We found a $25,000 Fossil! *Illegal Ammonite Mining!*
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9 місяців томуAmmonite collecting IS Illegal in Alberta, Canada. Despite what many rock collectors will tell you. My buddy Chris Robak takes me to his secret spot where in the past he has found Ammonites and Ammolite worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. He explains to me everything about this amazing fossil and the gemstone created from it. How it is illegal to mine in albert without a "Shell Agreement" with the Alberta Government, and how our $25,000 ammonite find today is 100% legal because it is on his family's historic Ammonite "Shell Agreement" or "claim"
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@Joze1090 9 місяців тому
So you're telling me this dude goes and plays on the bank of a river (at least I would call it play, looks fun!) And walks away with 50 grand worth of samples?? I'm in the wrong business lol!!
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
yep
@semoneg2826 4 місяці тому
Yes lol😊😊
@yaykruser 3 місяці тому
Im working 5 years at a shit job for that...
@user-xd1gt9if2v 3 місяці тому
Yeah let's go be river people ill be mayor !!
@catsfive 3 місяці тому
No these take a LOT of work to get to saleable condition
@AnotherWittyUsername. 4 місяці тому
A few years ago my husband and I were hiking back to our car after a day at the river and I found a fairly big stone at the side of the path that looked like a big dollop of petrified mud. After it sat for a few weeks I decided I wanted to break it open, because I wanted to see if I might find any fossils in it. No fossils, but something even better. A little footprint. A perfect positive and negative of anything from a duckling to a dino. It's really very neat!
@gretchenschaumann1808 3 місяці тому
Super cool! What state did you find it in? My husband and I go fly fishing and I always struggle to keep my line wet, as I start rock hounding around the river I’m suppose to be fishing. 😂😂😂
@christopherbrubaker2070 Місяць тому
Oh congratulations on such a wonderful surprise. I want to find one😢 lol I’m envious!
@AnotherWittyUsername. Місяць тому
@@gretchenschaumann1808 I found it in western Canada. The husband and I do a little gold prospecting, but we've done more than our share of salmon/trout fishing in our rivers too. We've got 4 salmon bearing rivers and their tributaries within a 10 mile radius of home. It just doesn't seem fair to harass them when we can't usually keep them though.
@cheiatianbriem2078 4 дні тому
I'm so glad you didn't say human baby
@mm-qd1ho 9 місяців тому
Dan, thank you for always explaining the legal ins and outs in all your videos. Educational and trustworthy.
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
My pleasure!
@travisk5589 9 місяців тому
Trustworthy? How do you know?
@Yarrick666 9 місяців тому
@@travisk5589 He's saying he is worthy of his trust based on what he's seen and heard. His judgement, but that's what that means.
@RainbowWaffles 9 місяців тому
@@travisk5589 Because the information he provides can reliably be corroborated by other sources?
@sheesh1991 9 місяців тому
@@travisk5589just watch the video and be educated.
@christhompson4270 9 місяців тому
Awesome video, full of treasures and facts about legal needs. Thank you to Chris too for inviting you, and thank you for sharing it with us. Take care 🥳👏🙏❤️
@phoule76 9 місяців тому
Dan's a national treasure.
@ReezMo 9 місяців тому
For 🇨🇦?
@OutsideHuman 9 місяців тому
Ok dude
@breannathompson9094 9 місяців тому
@@ReezMo *international* treasure!
@mm-qd1ho 9 місяців тому
@@breannathompson9094yes, for us US fans :-)
@uspockdad6429 9 місяців тому
I know right?!? I wish I had half his energy and positivity. Always fun to watch him finding cool treasures.
@mikeblair2594 9 місяців тому
The first fossil I found was an ammonite. My father took my fossil hunting in the siskiyou mountains in southern Oregon. I was about six and I tried to run up the road cut. As I sliding back down with a cascade of rubble I landed standing up with about three inches of rubble on my feet and it top was a perfect ammonite fossil. I've found a lot of fossils I've the years while prospecting, but nothing compares to the first one.
