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Was out on the Peace River yesterday and found two Dugong rib bones larger than what I normally come across so I decided to keep them. These dugong bones are so numerous I don't usually save them to add to my collection. After cleaning the bones with some mild soap and water I found one of them to have what look like slice or cut marks on one side. I found this very strange and wanted to ask if anyone has come across similar markings and what may have caused them. Any of the Florida/Peace River crew have an idea? @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker @Bone Daddy
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While hunting for invertebrates in the Peace River, you occasionally come across tan colored chert nodules that look sort of like molten wax or taffy. I ignored these for years until I decided to cut and polish one and was surprised with the colors inside. I've started tumbling the ones I've been getting lately and thought I'd show the transformation. Here are the nodules I picked up yesterday: This next batch was collected last week and are wet after a week tumbling with 80 grit. I think they look very cool and what an excellent additional incentive look for fossils. I'll rough tumble a few more batches and then run all of them together through to polish.
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Recovered the below bone from the Peace River a few weeks ago and put it aside thinking it was a partial bird bone or small reptile. On closer examination I can see serrations running along the length of the two sides. This now has me thinking Ray barb. The specimen is 26mm long by 10mm at the wide joint end. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.
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My yearly trip to Florida to visit family and friends was just what I needed. Luckily during our visit, we missed Minnesota's most serious cold snap of the year. As always, I get over to the Peace River area and had a great time with @Shellseeker. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to visit @jcbshark as he is in the process of moving but missed seeing him anyways. Jack and I were very successful, after a LONG hike, at finding a secluded spot to sift on a tributary of the Peace River and it gave up some nice treasures. My free time was also spent looking for fossils in and around Sarasota/Bradenton developments. It also was productive. Finally, we spent quite a bit of time at Caspersen Beach. While my wife sunned herself and read a book, I looked for shark teeth. Usually, I present my trip in a few posts. This year, it will be a random mix of fossils in no particular order. Hope you enjoy the pictures. I have to start a picture show of Florida with palm trees!!! Caspersen Beach at sunset: Tortoises roam the sand of Caspersen beach. Similar to looking at ant mounts out west for fossils, look at piles of sand excavated by the tortoises at Caspersen Beach Snowy Egret. A favorite bird of Florida for me. Somehow the picture is not coming through clearly.
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Hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. Found on the Peace River in central Florida. Thought it was just a coincidentally shaped rock but on further inspection it might be a tooth! Grateful to hear from the pros! More photos here: https://imgur.com/a/uJc1o0r
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I'm coming over night on the Peace river In brownsville and floating from gardener boat ramp. Anyone have and spots or tips on whereto hunt Thamks!
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Found this in the peace river a couple of years ago. It really puzzles me. there appears to be so many tiny twisty articulating areas that if it is actually a bone it ought to be recognizable but i havent seen anything to match it with. All ideas and help will be appreciated
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Found these teeth recently along the Peace River in Florida. Was curious what species these may be from. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm looking to go fossil hunting or shark tooth hunting with a friend coming down from NY March 1st, 2nd, & 3rd. My plan was to go to Casperson Beach, Nokomis Beach (Casey Key) and Big stump Pass state park beach because I've had luck finding small shark teeth there. I wonder if we could manage to do something on the Peace River without a guide though! Or do you recommend a guide? I've always wanted to go there but never knew how or where to start. I do have the floating metal skimming tool, some shovels and beach shell scoopers already. Any ideas appreciated! Cassidy
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Hello, all!! I’m new to TFF but not new to being fossil obsessed. I’m a professional scuba diver from Kentucky and have been diving several times in Venice, FL and pulled up some fun finds (I’ll need to post a few here from my last trip for ID). Although I love diving, my husband and I would like to find an opportunity to search on our own (not necessarily diving). We live in Kentucky but travel to central Florida (Leesburg area) several times a year to visit my parents. From my research, the place that intrigues me the most is the Peace River. My question for y’all is...how do we go about doing it? We have the plans to build our own screens and we’ll bring a shovel, but I’m curious about the logistics. Where to park? Where to enter the river? Is there a concern about alligators? Should we bring our kayaks? Should we book a “tour” first and learn the ropes? I understand that we won’t be diving this River, and that’s totally fine. We just love fossil hunting (and want to bring my dad and he’s not a diver). Any and ALL information will be helpful!!! I do have my fossil permit in Florida (just got it in the mail a few weeks ago). Side note: we dive Rainbow River a lot and I’ve found some stingray barbs and crusher pallets there, but nothing significant and no teeth. Has anyone ever had any luck in that River? I’ve included a pic of my heartbreaker meg from one of my Venice dives. But I still love it.
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I bought these among others a few years back. I went looking through them today and realized I wasn't sure on these pieces. Peace River Fm, Florida. 1
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Got back out on the river this past Sunday. The water level had dropped a little and the flow had slowed a bit. This allowed me to get a little farther into the river at my favorite big bone hunting spot. The day was pretty much uneventful until I heard the telltale "clink" of the shovel on something that seemed bigger than a chunk of dugong. After a little probing and adjusting for the water flow I was able to pull up the targeted object. It turned out to be a reasonably large bone about 4"x6", it wasn't obvious what exactly it could be. I was hoping it was another piece of proboscidean bone as I have found pieces of mammoth and mastodon jaw bones, teeth, leg bones and tusk in this spot over the course of the past year. After getting it home and comparing it to prior finds I spent the last few evenings searching the Forum and the internet looking at proboscidean jaws and jaw bone pieces. As a result I think what I have is the end of the mandible or "chin" of either a mastodon or mammoth. Any opinions or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking!
