LiamL Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I finally found the dinosaur footprint at Saltwick bay, Yorkshire. I took a picture yesterday because i think you guys will enjoy it also Hammer for scale. It looked alot better in 2010. I wonder how many more years it will be identifiable as a footprint before it is completly eroded away It's most likely from a Stegosaurus. 6 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I love seeing dinosaur footprints next time I am up to Yorkshire I have to see if I can find it. Cheers my freind nice photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Thanks for sharing. We now all get to see it before it is gone. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDye Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 They don't preserve footprints? Why doesn't someone cover it with something, or extract it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 41 minutes ago, RyanDye said: They don't preserve footprints? Why doesn't someone cover it with something, or extract it? In the uk your not aloud to hammer the bedrock or cliff faces. Only losses stone can be split so you have to wait for a rockfall. But shockingly sad, poeple do chip out the dinosaur tracks to sale them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: In the uk your not aloud to hammer the bedrock or cliff faces. Only losses stone can be split so you have to wait for a rockfall. But shockingly sad, poeple do chip out the dinosaur tracks to sale them. I’m suprised someones not damaged this one over the years. 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 This is what it looked like in 2006. (Thanks google) i believe there are other tracks on the rock from a different dinosaur. 2 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDye Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: In the uk your not aloud to hammer the bedrock or cliff faces. Only losses stone can be split so you have to wait for a rockfall. But shockingly sad, poeple do chip out the dinosaur tracks to sale them. Not even an established institution or university can? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 11 minutes ago, RyanDye said: Not even an established institution or university can? Yes they have to apply for permissions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 8 hours ago, RyanDye said: Not even an established institution or university can? Someone told me that everything from the top of the cliff to the bottom of the cliff belongs to the land owner above, which is farmers fields. Until it falls out. 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 And that stone looks to be lying loose on the ground. ie: fell out 1 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 On 20/08/2018 at 9:40 PM, RyanDye said: They don't preserve footprints? Why doesn't someone cover it with something, or extract it? Where I collect in the UK (Sussex) dinosaur locomotion trace fossils such as footprints are both preserved as trackways (footprints in-situ) and loose (ex-situ) footcasts. The loose ones many of us local fossil hunters have been taking them home over the years. No point in leaving them there I suppose to erode away to nothing. They are quite abundant here. However, collectors know it is difficult to find good examples of loose footcasts. Most are worn to some degree, some are almost unrecognisable as footcasts. No one touches the trackways as, and rightly so, this is considered a big no...no. When we discover what we think is a newly exposed trackway, we take notes and pics to record it. I believe I am the first person to discover and recognise and record dinosaur trace fossil tail drag imprints in Sussex many years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Young Elliot and I were lucky enough to also see that famous dinosaur footcast in 2013. We were also lucky enough to find a newly discovered cast in the same year. Pictured below. Paleontologist Dean Lomax featured it in his Dinosaurs Of The British Isles Book 2 Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 10 hours ago, DE&i said: Young Elliot and I were lucky enough to also that famous dinosaur footcast in 2013. We were also lucky enough to find a newly discovered cast in the same year. Pictured below. Paleontologist Dean Lomax featured it in his Dinosaurs Of The British Isles Book Wondeful pictures, is the 2nd one near the one i photographed? 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 @LiamL it was about 100 metres away. The story goes that local Paleontologists say that the footcast had never been recorded before. And may have just recently been turned over by the tidal actions since it first fell from the cliffs. There was a very brief discussion of a plan to remove it from the beach to go to one of the local museums. But the logistics and costs of lifting the cast went against the decision. Not sure if it's still there, maby the tides have flipped it over again. As I've never heard it has been seen again since I first discovered it. 1 Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 hours ago, DE&i said: @LiamL it was about 100 metres away. The story goes that local Paleontologists say that the footcast had never been recorded before. And may have just recently been turned over by the tidal actions since it first fell from the cliffs. There was a very brief discussion of a plan to remove it from the beach to go to one of the local museums. But the logistics and costs of lifting the cast went against the decision. Not sure if it's still there, maby the tides have flipped it over again. As I've never heard it has been seen again since I first discovered it. 100 metres to the left or right as you come down the steps? i’ll keep my eye out. Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 I haven't been since I'm afraid and unfortunately I can't remember. I found another not so easily recognised footcast that day. 1 Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 hour ago, DE&i said: I haven't been since I'm afraid and unfortunately I can't remember. I found another not so easily recognised footcast that day. Not sure if i’d recognise that one at all! Is it very worn down? 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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