sharko69 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Sister called and asked to take my son for the day and my wife said she had things to do so I took that as my cue to head out to the creek. I really wanted to hit the North Sulphur with all the rain and missed my chance Friday morning with the water still being a bit high for my taste, but I didn't have that kind of time. My wish list for the day consisted of any artifact and a new type of Ptychodus from the bucket list. I headed to a spot I have only hit a couple of times and after working my way down through all of the muck from the flooding, I finally hit a gravel bar. The first bar provided a couple of broken Cretodus and one small Ptychodus. There were absolutely no foot prints in the fresh deep mud so I was excited to work my way downstream. I was a little disappointed after the first half hour and only a few broken teeth but as I worked my way downstream it improved. Found several nice P. whipplei and then a very cool point, a scraper, and a very nice what I am guessing is a plesiosaur tooth (which I have in the ID forum). Not on the list but one I would gladly add if I had known it was a possibility. Found some bison teeth and lots of bone as well as one very nice Cretodus lateral tooth. I really wanted to stay longer but had to make it back home for my "curfew". Overall a good two hours and I am sure the best was left behind. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CBOB Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 What a haul! You killed it out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 You did great. I like the old knife artifact and the scraper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Nice haul, love the point 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...
Max-fossils Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 What an incredible haul!!! Could you please explain a bit more about the bones in the back? As in what animals? Well done, Max Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 I believe the long bone is deer, there is a deer toe bone, and knuckle, and a couple cow or bison bones the other two. On the left are a couple chunkasaurus, probably mosasaur bone chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 7 hours ago, sharko69 said: I believe the long bone is deer, there is a deer toe bone, and knuckle, and a couple cow or bison bones the other two. On the left are a couple chunkasaurus, probably mosasaur bone chunks. Awesome! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 So many cow bones in that spot. A meat processing place once dumped remains there from what I"m told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 1 hour ago, JarrodB said: So many cow bones in that spot. A meat processing place once dumped remains there from what I"m told. There are plenty of butchered bones down there. I heard the same thing. You can usually tell the butchered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David E. Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I was out there on Sunday as well. From what I was told by someone who had been out there the week before, all that rain led to about a 15 ft. rise in the creek. I didn't doubt that as my favorite bars no longer existed and a lot of the gravel had been spread out as far as the eye could see. Some of my best finds were about 2-3 ft. under the water (was sifting gravel). Love that point and scraper you found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Very good finds at the POC North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 On 8/22/2017 at 7:55 PM, John S. said: Very good finds at the POC Thanks John. Hard to keep up with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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