Searching for Concretions: Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway

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Published 2009-11-24

Paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll find fossils of marine animals inside concretions along the Olympic coast in Washington State. Johnson and Troll have teamed up with Seattle's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture to co-curate the exhibition "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway," on view from Dec. 19, 2009 to May 31, 2010. www.burkemuseum.org

All Comments (13)

@joannhempen8210 3 years ago

I love videos like this but it makes me sad when it’s not in focus. Thanks for doing some great fossil hunting!!
@laurenwilliams8227 10 years ago

WOW. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This is amazing! My son and I went to this exhibit, and it fueled what I hope will be a life-long hobby for him. We've gone one hunts, to Republic, and the Lincoln Creek area. This will help us go back to Lincoln Creek, where we'd had no luck.
@burkemuseum 14 years ago

Thanks lycophyton! All these videos were made to complement the exhibit "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway" here at the Burke Museum.
@mariagood9121 2 years ago

Oh nice
@danegray8849 3 years ago

Anyone know what beach this is?
@HumboldtMike 14 years ago

Nice hat Ray! Cool video too. Hopefully I can make it back to Washington soon to hunt for concretions and visit the Burke -- maybe get to visit Lophomastix kellyi type specimen in its concretion... Regarding the concretions' shapes. Depends on the location -- some places it's the round ones, and other places you want other shapes. In many places the crabs tend to be in concretions somewhat shaped like a crab. See my time lapse crab prep video for an example. Thanks for the cool vids!
@randar357 7 years ago

Donned on me where I saw Ray. I have seen his art work on paleo sharks!
@soccerfreke13 13 years ago

Which could be found in Kachemak Bay in the radiolarian churt?
@thomasstevens9434 2 years ago

Any idea what beach in Washington this was filmed at?
@fenwickc2274 7 years ago

where is this ?? please tell me
@skateryork1 12 years ago

Cool I do this as a very profitable side job. And for fun. Gotta love Washington
@blindingshadow3463 3 years ago

Hey guys need some help. I found a stone knife embedded in a concretion, other tools seem to have corals that grew on them clearly after they were made. The strangest one was a concretion worked to look like a 💀, it has a crystal inclusion making both eyes totally transparent in light. I am unable to find anything like it on Google. Only that anomylous metal hammer found in a concretion.