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This weekend we were at the beach looking for shells and I came across this tooth? Any help with ID? I can't find anything similar in the Florida Fossil Guides, and searching for Tooth ID in florida mainly comes up with Shark Teeth... Location: Volusia County, Florida - Atlantic Coast Beach Scale is in Centimeters

So I forgot to ask for an ID on this yesterday - but anyone know what kind of vert this is? If you can name the animal even better - but I’m mostly looking for caudal/cervical/lumbar/thoracic, etc. found a few with this same shape but none as nice as this one.

Another equid tooth to confirm ID. This one could be Nannippus peninsulatus but I saw some similarity with Protohippus due to the connected protocone. It was found in Polk County, FL and measures 14 x 15 x 34mm. Thanks for looking! @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker

I am an enthusiastic amateur fossil collector and I have the opportunity to pop over to Florida for ten days (from Wales) after just retiring from nursing for 45 years. I am a solo traveler and would like some suggestions of unique accommodation, best places to visit in December 2022 for fossil collecting. I am an inexperienced padi diver but have just renewed my practice. Any suggestions would be appreciated rather than the usual places you see on face book etc.

I’ve been finding some interesting pieces on the beaches of NE Florida. New to the area and wasn’t really targeting anything in particular but found a piece of bone and now I’m a bit hooked. Here are a few items. The encased shark tooth is particularly interesting. The white, circular bone may be modern. Not certain about what appears to be a shark vertebrae (center top). Posted the “stem” in the ID forum.

Found these 3 spike osteoderms today, and I was wondering if anyone knew if they are Glyptodont or Holmesina - and how to tell the difference! @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker Thanks in advance!

New to Florida and found some interesting fragments wash up on the beaches between St. Augustine and Vilano. Found this today. Any ideas? Almost appears to be a stem or reed with a cocoon shaped feature on the interior. Thanks

Hi all! Apologies if this is not the right area to post this, if I need to re-post in another sub form please let me know. I’m looking for advice on how to expand my expertise in fossil hunting, preferably by connecting with other enthusiasts in a mentorship fashion. This probably seems like an odd request, and I feel like it’s strange to even ask. But it’s something I’ve been truly struggling with. A bit of back story - I moved to Florida roughly 3 years ago and have been head over heels in love with fossil hunting since my first dive in Venice, FL. Since then, I’ve done several Venice dives, gone hunting in the peace river, paid for dig site access in the bone valley, and gone to local fossil shows. Everywhere I go, I try to connect with local fossil hunters in effort to gain companionship in this area of my life (none of my family or friends shares this hobby with me) and it’s been strangely unsuccessful. I’ve found that everyone is very tight lipped & does not want to share much of their personal ventures. Which hey, I can completely understand and respect! They seem to already have their own groups or friends in the hobby and don’t want to open it up for a newbie. Which again - I respect! I’ve tried to go surface hunting myself as I can’t afford to dive in Venice all the time for “Guaranteed finds” & have spent many a Saturday (including today) walking creeks with no success. I know people are finding some great stuff here in central & southwest Florida, and it’s made me quite sad that I don’t really get to be a part of it unless I’m paying hundreds of dollars for a dive. I really don’t know how to connect with others in this hobby without seeming like I’m asking for their “honey holes” that I’m going to go geotag on my next Instagram post (which I would never do). Any advice? I really feel like I’ve put my best foot forward in these situations (and hey, maybe it’s just my personality or something lol) and I just keep coming up empty. anyhoo, I’ve loved lurking on these forms & seeing everyone’s fantastic finds. Thanks for reading!

So is this a pathological (or very posterior) Hemipristis serra lower, or is it a Physagoleous contortus? @Al Dente @hemipristis

