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Out today. Regular hunting partner called yesterday and wanted to go back to a spot where we had found medium to large Tigers, Duskys, and Hemis. The river was up a little bit from Saturday rains, just the way I like it. That spot had been heavily dug since the last time we were there. It happens. We were finding 20% of what it used to produce and after 90 minutes reluctantly moved upstream. One of us would find productive gravel and call the other to the new spot. Turns out I was the one to find productive gravel. Then something uncommon but not unusual occurred. I continued to find good fossils... megs and meg fragments, whale tooth, horse teeth a piece of bark ivory, a very nice Mako, large Hemis and Tigers, and then a piece of jaw with 3 teeth. He found few broken small shark teeth digging not 10 feet from me. I have been in that situation . These are the times that test a friendship. I kept on hoping that he would find something... anything really good. But that is not how fossil hunting works... or life either. Takes me back to my Mom's advice when I was 5... life is not fair, get over it. We will go again to a different spot on the Peace River later this week. No time tonight to sort all the finds or take photos for Fossil ID thread... Just the jaw piece, and a photo of the initial sort....

Hi everyone! I think this is a white tail deer tibia but the proximal end looks off to me. Maybe it's just the pictures I was comparing it to. It measures 6 inches (about 15 cm). Any feedback is appreciated as always!

Hi everyone! I'm back with another Florida Mammal bone that has me stumped. The size rules out most things. I figure it's either sloth or proboscidean but I'm having a hard time figuring out which one as I can't seem to find a good match. Any thoughts? measurements are: 10.6 cm (4.17 inches) long 6.2 cm (2.44 inches) tall 4.5 and 3 cm (1.77 and 1.18 inches) wide

Another year gone by and time to do this year's Florida Trip report. As the title says, I am going to mix and match fossils with nature, art, and the great comradery experienced during my trip. To start with, lets provide a visual for those who have never been to Florida. They say the roads are paved with fossils. This is partially true in that fossils often form the base for which pavement is then applied. Here is an example of a bike trail in development. Thankfully I was able to extract a few nice finds before asphalt was applied. As someone recently said in a post, easy pickins!! This material was obviously screen washed. The Tamiami is represented more typically in the following photo. Still easy picking, but one must look a little closer to extract it's gems. I have developed an expansive collection of Tamiami gastropods, corals and bivalves over the years. So I limit myself to just one of each species encountered, hopefully improving on the quality in my collection. Here are some of this year's finds. I mentioned part of my report will deal with nature. Here is a snowy egret that was photographed at the motel we frequent. It is known by Virgil to those that stay here. As can be seen, he is quite friendly and comes into our room for snacks!! This interesting crab was seen at the beach frequently. As was this Manatee, which preferred waist deep water, allowing us to dip into the ocean with her. When visiting Florida, I am always blessed with an inland trip to hunt fossils with forum members. This year it was @Shellseeker that invited me on a hunt. Accompanying us was Steve (center), our guide, and my son, Tristan (on the left). Get a load of these shovels!!!!!!!!!! Initially, I suspected they were kidding and we would be using less colossal equipment. Maybe the length is needed to keep the gators at bay. It seemed to work in that No alligator was seen. Now just some of our finds. . This is fish, not shark vertebrae. SMALL bone of unknown source Fish tooth: These were just a few of our favorite finds. Now to regress back to nature. My wife and I met up with Jack (Shellseeker) and his wife on Sanibel Island for a lovely lunch. Say hello to Barb! Afterwards we drove through the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge and snapped a few pictures . The finds of the day came from Steve, who found this nice meg and gave it to my son. And then there is Jack who found this gorgeous Sloth tooth. Great job, guys! Just when Jack came up with this sloth tooth, I put him to shame with mine!!!!!! Hopefully those viewing this will not notice, mine is a dugong rib posing as a sloth tooth. Don't tell Jack! To be honest, Jack may be pulling a fast one on me. As I looked over my Florida pictures, I noticed something of concern. What is in Steve's mouth? Does it not appear to be the "tooth" in Jacks hand?? I will let YOU be the judge. During one day when my back was tired of fossil hunting, we visited the Salvador Dali Museum in St Petersburg. Dali was a surrealist artist who produces bizarre images in his works of art. As an example, here is a lithograph titled "Lincoln in Dalivision", when viewed from afar is a remarkable image of Abe. This is a museum worth experiencing if in the area. Where would a trip to Florida be without a bunch of shark's teeth to show off. Enjoy this pile of chompers. Like Dali, I enjoy surrealism so created this for you Another wonderful vacation must come to a close. Hope you enjoyed it!!

I found these shells in Peace River, FL... The first one looks like a oyster but the shell has changed..... The second one looks like a fossilized shell..... Any idea what they are??? Thank u for ur time...

Found this bone in Peace River, FL.... Looks like a hip or leg fossil.... Any ideas??? Thank u for ur time...

Hey there! I’m bringing my fossil collection to my local library to create an educational display. (I work there and the director asked if any employees have interesting collections to share with the public.) Anyway, with your help I’d like to identify at least a few of these Fl spring-found mystery guys. as always, much gratitude to y’all edit: 1. Has a rounded “top” side and a flat “bottom” side (assuming it has a top and a bottom), which made me think it could be a scute. The second item has a curve to it that might not be noticeable from the picture. There is a very round indentation and inside the indentation is a small “dot”.

