Finding an old friend - fossil hunting for large birds

Today's adventure is a spot I haven't been to in a while. I've heard that there have been a few fossil penguins found in this area and I really want to find one!
Let me know if you have any idea what the artifact could be
It turns into a great hunt with many different types of fossils from the Miocene to Pleistocene ages.
Thanks to everyone that has been sending me photos to use in the slide show, I love seeing all the finds!
Please email me pictures of your finds that you want featured to: mamlambo82@gmail.com
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  • @steveNCB7754
    @steveNCB77543 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting as always. In the UK, symmetrical stone with a hole through the middle usually means either; spindle whorl (used to spin thread before the advent of spinning wheels) or a loom weight (kept tension in the cloth whilst being woven). In your case, that would have been one hell of a loom LOL!

  • @robertbeighter6336
    @robertbeighter63364 жыл бұрын

    Great finds buddy! That holey rock - my understanding is they are formed as the mud layers compress underwater, there are holes that form that release the pressure and transport minerals that cause concretion around the hole. They were definitely used by the Maori as anchors. I have a rather infamous phallic shaped one. Congrats on the Moa vertebra, would be great to find the source of them! Pop around some weekend, I can cut some of that bone up on the rock saw if you are interested!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Robert, thanks for all the information! I think Motunau is quite famous for the concretions with holes in them that form as you say, layers that get compressed and then force liquid up through them. Yeah, love the Moa vertebrae, now to find the rest of it. Really want a femur or tibiatarsus 😊 I'll let you know if I'm in the area!

  • @hazelsegnitz3254
    @hazelsegnitz32543 жыл бұрын

    So interesting! You say the stone is thought to be a ” natural formation” , it still has a WOW feel ,as do all your finds 🤗

  • @sherylcrowe3255
    @sherylcrowe32553 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome adventure. Thanks for taking us along. Your iding is just amazing!!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @leeclark946
    @leeclark9464 жыл бұрын

    The donut rock could have been a curling 🥌 stone but makes no sense as no ice lol perhaps it had a constant drip on top and eventually worked through !

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm wondering there was some mineral it formed around which then got eroded away? Thanks for watching 😄

  • @kareno8634
    @kareno86343 жыл бұрын

    There's a World of Knowledge out there, Invite it In. Thanks again! SO glad you got that large Rock with hole - reminds me of a Grinding Wheel, or part of setup.

  • @rickross2709
    @rickross27094 жыл бұрын

    Adventures like yours are awesome, love your videos!!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank Rick 😊 Got another small one coming this week with some mailbag stuff as well.

  • @evil1knight
    @evil1knight4 жыл бұрын

    I wish you could expose a least a little from one of the most promising finds every ep!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I started doing it after this video 😄

  • @ineedanewname9595944
    @ineedanewname95959444 жыл бұрын

    So cool! Love the crabs. I would have never guessed that was what it was. Cool!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Dana 😁 Love those crabs as well. Found another one today. Busy with the video now

  • @thiagodesouza8424
    @thiagodesouza84244 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing Mamlambo... Congratulations Mate... Hope to see you soon... Thanks man

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Thiago! Yeah, we need to make a plan to go on a hunt. It's getting colder now in the early mornings 😊

  • @chayan2397
    @chayan23974 жыл бұрын

    Great video like always Love the crab at 9:50 wish I could go get me one for my collection one day thanks for sharing your adventures have a good day

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Chayan! I love that crab as well, hopefully you do find a cool crab for your collection as well 😄

  • @savagesquirrel9828
    @savagesquirrel98283 жыл бұрын

    OMG the anchor is Huge! I can’t believe the stuff you lug...still, way cool.

  • @sandmaker
    @sandmaker3 жыл бұрын

    wow what a great place to look. rockslides are always helpful.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are! Usually something interesting around them!

