CaptnC Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 As the title states, I just found these two items. I was turkey hunting with my wife and happened to see the "tooth" on the ground as we walked up to the truck. There was a fossilized clam about palm size and one about the size of my thumb nail in the same spot. Then later in the day I was walking back to the truck to get my jacket, cutting across a terraced field. The field was last worked about 20 years ago. I think it's a petrified egg. It's also one of the highest points on the property so it didn't come from a river unless someone carried it there many many years ago. Both items are roughly 3" long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnC Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Here is the flip side of the "tooth"...the wear mark looks like an opposing tooth wore against it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Hello and a warm welcome to TFF from Austin, Tx. I can sure see why you picked these rocks up; they look very much like what you imagine. I'm thinking however that they are both look-alikes and not actually fossils. As for the "egg" fossil, Id refer you to a previous TFF post: As for the "tooth", unfortunately there is no appearance of enamel that would be typical of a tooth fossil. Continue with the forum and you will see plenty examples of tooth fossils and will be able to see that this is not one; and, more importantly, you will know one when you do find it. Again, a warm welcome. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Moved to Fossil ID. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnC Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Thanks for the greeting! In my heart I knew it wasn't. But it has contours a tooth could have. The shape, the wear of a opposing canine tooth and it looks like it has a gum line. When I first seen the pink quartz I though I found a turkey egg. Which I have found during the spring before. As I bent over to pick it up I noticed the color was wrong...then it was stone. It certainly looks like a stone from a river bed, but there are no flowing rivers or any drainages that look like they had flow any where near the property. AND it's a long way from any where someone might have lived inside of the last 50 years. I found this last year walking back to our camp house. Looks like the Indian who was carving it chipped a big piece off and ruined his project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Well, that's a real artifact at any rate. Welcome to the forum! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnC Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 Hey guys...I went back to the spot I found "the tooth" to see if I could find the two clams I found but dropped them after finding the "the tooth". Well, guess what...I found another thing that looks nearly exactly like " the tooth" I found previously! The only difference is it's smaller...making it look like it's from a different part of a jaw. Yes, I know...sounds like I'm still wishing it to be a tooth. Ok...let's assume it's not a tooth...then what are they? Here is a pic of them together...first one is the larger "tooth". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 That’s a beautiful broken artifact. I would definitely keep looking for more of those and keep my eye out for possible fossils as well. However, I agree what you have posted are not fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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