Ammonite Hunting in Yorkshire

[Bobby Rico]

13 minutes ago, Welsh Wizard said:

Latest on that big arnioceras block. Glued back together and prep continues.

Ammonite block is looking great, nice job 
 

It is just about happening every where nowadays , well I mean it is hard to take a photo without some joker photobombing you.  

Edited July 22, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[Welsh Wizard]

I recently purchased a Xipheroceras dudressieri from the Yorkshire Coast. They are incredibly rare and I’ve only seen a few for sale let alone find one.

 

Here it is next to. Xipheroceras planicosta that my wife found in Charmouth.

 

Dorset one is 50 mm and the Yorkshire one is 40 mm.

 

 

[Welsh Wizard]

Had a quick trip out to the Yorkshire coast on Friday. Managed to find quick a few good ammonites and a bit of bone.

 

Heres my first. An Amaltheus stokesi.

 

As found 

 

 

During prep with a big chuck missing

 

 

Almost finished. Just needs size reducing 

 

 

3.5 inches in diameter 

Edited August 20, 2023 by Welsh Wizard

[Welsh Wizard]

Peroniceras fibulatum. Found the other day and prepped this morning.

 

3 inches and quite pyritic and sticky to prep. It retains a few of its spines.

 

 

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Lots of beautiful ammonites. 

Always nice catching up on this thread. 

[Welsh Wizard]

We went to Runswick Bay last week. It was a lovely day but very hot, as we are having a resurgence of Summer in September in the U.K. 

 

Here’s a view walking down the beach:

 

 

Here we are on the beach looking back at Runswick Bay:

 

Finds were few and far between but I picked up a couple of nice finds including:

 

A split nodule containing a dactylioceras tenuicostatum.

 

 

A lovely calcite dactylioceras commune that was at the centre of a septarian nodule:

 

 

Both ammonites are about 3 inches in diameter.

 

Edited September 9, 2023 by Welsh Wizard

[Welsh Wizard]

Just back from a week on the Yorkshire Coast. I managed to find quite a few ammonites.

 

Here is an Oxynoticeras sp. from Robin Hoods Bay. Pretty big at 9 inches and currently being prepped.

 

 

This is a Lytoceras cornucopia from Saltwick Bay. I purchased it from a friend in Whitby. Again, a good size at close to 11 inches.

 

[Welsh Wizard]

Nice big dinosaur footprint from yesterday.

 

[NaturalSciGuy]

Gosh I miss living close to the Yorkshire coast! Such a wonderful candy store of fossils (and rocks) that made every visit an event. Always focusing on the rocky beach while mindful of any loud 'spat' sounds nearby as mud/sediment shed off the wet cliffs above. Loved watching busloads of school kids scramble over the beaches getting inspired by paleontology. Whether it was Robin Hood's Bay, Runswick Bay, Port Mulgrave, Staithes, Ravenscar, or Kettleness regions, every ramble ended in a rock-filled backpack. And hiking along the Cleveland Way on a sunny day is stunningly beautiful. Thornwick Bay chalk cliffs further south were also amazing.

[Welsh Wizard]

A paltechioceras tardecrescens and eteoderoceras armatum double from Robin Hoods Bay. Found a few weeks ago and prepped by a friend of mine.

 

 

[Welsh Wizard]

A cadoceras sp from Yorkshire that I found in January. It’s from the Callovian and is just under 3 inches. Again prepped by a friend of mine.

 

 

some before pictures

 

 

 

[Ludwigia]

What's that for a piece of jaw to the left of the Cadoceras in the 1st photo?

[Welsh Wizard]

33 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

What's that for a piece of jaw to the left of the Cadoceras in the 1st photo?

yes, they are not mine

[Ludwigia]

25 minutes ago, Welsh Wizard said:

yes, they are not mine

Does it belong to your preparator friend?

[Welsh Wizard]

1 hour ago, Ludwigia said:

Does it belong to your preparator friend?

it does

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

5 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

What's that for a piece of jaw to the left of the Cadoceras in the 1st photo?

 

Ichthyosaur. As is the skull behind it. Nice pieces!

[Welsh Wizard]

A small pleuroceras sp. that I prepped today. Found Toarcian near Whitby.