  • @carolkara987
    @carolkara9873 жыл бұрын

    Glad you went back for the anchor; it is an awesome find.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Carol! I liked it, it's a natural formation though :)

  • @carolkara987

    @carolkara987

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MamlamboFossils Oh wow isn't nature amazing; I really thought it was made by human hands.

  • @stevenprice9327
    @stevenprice93274 жыл бұрын

    You have the eyes of a hawk my friend. Really impressive stuff picking up the colour, shape and detail. You have some real skills there fella. Respect from the Uk.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahahah thanks Steven! I think it's because I spend so much time every week looking for fossils, my eyes are getting fossil strong 😊

  • @floydhelms44
    @floydhelms442 жыл бұрын

    Good find! Who goes out and finds a cool rock with a hole in it? Not a every day thing to find. Super find of the time.

  • @Happyhandcannon
    @Happyhandcannon4 жыл бұрын

    It's the 1st wheel ever made. Like a Flintstones wheel. Great find!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Proper stone age then 😊

  • @fossiladventures2926
    @fossiladventures29264 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos. Moa finds are superb.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Fossil Adventures! I enjoy your videos as well 😁

  • @sarejen6868
    @sarejen68684 жыл бұрын

    A boat anchor or even a net anchor. Amazes me the things you find!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks SareJen, I've heard net anchor mentioned a few times - could well be one. Or at least it might have been used as one 😊

  • @sarejen6868

    @sarejen6868

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MamlamboFossils It looks similar to net anchors used on the Columbia river, between Washington and Oregon in USA. My Ancestors probably used something similar.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sarejen6868 amazing how people all over the world ended up with the same tools! Thanks for all the wonderful information!

  • @hajorodyk1470
    @hajorodyk14703 жыл бұрын

    You’ve certainly changed the way I look at rocks...

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome Hajo! I hope you find something good soon 😁

  • @alexandermelchers1497
    @alexandermelchers14972 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow! You really got lucky with your Moa finds this time, didn't you! :D Excellent video, as always! Really enjoyed watching it. The hole through the top of a vertebra is called the neural canal, by the way, and runs below the neural arch. In a way you're still right in calling it a foramen (emphasis on the last syllable), though, as a foramen is just any hole through a bone. Typically, however, it's application is much more restricted to certain anatomical features not labelled by more specific names.

  • @andyroo7745
    @andyroo77454 жыл бұрын

    Bro it’s like you’ve got X ray vision looking into those rocks. 👍🏽✅ Heaps fun. Cheers.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahahaha, I think I know all those rocks on the beach personally by now - so whenever there is a new one I check it out closely 😊

  • @alexistrebexis3195
    @alexistrebexis3195 Жыл бұрын

    That last bolder with the hole through it has to be an ancient anchor of some kind. Can’t be man made! I wouldn’t think anyways.

  • @chova1000
    @chova10004 жыл бұрын

    Good hunt!!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Osvaldo 😊

  • @trachodon
    @trachodon4 жыл бұрын

    Wow- what a great hunt! Congratulations on the moa finds!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Trachodon! Did you receive the package yet? It should be there pretty soon if not 😊

  • @trachodon

    @trachodon

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MamlamboFossils I did receive the package, thank you! Wow- fossils and rocks from New Zealand- who would believe it here in Michigan, USA. I'm still working on fossil picture for a collage.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@trachodon glad you got it 😁

  • @rodwhite9737
    @rodwhite97374 жыл бұрын

    Hey, Mamlambo. You manage to pick the good stuff. You have a very good eye for it. Some of the tiny fragments I would most likely pass over. I noticed at the end you showed Robert's shark teeth. He has quite a few, doesn't he? The big rock with the hole might not be big(heavy) enough for a boat, but certainly is for a fishing net! Have a good one.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Rod! Robert is a machine when it comes to shark teeth collecting! He finds so many, and some are really amazing 😊 I think I get better with practice, it definitely takes me a while to get my eye in. I think you're right about the fishing net, it would have been a good spot for it as well on that beach. Thanks for watching!! 😊

