old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 A few weeks ago we went to Edisto Beach, S.C. to celebrate our 30th. wedding anniversary. The weather was fine, the water was warm and the tides were low. Seven days of fossil hunting and good times with my best friend! My husband Dennis even joined in the hunt and found several fine fossils. The majority of the fossils found on Edisto Beach are Late Pleistocene, ca. 50,000-10,000 old. They are from an undetermined offshore unit, Charleston County, S.C. We collected a broad range of species on this trip including many which were firsts for me. It is only a partial, but it is the first Glyptodont osteoderm I've found. And a piece of a flexible osteoderm from the Beautiful Armadillo Dasypus bellus. A partial camel tooth We think this is lagomorph... continued in next reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 continued Antler was fun to find. (I got a bit excited over the sight of the tine tip at first.) Dennis found this very nice beaver cheek tooth, Castor canadensis One of my favorite things to find are fragments of ivory and enamel from Proboscidea. Some day I am going to find an entire tooth! A chunk of Mastodon enamel continued in next reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 continued There is probably more turtle and tortoise shell on the beach than anything else. Here a re just a few nice bits. I am so used to looking for, and at, very tiny fossils, that I can't help picking up the same when I am on the beach. Some of those are only fragments, but having them identified means that I will recognize the intact fossil when I find it. Like this piece of Neochoerus pinckneyi. Here is another tiny bone that at first resembled a tiny rib. It seems a bit complex for that tho... any ideas? And I found my first periotic! continued in next reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 continued And then there were the shark teeth... I chose 2 of the prettiest sand tiger teeth to photograph. And my first Great White! continued in next reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 continued Some more fish fossils And some corals Stingray spines This is my first tapir tooth! ( a lower) Look at the textured pattern. continued in next reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 continued I found many sea robin skulls. One is a very broad shape compared to all the rest, so I think it must be from a different fish. The common shape of a Prionotus neurocranium. And the broader fish neurocranium. continued in next reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 continued A nice snake vertebra' We found a nice selection of ray pavement teeth. Between the two of us we found several horse teeth and fragments. Here are a few of the best ones. Equus lower cheek tooth Equus upper cheek tooth I am not sure whose enamel this is... continued in next reply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 continued To make the hunting even more interesting was the chance of finding Native artifacts. We did find several pottery sherds, some with pressed patterns. There are other relics of the past scattered on the beach at Edisto. A village lost to hurricanes in the 1800's and the subsequent erosion destroyed Edingsville Beach and all that is left are the occasional bits of tableware and brick that wash up on the sand. It was a great trip. We met old friends and made new ones. Can't wait to return. Thanks for looking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Last post appears to be mammoth enamel, great finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ancient Bones Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Nice variety of finds and a great presentation Julianna! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Looks like a great time! Love the finds! And nice pics too! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelonly Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Such a beautifully organized presentation of your finds!! I love it! Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Fossils, friends, and beautiful beach weather. Doesn't get much better than that. Thank you for the awesome report/pictures. Glad you had a great time and place to spend your 30th together. 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...
ynot Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Congratulations on the 30th!! Thanks for sharing the trip with such wonderful pictures. Tony PS Nice finds too! 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...
belemniten Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Thanks for posting this trip report ! I love your great pictures Those finds are awesome !! Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limestone Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 So amazing, thank you for sharing these great pictures, I'm just starting my fossil hunting adventures and now I have a better idea of what to look for when I hit the beach. I'm usually end up finding coral fossils since they seem to be the easiest to spot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Wow, what a great and diverse haul! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 19 hours ago, Ancient Bones said: Nice variety of finds and a great presentation Julianna! Thanks, Mum! Can't wait to go back with you. 19 hours ago, Darktooth said: Nice finds! Glad you had a great hunt! Thank you. It was great. 18 hours ago, CBOB said: Looks like a great time! Love the finds! And nice pics too! Thanks Thank you. We had a blast. I enjoyed making the pictures. 18 hours ago, jewelonly said: Such a beautifully organized presentation of your finds!! I love it! Thank you!! Thank you. I'm glad you had a look at my report. 18 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Fossils, friends, and beautiful beach weather. Doesn't get much better than that. Thank you for the awesome report/pictures. Glad you had a great time and place to spend your 30th together. Regards, Thank you Tim. Best anniversary ever! 18 hours ago, ynot said: Congratulations on the 30th!! Thanks for sharing the trip with such wonderful pictures. Tony PS Nice finds too! Thank you Tony 14 hours ago, belemniten said: Thanks for posting this trip report ! I love your great pictures Those finds are awesome !! Thank you. I'm glad that you enjoyed my pictures. I was very lucky on this trip. 2 hours ago, Limestone said: So amazing, thank you for sharing these great pictures, I'm just starting my fossil hunting adventures and now I have a better idea of what to look for when I hit the beach. I'm usually end up finding coral fossils since they seem to be the easiest to spot. Well, if my pictures help you to ID finds, I am very pleased. I just keep on learning what to look for, and it helps to have some reference. 1 hour ago, JohnBrewer said: Wow, what a great and diverse haul! Thank you John! A bit different from my usual isn't it. And now back to my micros... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Jenkins Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Could you teach me (us) how you created your photos and added scaling? Are you using a light box, photo shop etc? Very impressive and hopefully I can learn something. Thanks, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Calvin Jenkins said: Could you teach me (us) how you created your photos and added scaling? Are you using a light box, photo shop etc? Very impressive and hopefully I can learn something. Thanks, Kevin I use normally gimp (a free software) to edit my photos ... but its a bunch of work and often not very accurate as "old bones" pictures ! So i would also like to know what he uses ! But nevertheless it looks like that he spent many hours in those photos Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Thanks for the report. I really enjoyed this. The photos are great. Hopefully you can give us a brief tutorial. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Nice finds and photos. Your periotic is not odontocete but might be baleen whale. I would ask @Boesse his opinion to narrow down the possibilities for this fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Wow Julianna, you killed it out there! Much more productive than our local beaches here for sure. Love the GW and that beaver tooth is an awesome find! Glad you could get out and congrats on 30 years: ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Great report, pictures and finds! Thank you for sharing! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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