@thoughtpocket5189 6 місяців тому
This is the video that had me hammer that subscribe button. It's only the first video and I have the fever. Which fever? All of them. I've now seen most of your videos and many of the other treasure hunters. Thanks to your enthusiasm I've found all kinds of cool places to visit near where I live in USA's east coast. I've planed a trip to go corundum hunting in North Carolina first! I don't want to be dramatic but, it's been a rough few years for me and this has genuinely been helping with depression. My favorite thing about your videos is that they have a bit of everything. Tons of great scenery, information about prospecting, geology, and how to enjoy treasure hunting without ruining a beautiful place. When I start getting good you can bet you'll see me visiting BC to enjoy nature and adventure with all you fine folk!! The BC Sea Picture Stone is crazy beautiful, as are these Ammonites/Ammolites, and I really appreciate how informative you are in every video.
@spaceinmyhead6698 9 місяців тому
I love learning all about these rocks, minerals, and fossils! Theres so much more to them then "oo shiny!" and the way you present the information is great!
@denniswhite166 6 місяців тому
CHRIS:Thanks so much for letting us tag along with Dan on your claim. Very interesting for us and profitable for you. Humping those fossils back to the truck is NOT easy but worth it. I hope the government lets you keep all of them.
@CATASTEROID934 9 місяців тому
Very nice concretions, in many places in Europe the masonry used to construct some buildings is cut from sedimentary rocks displaying wonderfully preserved fossils of bright white against the browns and black host rock.
@markiobook8639 9 місяців тому
true.
@douglasr.swanson 9 місяців тому
They are cephalopods, not fish, which includes squid, nautilus, cuttlefish and octopus. Fish are part of Chordata, having a back bone, cephalopods have no backbone.
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
OK,OK, OK, did not want to get to technical in this video with Latin names and classification of swimming organisms, Most laymen out there can understand a fish lives in water, or generalizing as fish works for this.
@Essaysinglemeye 9 місяців тому
I was so excited to see this video today. I've been telling my husband, who indulges my new rock hobby, all about ammonites/ammolites and your video pretty much put pictures to everything I've been rattling on about. We really enjoyed seeing the claim, too! I had no idea they existed, nor that we'd need to ask for paperwork if ever purchasing. Good to know!
@averieldeathrider8407 9 місяців тому
I love how you explain things & the educational side of your content. Both educational & entertaining.
@kellyw.1779 9 місяців тому
Hey Dan! WOW, talk about treasure hunting! Before finding your channel, I never knew where all the beautiful gemstones and gold etc came from. From a novice's point of view, we'd probably just pass over these treasures, just thinking they were just a plain ole rock not knowing what was actually inside. Lol Mother nature is incredibly sneaky at hiding all her gorgeous gemstones and treasures! Ammolite is STUNNING! Would love to see what you got all polished up. Awesome video!!
@rapiersister5032 9 місяців тому
You have to love a free society that isn't allowed to pick up rocks.
@devinangola3458 9 місяців тому
Rock lives matter, their going extinct…reeeeeee! Save the rocks!😁😂
@luap2551 6 днів тому
Canada is NOT a Free Society
@mulepowerforge 9 місяців тому
hey dan you have no idea how cool this is for me! im big into fossils and gold prospecting and ive actually seen some ammonite/ammolite in the Royal Tyrell Museum collections and prep room, one was with a hadrosaur skeleton! i also live in Alberta so its cool to see this stuff from my province on youtube. Thanks for doing these cool videos!
@ShoeboxNinjasInc 8 місяців тому
That huge specemin was my favorite part of the museum!
@mulepowerforge 8 місяців тому
which specimen was it? i have quite a few pics if you give me a description i might be able to find it@@ShoeboxNinjasInc
@ellenmacarthur9669 9 місяців тому
Amazing, and beautiful. It’s a treasure hunt to be sure. Loved watching, and learning. As always, thank you Dan.
@KrisPSouls9258 9 місяців тому
I love fossil hunting. You can find some crazy looking fossils all over this world. Like those with the extra color to them are beautifully.
@cathyjay2569 9 місяців тому
I learned so much today. Your channel is so rewarding. This old lady in Tennessee gets excited over a Civil War musket ball or a Native American arrowhead and you’re pulling out millions of years old ammonite fossils that have turned to gemstones! Truly this earth is amazing! Thank you for sharing it all with us’❤TN Nana
@markiobook8639 9 місяців тому
Hey- ladies never age they mature
@mabeSc 9 місяців тому
@@markiobook8639 Some turn into good wine while others in vinegar, though, so depends...