A little background would be helpful. I live on Sanibel Island and hunt Bone Valley. My home is 3 levels, a Carport about 12 feet high, and 2 living levels above. A side porch on the 1st living level is used as a yearly fossil sorting, storage area. In November each year, I clean the porch off discarding some fossils, moving the best into the house and 2nd best into a couple of display cases in the Carport. This year was different. For the 4th of July, my 18 month granddaughter was coming to visit, attracting hordes of grandmothers for a week of celebration. I packed up this year's accumulation of finds into ziplock bags dated which in turn went into 3 Cardboard boxes and placed them next to the Kayak trailer in the carport. On Sept 28th, I set my alarm for 5:30 am and turned on the weather station. Hurricane Ian had freshened overnight from a Cat 4 to a Cat 5, and was 80 miles out heading straight for Sanibel. My wife Barbara had left the previous evening and at 6 am, I stepped into my Tacoma and drove over the causeway bridge in little wind , a light rain. My previous post on TFF was October 20th, and residents were allowed back on October 21st. It was hard seeing the damage to a home I enjoyed for more than 25 years. But I was luckier than most. Many homes and businesses were destroyed by a 12 to 15 foot storm surge and 4 residents died. Here is a photo of the Carport: You can see the kayak right rear fender left under walls of the storage shed. A little blue on the right is my Barbara's new bicycle fender. At this point, I could not see any hints of fossil display cases or cardboard boxes. The flood adjusted suggested that the surge here was 11-12.5 feet. Fortunately for me, Barbara was a Senior Project Manager at IBM and is still willing and capable to deal with the insurance companies, the adjusters, FEMA, the forms, permits, contractors, etc, etc, etc. I appreciate my good fortune and assist when I can. The insurance company pays for a motel in Sarasota until the house becomes livable (water, sewer, power) My focus is on clearing the carport, finding fossils that might remain. So on 20th of October I went hunting a creek in Bone Valley that produces small colorful shark teeth and an occasional bone. My son flew in from Dallas on the 21st, and provided a lot of muscle power the first week. before he went on to his place on the other coast. Early on, I would occasionally find/see a fossil. I can not recall finding this coral... maybe it came from a condo across the street. @MikeR or @digit should recognize. I also ran across a number of dead animals, snakes, turtles, seahorses, ... there are no birds. However one morning, I ran across this footprint... I thought it might be coyote... @Harry Pristis @minnbuckeye At the end of the 1st week, Jack and I stopped at a Fish Shack in Sarasota and ate Oysters Rockerfeller and Crab dip, had a few drinks before I drove him to Ormond on the other coast. I owe him a lot.. He had removed most of the heavy stuff. Back for another week on Sanibel... clearing debris, and this layer of sand, mud, muck, shell, etc that was deposited by the storm surge. On the second day, I noticed this... Big smile.. Big smile... I thought they were lost... not even nicked. Just going thru this stuff foot by foot ,, inch by inch... I find what I am looking for... Here is a piece of cardboard... what do you see....? I noted a tiny whale tooth, washed it down on a sieve.... and Tridactyl horses, rostral teeth, an Equus encisor, whale teeth... Another... eye test.. I had just raked --- removed the top layer... every darker item is a fossil. Whale bulla, a tiny 3 toed with roots.... another whale tooth, Makos... So far, I have found only 10 % of the fossils that were there.. The 2 3x5 foot display cases with 16 glass topped drawers are inexplicably missing. Hard for me to understand, but I likely have not looked in the right spot. So , on Tuesday evening , I returned to Sarasota... rested a couple of days. Tomorrow I return ... seeking Miocene fossils on Sanibel... I toil in joy thinking about what I might find.... I likely will not answer for 5 days.... right now, I do not get the internet on Sanibel. but also I am kind of busy... Jack

I've had this tooth for a little while and would like to confirm with the resident horse experts @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker if it is an Archaeohippus tooth. It is from Dixie County, FL and measures 9.5 x 12.3 x 14.3mm. Thanks!

Good morning everyone! I was hoping someone would be able to help me identify this weird looking fossil. I researched it for days and think it may be a really worn down sea robin skull! It is the size of a US quarter (24.257 mm in diameter) I found it while sifting for sharks teeth in Fernandina Beach, Florida (Nassau county). Anything helps! Thanks in advance!

Can anyone identify these fossils? Found on Amelia Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. thank you!

Can anyone help me figure out what this is? Found on Caspersen Beach in Florida. 20221116_100905.mp4

Hello, Can anyone identify what this claw is from? It's said to be from a North Florida river and perhaps Miocene in age. I'm guessing it's bird at least.

So found this last time I was out hunting. Marked it down as armadillo tooth at the time due to the shape, but only just realized armadillo teeth don’t have enamel. So my next best guess is giant beaver incisor chunk? @Harry Pristis any ideas?

I collected this Dugong bone near Sarasota, Florida today and was wondering what would make this indentation/ boring?

Need help identifying these teeth. Some look so similar and I can’t be sure which shark they’re from. I am an armature enthusiast! thanks in advance! You guys are great!

Hi friends! My friend found this while digging in a creek in Polk county, central Florida. Our best guess is horse of some kind? Sorry there is no ruler included in the pictures, but for reference, the white bucket in the picture is a standard 5 gallon plastic bucket. He thinks it's a lower jaw piece but I'm thinking it's upper. The pointy forked protrusion has me especially curious, as I have not seen that in the pictures I've been finding. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts and guidance Thanks!

Found in North Florida at Fort Clinch State Park. There's a lot of dredging done around this area for the naval submarines. Looks very serpentine to me, but I don't know much. I have found about a dozen of these through the years. I can't think of any additional info to give.

Got an interesting one for you guys. I recently purchased this Mastodon partial jaw bone which I was told had paleo people butcher marks. I know the fossil is real but was wondering if anyone of you guys had experience in ancient people markings and could confirm the markings. Found in FL, Withlacoochee River. I appreciate any information!!