Dawn Hopkins Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I am fairly new to this so I am hoping you can help me. I found these items in Big Brook here in New Jersey. I numbered them so you could use the numbers to comment. I know the hook (#5) isn't a fossil but I was hoping someone could direct me, it is metal but seems old as the other end of the hook has crusted over in something that feels like stone (or maybe it was made this way) I think #4 is an ancient drum fish crusher tooth with a little jaw left on it? #3 is some sort of tooth but not sure what, #2 is also a tooth, you can see the small tooth at bottom coming out of the jaw, it is shiny. and #1 maybe vertebrae? I also put a few teeth that I found that were pretty good size I think for that river to show you. Thank you for any help you can give! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilizedJello Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hi, number 4 is definitely a drumfish peice number 3 looks to be a crab claw and one of the bigger ones ive seen assuming you collected this from the same spots ive been can you please take closeups of 2 and 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Pictures flipped. We'll need better pictures/more angles on 1, 2, 3, and 5. Front, back Sides, top, and bottoms. THIS WEBSITE is a good aid to ID brook finds from NJ. #4 looks like a crusher tooth from Anomaeodus phasolus 2 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 #5 has the curvature and overall look of an ice hook. Google it. Back from before electric refrigerators. The shank is covered in rust crust and the grey-ish part is probably clay that has saturated the pores in the rust. I am not very familiar with Jersey teeth, so I'll let the others help with the ID of those pieces. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilizedJello Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 # 1 is a probably a peice of snail and #2 is probably ghost shrimp claw I hunt alot in brook areas in NJ and I see these peices alot, although they arent super quality pics, it looks to be right. Better pics will confirm. So overall #1 snail piece #2 ghost shrimp claw in matrix #3 crab claw #4 crusher tooth from Anomaeodus phasolus like fossildude19 said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyquest Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hi, number 1 looks like the root of a rostral tooth. Number 3 looks like a tooth either from enchodus protrusus or x- fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Hopkins Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: #5 has the curvature and overall look of an ice hook. Google it. Back from before electric refrigerators. The shank is covered in rust crust and the grey-ish part is probably clay that has saturated the pores in the rust. I am not very familiar with Jersey teeth, so I'll let the others help with the ID of those pieces. Thank you, yes that does look like an ice hook. The clay part was throwing me off, I wasn't seeing that on the ice hooks but clay makes sense thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Hopkins Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 9 hours ago, FossilizedJello said: Hi, number 4 is definitely a drumfish peice number 3 looks to be a crab claw and one of the bigger ones ive seen assuming you collected this from the same spots ive been can you please take closeups of 2 and 1? Thank you for responding. Here are 3 photo's each of 1,2 and 3 to confirm it is a crab claw. Thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Hopkins Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Pictures flipped. We'll need better pictures/more angles on 1, 2, 3, and 5. Front, back Sides, top, and bottoms. THIS WEBSITE is a good aid to ID brook finds from NJ. #4 looks like a crusher tooth from Anomaeodus phasolus Hi Tim, thank you for your response. I did go to that website but still couldn't ID anything but the crusher tooth. Here are 3 pics each of 1,2 and 3. I think 5 is an ice hook. I appreciate your help. Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Hopkins Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 2 hours ago, jonnyquest said: Hi, number 1 looks like the root of a rostral tooth. Number 3 looks like a tooth either from enchodus protrusus or x- fish. Thank you, that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilizedJello Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Yeah, I would say I was accurate based on my experience. Thats actually a nice one of the ghost shrimp claw, I attached some pics (bottom left fossil with dime) . I am pretty sure thats a fossil crab claw possibly even a small pincer shown in the one pic, otherwise it may be enchodus petrosus. It kind of looks like a snail fragment I have, ill see if I can get a pic. Does the "pincer" have the dotted pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 So, I think Johnny Quest actually got 1 and 3. @jonnyquest # 1 is a root of a Sawfish Rostral "tooth". # is an Enchodus or Xiphactinus tooth. (Probably Enchodus, though) I can't place #2, ghost shrimp claw is possible, but I'm having a hard time seeing it. Maybe @Carl can have a look at that one. Ice hook sounds as good as anything for # 5 to me. 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...
Carl Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 5/20/2020 at 9:15 AM, Fossildude19 said: So, I think Johnny Quest actually got 1 and 3. @jonnyquest # 1 is a root of a Sawfish Rostral "tooth". # is an Enchodus or Xiphactinus tooth. (Probably Enchodus, though) I can't place #2, ghost shrimp claw is possible, but I'm having a hard time seeing it. Maybe @Carl can have a look at that one. Ice hook sounds as good as anything for # 5 to me. #2 definitely strikes me as one of those weird ironstone creations so common in the brooks. Not likely a fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I can’t see #5’s texture well from these pics, but it also could be lignite. Probably not though. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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