Meganeura Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) So I was originally planning on going kayaking to find my own spot today on the peace but the kayaking plans fell through, so I had to sadly resort to a boat ramp. Public area, heavily hunted. Still, came away with some decent stuff! To start off, the biggest and most complete Meg I’ve ever pulled out of the Peace (No, I still haven’t found one that’s got even 75% of it left ) This is probably the coolest pattern on a shark tooth I’ve seen on this Tiger Shark tooth: Next is the nicest mammoth molar fragment I’ve found, with a bunch of other frags from today: This absolutely gorgeous turtle shell: Some horse teeth frags: A really nice bivalve: A very small armadillo scute: Some petrified wood: And finally, a half of a shark vert, a sawfish rostrum tooth, a deer antler piece, a fish vert, a few croc teeth, a gator tooth, and some cool bone pieces: Edited June 20, 2022 by Meganeura 2 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Not at all bad for a boat ramp! 1 Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 Just now, Fin Lover said: Not at all bad for a boat ramp! Yeah honestly I was really impressed with my finds. Wasn't expecting much beyond the usual small sharks teeth, ray mouth plates, and turtle shell! Oh, not pictured is the ridiculous number of burrfish mouth plates I found. Much more than normal! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Nice finds! A lot people will say not to even bother with heavily collected sites, but some of my best fossils have come from sites that get hundreds of visitors a year. Good fossil hunters find good fossils. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 minute ago, connorp said: Nice finds! A lot people will say not to even bother with heavily collected sites, but some of my best fossils have come from sites that get hundreds of visitors a year. Good fossil hunters find good fossils. Agreed! Though I'm not sure I'd say I'm good yet. Average I'll take though. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 You don't give yourself enough credit; you've come a long way since you joined. You joined after I did and you are way more knowledgeable than I am and have much better finds. How many Megs do you have now...50+? I still don't have even a sliver that can definitely be called a meg. Too worn and too many epochs mixed together here. If others had already picked through and you still walked away with what you did, then I would say you are good. 1 Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Your Bivalve is most likely an endocast and formed from Cardita .sp. I started on shells, have a better sense of the modern ones. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 8 hours ago, Fin Lover said: You don't give yourself enough credit; you've come a long way since you joined. You joined after I did and you are way more knowledgeable than I am and have much better finds. How many Megs do you have now...50+? I still don't have even a sliver that can definitely be called a meg. Too worn and too many epochs mixed together here. If others had already picked through and you still walked away with what you did, then I would say you are good. I really appreciate that! Honestly I think I’m just more tenacious than anything else. Also I wish I had 50+ megs, I’ve got… 8? 10 if you include halves as 0.5 of a Meg, lol. Plenty of fragments though. Also to be fair, I believe SC Megs are found much more often by diving than anything else! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 6 hours ago, Shellseeker said: Your Bivalve is most likely an endocast and formed from Cardita .sp. I started on shells, have a better sense of the modern ones. It’s 10000% an endocast! I’ve got a few of them already, but none this size and definition. The bottom of it is just as defined as the top you can see in the pic, which is why I picked it up in the first place! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Meganeura said: Also I wish I had 50+ megs, I’ve got… 8? 10 if you include halves as 0.5 of a Meg, lol. Plenty of fragments though. Yes, I was including frags in the 50+. You are right, I think diving is the key here. Although there is always that one person who posts that they found a meg on Folly Beach about the same time we were there (and we ended up with only a few little teeth). 1 Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, Fin Lover said: Yes, I was including frags in the 50+. You are right, I think diving is the key here. Although there is always that one person who posts that they found a meg on Folly Beach about the same time we were there (and we ended up with only a few little teeth). Trust me, that's me everytime I go on a hunt in the river! Everyone's finding megs but before yesterday I hadn't even found a half out of the river. Though I really do need to learn to dive, I want to try off Venice Beach! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Yes, Venice Beach and the Peace are both places I'd like to visit sometime. 1 Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 42 minutes ago, Fin Lover said: Yes, Venice Beach and the Peace are both places I'd like to visit sometime. If it's the Peace you decide on, make sure it's not during June-September! 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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