Trevor Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Hello everyone, I went fossiling today, April 14th. I got to Ramanessin Brook around 9:00 AM and ended at about 2:45 PM. The day began slowly, with me haphazardly choosing places to sift. From all the boot prints on the ground it was apparent that many people had gone surface scanning a few days before. I did find one or two teeth on the surface in the middle of the gravel bar, they must have missed them. While I was hunting there was a caravan of senior citizens hiking on one of the trails. They thought I was panning for gold but when I showed them the finds they were stunned. Some of them had never seen sharks' teeth before which seemed odd. One woman with a very heavy German accent was particularly interested and I was happy to give her some of my finds. After that interaction I went back to hunting. With the finds beginning to dwindle in the area I was searching, I moved on. Not much was had further upstream unfortunately. A few minutes later I cut my finger on a stray wire from my breaking sifter and then hiked back to my dad, who was sleeping in his hammock, about a mile or so away. The day was pretty good, my best finds being a Xiphactinus sp. and Ratfish jaw section. Bone, Vertebrae, and one (or two) Xiphactinus Teeth Ghost Shrimp Parts, Sawfish Rostral Spines, Small Vert, Pychodont tooth, and Unidentified Mammal Tooth Ray Teeth : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Ratfish Jaw Section Better Sharks' Teeth Gastropods, Enchodus Teeth and Jaws, Ammonite Piece, and Small Oyster (Bottom Right) : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 General Sharks' Teeth Entirety of Finds Small, Unidentified Mammal Tooth : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 You had a good day. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetwilly Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Nice job Trevor. Great finds! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Looks like it was productive! Congratulations! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad hinkelman Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 awesome Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Great finds!! 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...
ynot Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Cool, Ya did good! 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...
dirtdauber Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Nice finds, especially that ratfish jaw segment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad hinkelman Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 trevor.....your first picture in this post.... the bone in the center top row,i guess with the bone just being a piece is unknown to id from whats it from? I have a piece from sat just like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 2 hours ago, brad hinkelman said: trevor.....your first picture in this post.... the bone in the center top row,i guess with the bone just being a piece is unknown to id from whats it from? I have a piece from sat just like it. The bone are difficult to identify with the most being such small fragments. Most bones in Ram are turtle as are the ones I found here. You can find Dino bones sometimes but they are rare. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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