For Fossils Sake

18/10/2026

Iron pyrite nautiloid 🦑

Found in South Island | NZ
Aged between 9-11 MILLION years old

13/10/2026

A timely Tuesday reminder
☀️ just step outside and take a breath
🌖 Mother Nature is the best
🌟 and laughter, don’t be afraid to have a laugh

12/10/2026

Incredible to imagine ☁️☁️. the Pelagornis had a wing span of over 6 meters!
What a majestic if thing to exist 🪶🪶

Watching this seagull today, could 💯 imagine a pelagornis soaring 🪶🪶

08/10/2026

Check it out 👀
A currently unidentified fossil tooth from NZ found on a recent fossil expedition ⛏️
🦕 Cretaceous aged
🦕 Found, South Island, NZ

Watch the full video here 👇

https://youtu.be/69f3_62aayA?si=ZsQCfhvd_Ygr79M_

07/10/2026

Looking forward to this one 🦖

07/10/2026

On LABOUR WEEKEND.. the TaranakiRockhounds always put on a good show! Rocks, agates, crystals to buy, cool rocks to look at and stuff for kids! Go check it out!

LABOUR WEEKEND and our ROCK SHOW are coming!
24-26th October. Cnr. Rangitaki Dr. & Maui Pl., Spotswood (near Back Beach), New Plymouth.
ENTRY: gold coin per person & kids under 13yrs free.
CASH ONLY! NO EFTPOS
Fluorescent/ glow in UV light stone display, Stones & crystals, jewellery, raffles, kids ice block and lucky dips. Upstairs will be club members displays cabinets which are always interesting to check out.

06/10/2026

NEW VIDEO on LIVE NOW 🦖🦕
Check out this past trip to Kaikoura, on the east coast of South Island, NZ. A region of incredible beauty.. and of course.. FOSSILS!
Loads of amazing fossil finds, some local wildlife, UV reactive fossils and an EPIC FOSSIL TOOTH that is currently unidentified 🧐

Join us on another fossil hunting adventure, this time, in Kaikōura...

01/10/2026

Prep progress of the Pelagornis fossil 🪶

Finished and finessed by our good friend and expert fossil preparator John Buchanan-Brown 🙏 who kindly finessed the final prep and sent us these progress shots

Check the size of that eye socket at the end! This is one of the first fossil skulls of what was the biggest bird to ever fly!

30/09/2026

Reminiscing over epic fossil trips and finds
There are NO SCHOOL HOLIDAY FIELD TRIPS this month 😭 we love doing these SO MUCH, but Karl and Nova are off on their own mini dad and daughter fossil trip .. watch this space to see what they come home with !

Remember we DO:
⛏️ Private family/ group fossil expeditions
⛏️ All inclusive birthday party fossil adventures
⛏️ Fossil education for groups and schools

Just get in touch via DM or email and we can make a plan that works for you and your group!
[email protected]

Think adventure, exploring, curiosity, surprise and ancient knowledge all rolled into one fossil field trip!