In preparation for making a trip report from my recent visit to Florida, I have to ID many (sorry!) finds that are unfamiliar to me. Here goes. Unknown coral? Dugong process from Thoracic Vertebrae WHALE JAW OR RIB Really odd to me Pig snout??? Just kidding! Fish vertebrae? TIP OF A BILLFISH I have seen this somewhere but can not figure it out. NURSE SHARK TOOTH!!! TRIDACTYL HORSE UPPER MOLAR . Sorry about this picture. Two fossils were actually added to the same photo. Ignore the Two with X's. I placed them in a second photo (10 b) . Vertebral pieces? Whale? What is the projection on 10a? 10 A AXIS VERTEBRAE OF SMALL WHALE SLOTH?? FOOTPAD BISON TOOTH FRAGMENT BILLFISH TIP Small bone FROM WHAT?? FISH TOOTH CRAB CLAW!! TORTOISE CLAW CORE SAWFISH ROSTRAL TOOTH Fish Pectoral Spine, Catfish? BEAR CLAW Thanks for any insight!! Mike

These are listed online as Juvenile mammoth teeth partials, are they?

Hello, First I would like to say thank you for providing a place for me to attempt to get an answer. I know your time is valuable, so I appreciate anyone who takes a moment to look. I live in South West, Florida and my daughter and I were at a flea market when she found and purchased this fossil. At first glance I thought it might be an aligator scute, but after looking more closely I know it is not. I doubt that I know enough to even be called a novice, but I spent a few hours online last night trying to find anything that it resembles. Even looking for larger examples that looked like something that this could have been broken off of. I couldn’t find any other type of scute or fossil that it matches. The person she bought it from said it was found in Florida. (Along with one other that she purchased at the same time that I was able to identify as a deer astragalus.) unfortunately, that is all the information that I have. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Went hunting with a friend yesterday on the Peace River. Saturday is unusual for me because of increased river traffic on the weekends. Since I can hunt any weekday, I tend to avoid weekends. We were prospecting, looking for gravel. As always interesting finds: Not too many , but interesting .. One location had agatized shell: I guess this might be the equivalent of a RucksPit Calcite Clam, but this half bivalve is pretty complete and clearly an oyster. I am not positive on the creation process but think I ought to name it a silicafied Oyster. I would like to find more of this.... @Sacha @MikeR Then I picked up this interesting shark tooth. Any time , I have to roll a small shark tooth in my fingers a couple of times wondering what it is, that's the time I need to reach out for help . @Al Dente Moving locations , I came across an oddity... White shark roots coming out of white rock, under the sand and gravel of the Peace River... This will get multiple visits if it keeps producing teeth like these. A couple of deer tines, a broken Equus magnum, gator tooth, a dolphin jaw fragment, and a numbers of broken teeth, horse, bison, camel, and then this oddity. I am really not sure what it is besides a really beat up tooth.... At first, I thought Equus long upper tooth, but Equus would have the thin white lines , not the wide upper bands. then I bounced between Mastodon and Mammoth. The 3rd photo seems to show more agatized material, just slate instead of golden color. Size 40 mm long 15x20 mm. I finally settled on Mammoth fragment with the enamel crumbling and the cementum agatized. I am pleased by the interesting and unusual finds, a long day exercising in the sunshine with friends. and finding a couple of locations that I will return ...

My son found this tooth while we explored the Peace River. @Shellseeker thinks Cervidae. Sorry for the use of a quarter for sizing up the tooth. It was all I had when we finished the hunt and my son took the tooth.

It’s lighter in weight than I would expect for a tooth of that size. Found in the Peace River in Wauchula, Florida. Thanks.

This small molar, which I'm assuming is to a smaller horse ancestor, measures 13mm by 23mm. I'm hoping Harry @Harry Pristis or Jack @Shellseeker can give me some additional info on it. The chewing surface looks like it's been polished down somewhat by the river.

I have some ribs I would love to ID.... I found them in Peace River, FL. Thank u for ur time.

I have some broken end bones that I'm sure u guys will know.... =). (Found in Peace River, FL) Thank u for ur time.

Peace River Florida find.

Another great weekend in Peace River, FL... Need some help IDing these pieces... Thank u for ur time... =)

Found near the same place as the barnacles

Mako or Meg fragments? Found in the peace river at brownville park. Ruler and cute bunny(happy Easter!) for size.

One way to know you have a great fossil hunting site is that every time you go you get something that you have no clue what it could be. Today we went to our best creek for mammal fossils and had a great day. We got multiple known fossils, like horse, gator, and gar, but also many we did not recognize. On the first fossil, the texture reminds me of a gator osteoderm, so I was thinking some kind of gator bone. The second I think is a section of gator jaw, because of shape and texture. The 3rd I'm following the theme of gator and going with gator vert. The fourth has a bubbly texture, but I'm not sure what it is. The two after that the pictures got shuffled. they both look like they could be tusk of some sort. The fossil after those is vert of some sort but I'm not sure what type. Then there's a weird bone end. After that there's a tooth that looks like it came from a predator, but it looks more rounded than pointy. Then the fossil after that may not be a tooth but better safe than sorry. After that it may be Manatee (do they have 4 roots) sorry that this message was a bit chaotic, there were a lot of fossils to cover.

Hello! Erica here. I’m struggling to identify this piece! It seems quite old and has teeth like indentions down to the tip. I found it on the beach here in ponte vedra, florida. There also seems to be small circular indentions along the sides. Curved like a claw or a beak. Idk! Any thoughts?? Thank you fellow comrades!

These were found in Florida where they are taking out the water out of a lake on the bottom in the mud.

Took a day trip down to Casey Key, FL near Venice Beach. Found lots of small shark and ray teeth and some really nice shells.

Any ideas what this bone is? I found it on Casey Key, FL near Venice Beach. Looks modern. Thinking maybe an astragalus or epiphysis of a bone?