@cathyjay2569 9 місяців тому
@@markiobook8639 😂there may be a few who would argue with you on that point!
@earlysda 8 місяців тому
Jesus Christ spoke this world into existence around 6,000 years ago.
@Yee626 8 місяців тому
@@earlysdabro it's been longer than that, also god spoke it into existence not Jesus, also where is your source?
@BongoWongoOG 9 місяців тому
That looked like a fun day out. Beautiful fossils, and that ammolite is a spectacular colour.
@Motorsportqueen 9 місяців тому
Dan thank you for sharing this beautiful stone. I live in Australia grew up in Gold Country and love opal. I appreicate your lessons of the day you taught me about something i didnt know existed.
@saralynn518 9 місяців тому
So interesting! Thank you Dan and Chris! It was very interesting learning about how the government protects fossils. I think it would be a good idea to have a removable pulley system you could set up each time to haul the find back to the truck. Or a pulley system from the water to the the main hill and then a neat little motorized cart to assist bringing them to the truck.
@mwatkins2464 8 місяців тому
I think a heavy duty drone would work great for this. It could pick the rocks up and drop them off in the bed of the truck 🇺🇸👍🙏
@saralynn518 8 місяців тому
@@mwatkins2464 I didn’t know they made drones that could lift more than contraband lol. Seriously though, that’s a great idea if they make them with a heavy load carry/drop capability.
@mwatkins2464 8 місяців тому
@@saralynn518 I don’t know either but I don’t see why not unless the government has put restrictions on it. I know they wanted to make them for pizza delivery but still not strong enough 🇺🇸👍🙏
@saralynn518 8 місяців тому
@@mwatkins2464 I think that would cause some big problems (could lift roughy the weight of a man+), but for rockhounding, it would be incredible! I think I should try to dig out my tinker toys. I sketched out a rough idea for a motorized cot (to simplify it). A surface large enough to hold rocks to transport out, but the weight issue was a problem. Also wanted a little canopy on it so you could lay down face first and scour rocky areas for the smaller ones. It’s more complicated, but that’s part of the idea. I have a messed up back and hips. Lots of ideas but no knowledge or money behind it lol.
@jennodine 8 місяців тому
Super cool Dan! PS. My theory is that these form pretty darn quickly in impact events. If it was a slow process, the microbes would prevail instead. Also could explain why they sound like they’ve been put through a kiln. Thanks for sharing these beautiful creatures with us. Hypothetical question: could the presence of metal vapors under intense pressures create that kind of iridescence?
@zagrososhkosh6105 9 місяців тому
Dan, Chris. You both show excellent content and love how you're doing these videos.
@ItsLoneWolf-pg3lp 9 місяців тому
Great to see you collaborating with Chris. Never thought I would see you two together in a video. I've actually met him in person at a silver cove show, Great guy 👍
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
He has been in a few of my videos now.
@semoneg2826 4 місяці тому
@@Danhurd.great i would be tuning in
@JustcallmeKurt 9 місяців тому
Congrats Dan! Ur such a awesome teacher and sharing ur passion. keep up the awesome work! - Kurtis
@kurtz260 9 місяців тому
That was very interesting, thanks for bringing us along and giving us some info on the subject
@jeffsteele1295 9 місяців тому
I always enjoy watching your video thanks for all the time you must put into each of them !
@Boatingwego5 8 місяців тому
10-Stars.... I had so much fun watching you both discover these stunning fossils. Thank you for posting :).
@guillermodelnoche 9 місяців тому
I appreciate how you explain these intricate concepts in layman’s terms for us to learn and not feel ignorant. I also really appreciate your non pretentious tone when explaining. I’ve been watching you a very long time and always feel inspired by your positivity!
@avacadman2155 9 місяців тому
Some time ago hubby purchased Amolite from Alberta, two large shards, he had them mounted into two large sized rings, one for him, one for me. They are stunning! Once cut and polished they are expensive but, so worth it as they are stunning,the colours!!! Amazing! Yes,we have a certificate that came with them. 😊👍👍👍👍👍💜💜
@firechicken455adventures 9 місяців тому
What a fun day you guys had. I never knew about those. Thanks for sharing.
