Скачать или смотреть This 10 million year old rock has something inside

I found a really interesting rock on the beach — it had just enough clues on the outside to suggest something ancient was hidden inside. In this video, I carefully prep the fossil using a pneumatic air scribe with a tungsten carbide tip, slowly chipping away the surrounding matrix to reveal a Tumidocarcinus giganteus — an extinct crab species that once lived about 300 meters deep on the mid-shelf, around 10 million years ago.

Because the fossil and the surrounding rock are almost the same hardness, the prep work had to be done slowly and precisely. One slip with the air scribe could leave a mark, so it's a delicate balance of patience and precision.

If you're into fossil hunting, prep work, or just love seeing ancient life brought back into the light, make sure to follow along for more fossil finds and behind-the-scenes fossil preparation!

🔨 Fossil prep
🌊 Beach discoveries
🦀 Ancient marine life