LoneRanger Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 A fellow from Denmark just emailed me links to several videos of Danes "fishing" for amber using nets. These guys are having way too much fun and success, running around the beach and pulling amber out of the waves. If you're familiar with amber collecting here in the US, you know that it's no fun at all -- just backbreaking work digging in black lignite and getting really dirty for all your effort. Here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyDZH8J643c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mYaqnwIQV0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGYLrcu4xFE&feature=related EDIT: Clickable links: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeman Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 The links did not work, I got a "forbidden" error. Felt kinda naughty... Troy Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm afraid I can't view the video either. Are the amber pieces being washed up to shore, and they are grabbing them as the waves go out? Is amber not much denser than water, so it kind of suspends? Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goroshkom Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 They work only if copy and paste them in browser. Nice kind of fossiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I'm afraid I can't view the video either. Are the amber pieces being washed up to shore, and they are grabbing them as the waves go out? Is amber not much denser than water, so it kind of suspends? Ramo Amber, I believe, floats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Amber, I believe, floats. It floats in super-saturated salt water, but is buoyant enough in brackish (especially turbulent) water to be late to settle. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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