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#1 PaleoRon

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Posted 26 June 2010 - 04:43 PM

I've had a few people ask me what kind of material I find on a typical dive so I thought this material might make good auction items.
All of this material is what I consider average finds from a typical dive trip to North Carolina.
There is a decent variety of fossil types with typical preservation. All of this material is most likely from the Pliocene, Yorktown Formation. Most of the literature I have read indicates that the Yorktown is 4 to 6 million years old.

This auction ends at midnight EST on July the 4th. Winner should pay the forum, and Cris (I think) will let me know that payment has been made. Winner will provide me with their mailing address and I will ship the items flat rate priority mail.

There will also be at least one mystery addition to the box. I already have the material packed and there is still a space in the box that needs to be filled before I seal it up. Mystery item(s) may or may not be a N.C. dive find(s).



Fish fossils on the left and a dugong rib section on the right.
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Shark vertebra.
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Bird bone.
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Whale epiphysis, cervical vertebra, bitten rib section
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Shark bitten rib close up.
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Porpoise vertebra
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Porpoise rib sections, jaw section,
nice atlas vertebra in matrix
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Shark teeth. 5 species. Cleaned, semi-cleaned, and as found.
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Seal astragalus, vertebra, damaged humerus.
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#2 West4me

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Posted 26 June 2010 - 07:55 PM

I'll start it off, $20
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#3 larryski

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Posted 26 June 2010 - 11:43 PM

Ill bid $30

#4 Shamalama

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 09:10 AM

Wow, This should get some bidding going!

Put me down for $50
Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPhee

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#5 Shamalama

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Posted 04 July 2010 - 06:53 PM

Hey! People! Your missing out on this auction! I'll bump it to $60. :)
Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPhee

If I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPhee

Check out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemah...o.blogspot.com/

#6 PaleoRon

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Posted 05 July 2010 - 02:28 AM

Congratulations Shamalama and thank you for your participation.
Would you prefer your bonus items to be vertebrate, invertebrate, or mixed?
Please PM me your mailing address.
Thanks.
Ron

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Posted 06 July 2010 - 09:01 PM

Thanks to both of you :)
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