FossilFreak Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Ok, so I spent the last few nights taking pictures of my finds over the last year from the reject pile. The pictures are posted in my gallery. If you're interested check it out. Also, several of the teeth or finds are totally unknown to me so any id help is appreciated too. Thanks, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Nice stuff James! HERE is a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Wow those are some awesome teeth!!!!!!! Great finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Great stuff, I'm going to work on some of the unknowns and see if I can find Ids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Wow, really nice collection. Could you explain to me the term "reject Pile"? Is this something that is always available to be picked through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 A lot of those teeth appear to have abnormal roots, or is it just me? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilFreak Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 Great stuff, I'm going to work on some of the unknowns and see if I can find Ids. I have always thought that the reject material is material that has flowed the whole way through the mining process and is of no more use to PCS. If you hunt at the mine, you are hunting through dirt that has been picked up in a bucket and dumped out. If you hunt through reject material, you are getting dirt that has been picked up and fed into the Company's piplines and processed. I have found the reject material is much more concentrated, but when you get to the larger or more brittle teeth, you're not likely to get anything good. However, I think it's amazing for small finds. Feel free to correct me anyone if I'm off base. Thanks for the link Solius. Regarding the abnormal roots. I tried to post the most interesting of the finds and a sample of some of the other teeth. There are tons more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilMick Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Nice teeth. I have also been screening some reject material for about a year. I have been wanting to take some pictures, but my camera can not handle the small stuff. I love the Rhincodon typus (Whale Shark and the Carcharoides catticus (Reef Shark) Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Great fossils! I have always wanted to bring some of this materail home but there always seems to be so much to do while I'm down there that I never have. After seeing your photos I will be bringing some home with me next time. N.AL.hunter Posted Today, 06:34 AM Wow, really nice collection. Could you explain to me the term "reject Pile"? Is this something that is always available to be picked through? Yes this material ia avalible year round. They remove the picked through stuff several times a year and replace it with fresh. It usually gets replaced just be for the festival at the end of May. But even if you arrive and it has been there a while don't worry. I found my best Catticus tooth at a location where they dump the stuff after it has been removed from the museum piles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 really nice stuff, ill id some of it later, for right now the thing you said was a basking shark tooh is a center hemi tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbstedman Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 You've been busy. Lots of great stuff. It always takes me so long to go through the material. Besides screening and rinsing of the material, any tricks of the trade to sorting through the material? Besides fossils, I collect roadcuts, Stream beds, Winter beaches: Places of pilgrimage. Jasper Burns, Fossil Dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3109 this looks like a little tiger shark tooth http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3106 most of these look like fish teeth to me http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3103 this is fish if i remember right, ill go find an id in a few min., could you get a better picture or is that the best? http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3097 first tooth is a hemi. last tooth is a dusky or bull, something like that http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3093 the one with cusps are not trashers, but that tooth to the far left could be something really rare could you take another picture of that? http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3089 the one with cusps could be mako not sure http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3077 most likely fish tooth http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3076 yes this is a fish tooth http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3074 the one looks like a cuda tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3098 You're right, except the second-to-top-left is actually a stinger, not a dental plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilFreak Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3109this looks like a little tiger shark tooth I was thinking that one was a tiger, but the root is so think. Maybe it is a posterior tooth. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3106most of these look like fish teeth to me If anybody knows what kind, let me know. Nothing on Elasmo really stuck out to me. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3097first tooth is a hemi. last tooth is a dusky or bull, something like that Don't hemis usually have serrations on both sides? The root and the serrated side do make it look like a hemi. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3074the one looks like a cuda tooth All three of these things are cylindrical; the cuda teeth I've seen are flat. Thanks for all the input. I'll try to post some more pics (thresher section and scute like thing) after my camera battery recharges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilFreak Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?au...si&img=3098You're right, except the second-to-top-left is actually a stinger, not a dental plate. Yes, I made some comments in the image description about the barbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I was thinking that one was a tiger, but the root is so think. Maybe it is a posterior tooth.If anybody knows what kind, let me know. Nothing on Elasmo really stuck out to me. Don't hemis usually have serrations on both sides? The root and the serrated side do make it look like a hemi. All three of these things are cylindrical; the cuda teeth I've seen are flat. Thanks for all the input. I'll try to post some more pics (thresher section and scute like thing) after my camera battery recharges. yea the tiger looks to be posterior, ill check my teeth but i dont think i have any fish teeth that look like that hard to find here in maryland, well the hemi could be worn i have so many that look like that no serrations on the one side could make it a lower, no idea on the cylindrical things then sorry, yea i dont want to scare you or anything but with the huge root and small tooth that one could be benedeni who knows, as for the scute it could be ray or fish i will have to see when you get more pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilFreak Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 yea the tiger looks to be posterior, ill check my teeth but i dont think i have any fish teeth that look like that hard to find here in maryland, well the hemi could be worn i have so many that look like that no serrations on the one side could make it a lower, no idea on the cylindrical things then sorry, yea i dont want to scare you or anything but with the huge root and small tooth that one could be benedeni who knows, as for the scute it could be ray or fish i will have to see when you get more pictures Ok here's the pics you were looking for. I hope you're right about the benedini. It's hard to get much better on the scute since it's so small. one of them is a side shot. I also forgot to post this picture. To me the enamel looks like a shark tooth, but the shape is very odd. I guess it could be pathelogical. Unfortunately it has no root. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharktoothguy11222 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Ok here's the pics you were looking for. I hope you're right about the benedini. It's hard to get much better on the scute since it's so small. one of them is a side shot. I also forgot to post this picture. To me the enamel looks like a shark tooth, but the shape is very odd. I guess it could be pathelogical. Unfortunately it has no root. The last one doesn't look like a shark tooth. Maybe a sea mammal tooth??? Cool anyway Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 wow that tooth looks awsome, um im still going with posterior benedeni, very cool. ok the dermal scute i have seen before, someone must know what it is i cant remember where i can find out what that thing is. Its not ray its fish im sure of that wait i know where to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I agree that the one you thought was a sickle-fin weasel shark is probably a lower posterior Hemipristis. These teeth are only serrated on the one side and the posteriors look like this while the anteriors are long and narrow There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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