Rock Hound Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 At least 415 individual shark teeth; although many are very small and / or broken. None are pristine; but they are fossils, and all were found in a few hours, by little ol' me. I hunted until I was worn out, from walking and bending over to pick them up. A few tiny pieces of ray plates, too. 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Shellseeker Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 11 hours ago, Rock Hound said: At least 415 individual shark teeth; although many are very small and / or broken. None are pristine; but they are fossils, and all were found in a few hours, by little ol' me. I hunted until I was worn out, from walking and bending over to pick them up. A few tiny pieces of ray plates, too. Nicely done... No pain, no gain. This quantity of surface finds would make me wonder "What is below the surface?", in adjacent creeks or rivers... Link to post Share on other sites
Fin Lover Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Well done! You must have found a spot that no one else has hit in a while... that's getting very hard to do where I hunt. Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Hound Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 8 hours ago, hemipristis said: Nice haul! Thank you sir. Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Hound Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, Shellseeker said: Nicely done... No pain, no gain. This quantity of surface finds would make me wonder "What is below the surface?", in adjacent creeks or rivers... It does make me wonder. There are so many relatively small shark teeth, and little tiny broken bits of small ray plate; but very little else, working its way to the surface. Obviously, those sharks were eating the rays. Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Hound Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, Fin Lover said: Well done! You must have found a spot that no one else has hit in a while... that's getting very hard to do where I hunt. I know I can't keep it to myself forever. One of these days, I'll likey go back and find others there. That's just the way it is. If you don't own the property itself, you don't own the spot. We do what we can, when we can. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
automech Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Was this along the river? I know that area was an in-land sea, but, I'm amazed you can find anything in that mud. Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey P Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Congratulations. Really nice haul. Do you know age/formation those teeth were found in? Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Hound Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 3 hours ago, automech said: Was this along the river? I know that area was an in-land sea, but, I'm amazed you can find anything in that mud. It wasn't along a river. It was on dry ground; which had been rained on lightly, the previous day. Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Hound Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Congratulations. Really nice haul. Do you know age/formation those teeth were found in? Cretaceous era, I believe? Edited March 20 by Rock Hound Link to post Share on other sites
Al Dente Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, Rock Hound said: Cretaceous era, I believe. It looks more like Eocene to me. Looks like some Brachycarcharias and Striatolamia, but hard to tell. I’m not seeing anything that is typical Cretaceous. Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Hound Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 38 minutes ago, Al Dente said: It looks more like Eocene to me. Looks like some Brachycarcharias and Striatolamia, but hard to tell. I’m not seeing anything that is typical Cretaceous. Ok, perhaps I stand corrected? Good to know. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
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