  • @karenlouks3636
    @karenlouks36364 жыл бұрын

    Good luck with the skull the one thing that gets away

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Karen, one day I'll find a moa skull 😄

  • @Fred-zn5xh
    @Fred-zn5xh4 жыл бұрын

    The rock with the hole through it really does look interesting, I have some Native American artifacts that have indents into rock and they used them for starting fires with friction so they may had done the same technique to drill through the rock without many tools and very cool Moa bones, hope you find the skull!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Fred! A few people have mentioned it could have been used for anchors or starting fires, it's given me some more information to go on 😊

  • @OneRoundDown

    @OneRoundDown

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm inclined to think it's a net weight for long gill nets.

  • @joshmiller7172
    @joshmiller71724 жыл бұрын

    wow this has made my day I love the beach there

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Josh!

  • @jefftrag1956
    @jefftrag19564 жыл бұрын

    At the moa bone landslide bring a steel rake. Start on the leading edge of the landside closest to the ocean and rake the rock and push them behind you and work your way uphill through the landside.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a good plan 😊 I should stop at the hardware store and get a steel rake for next time I'm there.

  • @fortwoodmisery
    @fortwoodmisery2 жыл бұрын

    Almost certainly an anchor, Many cultures used them in that part of the pacific. It was probably larger at one point and for more crude and erosion has left you with what you see there.

  • @leeclark946
    @leeclark9464 жыл бұрын

    Mamlambo, the shark teeth reached me in good health my son was fascinated by them ! Thank you very much I will send a post card to the return address thank you very much and keep up the good work ! Big Lee

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Lee! Glad they got to you in one piece, look forward to receiving the post card 😄

  • @andyroo7745

    @andyroo7745

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lee Clark - that’s awesome bro. 👍🏽

  • @leeclark946

    @leeclark946

    4 жыл бұрын

    I plan on getting them set in gold and have some pendants made for me and my son

  • @andyroo7745

    @andyroo7745

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s even sweeter bro. You da man. 👍🏽 Top Dad hey! 😎

  • @nicolbolas5078

    @nicolbolas5078

    4 жыл бұрын

    What kind of teeth did you get?

  • @LRMarsh-le9zj
    @LRMarsh-le9zj4 жыл бұрын

    The rock with the hole thru it could be a aboriginal net anchor. A internet search shows many images of rock anchors.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I found a similar one that looked like it had been worked, I've taken it to the museum 😄

  • @tychoscholten4906
    @tychoscholten49064 жыл бұрын

    Cool!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Tycho! 😊

  • @mikeferman9979
    @mikeferman99794 жыл бұрын

    Awsome as always more jealous every time I watch 😁

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like me when I watch people finding all those Meg teeth 😊

  • @mikeferman9979

    @mikeferman9979

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MamlamboFossils oh yes I get very jealous there. I'm glad to own a four inch fully intact meg tooth received on my birthday last year 😁

  • @johnr.8723
    @johnr.87234 жыл бұрын

    The crab would go nice as a paper weight...and a conversational piece when someone ask, “What’s that on your desk!” I find stuff all the time, just don’t have the knowledge to identify it! Would love a crash course in Geology!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love those tiny crabs, I call them pocket crabs as they fit so well into my pockets 😊 Often carry them around just to look at now and again.

  • @raygrange7312
    @raygrange73124 жыл бұрын

    Still can’t get over how tranquil the New Zealand coastline appears to be. Nobody in sight.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it's very rare to see anyone out. I often go 3 or 4 times without seeing someone. And also very little plastic rubbish around 😁

  • @raygrange7312

    @raygrange7312

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just checked out population and size of the country. You are very lucky to live there. Especially in these hard times. Keep the vids coming my friend.

