. However, when walking along the Coast, we would often have to shout at one of the people who had wondered away from the group and nearer to the cliffs to come back! You need "eyes in the back of your head," being a fossil walk guide. Maybe even bigger signs on the railings where you walk onto the beaches are needed, about the dangers of the falling cliffs!
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11/15/2023 0 Comments My Latest Video On YouTube -About Fossils And Curiosities Found Along The Jurassic Coast -At Low Tide! Thanks For Watching And Don`t Forget To Hit The Thumbs Up Button If You Enjoyed Watching !
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Fantastic Fossil Photos On Instagram .A few weeks ago i joined Instagram.This is a service that allows users to share pictures and videos either publicly or privately.A good number of "fossilists"have shared some wonderful photographs of their fossil finds on Instagram.
Recently i uploaded an ammonite nodule,i had found when out fossil collecting.The fossil is filmed with the round part of the nodule showing in my hand.I then flip the stone over to reveal the ammonite inside the stone.I stipulate in the video description that" i can`t believe its flipping Thursday already."Its certainly true the weeks just fly by these days.The ammonite flipping phase certainly seems to be growing on Instagram every Thursday.If the trend continues in the next weeks the Fossil Flip Thursday Hashtag should see a lot more entries. I have told people that flipping your fossil over a bed or cushion is good practice.Luckily so far i have managed to catch all my fossil specimens.Please follow us on Instagram @brandonfossils and you can see all our fossil videos there.The video directly below this text is one of the nodules that i have also shared on YouTube for people to view. Author-Brandon LennonI am a fossil walk guide on the jurassic coast. Archives
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