Rock Hound Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 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. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Nice haul! 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 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... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 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. 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...
Rock Hound Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 8 hours ago, hemipristis said: Nice haul! Thank you sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automech Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Congratulations. Really nice haul. Do you know age/formation those teeth were found in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 (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, 2023 by Rock Hound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Return visit, April 1st. 3 fossil hunts here, total. 1st visit, was good. 2nd visit, was great. 3rd visit, was just OK. But now, I am confident I have picked this site clean of surface finds. I must be patient, and wait a good while; for heavy rains and erosion, to do their work. 1st Find, this trip: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Great stuff, im Not sure whether that last tooth is serratolamna or brachycarcharias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 4/2/2023 at 3:54 AM, Notidanodon said: Great stuff, im Not sure whether that last tooth is serratolamna or brachycarcharias Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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