@KelvieCarlile-cf8em 9 місяців тому
I remain amazed at all the awesome stuff beneath our feet. Keep bringing these beautiful treasures to the rest of us.
@normazarr3106 9 місяців тому
Hey Dan, The man, you're always doing something special, and Cool! Ya friend Chris seems like he knows his 💩, very well for a younger person! I ❤ you for always mixing it up! Can't wait for another Gold panning vid. ❤ ya much! ✌🥰👍🤗🙏
@robertpineau3844 9 місяців тому
Always enjoy your content dan!!! Keep up the good work.
@jenniferrobak4214 8 місяців тому
Great episode!! Thank you for the shout out! -Ammonite World Storefront
@Danhurd 8 місяців тому
Our pleasure!
@bradleyslightom6313 9 місяців тому
It doesn't matter what the objective is, you always make it worth the watch! I've gone Ammonite hunting in Arizona, and a 3/4 was my top find! Just a small 5lb, but a bucket list and a memory! I would really love to check off many other bucket list items, and rock hounds have A LOT on that glitter we adore! Just a thumbnail of sparkle gets my saliva flowing, and I want more! I can only like and subscribe, but if I could, I'd definitely donate! Keep it real Dan, that's all I ask!!!
@user-cl3nu2ig5j 7 місяців тому
Могу сказать тебе полное фи деньги это ничто .Старые игрушки бывают очень уродливы .
@LostBeagle 9 місяців тому
Ha. I've got lots of that stuff in my back yard. Never had a clue what it was or what it's worth. Thanks!
@salamanz 9 місяців тому
This is one of the reasons of why I want to study geology. I love ur videos, keep em going!
@MermaidTreasureHunter 8 місяців тому
So when the museum says they want pieces that Chris has backpacked out, do they just get them for free or do they compensate Chris for his efforts of extracting the pieces? Fun video. I did a work-study program in the Geology Department at the University of Oregon when I was a student in the mid 80’s. I processed the applications for the graduate students. All of the professors begged me to take their classes. My favorite was “shake and bake” - volcanos and earthquakes and the instructor was Gordon G Goles…one of my favorites.
@mikevanderbruggen4397 26 днів тому
Museums will be more interested in excavating the site themselves. And some scientists probably already have. 1 loose fossil doesn't hold context information. Think about other organisms in the fauna, position and direction. The only museums interested will be amateur museums, that just want to display "treasure"
@dodgeit3014 9 місяців тому
Chris should start a channel. I would love to see the process.
@narcissistsuk 7 місяців тому
Just discovered your channel today. Subscribed after 1 video.
@fossiliferous 7 місяців тому
An amazing experience collecting those ammonites. Thanks for sharing
@silvergirl7810 9 місяців тому
Geez you must love ❤ your job! What a life!! This was incredibly interesting and fun! It reminded me of rockhounding with my grandmother when I was little 🥲 awww I miss her and the rest of my family. Thanks for sharing!
@williamskris6335 9 місяців тому
We used to find trilobytes in upstate NY, near Cazenovia.
@captianmorgan7627 9 місяців тому
As a geologist I just want to go there to collect.
@rikspector 9 місяців тому
Dan, Thank you both for this fascinating video. Nature is amazing! Cheers, Rik Spector
@ant-1382 9 місяців тому
Would be interesting to see a video on working the shell to make jewelry.
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
Hopefully next year
@user-vr8rv2ss2p 9 місяців тому
I could watch videos with Chris in them, all day long!! He is such a an amazing, patient, soft spoken, down to earth person. His wife is just as wonderful as him! There isn't a rock, he can't identify!! You should hang with him more often!! He can show you ALL KINDS of places, to try out, he has been all over the world! If it has to do with rocks, or fossils, no question is ever stupid, with Chris!! Him and his wife, don't judge. They treat everyone the same, no matter how they look, or dress, etc. Truly wonderful people!! The world needs more people like them!! I just ❤ him and his wife!! Have a wonderful day!! From: Lisa D, in Lloydminster, AB/SK. ☺️
@Double_A-Ron 9 місяців тому
Your personality is refreshing. Your content is great, I mean, who doesn't love shiny things. Lots of love from Cali!
