megha007jones Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 hey guys just found this and it looks like a small tusk. at first i thought it was a part of a showel or an old gas can spout. but it is not metal. it has hole in big end that tapers down to nothing about 3 inches in and it is broken on other end. found it near a spot were i also found 2 broken hatchet heads. i found the pencil later, it is a number 2. thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Wood or tusk. Look for Schreger lines on the broken end. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha007jones Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 it is not wood. It looks like a tusk or a tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 SCHREGER LINES. Take pictures of both ends, please. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha007jones Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 her are pics of top and bottom hollow side broken side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha007jones Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 did these pictures help or do i need more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Are there any fine cross-hatching lines visible? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha007jones Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 not that i can see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 The University of Florida has a fossil identification service. https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/vertpaleo/amateur-collector/fossil-id/ You might follow the instructions and send your photos of this find. You should also take a closeup photo of the 1st photo with the pencil, to give a better view of grain (or lack thereof) of the long outside edge. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Neat. From your recent pics, it looks more like a horn than anything. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Looks like a lower mastodon tusk to me. Complete tusks have hollow proximal ends and worn distal ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha007jones Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 thanks guys. I send some pictures to UF last night. They have found several mastodon bones in this spring before. here is the full size picture. you can zoom in at photo bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I'm interested to hear what spring it was found in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha007jones Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hornsby spring High Springs Florida it is a private spring and they don't allow diving or snorkeling if that's what you're thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Nope, just curious. I have my own sites bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 There's some info here about Hornsby Springs if you're interested. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00002257/00001/11j There was a pretty important giant armadillo find from there and like you said the museum has some mastodon fossils as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megha007jones Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 no worries just didn't want people to start showing up with tanks. we have enough trouble running cave divers out. thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I talked to a fella years back and he told me about a small museum that was packed with all kinds of fossils and artifacts around the head of that spring that burnt down many years ago and they pushed all of it into the spring. I live really close to it and have been there many times.Like you said they do not allow diving in the springs. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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