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Hello everyone Couple of unusual finds for me from diving in the Cooper River, near Charleston, SC. This river cuts through Oligocene to modern deposits so it can be tough to ID finds. The first looks like a Castoroides sp? broken beaver tooth? The shark tooth has a U shaped root, no serrations on the blade, and has cusps that appear to have a gap between the root and blade. Looks like a cusped P. Benedeni or possibly an upper lateral sand tiger (based on looking through elasmo.com). Doesn't look like an O. Angustidens or A. Grandis to me? I've seen a few cusped Benedeni's identified on the forum and was curious if that is what I found Thanks for looking
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Hello everyone, I'm at a bit of a loss with this one. I found it 2 days ago diving the Cooper River, in Charleston, SC. There are many interesting finds there, but they are often difficult to ID, as the river cuts through various prehistoric layers and the fossils all collect on the bottom. On this one particular dive, I found both Angustiden and Meg teeth, a giant ground sloth claw, mammoth ivory, and this specimen. Obviously not fully intact, I'm hoping to somewhat unique ball-joint (for lack of a better term) might be something that at least one of you will recognize. There is a natural hole near the joint, which I assume was for a nerve bundle. The bone tapers out and becomes nearly flat. One side has a very distinct ridge. From my limited experience, it looks like it might be part of a lower jaw bone, but have no idea from what. I'm very open to your input. Thank you for taking the time.
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Brought this up scuba diving the bottoms of the Cooper River in Charleston, NC: Any chance it’s a Giant Sloth caudal vert??
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Hi All, I found this while diving the Cooper River in South Carolina. It's most likely Pleistocene. Passes the burn test with no odor. Hopefully the morphology is unique enough that someone will recognize it. The big end has an articulation joint. Is this possibly a claw core? Or is it fish? (The bone structure seems fish-like to me)
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Hi all, Hope everyone is well and staying safe. I found this during a recent dive trip to the Cooper River (South Carolina). I originally assumed it must be a Steinkern of a weird bivalve. However after cleaning the gravel out of the nooks and crannies, I was surprised to see what appears to be shark centrums in line with each other, embedded in the piece. Parallel and adjacent to the alleged centrums is a hollow void, or canal. I've read that shark brains very greatly in shape and layout from species to species, and that commonly the lobes are laid out in series instead of in one roundish ball like humans. Is this possibly an endocast of the braincase from a single lobe of a shark brain? Could it be from a fish other than shark?
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Any idea who this came from? Length across middle is 3 ½”; Length across top is 4”; Length across bottom is 3” x Depth of 1 ½” x Width that varies between 2 ¼” and 2 ½” (measured approx 1” in. On either end). Weight is 245 grams (Once again, I can't upload the MAIN shot, topside, so, this one may be more difficult to ID)
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Hoping this is a big a_ _ Coprolite??! (and NOT a darn rock. LOL!) Approximate Measurements: Length 6 ½” x Width across fattest end is 3” (with a 7 ½” girth wrapped around) and 1 ½” across smallest end (w/ a 4 ½” girth). Weight is 610 grams. (Dang it. Have a pic of the backside as well as the opposite end tip, but, they aren't uploading for some reason?)
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Might this be an armadillo scute or partial turtle shell - or, just a #&!$ rock?!??: Approximate Measurements: Length across top is 3” Length across bottom is 2 ½” x 2 ½” Width x ½” depth. Weight is 135 grams.
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What kind of bone might be, and from whom did it come? Length is 3 ¼” across top and 1 ¼” across bottom. Depth is 1 ½”. Weight is 60 grams (have another side view shot, but can't seem to upload it...)
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(4) C. Hastalis - Cooper River SC - for Trade
Brett Breakin' Rocks posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Hello Everyone, Summer is here and the trades must begin ! ... If anyone is looking for some C. hastalis from the Cooper River, SC here they are. These were found diving (not by me I'm not crazy ... ok, not THAT crazy) I'm looking for something with a bit more color, complete (as complete as these examples ?) and any size really .. lightning, scorched, red, green, blue .. what have you. If you have seen my images in the past you will get my drift. I've attached a few below .... 4 for 1 .. 1 for 4 .. 4 for 4 ... I'm easy. They are all pushing 1.5-1.75 in Cheers, Brett Here are a few examples of what I'm looking for .....- 9 replies
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I'm hoping to dive the Cooper River in the next month or so. Most of my questions were answered by watching a bunch of videos on Youtube and perusing the internets. The main question that I'm left with is "how much lighting do I need?" I see a BIG range, in terms of the brightness (or lack thereof) of lighting setups that people are using. From people using a ~500 lumens main light, to people using a helmet with a 6,000 lumens main light and two 1,000 lumens backups. I've currently got a 1,000 lumens light with a glove for my primary and ~600 lumens (I think it would be next to useless diving there...from the videos I'm seeing) for a backup. For the purposes of diving the Cooper, I am leaning towards putting together a budget helmet lighting setup. Budget, as in two self-contained 1,000 lumens main lights. My question...do those of you that have dived the Cooper think that two 1,000 lumens helmet mounted lights would be sufficient for a primary lighting source? For those of you that have put together a helmet, do you have any feedback on what did and did not work for you? ex. I see people using ~$40 skateboard helmets to mount the lights. If that works, I don't see the point of spending ~$80 for a "diving" helmet. I would appreciate any advice that you can offer. Thank you.