  • @robertmartyr2041
    @robertmartyr20414 жыл бұрын

    hi mamlambo, you got some nice finds especially the moa bones/verts and I would definitely go back and see what else gets exposed by the sea and the good chance of more bone and poss skull :0) love the crabs too as they might not be all there it gives them a character :0) thanks for putting the plate of shark teeth in the slide show and I think its a great idea as we get to show you what we find too :0) have a super day and the rock with a hole it could be an anchor but I do know some rocks which have had chalk in them over time the chalk dissolves and leaves a hole, ive seen it in smaller rocks but that one is quite big but either way it's a cool and nice find :0) thanks for taking us mate :0)

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Robert! That's a good theory about something having dissolved out of the rock, I'm thinking the same thing. Thanks for sending in your photos, you have found so many shark teeth 😊 I'm heading back there tonight to look for more bones as it has rained a bit. Will do an update video soon.

  • @robertmartyr2041

    @robertmartyr2041

    4 жыл бұрын

    good luck for tonight mate and can't wait to see what you find, a moa skull would be the icing on the cake :0) it would have taken along time to dissolve the chalk and the rock seems to be quite old too so I think it was filled with chalk and just dissolved over the years :0) i'm not sure when my next shark tooth trip is but i'm trying to find that 7 inch meg, it's got my name on it I just have to find it now :0) take care and very much looking forward to the next adventure :0)

  • @LouellaLikes
    @LouellaLikes4 жыл бұрын

    this was definitely your lucky day!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Pia-Lou 😊 It was a great day out there, even with a high sand level. Thanks for watching!

  • @jonashagstrom4664
    @jonashagstrom46645 ай бұрын

    It could be a concretion formed around a root. Bedding plane is at right angle to the vertical root.

  • @michaelrobertson8795
    @michaelrobertson87954 жыл бұрын

    Great find👍👍✌

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Michael 😊

  • @scottflick5758
    @scottflick57583 ай бұрын

    Looks fun. What basic tool kit would you recomend for preping specimens? Drntal instraments?

  • @rawdognasty666
    @rawdognasty6668 ай бұрын

    could also be some sort of counter weight for a mill or black smith or maybe even off a ship very cool finds

  • @TheHauselv
    @TheHauselv4 жыл бұрын

    It sure doesn't look natural to me. Really awesome finds and Thx for the nice Video. Good Luck with the Skull.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Michel, it really does look man-made. At least it looks like it could have been used as some type of weight 😊

  • @willbejamming1532
    @willbejamming15324 жыл бұрын

    So, I told my partner I put her in a KZread video and she was very relieved to see only her hand holding the Megalodon tooth. Nice finds. Great dedication and practical fashion sense. May you find moa moa.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha glad she is okay with it 😊 I hope to find lots moa moa!

  • @jeremygush3342
    @jeremygush33424 жыл бұрын

    Awsome video as usual....I was thinking that maybe the stone with the hole in it, could have been used as a grinding stone for pigments ect and forgotten about till now....or a forearm bone that just didnt last and has been lost to erosion by the weather over MANY YEARS. Still a cool stone.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think if someone had come across the stone in the past, they probably would have found some use for it. I'm unsure if it was actually used, I'm certainly going to keep it 😊

  • @TalRohan
    @TalRohan Жыл бұрын

    ooh Moa's a big bird ..I think with the marking across the radius of the "potential Anchor" that it probably was used as one.

  • @jefftrag1956
    @jefftrag19564 жыл бұрын

    Around 11 40 in the vid you found a small piece of egg shell. You need to make a screen and try washing that dirt, It looks like it is full of fossils, Bring a 5 gallon bucket fill it full of dirt and go to the water and sift through that dirt. I bet you will find lots of cool stuff. You could bring back hundreds of fossils!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's a great idea Jeff! Thanks for the tip 😊 Sounds you've tried this before! I'll give it a go if I come across something like this again.