@robbybobby6466 9 місяців тому
What a great job Chris has. That was fun Dan. I’ve seen them do this in the UK.
@_S-T-S_ 9 місяців тому
Was pretty sure reading on the Alberta website that it’s OK to collect. (fragments along the river eroded out) not sure if it’s only Alberta residence. They consider you a temporary custodian of the fossil . just not legal to dig for them or sell. Possibly i was looking at the wrong website and this was years ago.
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
Misunderstanding of the laws is one of the reasons we made this video. Chris is involved in trying to get the laws changed in alberta. Changed for the better.
@_S-T-S_ 9 місяців тому
@@Danhurd that’s awesome! Me and my kids love going out and exploring. We really enjoy your videos. unfortunately, for some reason you are not suggested in my feed often anymore . I’ll have to go to your channel and do some catching up.
@11danzizzle11 9 місяців тому
This would be so much fun to go and visit and help uncover some beautiful specimens! I love learning about all these different places and minerals, along with seeing such amazing finds! Keep up the wonderful work Dan! :)
@user-cl3nu2ig5j 7 місяців тому
Это ужасно . Уровень начальной школы. Прости Дэн я обладала твоими знаниями в 1 первом классе Россий школы . Главное любознательность и интерес.
@thesacredmom2784 9 місяців тому
I always learn so much from your vids and I enjoy your enthusiasm!
@darrellbrixey5341 9 місяців тому
Thank you Dan for sharing this awesome content
@jph8266 9 місяців тому
So very cool! Those are stunning 😮
@michaelpage7691 9 місяців тому
Incredible geology and fossil episode. I’m amazed at the procedures that he has to adhere to when collecting these amazing fossils. Great episode. Thank you. 👏😁🇦🇺
@user-cl3nu2ig5j 7 місяців тому
Ребята вы вообще смыслите в геологии?
@michaelpage7691 7 місяців тому
@@user-cl3nu2ig5j Can’t translate. ?????
@michaelpage7691 6 місяців тому
@@user-cl3nu2ig5j Sorry…don’t know why.
@bigkings.8804 9 місяців тому
Thank you, Dan. Great show. Very intertaining.
@johnnyj2345 9 місяців тому
Thanks for sharing this video with us Dan! Mother Earth and the passage of time has truly given us spectacular things to behold!
@texas8322 9 місяців тому
I really like watching your non gold prospecting videos. Don't get me wrong, I also enjoy the ones for gold as well, but I've always been more of a gem and rock hound over the years. If there was a way to coordinate a vacation to help you do a few days of gem videos, I would probably jump all over that😉
@jasonvaughan5128 Місяць тому
Illegal? That’s ridiculous.
@jessie.music1 8 місяців тому
You were so calm with the flying shovel lol
@lifewithankylosingspondylitis 8 місяців тому
Nice to come across your channel and saw Chris!! Love silver cove ammonite and ammolite!
@petershaver5006 9 місяців тому
Here is a geology lesson of the day: a 5000 dollar arrowhead is easier to sell than a 50 dollar arrowhead
@jakemoeller7850 9 місяців тому
Many people do not like governmental oversight, but that oversight helps to keep poachers from coming in and decimating the area. Good on you, Canada.
@DeluxeCircuitAB763 9 місяців тому
There are laws already in place that will keep the countryside from being tore up. & Some people are into bondage. BIG mistake.
@alistairclark6814 6 місяців тому
The main motivation of the Canadian government is to keep the public from having free access to wealth and independence. Any claim of protecting the environment or protecting the people is a fraudulent effort to control territory and profit from it's resources. The national park system is a perfect example. They are logging and mining it as we speak and I can't eat a fish without paying them money.
@luap2551 6 днів тому
Yeah, Heil Canada !! I love to Goose Step along
@benives254 9 місяців тому
After its revealed, is the resulting gemstone super tough or more fragile then other gems?