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Massive lot of diving the cooper river Charleston South Carolina from sharks teeth to billfish vertebrae and vertebrae’s of shark and whale . Couple of shells and ray plates and horse teeth and even a very large arrowhead and large bones.
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Good morning to all, I will be traveling to Seabrook, South Carolina on Saturday (6/15/19), and have been doing some research regarding potential sites to go shark tooth/fossil hunting. I have been fascinated with fossils and shark teeth my entire life, but never lived in a location to support this hobby. I've read that Summerville, Charleston, and Cooper River (maybe off-shooting creeks), are common spots, but I'd like to have a more calculated game plan than just stopping at random rivers/creeks LOL. After reading through several of the forums here, I understand that some basic advice would be to utilize google earth or maps, and attempt to locate "dredge spots" in rivers..? Would anyone be willing to help a newbie out with some research 101 type advice? Again, your craft absolutely AMAZES me!!! Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!!
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Unknown plate fossils found in the cooper river Charleston sc top is three inches long bottom is two inches
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Unknown fossils maybe claws if some sort maybe crocodile?? Left fossil: 2.3/4 inches long just over an inch wide at the base right fossil : 2.1/4 inches long also one inch at the base
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Maybe horse teeth cooper river Charleston sc Top Just over 2inches long just over 1inch thick bottom 3inches long 1.25 inches wide
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Mystery item not sure what this is size is roughly 1.5 inches by 1.5 inches found in the cooper river Charleston South Carolina
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Good morning all, I have found a number of fossil bones over the years that look remarkably similar, yet I have no idea what the are. The most common physical attribute is a wedge shape with an almost triangle shaped indentation on one side. The fossils in the photos were found in the Cooper River in SC, which has fossils from many eras. I have found very similar bones 30 miles offshore in North Carolina in 110' of water, which leads me to think whale? I will be the first to acknowledge that they are of varying size (from 6" to over 12") and could be from completely different types of animals. I understand positive ID is likely difficult. I'm just eager to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance!!
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Here's another puzzle. What are your thoughts about this? The bone is 13" long (not fully intact) and 5" at the widest point. Fossils from the area include equine, buffalo, mastodon, and cetaceans.
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Hello everyone, I am a SCUBA diver from South Carolina. I dive the local coastal rivers looking for artifacts and the always impressive meg teeth. I also love the diversity of fossils found in the river systems. Because there are layer upon layers of fossil beds, and the water erodes different layers in different parts of the rivers, what you find really is a grab bag. It is not unheard of to find a horse tooth and a white shark tooth in the same dive. Fossils in the area include everything from whale and dugong, to tapir and mastodon. Most local people I know hunt primarily for shark teeth and care little for the fragments of bone laying around. Needless to say, getting an idea of what I have found is often not easy. . . . but I enjoy finding the specimens and wondering "what could it be?" With your indulgence, I would like to post some of my finds and ask what you think they might have come from. I know positive identification for much of it may be difficult, either lacking the entirety of the specimen, or the jumbled mess of fossils from various epochs from which the specimen was found. My ultimate goal is to have a better understanding of the visible fossil structures and what I am finding so that I might have a better understanding of the prehistory of the area and be able to identify things underwater. I appreciate all of your help and am willing and eager to learn from your years of expertise. Sincere regards to everyone! The image shows fossils that I discovered yesterday during a very long and cold day of diving in the Cooper River.
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Hello Forum Friends, I've got two recent finds, found during a dive trip to the Cooper river, that I'd like to I.D.. The first is very tiny, 5 ~ 6 mm on the long edge, with an unusual pattern (it's difficult to photograph something so small). The 2nd item, I believe may be a whale tooth frag. it's pretty worn, and split. The inner structure is visible.
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