  • @jefftrag1956

    @jefftrag1956

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MamlamboFossils You can dry sift too but with water it is faster and easier to see the fossils if they are cleaned. But dry sifting when there is no water is great too if the dirt is not too hard or sticky. 1/4" hardware cloth (mesh) is best.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jefftrag1956 I think I have some of that mesh at home, will give it a try! Thanks for your help

  • @huntingtonbeachsasquatch
    @huntingtonbeachsasquatch Жыл бұрын

    My son and I love your videos and now he wants us to go start looking. I know we are on the other side of the earth but was wondering if you think we could find crabs and stuff in stones here on the southern California coastline? Thank you 4 your videos.

  • @fissh29
    @fissh294 жыл бұрын

    How did these fossils come to be in those small conventions, instead if in a layer of solid rock? Cool finds my friend. Your content and enthusiasm are very enjoyable to see...I can't wait to see finds and cleaned specimens each vid...cheers!!!

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Sail Oria! I'm not sure on the exact mechanism, there are a few scientific papers out with theories. I think when the crabs die and they are underground, the juices and stuff leach out and form a cement around them. Just my theory though 😊

  • @JCinerea

    @JCinerea

    2 жыл бұрын

    From what I understand, the critter croaks and it's remains are covered by sediment. Groundwater leaves mineral deposits on the remains, and those mineral deposits grow as more mineral is deposited. These deposits enclose surrounding sediment grains, which forms the hard ball of the concretion. Since concretions are harder than the surrounding rock, the surrounding rock will often erode away and leave the concretions on the surface of an outcrop.

  • @EdAtoZ
    @EdAtoZ3 жыл бұрын

    Mamlambo, your weight, I do not think it is about anchor (if it was it for a small one man boat). I think you have a fishing net weight (used to hold the bottom of the fishing net down).

  • @poloxvy835
    @poloxvy8354 жыл бұрын

    Great vid loved the finds would love to find my own

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Pickle Head 😄 I think there are fossils in most areas of the world, ask around - especially older generation rockhounds. They have so much information!

  • @andrewfannin2795
    @andrewfannin27953 жыл бұрын

    Even if the rock with the hole is natural it's still awesome

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree!

  • @bradelliott437
    @bradelliott4374 жыл бұрын

    one of the best fossil finding videos ive seen you are good id hunt with u for days. id make a cart trollie or something for the bigger ones

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Brad, do have a cart. Have a look at the video where I fetch the fossil skull 😁

  • @bradelliott437

    @bradelliott437

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mamlambo im on it buddy

  • @bradelliott437

    @bradelliott437

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mamlambo i know how hard it is to carry them stones for miles

  • @audreygullas8728
    @audreygullas8728Ай бұрын

    I feel sure about that being an ancore " how ya spell it ? Lol. Anyways, if you notice that onone side of it, you can see where the rope or whatever went around it ! Its so easy to see. Take it in and have it looked at by some historians. So cool.

  • @Zillustration
    @Zillustration4 жыл бұрын

    Even as a denser-boned bird, does the Moa risk quick deterioration in weathering conditions? i'm wondering if the skull would be prone to fragmenting due to bird bone porosity. Those vertebrae look porous and fragile to me.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, they are very fragile. They might also only be partially fossilised. The skulls are usually broken from what I have heard, but now and again they are found whole. Usually in soft sediments, not like here where the cliff has collapsed 😊

  • @michaelbernoff5701
    @michaelbernoff57014 жыл бұрын

    My guess on the round rock is a crusher for olives or something like it. Google olive crusher artifact and it's almost identical

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Michael! I'll have a look at them online 👍

  • @karenlouks3636
    @karenlouks36364 жыл бұрын

    stone with the hole I think it was used as an anchor just a guess most interesting

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm hoping it was used as well, maybe I'll use it as one just to test it out 😄

  • @seanparchim9165
    @seanparchim91654 жыл бұрын

    I think the Chinese used a round Rock with a similar hole in the middle as an anchor or at least from the the Asia's somewhere,nice finds sir.. cheers...

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Sean, looks like most countries have some type of stone anchor. I'm going to take this to someone that collects Maori artifacts to have a look at it, they can perhaps tell me more about it. Thanks for watching!