@brentonmah3258 9 місяців тому
Generally quite fragile, as the shell is comprised of aragonite which is a very soft carbonate mineral. Stabilization via epoxy is required to prevent degradation.
@dcred123 9 місяців тому
I'm glad Canada was gracious enough to grant you permission to collect rocks
@Crysishawk619 9 місяців тому
wtf they go out for a day ammolite hunting andfind material worth twice what i earn at work in a year
@thomasanglin1751 9 місяців тому
Great video as always Dan. Thank you for explaining how the fossil is formed, I have always wondered how something could get inside a rock. I had a crappy school system we didn't learn much lol... Now then why is Canada so strict on mining? As in the slucing rule not letting the water back into the river, this adventure you can't take a rock of the beach without a permit, how about shells does that take an act of parliament to collect? Lol...
@AvalonDreamz 9 місяців тому
It's unreal. smh
@48thstateprospecting 9 місяців тому
Well obviously you enjoyed this adventure as did I sooo… how long before you set up your own shell agreement Dan and start harvesting this gemstone for yourself and us??????? Thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼 p.s. excellent topic I’ve always been into fossils gold prospecting came as a by product to rockhounding for me.
@OpalWanderer 9 місяців тому
Absolutely stunning fossils. Great video as usual
@twostroke350 9 місяців тому
I never see you guys using canoes much. Not being from Canada, I thought they were traditionally used a lot and I'd imagine it would be a good way to move a lot of heavy stuff to and from the river instead of manhandling it up steep banks to a truck. Obviously that would be dependant on there being a more conveniant access to the river further up/downstream. I know you can get a good 350/400kg of stuff in a 16ft prospector (the name says a lot about their original use!). I could just see you and Chris snubbing a 1/4 tonne of ammonite down the river to the next landing, the water looks perfect for it.
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
Chris brought a boat back the next day to collect everything we piles along the shore
@aaronscott2278 9 місяців тому
The opening mouth thumbnail is epic man love it !!!
@marypatten9655 6 місяців тому
Love watching you channel. Learning about rocks. What is valuable and what is not. We hunt rocks from time to time. Thank you for sharing God bless We have a rock saw too.
@thomascantrell5165 5 місяців тому
So weird how the government is in everything! Pisses me off honestly
@YokieStillExists 9 місяців тому
I love the wojak style thumbnail
@Bobbijart444 9 місяців тому
Glad you made it out to Alberta!! You should go visit the royal Tyrrell Museum here in Drumheller!! I live 35 minutes away from it, and went there almost every year for school growing up!!! ❤
@Goatorph 9 місяців тому
Love this video! I remember learning about ammolite when I visited a gemstone shop at Whistler in BC. Cool stuff!
@frankmosses9121 9 місяців тому
You have to beg mommy government to let you have a pretty rock. Please pretty please! Hahaha
@Danhurd 9 місяців тому
No begging, jus the official paperwork with the museum not the government
@AvalonDreamz 9 місяців тому
Right. That ruins it for me. It's disgusting.
@DaleGribbleMD 9 місяців тому
@@Danhurd it is enforced by the government. The museum isn't the one that will punish you when you don't jump through the hoops
@Divig 9 місяців тому
And why not? Some of them might give humanity as a whole new knowledge about the different species that once existed.
@Mike-br8vb 9 місяців тому
Damn, your facial expression is SHOOK! !!!
@martineastburn3679 9 місяців тому
Dan - having maybe 2-3 tons of Sea Shells I collected 50 years ago (more) if they are etched in HCL COLORS ! The "button shell" a Top has color naturally but makes buttons when drilled and etched in HCL. Martin My suspect the local waters were acidic from Volcanic waters.
@sarrahvaughn6307 9 місяців тому
I am so excited I got my Pinolite tile from your store Mr Hurd ...it's fabulous thank you from Dayton Ohio!!
@mantralife6620 9 місяців тому
Ridiculous that it’s illegal to collect rocks and fossils.
@nitsudocsicnarf347 9 місяців тому
Asking permission to live and explore earth. Are we all not humans of the same planet? Statists always make excuses for support of asking permission from those that have no "authority" to govern. Earth belongs to everyone.
