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Hunting buddy asked of I could get this tooth Identified. TFF my only chance. Florida Peace River. The curved root seems rare. Maybe an incisor. I have not seen this previously but such a small fossil would easily be missed. Thank for any comments and suggested IDs. Length = 35 mm
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This was such a fun hunt y'all! Cris and I went to a site we haven't hunted since our second ever fossil hunt together, which was YEARS ago! This was a place where Cris buried me in dugong bones because we found so many! The trip back to this site was quite successful. I found an amazing tooth, Cris steals it and hides it... It was a great time! Check our the video if you are interested and have some time
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From the album: FloridaWhales
Order: Artiodactyl Infraorder: Cetecea Family: Physeteridae Genus: Unknown Species: Unknown Whale tooth, Length 10.7 cm, 4.2 Inches One in a box of broken Whale teeth found in Bone Valley Phosphate Mine in the 2000s -
I found this awesome glittery piece on the beach in Tampa Bay. It is kind of layered and has a cheesecloth pattern on it. It is about 2 x 2 1/2 inches in diameter and about 1 1/4 inches in height. It is lighter than my typical coral finds. It has what looks like 2 bore holes that go right through. I'm not seeing any corallites so I'm leaning towards a sponge. I have 3 photos-- top/bottom and one side view. (Note: photos don't capture the crystallization) What do you think it is? Thanks in advance.
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From the album: FloridaWhales
Order: Artiodactyl Infraorder: Cetecea Family: Physeteridae Genus: Scaldicetus .sp Whale tooth, Length 10.7 cm, 4.2 Inches One in a box of broken Whale teeth found in Bone Valley Phosphate Mine in the 2000s -
I recently aquired these bones in a creek off the Peace River. I found it along with some other Pleistocene era things. Does anyone know what animal this belongs to or what type of bone it is? I can't find anything like it.
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Hello All, I would like to take a group of families camping somewhere along the Peace River in Florida to hunt fossils. Does anyone have a suggestion for a campground, or even just a great spot for finding fossils? We don't necessarily need to camp. Thank you for any suggestions!
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Trip to Gasparilla Island any one have finds from there to share?
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Hi everyone! New member here. I am headed to Gasparilla Island, Florida soon. Also known as bocca grande. I was wondering if other members have been there and if you could share what you found and maybe what I could or should be hunting for. Thanks ahead for all your tips! -
From Southwest Florida. Ideas on type of shark tooth? Thanks!
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Idea on what type of shark tooth?
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Family member found this at a beach in the southwest area of Florida. Any ideas on what it is?
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When you have a lot of fossil friends, you get involved in fossil stuff, which is a joy. So, I have a friend who found in 2004, a Baleen Whale Jaw 20-25 feet below current land in a lake bed for housing development. Sounds like Miocene to me. I love Whale. He knows that and offered to sell me the jaw. It is out of my price range for fossil acquisitions. I told him that I would try to get the jaw identified or at least get some options. The jaw seems complete and is a tad over 6 feet in length. He and friends performed a LOT of work to retrieve it from the muck with as few breaks as possible, stabilize the pieces, mount it for display. There is value for me just to have the photos. So, I will tell you that in the Plaster Jacket Newsletter, Sept 1978 , Gary Morgan for the Florida Paleontology Society, stated ".. a nearly complete mandible of Baleanoptera floridana, more than 6 feet in length was found near Pierce, in Polk County, Florida..." and if this fossil is from an adult, it is not the equivalent of Blue, Grey, Fin, or Sei whales today. A 6 foot mandible is relatively small for a Baleen Whale. I guess it could be a juvenile. B. Floridana has been merged into B. Cortesii . That is as much as I know/guess and hoping a whale expert can add something to the identification. @siteseer @Boesse
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I found this fossil yesterday and I am trying to identify to which shark species it belongs. Can anyone help? Fort Pickens, Fla .
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With the Peace river a bit too high to fossil hunt, I have been heading to some of my other favorite jaunts...there is a little stream ( only 2 feet wide) that meanders through Lee County just a little north of the Caloosahatchee - it probably feeds into another larger creek, though I haven't bothered finding it ...at any rate, with permission, I have hunted it for a few years now. This however is the first interesting coral head I found there. It is like iron...i know the coloration is from exposure, but the coral itself is extremely hard...those top edges are sharp like kiives. It seems to be part of a larger globular coral, as the inside/bottom has that tell tale curvature to it. I have included a closeup of the septa on the bottom, but on the top they are so deep as to not be seen...just that honeycomb effect. is that because the septa are softer and worn out, or were they naturally recessive in this type of coral...and of course, can someone tell me what it is.
