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Here are my finds from my latest POC visit. Made a decent haul with my best Ptychodus yet and my largest tooth so far here. The tooth was about 1.5 inches. I also found a small ptychodus with no root but it did have very defined grooves. Pictures 2 and 3 are the large Ptychodus and picture 4 is the 1.5 inch tooth. 5 and 6 are the small Ptychodus. Picture 7 is the creek wall matrix I was looking in for teeth and 8 and 9 are the actual teeth I found in the matrix. Does anyone know if this is original matrix? I was able to find several teeth sticking out but several of them were also just pieces of teeth, like you find on the gravel bars, and not complete intact teeth. I was hoping if they were from the original matrix the teeth would be complete. And Finally I have a game for you. See if you can find the tooth in picture 10. For some reason many of the teeth I found this trip were highly camouflaged haha. The rest of the pictures are just closeups. I initially thought I found some mosasaur material but the bone feels modern to me now that it is dry. I also found my first vertebrae this trip. Looking at the other posts it seems like verts and artifacts are pretty easy to find but I guess I just don't have the eye for them as I have only found this one vert and have never found an artifact. Enjoy. 

 

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Hi, first of all, great finds, the explanation of why the teeth in the creek wall are still eroded is because, to me at least, that looks like a lag deposit, where they have been eroded out of a bed and then redeposited, this is what big brook is to the best of my knowledge:)

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16 hours ago, will stevenson said:

Hi, first of all, great finds, the explanation of why the teeth in the creek wall are still eroded is because, to me at least, that looks like a lag deposit, where they have been eroded out of a bed and then redeposited, this is what big brook is to the best of my knowledge:)

Thanks for the information. That was what I was thinking. I am still searching for the elusive primary matrix here haha. 

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19 hours ago, Andy B said:

Awesome. I hope to have a ptychodus tooth myself some day.

Thanks. Just come to Texas. You cant miss them in some of our creeks. 

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