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I've made threads about this in the past, but I had to do it again. I absolutely love seeing pictures of fossils before they were picked up! I'm sure a ton of people out there have some sort of fossil in situ pics on their hard drives. Let's see them!

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Pleistocene bald eagle clawcore.

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Pleistocene panther tooth (bad damage on the other side).

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I'd like to think that I'd have seen the eagle claw from the parking lot ( :P ), but I can't find the panther tooth in the in-situ shot to save me...some shapes speak louder to me than others, I guess. :blush:

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I'd like to think that I'd have seen the eagle claw from the parking lot ( :P ), but I can't find the panther tooth in the in-situ shot to save me...some shapes speak louder to me than others, I guess. :blush:

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I'd like to think that I'd have seen the eagle claw from the parking lot ( :P ), but I can't find the panther tooth in the in-situ shot to save me...some shapes speak louder to me than others, I guess. :blush:

It's in the very center of the picture. It was covered by a nasty red algae (which was hectic to clean off). It looks like the top of a heart shape. I suspected it was a cat tooth when I snapped the pic, but wasn't completely sure until after I picked it up.

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It's in the very center of the picture. It was covered by a nasty red algae (which was hectic to clean off). It looks like the top of a heart shape. I suspected it was a cat tooth when I snapped the pic, but wasn't completely sure until after I picked it up.

WoW!! Good eye, afraid it would still be there if I had been there, amazing to spot it, you be da fossil sniper--Tom

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wow those are really nice ...to tell the truth ive never been to an ocean beach but will soon probably be going to north carolina or prince edward island

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The Ordovician enthusiast.

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Here is a Saurodon partial jaw that was hiding very well.

Upper Cretaceous

Taylor Gp.

North Sulphur River

Very cool pictures! I love when you can just see a piece of something...making yourself take pics of it first builds up the anticipation.

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Very cool pictures! I love when you can just see a piece of something...making yourself take pics of it first builds up the anticipation.

Thanks, I like your pic as well. I actually thought at first that the jaw was just a sliver of bone laying there.I thumped it with my middle finger and I knew right away there was more to come :D

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How big is it? Looks like some kind of worn down artiodactyl tooth to me...maybe deer...?

sorry for fuzzy pic but u get the idea of the size.

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here's an in situ nj cretaceous goblin tooth (teeth are almost never found in this formational facies so this was an interesting find) and a couple more teeth "as found" on the same day

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In situ 9" trilobite Isotelus on verticle face of a giant boulder... my first significant fossil find back 2004....

how did you get that thing out?

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how did you get that thing out?

I had no proper tools back then... knew nothing about fossil extraction.... learn on the job.... had a claw hammer from a local hardware store and a cold chisel... first wack of the hammer the head came off ... I beat the rock with the handle of the hammer in frustration..... ended up buying an electric generator, angle grinder with a diamond wheel, then used long masonary drill bits to drill a series of holes and pop the whole fossil out.... shortly after bought a concrete saw(s).

PL

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Here is a nice auriculatus I found at the Giant Cement quarry. Sorry I don't have the "after" photo, but it turned out to be a killer 2-3/4" tooth. The other photo is of a hexanchus agassizi Eocene cow shark in matrix.post-273-023079000 1285510696_thumb.jpgpost-273-004059700 1285510694_thumb.jpg

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Here is one of my favorite in situ picts of the whale vert I found in Mississippi.

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A few more.

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