judgesteve Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Please could someone advise me on the permission required to remove a fossil. At low tide on the North Yorkshire coast near Port Mulgrave I discovered 5 visible ribs and some verts exposed under seaweed. The fossil appears to be limited to this with no paddles or jaw etc but it is still my best find. The area to be removed is approximately 60cm by 50cm. It is located about 10 meters off shore and will be exposed again next week. I removed a rib in three parts and would be able to remove the whole plate with tools. Can anyone tell me whether I need permission to do this and if it would be ok to use a cordless power tool in the process. Best regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Port Mulgrave is an SSSI https://ukfossils.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/port-mulgrave.pdf Therefore hammering of the bedrock is prohibited. Power tools also would thus be illegal. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judgesteve Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Thank you I shall treasure the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 hour ago, judgesteve said: Thank you I shall treasure the photos I’m not sure, but if you alert local authorities of paleontology about it, they may come a dig it out and put it in a museum collection. They’d probably attach your name as well. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Can you not obtain permission to remove it? You can on the South coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 9 hours ago, Aurelius said: Can you not obtain permission to remove it? You can on the South coast. Yes, this is possible. i don't know now, but in the old days if you tried this, the 'officials' would mach march in and nick it! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: would mach in and nick it! @Tidgy's Dad Please translate this into English that some of your former colonists might understand. Thanks. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 minute ago, DPS Ammonite said: Please translate this into English that some of your former colonists might understand. Thanks. Tis English. Former colonists don't get it. To march in and steal something. Sorry. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I tend to chalk up misspellings to auto-correct. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 8 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: march in and nick it! What's all this marching about in your nickers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I tend to chalk up misspellings to auto-correct. I could do that. But i don't have auto-correct. So I've just given the game away. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, caldigger said: What's all this marching about in your nickers? It does get very hot here, you know. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 On 2/15/2018 at 3:57 AM, Fossildude19 said: I tend to chalk up misspellings to auto-correct. I like to blame it on dyslexia. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I think it's usually a case of not going back and reading carefully what you've just typed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, Wrangellian said: I think it's usually a case of not going back and reading carefully what you've just typed... Idis agre “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 hee hee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Im curious if a large slab fell down and came loose and had something in it, could you use power tools then? Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilSniper Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 3:59 PM, judgesteve said: Please could someone advise me on the permission required to remove a fossil. At low tide on the North Yorkshire coast near Port Mulgrave I discovered 5 visible ribs and some verts exposed under seaweed. The fossil appears to be limited to this with no paddles or jaw etc but it is still my best find. The area to be removed is approximately 60cm by 50cm. It is located about 10 meters off shore and will be exposed again next week. I removed a rib in three parts and would be able to remove the whole plate with tools. Can anyone tell me whether I need permission to do this and if it would be ok to use a cordless power tool in the process. Best regards Steve Can you show us some of the photos? I am very interested in your find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judgesteve Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Hi Sniper - I didn't remove this find my other post relates to a more recent one not allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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