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Got back last night from a paddle on the Peace River and these are some of the unknowns I was hoping to get some help with. I am still totally new at this and my best guess for number 1 was maybe part of a manatee tooth?roughly 1/2 inch in length and height 2. some sort of mammal tooth possibly with missing inner enamel ? 3. some sort of vertebrate; its the smallest one I have ever found , curious about what species it might be from. Also it's so cute ! ( have yet to see anyone else on the forum think fossils are cute , but this thing is adorable )

I sifted this up from the Peace River in Hardee County, I thought it odd against the gray and black of everything else in my screen. It's almost like a pretty stone with 50 layers of lacquer poured over it, 3 dimensional in appearance, you can see into the rock.

Went out Hunting both Wednesday and Thursday. Very unusual, I usually need recuperation time, but it seems the extra exercise helped. So what is happening is that we are starting to Hunt the Peace River again because the water depth has dropped. We are returning to places we have not been in Months to "test" the depth. On Thursday we picked one of those After sorting out small shark teeth , these were my best finds of the day. I especially appreciate the green marble. Usually, I was digging in water just above my waist but lots of deeper holes all around me.. This was limiting how deep I could dig, even when I did find gravel. In my first sieve of the day up popped the premolar in lower right. Because of the size, I immediately thought it was deer. But I am frequently wrong, more so than I would like. It has an APL of 14 mm. and 3 roots.. I looked at deer first. I thought this would be premolar 1. But it was not deer. and that is exciting. I LIKE finding fossils I can not identify initially. After searching TFF and the internet for a while, I came upon one of @Harry Pristis great pictures. It is amazing that such a big animal has such a small tooth. This is a nice find , especially at the size. Next up a small Mako and a Dolphin... A layer of the Dolphin enamel has been stripped from one side. But the rugose nature of the remaining side enamel would seem to confirm Dolphin. I do not have many dolphin teeth like this and I am pleased to get this one. Then a small bone that has some unusual features and I will try to Identify. This is all about 1) I like to identify my finds so that I will recognize them the next time I see one. This bone might be a Calcaneum, but I am unsure. Finally , a large incisor... I was initially thinking Llama, but there are some features that do not quite match, so I went looking at Horse, Bison, Cow... and found little to change my initial opinion... The shape of the tip seems to be Llama ( Hemiauchenia macrocephala) but I have not seem similar curving folds of the lingual edge, and the rest of the incisor seems more similar to Equus than to Llama. but for the moment , I'll stick with Hemiauchenia. These are good finds, I had very successful day. It was nice to be in the Peace River again. It took me a while to prepare this post. Likely will get to describing Wednesday finds tomorrow. All comments welcome and appreciated.

Found this tooth in the Peace river yesterday. I thought it was just a rock until I looked at the end.

After looking at the post made by Shellseeker earlier today it was time to figure out what these “horse teeth” actually are. I’m fairly confident in some IDs and lost on some. Went in high hopes for unknown glory! Seems I just have lots of pieces of horse teeth pieces — only a few solids and they are partials. This process was really fun though. I appreciate any guidance that you are willing to share. Advice on posting or photos is always welcome. In the words of Fossildude images were “cropped and brightened”. Numbers on info coordinate with image numbers All marking lines are Millimeters All illustrations came from the reference ID at the bottom of the post. Thanks to Everyone for making this first week very informative on my hobby and terrible for my work flow I appreciate it!!! Jp 1. Confirmation of “Horse upper molar” - Pleistocene - zolfo springs peace river tributary bone valley deposit - 48mmx12mm for larger piece 25mmx13mm for smaller piece. If you split a full tooth in 4 sections I believe I have two of 4 quadrants. Not the same tooth but in representation. Appear to have the lower and upper quadrant of the left side of the example photo. The longer piece was in two pieces in the sieve but luckily I saw it. 2. Confirmation of “ Bison Lower molar” - Pleistocene- peace river - bone valley deposit. 25mmx20mm larger example (lower left?) 25mmx12mm smaller example With this group I believe I have two different age/wear examples of a bison lower tooth. Appears to be half of a lower and the middle bridge section on the larger piece. The smaller piece I can’t match the squiggles exactly but length and internal coloring leads me to weathered bison molar. 3. Are these just broken horse teeth fragments? Height 30-35mm and width 12mm. Everything says horse except the lengths. I also think I was looking at one upside down. Color is beautiful. 4. Mystery tooth fragment Peace River Bone valley deposit 23mm tall 12mm wide. Did it have a cavity? The completed segment is unique to me. The length and internal structure match the other bison teeth. I’m thinking this might be an upper jaw first few teeth -ish. missing its outside section? 5. Mystery ID??? Peace river Bone Valley deposit 30mmx12mm it appears these are connected when whole and I have 1.5 sets. couldn’t find them in my books. Since I’ve been teeth heavy this afternoon I’m thinking maybe these aren’t teeth at all?? The two sided version leaves a void inside when connected. The split version shows the inside and a pocket. seed pods? Tiny frog peoples????

