FossilsAnonymous Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 As an early Christmas present, I ordered some waders and they came a couple of days ago. It was obviously time to fossil-hunt. We made it out to brownies pretty quickly. Fortunately, there weren’t that many people there, and we rounded the point after a quick search of the area near the entrance. We promptly found a couple nice fish verts and a couple broken shark verts in the spoil piles right near the cliffs. We continued along the cliffs, searching every crevasse for the elusive meg, checking the gravel for makos and the like. Pretty far down we turned around as the tide was coming in. As we walked back along the beach, I looked down to grab a nice tiger. Lo and behold, the “tiger” was actually a symphyseal cow! It was broken with some bits missing, but it was still the rarest thing I’ve ever found! Grateful to the fossil hunting gods, FA 5 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I can see why you would initially think that was a tiger. Great find! Rarities are always fun to find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 1 minute ago, caldigger said: I can see why you would initially think that was a tiger. Great find! Rarities are always fun to find. Thank you! I just about had a heart attack! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 In all the digging I have done, I've only found one Symphyseal. A few uppers and lowers, but only one "tweeny". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 Just now, caldigger said: In all the digging I have done, I've only found one Symphyseal. A few uppers and lowers, but only one "tweeny". They do seem to be quite rare. Brownies seems to be a good place for producing symphyseal cows, as I’ve seen a few from there. On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Wow excellent find for sure! Congrats 1 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Congrats on that! I can understand your excitement. It took me 7 years to find my first cow symphysial here and then 2 days later I found my first upper lateral. That sure was a red letter week! 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, jcbshark said: Wow excellent find for sure! Congrats Definite heart attack! 1 minute ago, Ludwigia said: Congrats on that! I can understand your excitement. It took me 7 years to find my first cow symphysial here and then 2 days later I found my first upper lateral. That sure was a red letter week! That sounds pretty crazy! The only thing that could have made today better would be a meg! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, FossilsAnonymous said: That sounds pretty crazy! The only thing that could have made today better would be a meg! I wish I could find one here too, but they seem to be out of reach at my sites. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 Just now, Ludwigia said: I wish I could find one here too, but they seem to be out of reach at my sites. I haven’t found one either: We will though, eventually! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Great find! Glad you had some fun! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Wow, how impressive! This is a great shark tooth. It's always special to find a rare fossil, something you remember over and over. But THIS special find - you'll be remembering this in the next life as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, grandpa said: Wow, how impressive! This is a great shark tooth. It's always special to find a rare fossil, something you remember over and over. But THIS special find - you'll be remembering this in the next life as well. And maybe the life after that! 9 minutes ago, Darktooth said: Great find! Glad you had some fun! You found one here right? Or am I mistaken? 1 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 31 minutes ago, grandpa said: Wow, how impressive! This is a great shark tooth. It's always special to find a rare fossil, something you remember over and over. But THIS special find - you'll be remembering this in the next life as well. I think it’s also pathological: female with other teeth in between! 1 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 What a splendid find! Lucky chap, well done sir! 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 12 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: What a splendid find! Lucky chap, well done sir! Thanks! Hopefully my luck hasn’t burned out! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 14 hours ago, FossilsAnonymous said: And maybe the life after that! You found one here right? Or am I mistaken? I have found a decent amount of lowers, only two uppers, but I have never found a symphyseal. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Very cool find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Very cool find! Congrats! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Andy B said: Very cool find! 7 hours ago, FossilNerd said: Very cool find! Congrats! Thank you! It is certainly the best thing I’ve ever found... On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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