Mr Hurd my boys have been watching your channel, now all they want to do is go outside and dig in the dirt. I love it, thank you for sharing this.

OK Dan, I came up with some ground rules on whether to get worried or to just press on regardless: 1) If you see houses flying, worrying may be a good cautionary step. 2) If all color drops out of your vision, you may be in trouble. 3) If you see any women with a green face, either walking or flying around with a broom and wearing a pointy hat; spit on her and see if she smokes. 4) If you hear the opening bars to the album ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Pink Floyd, tune in and drop out! 😂😂 Cheers! 🖖😎👍

@joshcline8764

9 ай бұрын

Spit on her and see if she smokes. Hahahaha. Nice.

@wrxs1781

9 ай бұрын

Also Kansas is nice this time of year.

Ammonites are so common here in northeast Texas, though much less pretty looking, that they're often found in gravel roads in the country side. Unfortunately it's been in the 100 degrees Fahrenheit for the past couple of months that I haven't been able to go fossil hunting. I was so jealous at first that not only do northern states and Canada have much better gemstones than Texas, but also ammonites that are so common here. But since it's normally illegal to collect them in Canada, I feel much better that it's pretty much all we have in Texas.

@alexmaddocks7179

9 ай бұрын

Lots to be found in central Texas too, like in the Glen Rose limestone.... but always in poor states of preservation, with no shell (or color) :/

@firstlast-bh6uv

9 ай бұрын

North Carolina is the same way with quarts crystals found in every yard

@battedtomcatnlnl153

9 ай бұрын

Ey. Don't complain. I am Dutch and life In The Netherlands and we have only 1 place for Pyrite and is closed. We have only fossiles here. You can find minerals but you need to go to the big rivers that come from Germany

@tedc7714

9 ай бұрын

We picked up a bunch of amonites in Texas west of Denton on some leased hunting property. They were complete but nothing special in them. They were coming out of a clay bank. Must have been a mass extinction some time way wayback In time..

interesting laws around the legalities of digging for ammonites in Alberta. A lot of interpretations about being a custodian and who is able to sell them due to fact they are recognized as a protected gem in Alberta. I saw an interesting story about a blood tribe member and his journey into being a ammonite prospector on the Lethbridge news. Quite the process to uncover the beauty in this gem.

😁👋👍👍👏👏💕🙏🏻Big time thank you. For sharing these beautiful jems, with us. I am extremely thankful that everyone was able to get to safety. The storm pictures were great. Thank you to everyone who made trip possible. The miners were really nice. I appreciate them letting you take part and make a video. Thank you guys.

My apologies everyone, for not getting to see the very end of the premiere and say goodbye! Family calls and arrivals for Tim's funeral started. Thank you for all the support and prayers! Dan, I just watched the video again and saw your tornado pics! That was a really close cloud! So glad you are safe and could share an awesome day finding brilliant pieces! The Hurd Herd loves you! Blessings from Alabama ❤️

@shanelocke237

9 ай бұрын

Very well said champ

@OverMyDadBody

8 ай бұрын

My condolences. No need to apologize.

Good stuff Dan your doing such a wonderful job bringing Canada's gems out to the public ty

I find this amazing really cool neat way of finding Gemstones and fossils. Very interesting ! Thanks Dan for being this to us!

Just loving this series of Ammolite videos!

Hey, they didn’t have hard hats on at all. 😂

@mattb8083

9 ай бұрын

You obviously didn't look at that grey hat closely. Derp.

@jchrizzy6995

9 ай бұрын

When in alberta do as the albertans do

@putteslaintxtbks5166

9 ай бұрын

They have their hard heads on their shoulders and their safety shirts on!

@UmmmmmmmWhat

9 ай бұрын

There are ballcap style hardhats that are ansi rated and certified and osha approved now... look closely, you can see the plates under the fabric. They are much more comfortable than a traditional hardhat and work fine.

@JamesWellsIndiana

9 ай бұрын

If you look closely, you can see they are wearing something like SKULLERZ 8945 Universal Bump Cap Insert A lightweight, impact-resistant shell that inserts into any baseball cap, hat or other headwear for additional head protection. It helps protect against bumps, scrapes, bruises and other minor head injuries. Made of lightweight, durable polypropylene and designed with maximum ventilation to provide continuous airflow for breathability without compromised protection. An interior foam pad reduces impact but does not absorb odors

I’ve always been fascinated by and loved ammonite fossils, but these that have all of that color! That is some beautiful gemstone. My small piece is en-route! Great experience Dan, thank you!

Opal filled shells would also be biological gems as well as some of the wood opal can be gem.

@Travluminatii

9 ай бұрын

This is the only natural source of ammolite tho

@Danhurd

8 ай бұрын

There is only one "Organic Gemstone" classified as precious. Here is an article to read. geology.com/gemstones/organic-gemstones/ (pearl is now considered Semi Precious, and Opal is a mineral, not organic)

@EdWolfram

8 ай бұрын

@@Danhurd Thanks for the info sir. I would have guessed since the ammonite is silica replacement of a sea creature and opal shells are the same exact process they would be classified the same. Science is a fickle practice. Is it still Part of the remaining shell that has color and not a silicon replacement?

