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The Zolfo USGS river depth gauge was down enough to believe that some of the low water spots would not be too deep. It has been months since we have gone back to this particular spot on the Peace River. Last time, I picked up a very nice Meg, a quality dolphin Bulla, and some silicified seashells. We had some cool temperatures predawn Monday with my car thermometer showing 61 degrees Farenheit. I just had a 3mm jacket and wonder if it would be enough. It was enough. The sun came out and there was no breeze. Big plus is that the coolness kept the mosquitoes away for a while. There was a fairly strong current and the water tended to be deep, in the 4-5 foot range. I had found some pretty shark teeth in past trips... Here is one of them. This is one of those locations on the Peace River where I have never found a Sand Tiger... but it does have a lot of Hemis. I was glad to get out . I found a few things , but not very much. Steve found a 2 inch canine, a couple of tapir teeth, and a couple of nicer Megs than the one I found. So, a whale vert, section of a dolphin jaw, dolphin Bulla and petrosal both very worn, some partial silicified seashells. and small shark teeth. There are a number of decent upper Hemis, and then a couple of Galeocerdo mayumbensis (Steve found 5 decent ones.) That's an example of a relatively rare tooth that shows up in numbers occasionally. Note the whiteish roots on some of the small shark teeth.. Definitely interested where they are coming from... The Peace River usually stains these black. When I am not finding lots of things, I tend to keep more then I should... Here is an example. It is about 40 mm and I just felt I should have recognized... a turtle or gator bone.. I'm thinking turtle... A nice outing good exercise, and the feeling that the season on the Peace River is starting..
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Combined hunting trip and Fossil ID for a unique bone. I went to a Peace River location we have hunted extensively in past years. I always believe what I preach ... Dig deeper, if you are not finding fossils, move frequently and ,,,, dig deeper. I started the day with a Hubbell Meg (42 mm Slant).. the rest of the day was gravy. My friend found 3 horse teeth, 3 Megs, a small complete Ray mouth plate, a perfect 40 mm upper Hemi and many more small teeth than I did... We were digging 5-10 feet apart. My finds: A better look at what I think is a Hubbell Meg.. My definition is pretty simple 1) size 40-45 mm 2) outward bulge on the blade.. I like this Equus Tooth... It is short only 44 mm in Height, which means an older horse and is in great shape. So a Meg and an Equus tooth.. That is what I mean by MioPleistocene. So here is a twisted and flat bone... for the Fossil ID...
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Finds from today-- a little chilly, but doable. 1st up -- seems to be fossil -- very heavy, sounds like rock, gash on outside of bone, but it is in great shape for a calcaneum. At 3.5 inches, is this deer? Next -- Can this be a crab claw? Not sure that it is a fossil. Thanks for all responses and even wags!!
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Hunting a new location today. My partner was doing much better.. The last 3-4 sieves had some interesting items. On this 1st one, I hoped for more, but this was all we found. I may have to try this location a couple of more times I have a number of these that I thought came from Bonita... This one might have come from a sardine. I always mis_identify the modern version for the fossil version... Let me ask @Harry Pristis if he thinks this is an "m3". There were some interesting bone partials, turtle footpads, and many small teeth.... The water is still pretty deep. I frequently had to close my mouth and lifting a full shovel up thru 5 feet of water is challenging. Really liked that druzy... Jack
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It had been 10 days since I went hunting, and that is bad for not being able to enjoy my favorite pastime and the pure lack of exercise. I had been up North for over 2 weeks in July. Each day fossil hunting is lots of exercise , paddling a kayak, shoveling gravel for 5-6 hours almost non_stop. So yesterday was a day hunting independent of conditions.. We picked a spot where we have hunted over and over again for 5 years... and it always produces no matter how much we take out.. I did not find very much, but Steve did, a number of Megs, a couple of horse teeth, He said on one sieve he found 37 small shark teeth. My spot was not as productive, and somewhat hard to deal with, fast water, pretty deep... I average 6 sieves an hours and usually we are there for 5 hours, If I average 7 small shark teeth an hour, === 200 + There are 206 small teeth in the photo below... and this was not a particularly a productive day. So getting down to the better items: I found 3 marine mammal bullas, a horse tooth, a tapir cap, some Meg and Mammoth Frags, distal end of a Sea Turtle humerus... Lower Equus tooth in decent shape is interesting , a little different chewing surface, like a p2. A broken Hyplural, a rostral tooth, tapir cap, puffer fish mouthplate, gar scale, silicified seashell, and of the 3 bulla, I like the smallest one best...Do not know if it identifiable, but I have time. As the finds get less plentiful, I get interested in whatever comes along... Here is a broken off Mammoth root, that I can use to identify other found in the river.. I also grabbed that bone in upper left just so I would have something to identify when I am not out hunting. I was worn and weary last night, but feeling much better, much stronger today... Therapeutic.