@devinangola3458 9 місяців тому
Yeah, that’s how I feel. And this may seem strange ..but I feel the right to fossil hunt and collect… some have religion..I have fossils. I have done some illegal trips to a place. This is our history, my church, I can see it touch it marvel over it. If I didn’t find it, it would of turned to dust, I have no problem with registering a find and documenting it. But if you can’t get a permit and they could yank it out of your hands when you do find it… then why even get the permit. There has to be a curator clause. You store and document it, it’s yours, but the museum/government can have access anytime. I understand digging out/mining with big machinery as a problem, but the average rock nerd like me isn’t trying to sell this sh#t. I have fossils that I’ve harvested and ones that a old timer curators got from the Gobi, raw form. He stored a lot of stuff for the museum and others. Very cool guy.🙂
@blainesellars1548 9 місяців тому
Honestly screw them go have a look enjoy ya life
@user-cs4wn7kb5q 5 місяців тому
Точняк😕👍
@denneberg 9 місяців тому
Wow. That was beautiful pieces. Are we getting to see them as a finished product?
@ericcleland817 9 місяців тому
I live just south of Tucson, AZ. I will be looking for you guys this next years gem and mineral show. Dan, where do you have your booth setup at usually at the gem and mineral show?
@jesselyall7519 9 місяців тому
Who cares if its illegal. The government does what it wants....why can we the people do the same
@jfk64kennedy95 9 місяців тому
that's called Anarchy
@manjisaipoe517 9 місяців тому
The Government, like all criminal organizations, despises competition and will use insane amounts of power to crush it.😊
@alexkasacous 9 місяців тому
Do you often steal from your neighbours?
@goldnoob 9 місяців тому
@@jfk64kennedy95that's not anarchy. Anarchy is self-governance not chaos
@jfk64kennedy95 9 місяців тому
@@goldnoob an·ar·chy noun 1. a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems.
@deviousmousey 9 місяців тому
ammolite is one of my favorite gemstones, second only to Gembone, agatized fossil dinosaur bone. not a lot of ammolite comes from down here in the US, but most gembone in the world comes from the colorado and utah area of the morrison formation, so its a bit easier for me to get my hands on lol
@PDLM1221 9 місяців тому
Wow Dan this was one of the Best ! You guys found or Hunted some awesome items this time ,.absolutely beautiful!
@imari2305 9 місяців тому
Absoultely stunning!! I always think of Ammolite as Opal's first cousin.
@MortRotu 9 місяців тому
How's the irridecance form exactly? Is it hydrothermal deposition into the mineral structure of the ammonites shell?
@devinangola3458 9 місяців тому
I think it’s like abalone, it’s on the inside.
@MortRotu 9 місяців тому
@@devinangola3458 that'd mean it'd be on all ammonites, everywhere, and having found ALOT of these, it's not =/
@devinangola3458 9 місяців тому
@@MortRotu Well, the same for me..on Vancouver island, nothing but a sand imprint.😔 Still was a great find, just no bling!😂 But I have a few that I have acquired and paid for that are pretty amazing , can’t remember where they cam from? But ones from the big continent and it does have the bling!🙂
@charlesreynolds2798 9 місяців тому
Canada's best natural treasure is Dan Hurd. Well the Ammonite also qualifies.
@dottiegnyc1 9 місяців тому
That was fascinating!!! Would love to find one of those myself. Love your videos, thanks!
@JohnWarner-lu8rq 9 місяців тому
Thank you, sir, and I wish the best to you and yours.
@sweethome2363 9 місяців тому
So what was/is that diamond/ruby you are adorning yourself with?
@petrelcc 4 місяці тому
I am glad I came across this very educational video, and being able to learn about the formation of the Baculites, Ammonites, Mennonites...Mmmm...I think the last one goes on a different chapter.
@goodvideos.113 9 місяців тому
This is a great job sharing.
@VenturiLife 9 місяців тому
So amazing to see those ancient fossil creatures mineralized like that.
@jennpreston8614 9 місяців тому
I love this video. Ammolite is one of my favourite gemstones. You are so lucky to be able to go there.
@13Odrade 9 місяців тому
Thanks, beautyful ! A shame he had to break the big one. What a piece ! And very interesting to hear how you can be legal hunting ammolite.