That sure looks like the area around Drumheller. Was there to see the Hoodoos in 2017 and visited some old coal mine tourist traps as well. Beautiful country. Amazing to see such a rift in the wide open plains like that.

I Love to watch your videos so entertaining and people can learn a lot because you explain the processes so well thank you

Organic gems include Pearl, one of the classic precious gems. That, and turquoise are the two gems that can rank up with diamond, corundum, and beryl

@RICDirector

9 ай бұрын

Dont forget topaz. The fire even in clear colorless stone is seriously impressive.

Thank you for sharing this awesome content Dan

So beautiful. I wish I could afford even a small pendant of ammolite. It’s amazing that ammonites fossilize with this material.

So cool!!! Love this one. Thanks, Dan!

Super interesting Dan. Great video. TYVM

this might be my dream job because of watching this channel I found quarts and smokey quarts a while ago i was never into rocks but finding it while just going out in the woods for a walk really got me hooked on it me and my buddies sat their along the creek digging for hours lots of days this summer wonder what else i can find🤔🤔

Just beautiful Dan thanks for a great video six stars brother

Thanks for these videos. I see snippets of where they go but not the cool footage of all this. I am a FB friend of Chris and I am from Ontario Canada and I have been a silver cove customer ordering from silver cove for about 5 years. Love seeing this more detailed and how it's done! Nice to randomly find your channel

I love yur videos bro. You always find amazing stuff. The colors on these are insane

Ammolite is an absolutely beautiful and fascinating gemstone. One of my favorites

Wow! ❤❤❤ what a fantastic series!

Hi Dan Hope you and your Family are Safe...Best of Luck were praying for you all here in Ireland...

Fascinating! Thank you! Well done.

What up Dan thank you for this new video wow is incredible that they are so many beautiful hen fossils in that wall 👍

Hope a pt 2

This was really interesting. I never heard of that stone. Keep the variety coming!

Very interesting and informative. Thank you.

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT! I wanted to yell "DAN RUN!!!" while you were doing your outro lol! SUCH BEAUTIFUL TREASURE

Incredible! Thanks for sharing Dan

That green sky is a warning for tornadoes! It was close.

Fascinating! Thank you!

this makes me way more impressed by the intact, undamaged ammolites i've seen before. seems hard to mine them with no damage

Very cool! I run an ammolite mine in southern Alberta also...our setup is a bit larger than this one though. Very cool to see ammolite on the bow River banks though!!

Hi Dan and Folks affected by the latest Wildfires around Kelowna/ Okanagan....Prayers and Safety Blessings offered up!!! Thinking of you folks !!!😘🙋‍♀️💚- Mindi Iowa,U.S.🇺🇸🇨🇦 Going to be quite hit the next few days down here in the upper Midwest and South..Craaazy Weather.. Somehow, hope the hurrican/ tropical storm system near Calf.makes rain for you folks in B.C., Alb,/ Id.,Mt..Hugs!!

Cool video! That torrential downpour looks like Tennessee. Small fast moving storms that pack a punch. See people pulled off the side of the road a lot here. Loved the video!

You have a Good Eye Dan nice prospecting Dan

Ammolites are amazing I love the colours remind me of opal, I do have opal shells and also an Ammonite fossil which has a thin layer of iron pyrite’s my sister found NE England.

If you get super glue on fingers or wherever don't use harsh chemicals to try and remove it, just use Sandpaper, Emory Cloth or a Nail File to sand it off. Removing it that way won't harm the skin. 👍👍

I like your intro tune. These treasures are gorgeous. I never knew Ammolytes were so precious. I've seen some in Florida but they were white. I like the colored ones.

Awesome video Dan

Good morning from the hottest recorded temp in the USA, Nevada.

I love the ammolite videos. I know they are very soft, and would like to see how they are hardened to make gems?

Pics at the end looked like you WERE in Kansas, Toto! Amazing how much those stones/gems go for!

Good job man keep it up 👍

wow amazing my friend, very good video my friend,, thank you for sharing the video my friend. greetings one hobby.🤝💪👍🇮🇩

Great job 👏

One of the coolest double whammies of geology

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

That area is so pretty

Hella cool And yikes on that twister Nice see another friend of mine on your channel 👍

Those gentlemen are good at their job.

Thank you for sharing this with us Dan

Beautiful 😮

you guys are awesome!

Crazy storm Dan

Beautiful!

There at the end, I heard a voice in my head that sounded like a well loved Spy. He said, It missed em' by THAT much! 😊

Hoping you and your families are ok, the wild fires look horrible 🙁

Shale is fun to look thru.

Love your show, now I know what I have seen before 👍🏿thanks. Also I was wondering if you have heard anything about Andy .