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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!
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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 ?
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Out hunting today, Found lots of different fossils, most of which I knew. I thought I knew this Osteoderm from the edge of the carapace, but my friend disagreed . Unusual after hunting together for the last 10 years. I decided to let TFF decide. Armadillo or Glyptodont and why? Found a variety of teeth, most broken and worn. Megs, Equus, Tapir, Camel, Mastodon, Mammoth, Tridactly, Whale, Baracuda.... Makes for an exciting day. Here are some of them..... Certainly , in the Peace river, you never know what you are going to get... At the end of the day, we had a visitor, who decided to sit on my friend's discard pile pretending to be a rock or a leaf blowing in the wind. Refused to leave until after we did. This one was rocking to the music, dancing in the breeze...
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What I believe is a fragment of a horse tooth if anyone has any ideas? have no idea about the jaw piece. whats that?
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Couple questions if anyone could answer. The first is what I think is a pretty worn down horse tooth. Second one peaks my interest because I’ve found multiple of these things all different sizes but to me it looks and feels man made. Any ideas ? Have no idea on these next two. Any takers ?
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What I think is part of a sloth tooth? Can anyone confirm this. Found in the peace River near wauchula
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I have been traveling for a couple of weeks and yesterday was my 1st opportunity to go hunting. The USGS gauge at Zolfo Springs was slightly over 6 feet, which is right at the limit. In the last week, it has come down from 7.5 feet. I was anxious to get out, and the river did not disappoint. Temps were going to feel like 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Good day to be standing in water, which was anywhere from waist deep and up. The water is murky , but the pea green color is gone... hopefully with the toxins that caused the color. My friend made a single very excellent find of a raptor claw approx 33 mm long. Unfortunately , I have no photo of it. The rest of the surprises were all mine... A light Gator osteoderm that feels like rock. Fossils are usually darker in the Peace River due to tannic acid in the falling leaves, but why is the mud_rock not dark. A raccoon lower incisor, a dolphin bulla, and some fossil that might be a dolphin bulla, small fish verts that could both be modern, a mammoth tooth plate fragment, piece of fossilized wood, and a bunch of "flakes"... The wood seemed odd... 1st I considered tusk, due to inside texture but with a photo , it is spongy like whale bone.. There were numerous examples or flakes and worked rocks from which flakes had been removed. I examined this next one for 15 minutes leaning over my kayak... Somehow , 2 impacts had split the rock longitudinally leaving a razor sharp upper edge... could happen if you are removing a number of flakes from a larger stone.... but then I noted some imperfections along the edge...that could have been put there by pressure flaking.... Nice fossils, interesting speculations but more excitement was coming my way.. I had been leaning over my kayak, examining the fossils, eating lunch, drinking water... as I glanced downstream , there was an "approximately" 7 foot Alligator, completely on top of the water maybe 12-15 feet away from me. The Alligator stared at me, and I stared at the alligator until he sank below the water. That did not make me feel better about the situation. I quickly strapped the sieve and shovel to the kayak, and eased my butt into the cockpit. I then paddled the 50-60 yards upstream to where Steve was digging. We left for the day 30 minutes later. This was the last time I had a similar encounter: As the Alligator approached my sieve, I retreated to the bank, and took this photo... This time there was no time to take a photo..... I try not to take chances... In this instance, I was hunting in murky water, separated from my partner, and was not paying sufficient attention to my surroundings... I'll have to do better.....
