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Found on Myrtle Beach. I'm thinking this is some sort of whale bone, perhaps rib. Agree? And I don't want to read too much into cracks in this bone, but could they be shark bites? Thanks! - Paula
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Picked this up today on Myrtle Beach. I thought it was a steinkern, slightly different shape than others I'd collected. Then I noticed pitting - like marrow - on part of it. (See second photo.) It's a very distinctive shape, so wondering if anyone sees a recognizable bone in this, or is just a steinkern that those little hole-diggers got ahold of? Thanks!
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The black part of this is so smooth and shiny, it truly looks like an enamel. But even though it is somewhat conical, it doesn't seem to be a tooth. Part of it looks very much like plain rock, but then the shape looks rather deliberate. Oh I don't know - I give up. Any ideas?
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Ok, this is just a fragment, but still - I don't recognize it. Thoughts? The surface is rounded, the backside is hollowed out. It's way, way bigger than any croc or gator tooth I've found, though the striations on the front remind me of that.
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No idea. Kind of reminds me of a sea urchin, but not quite. Also reminds me of the kind of "hat" an acorn wears. It's got a little peak to it. Animal? Plant? (Side view and better top view added below in a post.)
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At first I thought it was the tip of a rib, but I see little swirls of enamel inside like a horse - though this doesn't look like the couple of horse teeth I've found. Perhaps another mammal of some kind? Myrtle Beach.
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Ok this is a strange one. If I look head on, I think I see rings - like tree rings. But also weird because there appear to be perhaps growth rings on the outside - two of them. Makes me think of how bamboo grows, with that thick outer ring every so often. Of course, probably just rock with a real interesting history, but there are some marks on this that just have me intrigued. Myrtle Beach find.
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Myrtle Beach find. Thoughts? Haven't found one of these before, at least not fossilized. Looks like little white crab claws I've picked up from time to time.... It's hollow.
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Myrtle Beach find, just this afternoon. Looks like it came off a chicken Also, it's hollow. Forgot to take a photo of that angle, but a hole all the way through the center. Ideas?
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3 more specimens - these i labeled 7/8/9. 7 and 9 really, really look like fossilized wood to me. I can't imagine what 8 is - looks like the branch of a tree maybe? But I also know simple rock can take on really interesting shapes and patterns and fool the eye. Thanks again!
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Checking on three more specimens found on Myrtle Beach - I labeled them 4/5/6. I'm very curious about #6. The more I look at it, the more it doesn't look like a bone.
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Found on Myrtle Beach. A recent post about a possible bone more likely being molten lava has me wondering about the other "bone" specimens I picked up. Here's the first batch.... Could you weigh in? Photos with and without flash if it helps.
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From Myrtle Beach If you know your horse teeth, I'd be interested to know if you think this is a fragment of one? Thanks!
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I thought maybe some kind of steinkern, but part of it is pitted like bone marrow. It doesn't resemble anything else I've found. It's pinched at the top. The top pinched end is smooth and shiny - almost enamel-like. The bottom half is round and pitted.
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Found on Myrtle Beach. I usually find very small pieces of bone. This looks like it has marrow, but I've been fooled before. Is it bone? And if so, can you tell what it might be? Curves and angles all over the place made it hard to figure out how to photograph it. Hopefully one of these angles will work!
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I know what a sea robin skull looks like - these are not that. The top of these are smooth, not pitted. The underside shows holes that begin at one end of the fossil and exit at the other side (I don't know the official term, maybe a cavity that fit an artery or tendon?) It's possible that not all three of these are the same - two look similar, one is a little different. If not skulls, part of a vertebra maybe? Thanks for any help - and I'm sorry for the photos. The light isn't cooperating with me. I have a no-flash and a flash image of each side of the trio, whatever helps you see what you need to see.
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My first one of these found on Myrtle Beach. I think I've narrowed it down to a claw of some sort, but doesn't seem to match online photos I can find of turtle, croc and gator claws. Or it may be so eroded I just can't recognize the similarities. It's length would fit on a quarter. Ideas? Thanks! Paula
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Not sure what these are, found on Myrtle Beach. They don't have the barbs that I find on some sting ray tails, but wondering if they are just a part of the tail further up? Thanks!
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Hi, my wife found this on a recent trip to Myrtle Beach, SC. Hoping someone could identify it. It’s basically a round rock with the impression on top. Thanks guys. I also found this cork screw shaped object. Let me know if you different angles.
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I have really struggled to recognize drum fish teeth. I pick up these little round "pebbles" on Myrtle Beach all the time, and I usually toss them back because on the front, they look like rocks. They aren't smooth like enamel. But I also always hesitate because the back looks like it used to be attached to something. So are these pebbles or drum fish teeth, and if you are familiar with drum fish teeth, can you give me a couple of tips to know when I've found one? By the way, I've looked online, but drum fish teeth images are so inconsistent, I wonder if a lot of folks are confused. Anyway, thanks, as always!
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Ok, here's a weird thing I found on Myrtle Beach walking this morning. At first I thought it might be a piece of shell with a couple of holes bored through it, but on closer inspection, the holes are very symmetrical and there are distinct and deliberate markings on the underside. I can't find a coin to save my life, so just know this thing would not quite cover a dime. I'm not an expert and I don't mean to say it's definitely a head, but for lack of words, I'm going to describe it that way so you know what I'm talking about... There are two "eye sockets" that enter at the front and exit on either side. There is a small nose-like protrusion in the front between the sockets. The "head" is dome shaped and textured with vertical lines. The underside has symmetrical markings on either side. (The photo shows the underside with the "nose" pointed up." I've also included a side photo showing a small reed pushed through the eye socket and side hole. I have compared this to sea robin head fragments I have and I don't see any similarities other than the fact that there are holes that start at the front and exit at the side. Ideas? Thanks! Paula
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Found on Myrtle Beach, Jan 3, 2020. This tiny round fossil is smooth on the top, perhaps a quarter inch thick, and has an unusual indentation on the bottom. I immediately thought some kind of fish vertebra, but that smoothness at the top stops me. Not sure why a vertebra would have such a smooth side. Thank you! Paula
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Can you help me identify this tooth? From pictures on the Internet, it seems like it could be either an alligator tooth or maybe barracuda? The surface of the tooth has tiny ridges (you can see the stripes, I hope) There is also a very deep indentation on the side that I would consider the root. Thank you! Paula
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I found this on Myrtle Beach, Jan 3, 2020. It kind of looks like a snake to me, but I can't find anything on the Internet that looks quite like it to confirm. The first photo is the underside of it - a very detailed imprint of something in the shape of a burst. The other photos are of the top of it. Note the two bumps at the front, almost looking like eyes, and the two holes that look like nostrils. Thank you for your help! Paula
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