  • @TheBarbecutioner
    @TheBarbecutioner Жыл бұрын

    Pretty rare. After all, the moa is no moa.

  • @amymclaughlin7373
    @amymclaughlin73732 жыл бұрын

    Maybe that was used as s grinding stone?

  • @alasdairblackmore2592
    @alasdairblackmore25923 жыл бұрын

    that @19:50 looks like the perfect small boat [canoe ?] anchor stone ... ! Weren't Maori small canoe anchor stones odd shaped like extra large hag stones ... and the ones that were "worked" were hour glass shaped ? The crack [or carved line] down one side makes me think its an old [but not ancient] fishing net or long line weight !

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did take it to the museum and they had an archeologist look at it who said it wasnt man made 😀

  • @alasdairblackmore2592

    @alasdairblackmore2592

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MamlamboFossils : Wow ... amazing shape for a natural bit of rock ... I hope it looks good as a water feature in your agate garden !

  • @yoyo-ei6ox
    @yoyo-ei6ox3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe its a seed mill... to make flour... the rounded shape rock

  • @John-wj2ht
    @John-wj2ht3 жыл бұрын

    Could the “anchor “ be several vertebrae of a large cetacean and the hole the foramen?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    I didn't see any bone structure in this one but in theory it could be with the neural channel lined up 😁

  • @chathusrilanka
    @chathusrilanka Жыл бұрын

    The concretion at 9:27 how did you conclude that it is a crab? There are no visible signs on the surface. Is it just because the colour and the density of the concretion plus the shape?

  • @AdamosDad
    @AdamosDad2 жыл бұрын

    18:47 Crab taco! Anyone! You should try to sell crab or other fossils that you don't think are worth prepping, "one mans junk is another's treasure.'

  • @ianstewartbrown5308
    @ianstewartbrown53084 жыл бұрын

    Stone with the hole certainly looks like an anchor stone, check out videos on YT about them, Ancient stone anchors

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    It really does look like one, perhaps used for a fishing net. Thanks for letting me know!

  • @Johnfor3
    @Johnfor32 жыл бұрын

    I am betting it was used as a net anchor to hold the bottom of an ancient fishing net or trap down!

  • @jrpenuela4576
    @jrpenuela45764 жыл бұрын

    How can you tell that its a concretion??? Pls answer my question... I really love ur vids

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    In this location I look at the texture, it should be almost like cement, that rough finish. The colour varies from blue to yellow, and the shape should be rounded 😄

  • @joseamadormarquez7560
    @joseamadormarquez75603 жыл бұрын

    Muy interesante sus videos , solo que nunca se ve que hay dentro de las piedras. Saludos. 👍

  • @modelleg
    @modelleg3 жыл бұрын

    If you would ever meet a Moa, you would be a food item.

  • @mctron22rd
    @mctron22rd4 жыл бұрын

    I could only wish walk into a fossil bed like that, no actually were I live there are dinosaurs prints found in an ancient lake here in New Mexico. I wonder as to why there are so many bones in one location?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think it's a combination of tides and perhaps it was at the bottom of an underwater hole where bones collected? Those dinosaur footprints sound amazing! 😊

  • @mctron22rd

    @mctron22rd

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am obsessed with Australia, New Zealand And is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, and the people there are so awesome and they genuinely care about the native indigenous people. They care about the wildlife and the environment. I have never been there but, I would love to live there. This is all derived from what information I have gathered or came across myself.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mctron22rd I've only been to Australia on stopovers so need to do a proper trip there!

  • @chalcedonychris7310
    @chalcedonychris73104 жыл бұрын

    how cool are those bits of eggshell! Any idea of the species of moa you have there?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    No idea! Judging from the TMT I found not too far away, it was the medium size ones, or a juvenile large one 😊 When is your next video coming out?