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Hello all, I found this rodent jaw near Wauchula in the Peace River last Winter. I finally sat down with some books and I believe it is pocket gopher of the genus Orthogeomys, can anybody confirm the genus or add a species? Thank for you any help! The photo reference is O. propinetis, late Pliocene found in Citrus County from the book The Fossil Vertebrates of Florida by Richard C Hulbert Jr.
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Found In A Small Creek Near Peace River. Looks To Be a Ball In Socket?
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Found this while fossil hunting in a small creek near peace. River looks to be a ball and socket joint, but can’t identify what species does anyone know what species this may be?- 16 replies
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Found both of these jaws in Joshua creek that runs into the peace river. Any ideas on what they can be ?
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Another hot day when it is nice to be in the river water. Zolfo is a little over 6 feet and so we try to exploit those spots which were lower than average 2-3 months ago. A lot of interesting finds, many on the smaller side. A spit tooth and a small Meg I almost recognized this as a large version of a Tilly bone. Hopefully some can confirm or comment... Rostral Tooth.. Is this identifiable to Pristis pristis ? A dolphin periotic, have to work on which dolphin. It has some variation on what I normally find. I think the next is a sponge (silicified). Not clear what else it could be... I see many of these endocasts of shells over time. Decided to attempt the specific shell this time... Finally , an interesting Osteoderm.. I would like it to be a Glypodont tail Osteoderm, but it might be from a Giant tortoise.... Should be other Peace River hunters who have seen these...
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I’m new to hunting so really have no idea other than possibly coprolite. I found this in the peace river near wauchula.
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I am looking for help identifying this fossil I found in the Peace River in Florida. Our guide thought it might be an alligator claw core (he was uncertain) but the shape or curve of it just isn’t right. The best I could find online is a camel canine. There is enamel and it looks like the tip broke off. What I am assuming is the root is very “wavy” and textured.
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Today, I went to the Peace River with frequent hunting partner Steve and , as a treat, my son Jack. My son is at Florida's Atlantic coast for another 4 days and we scheduled today to meet at the Peace River. This is only the 7th time we have hunted together and usually we find interesting and impressive fossils. Beyond the numerous small shark teeth that are available in many sections of the Peace River, the 3 of us found few other species. All of us found a couple of small megs in the 36 to 40 mm range. That was pleasant.. Here was my set of interesting finds. Megs, Dugong, Stingray, Seashells, Dolphin bulla. This was just icing on the cake...My birthday is Tomorrow. Got to celebrate with my son in the sunshine hunting fossils. How sweet it is...
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A day with interesting finds. The water level has dropped from Friday, but the current is faster. Still Pea Soup. The Peace river is noted for being a mix of Miocene to Modern...on some days more then others. Out primary shark tooth finds were Hemipristis and G. mayumbrensis, both Miocene species. Have found Dugong verts, Rhino teeth fragments, small horse fragments, but also these... A silicified shell.. I frequently guess wrong... Oyster ? Thi 2nd set of photos is the UF MNH Ostrea_compressirostra-UF120412, a much larger Pliocene shell. Also found what is likely a deer tine. Look at those bite marks...must have been hungry. Finally, a fossil that looks like an Equus Navicular,, but slightly different. Note the fine grained detail.. Did not face much water erosion... Enjoy, Jack
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Another find from the Peace River last week that I have been trying to identify and could use some help with. When I first pulled this up out of the water I thought of some kind of broken limb bone. I then noticed the groove and socket that made it look like a piece of a jaw. I tried searches for alligator and various land mammals and ruled out most of what I found. The search did point me toward this being a maxilla, the upper jaw. More searching led me to a picture of a dolphin skull that looked to support the maxilla idea but appeared a bit too small. So, input from the group would be appreciated. Measurements: 7 1/4" x 1 1/8" x 2 7/8" or 175mm x 26mm x 88mm My search led to this example of a Dolphin skull with what I think drives the idea that this is a maxilla. The labeled areas that are underlined seem to correspond to the areas I have numbered on my specimen shown below So, while I am leaning toward this being a maxilla I am wondering, if it is, could it be dolphin or something similar?
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