Hello everyone, Im Jp. New to the forum but super excited to have found it. Was already able to ID some unknowns from other post, confirm some hunches, and this fossil ID section might be the coolest part of it all! Below are some pieces from the collection that I’m either unknown on or need better opinions on than my couple of books on Florida’s fossils give. Please let me know if you know anything about them. Everything was found in the Peace River in Florida. Mixed medium size to fine size gravel. Location in the river system can be surface layer of the bottom up to 3’ down into the riverbed and gravel bars. All species come from the same general area as I only really hunt the north and north central river. I’m new to the layout system here but hopefully I can get these in order. First are these teeth. As long as they aren’t human I’m excited! : 1.) 2.) Next this jawbone is a mystery. The tunnel on the bottom matched a couple large rodent type species in my book but I couldn’t tell. 3.) What do we think these are?? I thought dolphin at first for the upper one but it’s kinda different. 4.) The curved one looks kinda like a unkempt dogs toenail?? Switching gears to these bones… 5.) The white one looks like the upper part of a Dugong rib but also kinda dolphin??? Kinda figured those grooves were for capillaries or nerves?? 6.) The darker second bone? Is interesting because it appears to still have the periosteum on it. Or it’s wood or coprolite, and I treasure poop. : ) 7.) This seems like an old massive gators tooth but it’s got way more character than my other gators teeth. So I’ve wondered if it’s different. (The peace river starts on Lake Hancock with more 10- 13’ gators than you can possibly imagine. Around Arcadia and Nacotee they get thick and huge again. So both sides of where folks hunt the river. I can’t imagine how many have traveled the peace to change locations over their massive lifespan) 8. ) These have puzzled me. Why is this napping type stone 2’ under the peace river bed? 9.) Why has this rock been shaped and grooved like a plumb Bob or a weight? 10.) Is this a bird point or can I just stop wondering? 11.) Under the See..Under the sea… so I actually thought these were stingrays inner barbs but I learned on this forum that those spines are dorsal and pectoral fish fin internals. 12.) The tiny crab claw tooth (also 2’ under the river bed) and 13.) coral are complete mysteries. 14.) Black thing? 15.) Let me start by saying if these are Geodes, I really hope the rest are still there. I collected a bucket worth in a spot but set them down to do something different and forgot to pick them up before I left. Literally last hunt of this year for me and the water in that spot is easy 6-8’ deep right now. 16.) I’ve located fish scale plates in my books but nothing exactly like this?? 17.) What kind of sharks teeth are these? I find various versions of both types and a decent amount. Lastly, if you lost your keychain, I found it. Guessing it went missing somewhere mid 70’s. (Also found deep under the bottom) Thanks for looking into these! Thanks for knowing stuff I don’t and please let me know how to do better with posting future find questions. Here’s my box with the stuff I’ve kept. My better half has pretty strict rules on bringing new stuff in. Can’t have repeats, which is fair enough. Thanks!! Jp

Sunday Sifter Build (AKA- spent way too many hours reading archives, got jazzed up with a river at flood stage, and had to do something fossil related to move forward with my life) Building a nicer sifter has been on my list for a long while. I saved a nice cedar board from a window sill repair, and have been “gonna make a sifter with it” since. My current sifter is fine so I decided to make something a little nicer that I can keep a while. A sifter that can live in the boat, is still lightweight but taller than my current version, and buoyant. Cedar should be perfect. It’s lighter than most, strong, basically rot proof and naturally buoyant. Since my material was limited I decided to use the CNC to cut it out rather than the bandsaw. Waste not want not. The construction fence is something I started using last year. Held up all season incredibly and my favorite part is it’s 3/8”. In my area that appears to be the sweet spot for speed and collection. It stretches like a trampoline and trims up with a razor blade. Anyone else got a cheese ball tub of chunkasaurous and dugong bits some sanding and shaping along with a little mantra for when I need reminding of why I’m out there. “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known” it’s In really deep so it’s hard to read but over time the letters will darken up while the surface keeps getting rubbed on and it will become really nice. Also cut some 1/8” veneer cover strips for the bottom. It’s a Sunday sifter. Time to wear the nice shirt. It’s screwed together. Predrill cedar or it will crack. To jazz it up I sunk 5/16” counters in and used dowels to hide my screw heads. You can use shorter screws this way too. Needs some oil and it’s ready. Best part is I won’t need pool noodles for this one. Needs a dog leash and an eye screw but it’s time for dinner. Have a great week everyone! Keep the faith and try to do good! Jp

Hi all My son and I are going through our fossil finds from Florida. We have been looking through multiple books and websites trying to figure out what this tooth is. We think it's from a tapir but would like the opinions of others with more experience. Thanks in advance! Bret & Zach

Found these sifting the Peace River yesterday glad to get out before the storm. First time posting vertebrae pictures let me know if certain angles are best. Thanks in advance

Found sifting on the Peace River

Piece of tooth found in the Peace River sifting

Any ideas on these two ?

Threw this in the rock pile at first until it dried out and could see more clearly. Any ideas?

Found these (and much more) in a Peace River trip. I’m relatively new to fossil hunting, and would greatly appreciate any help in IDing these. The last 2 pictures are the same but at different angles. Best guess for those are, starting at top left and going clockwise, vertebra, dolphin ear bone, deer tooth, alligator tooth,???. Thanks!

1. No idea on this 2. Part of a sloth tooth ? 3. Whale or dolphin tooth root? 4. Anyone know what part of tooth this is from ?

Found these sifting gravel yesterday pretty sure the top two are teeth hoping the bottom one is a frag of a large tooth.

couple of smalls pieces found sifting and really not sure what that is??

Another interesting piece found sifting could not throw it back