  • @chalcedonychris7310

    @chalcedonychris7310

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MamlamboFossils just about done, probably premiere this weekend :-)

  • @bonesstones6584
    @bonesstones65844 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure that is an anchor. The method used by the Maori for drilling holes in stone would have left a conical shaped hole. Still, why expend the energy drilling a hole through stone when you could simply utilize a stone with a naturally occurring hole. Either way, it's pretty cool. Congrats on the moa verts, I hope you find more! I also hope you find a patu onewa someday.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, that makes sense. I don't think the hole was man-made, the inside is very rough and pitted. I'm sure if someone had come across it they might have seen it's potential as an anchor. I'm always look for patu onewa and other artifacts, especially when I see potential middens or places where it looks like the stones have been in fires. Thanks for the informative comment! 😊

  • @lukemedcraft446
    @lukemedcraft4464 жыл бұрын

    prehaps the rock with the whole could of been used as a grinding wheel

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've seen a few of these around after finding this one, I think they are formed when air or water bubbles up from lower layers of clay. That being said, people might have used these naturally formed "holey" rocks as anchors or grinding wheels rather than make one from scratch.

  • @jesusyeshuaelelyonelshadai6295
    @jesusyeshuaelelyonelshadai62953 жыл бұрын

    Those are old boat anchors with hole in middle

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought the same thing but the museum confirmed it's a natural formation

  • @sweetuncertainty5619
    @sweetuncertainty56192 жыл бұрын

    Considering it was in the waves so long it may not have had any tool marks left

  • @notananimationchannel
    @notananimationchannel4 жыл бұрын

    Is the moa bone a fossil, or just an old bone

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't feel fully fossilised, but perhaps it's been partially fossilised? It hasn't got the same solid feel as that other piece I (the TMT) had.

  • @IratePuffin
    @IratePuffin4 жыл бұрын

    I can’t even imagine a 12ft bird.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    It would have been a scary sight!

  • @notananimationchannel
    @notananimationchannel4 жыл бұрын

    17:04 looks like coral

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that, I'll go research the corals from that era and see if I come up with! That's a big help 😊

  • @zatoth13

    @zatoth13

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed-I believe I found a similar fossil-albeit smaller-on a beach here and it is a coral fossil of some sort.

  • @johnr.8723
    @johnr.87234 жыл бұрын

    Could the rock with the hole be a worn fossilized vertebrate? Perhaps rock tumbled naturally?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm not seeing any bone material, it's definitely rock from what I can see. It could be that there was some bone material inside it at some point that has been worn away.

  • @johnr.8723

    @johnr.8723

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mamlambo...still a great find nonetheless! Look forward to your next adventure!

  • @savagesquirrel9828
    @savagesquirrel98283 жыл бұрын

    It’s a Pleistocene crinoid stem😀😀😀😆😆

  • @doctorofart
    @doctorofart2 жыл бұрын

    I love watching your videos. Thank you for taking the time and energy to share. I was looking at all your nicely rounded crabs and thinking of my experience here in the US on the beach and cliffs. The ones on the beach look very similar to your rocks, without the fossils. They are rounded and fairly smooth while the ones on the cliff are the exact same shape, yet with more texture on the surface. Clearly the ones fallen into the beach are polished and smooth while the ones still intact in the matrix are coarsely textured and more bumpy, not having been freshly tumbled in the sands. What I am wondering is if the crabs you get fresh off the cliff have more texture than the ones you just picked up off the beach? I hope that wasn’t too confusing.

