Doc Weldon Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Found this on a spoil bank in coastal georgia. It looks to me as though it has been worked. Small scratches /grooves on back as well. I have heard of these but never seen one. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I don't see definitive signs of working on it. It is normal for large sharks teeth to fracture up the sides like that, so I think this is natural wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 56 minutes ago, tmaier said: I don't see definitive signs of working on it. It is normal for large sharks teeth to fracture up the sides like that, so I think this is natural wear. I agree I have several megs broken in a very similar fashion. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I doubt it's a worked meg. It's awfully small, does not have a sharp point and like the others have said typical of how megs break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Besides all that - shark teeth as a rule are not aerodynamic, and as such do not make good projectile points. Tony 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Weldon Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 While not as abundant as typical arrowheads and spear points the use of sharks teeth is well documented . I've never found one and only seen images and this one is close I just wasn't sure . Sharks teeth are frquentlly fractured it's just that this one is so symmetrical that it strikes me as an oddity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 In order to accept something as an artifact, people want undeniable evidence of the object having been worked. So... this might have been used by humans, but there is no concrete evidence. The only exception to this rule is if the object is found in context with other artifacts. So think of it as a trialwith coincidental evidence. In this case it is too weak to be acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Weldon Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 Agreed , great point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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