Friggin gorgeous fossils! Super interesting how you mind the gem

Awesome content love it

Hope you and your family are safe from the wildfire.... Sounds really scary.... Take care and wishing you the best..... ✅✅👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

For a second there i thought you'd turned from prospector to a storm chaser😅😅

Waw....... Begitu menakjubkan.... Batu indah telah di temukan... Ssngat menyenangkan

*To bad the storm came, great ammonite finds*

Hey Dan, just curious if you've heard of ammolite in Utah? I operated a mine where we find prionocyclus wyomingensis up to 8 feet in diameter and beautiful aragonite layers which are absolutely cabochon quality (not just doublet or triplet material). I have such a specimen for sale at Love Rocks Gift Shop in Manti, Utah right now, but it is a near- surface find (about 5 feet deep), so the quality is lesser, but still spectacular. What I really wanted to know is if the oil shale in Alberta is also Mancos shale? It's all part of the Great Western Seaway, so it's all part of the same Cretaceous period aquatic deposit stretching across North America.

Great vdeo Dan

good find ammonite❤

It should be free to mine like anything else.. ❤

Very cool!

Interesting and educational, things like coal, how to spot etc.... Thank you for sharing and educating. Thumbs up 👍

Dan as far as I can tell, according to the Royal Tyrrell Museum, you can surface find Ammonite and Ammolite in Alberta. However, you are a custodian of the “rock” and cannot sell it or remove it from Alberta. Please let me know if I am wrong. BTW I love your videos and keep up the great work and content, you rock! Sincerely, Micheal Fels.

@NVMDSTEvil

9 ай бұрын

You are correct, if its on the surface it can be collected. There are ways to apply for permit to sell/remove a surface find from Alberta. Dan sounds like he is parroting what he's been told from the Ammolite miners which is ok because there are huge fines you can get nailed with by doing anything improperly and its better to be safe than sorry. Kind of wish I knew Dan was here that day, i'd have dropped by lol.

@Danhurd

9 ай бұрын

all I can tell you is what I have been told by the experts in the industry. I know Chris has be working with the authorities to change the laws and open things up some.

@NVMDSTEvil

9 ай бұрын

@@Danhurd DIdnt mean to sound like a jerk btw, i'm over tired from harvest hours and it sounds a bit meaner now that I read it a second time sorry lol :)

🙋ello Dan Thank You!

Such an exciting guy to watch

Be safe Dan

Cleaning up and polishing these fossils can take tens of to a hundred hours. You have to pay for that time too, including the extraction and fuel and claim permitting.... that's why they're expensive.

@markpashia7067

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, the final sale price is deceiving with all the work involved. The net profit is much lower I am sure. Still good or they would not do it, but not 40k in half hour.

Those fossils are so beautiful. I will never be able to afford one but they are truly a natural work of art.

Dan Hurd Storm Chasing!

I wonder if that stuff fluoresces under shortwave UV like opal does.. if so a noodling machine would be very useful for them to get all the pieces.. (a blacklight room with a conveyor and trommel.. the trommel drops the material onto the conveyor after knocking off the dirt) It amazes me how the values are so much less for that than real opal, especially black opal. A $40k black opal is only the size of the end of your finger, smaller or slightly larger depending on color, pattern and flash.

I am struck by a few observations about the mining of these fossils. 1- there is a considerable up front expense before anything is found. 2- digging those specimens is hard work ! 3- as mentioned previously, just getting the raw materials out is the first step in turning those rough rocks into the valuable end products that can yield such financial benefit. Tornadoes were just frosting on the cake....

Note that the US Government classifies gems for purpose of tariffs, and makes an explicit exception where amber, meerschaum, and jet are the three gems not even considered 'semiprecious'.

Magnificent play of color 😍

HOLY CRAP!

I can tell my question will be answered with a resounding "no" because all of this is forming in shale, but were there any stories of them getting a full, intact ammonite that didn't need to be pieced together?

What is the white iridescent shell that sometimes is found from baculites considered?

very good

Hi how are u , a question plz how to use or from where I can get the satellite site to check if my land has gold or anything ???

The date and the tornadoes... holy crap i know what area this is

I have a 6 in ammonite fossil from a flea market and I wonder if it was professionally cleaned if it would shine inside like that 😮❤

I will must get a piece of this on their websites

Awesome!

I'll get it im not worried about tornado sorry your loss

Very cool video, than you... 👍

3:21 holy hell that's amazing. Like omg Yeah living in Houston we don't have anything fun(it sucks here, I want to live in the mountains)

@nunyabisnass1141

9 ай бұрын

You do have some things, but not much within a day trip unfortunately.

@youtubeSuckssNow

9 ай бұрын

@@nunyabisnass1141 i mean, comparatively we don't. We have dirty water, awful weather, flat, marshy shit. The mountains are amazing with so much to experience and do. We really don't have anything.

Amazing video, Dan! What kind of glue and accelerator?