  • @doctorofart

    @doctorofart

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looking fury at your close up of the artifact I’d say it is a rock. Not just any rock m, it is one of the most awesome rocks I’ve ever seen. I’d have to study closer to know for sure, but the hole shift in size, the seam on one side and the impression on the other give it away. What an incredible find either way. You go out alone. Would a visitor from the states be able to go out on a hunt with you? It will be some time, but New Zealand is high on my travel list. Meeting you in person would be a hoot (Southern for a good time) and an honor. (:

  • @hammondvanhoren5402
    @hammondvanhoren54022 жыл бұрын

    Can my son and I volunteer to carry fossils for you I'd love the experience to learn from you and help you in your fossil hunting adventures, some of those fossils look almost back breaking many hands make light work and all that

  • @shookings
    @shookings3 жыл бұрын

    Want to have a good laugh? Turn on automatic captions, and have fun seeing google trying to parse your accent

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahah that is hilarious! The AI needs to be trained a bit more :)

  • @ramongonzalez2909
    @ramongonzalez29093 жыл бұрын

    I found a place where there’s big bones and seems to be dinosaur skin on the rocks. Can I send you a video of it and see if you can help me identify it?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sure! I don't know if I will be able to help, but send it to me at mamlambo8@gmail.com

  • @daras-
    @daras-3 жыл бұрын

    quern-stone, nothing else.

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    Never knew about a quern stone, thanks for that info!

  • @haynerbass
    @haynerbass3 жыл бұрын

    That's a weight for a fish net.

  • @christopherstuifbergen3462
    @christopherstuifbergen34622 жыл бұрын

    So the rock with the hole in the middle it says it could be a native American artifact

  • @v7i5k2t5o7r
    @v7i5k2t5o7r4 жыл бұрын

    🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍👏👏👏

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊😊😊

  • @99problemsbutafishaintone35
    @99problemsbutafishaintone352 жыл бұрын

    Net weight?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought so too but took it to some experts and it's just a natural formation.

  • @juanmangerita
    @juanmangerita4 жыл бұрын

    Can you X-ray to see detail inside?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    X-rays don't really penetrate the rock well but Craig had the penguin he found on our one hunt scanned with a synchroton which gave some amazing results.

  • @davidguerreroguzman3512
    @davidguerreroguzman35123 жыл бұрын

    Amigo me puedes vender un cangrejo 🦀 de esos me lo mandarías a Barcelona me gustaría tener uno en mi colección y poder decir que son de los que cojes tu...por cierto muy bueno tu canal

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, I don't sell any crabs :)

  • @RicardoJunqueira
    @RicardoJunqueira4 жыл бұрын

    May I suggest more fossil prepping videos and less hunting ones?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    I try and do a mix of both 😁 thanks for the suggestion!

  • @tomgrafstrom3019
    @tomgrafstrom30193 жыл бұрын

    I think the tool marks have washed away and that is a Native American net weight

  • @jaynenunya6070

    @jaynenunya6070

    Жыл бұрын

    he is in New Zealand lol

  • @boboala1
    @boboala14 жыл бұрын

    Moa or Goa?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    This one is a moa 😊

  • @bradelliott437
    @bradelliott4374 жыл бұрын

    hey do u find many of thoes crabs 🦀 and if u do do u sell them cause i wanna scale the stone off of it but havent found one yeti got some full clams from the florida keys. let me know id appreciate it ill hit u up on facebook

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hiya Brad, I do find them now and again. I don't sell any fossils and export is controlled, permits are needed to send them out of New Zealand. I think there other crab species for sale on eBay though.

  • @bradelliott437

    @bradelliott437

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mamlambo wow i figured u was somewhere amazing by what u was finding didnt know the rules of that thanks for the reply what is your facebook page and ill share some of my fossils with u and definitely watch your videos

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bradelliott437 search for morne mamlambo 😁

  • @NinaMilaa
    @NinaMilaa4 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean with „moe „? Moe egg?

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where in the video was it? I usually talk about moa which are extinct large birds from New Zealand 😁

  • @NinaMilaa

    @NinaMilaa

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mamlambo ok thanks you! Love your videos🙌🏻👍🏻

  • @lynnscott8286
    @lynnscott82863 жыл бұрын

    The round rock looks like an anchor stone

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Nice video man! Would you like to be KZread friends? :]

  • @MamlamboFossils

    @MamlamboFossils

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I think we are already KZread friends 😄