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Nice to be out before the mosquitoes, but the pollen is a pain.  Worked a spot with lots of gravel.  Expected drum teeth (found), angel shark teeth (two) and vertebrae (one and pieces).  Except for cowshark teeth (no roots), nothing really special.  But lots of small teeth (many broken).

 

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Oooh! Quite the haul! 

Thanks for the report!

 

Don't sell your finds short. ;) 

Any fossil tooth is cool in my book. 

Besides, just getting out there and hunting is a reward as well.   :Smiling:

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I agree - definitely look like nice finds to me. I always love finding a cow shark tooth, even without the root. Is that a small cetacean tooth near the bottom of the photo as well?

 

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@bthemoose  "Is that a small cetacean tooth near the bottom of the photo as well?"  Thanks, I have no idea.  it has nice enamel on one end, excepting the very tip, and dark gray fossil "enamel" on the other end.  The ugly big yellow chip next to it seems to be from a megalodon tooth by serrations and thickness, but I always seemingly find the chip and not the chipped tooth!  I also always wonder if I just toss the broken-off roots from the cowshark teeth, not recognizing them?

 

@Fossildude19 Hopefully you are getting some pretty days to hunt in the Connecticut area! (Unfortunately I cannot even keep up with my own postings!  Have to make time; learn a lot reading other posts  I am always excited to find cowshark teeth, they are rare where I hunt.  But sometimes I wonder if I am responsible for the rootless and broken ones?  They are fragile, and screening away sand and mud  in running water with bouncing gravel has to be rough (have ruined a few small ecphora, not recognizing them quick enough.

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