Fossil hunter who quit full-time job to pursue his hobby earns £40k a year

A fossil hunter who quit his full-time job to pursue his hobby says that he now earns an incredible £40,000 a year finding them.

Mark Kemp, 38, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK started hunting for fossils with a group of friends around 15-years-ago after occasionally collecting them when he was a child.

Nearly three-years-ago, Mark decided to quit his full-time job as an engineer and pursue fossil hunting full-time - and he now earns an incredible £40,000 a year doing this.