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Doing some more research on a find from this past May in the Peace River, FL. I have been trying to narrow this one down as it is a partial piece and I am not sure it can be identified with certainty. Going through some old posts on the Forum I came across a few possibles with the one I thought closest being a Peccary distal metacarpal (posted by @Harry Pristis a few years ago). If anyone can confirm or point me in another direction it would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Since the Peace River, FL has been running deep and fast for the last few weeks I decided to spend some time prepping and making a display for several proboscidean bones found in the spring. After posting the bones for id here when they were found and doing a bit of research on my own I believe what I have are pieces of an ulna from either a Mammoth or Mastodon. There is the possibility of Gomph, but Dr. Hulbert has informed me a couple of times that Gomph specimens have not yet been found in the Peace River. So first up is a photo of the four ulna sections along with the other specimens found that day. Several pieces in the pink plastic bucket were later able to be reattached to a couple of the ulna sections. I did come up with one additional ulna section on a return visit to the same spot later that week. Next is a photo of the four ulna pieces lined up for an overall idea of size. Two of these large pieces were able to be put back together after consolidation and formed the standing piece in the display. They are the two in the middle in the below photo. Finally, three photos of the completed display with rulers to get an idea of proportion. The metal ruler laying flat is 15" overall. The standing portion of the display consists of two pieces I was able to glue back together after consolidation it measures about 20". Two of the pieces laying flat had smaller pieces from the pink bucket in the first photo reattached after everything was consolidated with acetone and PVA beads. I used some scrap wood to make the tray table and post support. Some soft toy modeling clay was used to rest the base of the upright bone on. Clay was also used to form a ball over the top of the wooden support post to prevent the post from damaging the specimen. The tray table was filled with sand to lay the additional pieces on and give it a finishing touch. Looking forward to getting back to the Peace River in the coming week to see what new wonders have been uncovered by the summer rainy season!
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Hello, This is the proximal head of a fossilized femur that I bought a few months back at a rock shop. The only collection info I know is that it’s from Florida, and by the looks of it it’s probably from the Peace River. After doing some amateur study I’m pretty sure this is the end of a horse femur, though of course I have been very wrong before and so would like some more thoughts/opinions. Unfortunately the place where the third trochanter would be is broken off which makes identification more difficult. Many thanks!
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I purchase some matrix and it came a little different than I am use to. It was labeld "Gardner Lacality Peace River FL" and came in unprepped. This was an experience trying to break up the matrix. Not knowing exactly what I was doing, I soaked it in warm water and broke it down the best I could into different size matrix. I need something a little stronger for the other half of the clumps to break down. Everything is a unidentifiable and not complete, but I wanted to post pictures because the colors are so amazing to me. Everything is 1-3MM. As I find more items I will add to this post..... Shark Teeth: Fish Teeth: Ray Teeth: Gastropod:
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This looks like a Sawfish rostral tooth to me. Any opinions?
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2.5 cm object from the Peace River
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Greetings Found this bone in the gravels of a Peace River tributary (in British Columbia) yesterday while hiking. It is clearly old and appears to be a Pleistocene leg bone off some type of smaller ungulate? animal. The bone has had quite a life and has been damaged by gravel reworking. I am a Geologist and identification (if possible) is beyond me so far. Please excuse the picture quality as I am in the field. Be kind haha. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best Regards Rob
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From the album: Peace River micro fossils
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I dont know what this is. A shiny phosphate pebble or a piece of a fairly large size tooth Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. As stated in the tags, found in the Peace River, Florida.
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Is this molar found in Peace River gravel matrix from a raccoon? After looking at a lot of pictures, it looks like a lower tooth, an m-2. Is this correct? @Harry Pristis Thanks for looking.
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Cervidae Deer antler base, Peace River, Florida - Ice Age fossil
traveltip1 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I found this Ice Age fossil in Peace River, Florida.... 1+ inch length of the base of deer antler. Photos show a side view and entire bottom 'button' base, where it was attached to skull. So I think this is a shed antler.
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Hi everyone, I have some material from Peace River, Florida, that I think is mostly from fish. I'm a lot better with sharks, while I have some idea what these things are, confirmation would be great. This vert is about 1" - is it too small to be a shark? Would this be a ray tail barb? These look like barracuda teeth to me, though the 2nd and 3rd may simply be broken shark teeth Lastly, I'm not sure if this is even a fossil - 1 1/2":
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Hi everyone, I have some stuff that was found in the Peace River, Florida. I think I have an idea what these are, but confirmation would be great! First off, a horse tooth? Could anything more specific be identified? It's 2" Then there's this, and I think it's alligator scute. 1 inch Lastly, alligator tooth partial? 1 inch long
