Am I allowed to remove a find. Advice required

[judgesteve]

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

[Tidgy's Dad]

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. 

 

[judgesteve]

Thank you I shall treasure the photos

[Miocene_Mason]

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.

[Aurelius]

Can you not obtain permission to remove it? You can on the South coast.

[Tidgy's Dad]

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! 

[DPS Ammonite]

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.

[Tidgy's Dad]

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. 

[Fossildude19]

I tend to chalk up misspellings to auto-correct.   

[caldigger]

8 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

  march in and nick it! 

What's all this marching about in your nickers?

[Tidgy's Dad]

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. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, caldigger said:

What's all this marching about in your nickers?

It does get very hot here, you know. 

[ynot]

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.

[Wrangellian]

I think it's usually a case of not going back and reading carefully what you've just typed... 

[Miocene_Mason]

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

[Wrangellian]

hee hee!

[LiamL]

Im curious if a large slab fell down and came loose and had something in it, could you use power tools then?

[FossilSniper]

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.

[judgesteve]

Hi Sniper - I didn't remove this find my other post relates to a more recent one  not allowed