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Hello I found these mussels eroding from a late archaic assemblage in Travis county, Texas. The top row was found far upstream, along a stream that meanders through a canyon, and eventually feeds into the Colorado river. The bottom row was found along a more typical situation, at the confluence of a small creek and the Colorado river. Thanks for the help and hope to hear from any mussel fanatics.

Hey y'all! I got an opportunity to hunt marine fossils on an creek in South Alabama last week and it didn't disappoint! The first hour I found squat other than a rusty horseshoe. That is until I moved to a rocky and gravel/sand area with a strong current...I moved the big stones aside that littered the bottom and started to skim the top layer of gravel with the shovel as the current splashed against me. My intent was to find Cretaceous Period Shark, Fish teeth, Coprolites and other marine fossils. Scapanorynchus, Squalicorax, Cretalamna, Enchodus and Fish Coprolites Well, was I pleasantly surprised. After two shovelful of materials I found my first arrowhead of the day! Next scoop another and another...next scoop yield two in the sifter and then the find of the day...a Paleo point Dalton! In all my 30 years of hunting Archaic Period points never found this many in one place! Also found two broken points, preforms, broken pottery shards as well as a lot of flakes! The pottery shards were everywhere, in the water...on gravel bars! These were the ones I found. My guess is that this particular area was a pocket that captured tons of sand/gravel along with the points over many moons... that pocket seemed to have an endless supply of material as I dug deeper finally hitting a layer that contained quiet a few teeth... there's those teefers, consisting of . Now that was a haul, I bet that horseshoe had something to do with the luck? There was an abundance of fresh water mussels everywhere, alive and dead. I found several large halves of Washboard Mussels where the interior of the shells had a magnificent mother of pearl iridescence! When held in the sunlight it glows with a rainbow of colors. This photo doesn't do it justice. I can see why the Native Americans put them to every day use in this part of the country. Alabama weather can be unpredictable. When we arrived at the site it was partly sunny with clouds, a perfect day to be on the creek... several hours later we hear thunder in the distance and a dark ominous cloud is on top of us before we know it cutting short the field trip...I was on a roll! We made it to our vehicles in time before the bottom falls out. With so much rain we dare not go back to the creek for fear of flash flooding, so we ended the day earlier than we wanted. I look forward to going back soon.

Hello. My first time posting here. I am a new member. I found this today in Southern Florida. Does anyone have insight as to what this may be? It is over 1 pound. I do not have a scale at the moment. Very hard and distinctive impressions that appear to be bug related. Wow. Do you see the face too? Really unique. Kindly. Stephanie