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I found what appears to be a small sandstone on a Tampa Bay beach in Florida. It's about 1 inch by 1 1/4 inch. After looking at it under magnification I saw unusual vein-like strands on these raised tanner bumps on both sides. What is it? Is it a fossil? Thanks Guys! Front view angles
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Hey TFF members! So big news, I hit 1,000 subscribers on YouTube which was a big goal for me, so I'm happy to have made it! Thanks to everyone who has checked out my videos, it really does mean a lot. I put together a video of some of my favorite shark tooth hunting moments since I started making videos about 6 months ago. This one is full of action, I promise! Give it a watch if you are interested and have some time
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I found this unusual finger-like fossil on a Tampa Bay beach in Florida. It's about 3 inches long by 1 1/4 inch wide. It has an oval indention with swirls on the end, that looks like an external bivalve mold. The finger-like piece has corallite markings on it. Is this a mold of a shell or a fossilized coral finger? Thanks!
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Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and figured this would be a good first post. I was wading through Peace River and found a couple items that I need help identifying. The first I'm guessing is a tooth or nail. I can't find it anywhere in my Florida vertebrates book. It has a circle in the middle, which may help the identification process, as I have never seen this before. The second item is what I believe to be a piece of Mastodon tooth. There appears to be a crystal grey emamel on the tip of what I think is the root. Any help would be greatly appreciated. .
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Oct. 15, 16 Agatized Coral Trip To The Withlacoochee River
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Well river levels are falling to finally acceptable levels across Florida, but since winter is coming relatively soon, I wanted to get to Georgia for a last trip for agatized coral. I met Coralhead on Tuesday morning and continued by myself Weds morning and the 2 days turned out to be pretty productive. For those of you who have not followed previous threads on agatized coral, Northern and Western areas of Florida contain areas where coral has been replaced with silica in various colors and structures depending on a number of factors. The Florida Geologic map indicates that this coral sits in Oligocene deposits on top of Suwannee Limestone. These sediments range from white/grey/blue clays to sands which range from fine and dark grey to very coarse white with coral rubble. The coral is abundant in the river bottom and banks. River finds are usually deeply tannin stained while coral dug from clay or sand beds are lighter. All, or at least 95% of the coral, seems to be broken brain coral heads although some more interesting shapes can be found. This coral fascinates me because each piece can be so different and when it's good, it's really good. These are some of last years finds after cutting and polishing. Heads come in various sizes and get very large. This one is headed for the garden. This was the total take for the trip. I just started cutting this morning. I've cut just a few so far, but this one looks pretty good. I'm hoping for more like this one. So I'm glad I met Coralhead, had a couple nice days and next week it's back to the normal Peace River and Santa Fe River trips for me. Hope everyone's fall is great.
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Last year, I took a trip to a newly opened museum, the story of the museum goes back about 5 years. Originally the building was a dinosaur shop called the dinosaur store, they still sell fossils that are very high in quality and just stuff you normally don't see on the market. But in last 5 years the owner Steve Cayer has been accumulating an incredible amount of artifacts and fossils to make an even more incredible array of valuables in the form of a museum. The museum opened on earth day 2017, I hadn't had the time to post this, but I really want to share the incredible exhibits with you all, and that's what I'm doing today. Lets get started! This was at the foot of the entrance, right when you get off the elevator an amazing set of fossils was awaiting me. The sight of the psittacosaurus caught my surprise, as I had gone to the dinosaur store so many times to buy fossils that I didn't know what to expect.
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I found this sacrum along with some other Pleistocene bones along Peace River. Does anyone know what animal this may be from?
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I found this sacrum along with some other Pleistocene bones along Peace River. Does anyone know what animal this may be from?
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Anyone able to help identify? Went looking for shark teeth at Venice Beach, Florida this morning. Rock or tooth?
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Hello! I'm brand new as a member of the forum but have been looking on here for awhile. I caught the fossil bug while on a vacation to Texas in June. I just got back from a Peace River trip and wondered if anyone could help me identify what I got. I believe I have scutes... but don't know what variety - Armadillo? Alligator? Turtle? The first two photos are of the same specimens but both sides. The third pic I think might be alligator. The last two pics are of two teeth, different angles - I think I have llama, but don't know the other? I'm so excited about starting fossiling! My next trip to Florida will include diving for megs (which was cancelled on this last trip, leading to the Peace river search...) I want to do Peace river again, but this time branch out to an area that doesn't rent canoes for that specific leg of the river (so not as picked over maybe). If anyone has advice, it's very welcome. Thank you to any one who can help!
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With the recent rains we’ve had here in SW Florida most of my normal spots this time of year are too deep and swift to be productive. Having to switch gears into summertime hunting has its perks tho if you have the chance. Didn’t find a lot today but had the opportunity to get out with @Shellseeker and got a nice little stocking stuffer a hair under 4 inches. As always was a pleasure to get out with you Jack
