shel67 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I spent the morning screening in the Post Oak Creek of Sherman, Texas today. I found lots of small shark teeth...all different types. Tooth enamel from Mastodon/Mammoth and bits and pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Nice haul! 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...
old bones Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Nice! I love the elephant enamel and the Ptychodus are my favorite shark teeth. You had a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel67 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 @ynot Thank you! Hope you had a great weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel67 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 1 minute ago, old bones said: Nice! I love the elephant enamel and the Ptychodus are my favorite shark teeth. You had a good day. I love the Ptychodus, too! As far as the enamel....it makes my day anytime I find some. Even if it’s a small piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Looks like a productive trip. Regards, 1 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...
Fishkeeper Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Very nice! I'm planning a trip out there, mind if I ask what you did to find these? Anything in particular, or just screening in the stuff in the creek? I think I see part of a crab in there. Second photo from the bottom, right above the 2 1/4" mark on the ruler, looks like the 'thumb' off a crab claw. And what is that cool double-ended tooth slightly above and to the right of it? Looks like two teeth fused at the base, it's wild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Looks like you did very well! I'm going to have to get out to Post Oak Creek one of these days! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel67 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Thank you, @Fossildude19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel67 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 31 minutes ago, Fishkeeper said: Very nice! I'm planning a trip out there, mind if I ask what you did to find these? Anything in particular, or just screening in the stuff in the creek? I think I see part of a crab in there. Second photo from the bottom, right above the 2 1/4" mark on the ruler, looks like the 'thumb' off a crab claw. And what is that cool double-ended tooth slightly above and to the right of it? Looks like two teeth fused at the base, it's wild. I just took some closeups of that little find, and it does appear to be a tiny crab claw “thumb”! Thank you for noticing that!!! Does anyone here know what type of crab? —- I go in right at the bridge through town in Sherman. I don’t even know the name of the street. I’m sure someone here does. I do some screening, but today I just plopped myself on the ground and picked through the gravel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Wow, nice finds, looks like you had a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel67 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 @Nimravis Thank you! It was a good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Time well spent. You never know when you will pull out a find of a lifetime there. Good pickins you came out with. Tell me what size screen mesh were you using? Bone2stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Great day. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel67 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 4 hours ago, bone2stone said: Time well spent. You never know when you will pull out a find of a lifetime there. Good pickins you came out with. Tell me what size screen mesh were you using? Bone2stone Thank you!! I was using 1/4 inch screen. It works well! It holds the tiny ones while discarding the fines. I also get on the ground in the dry areas and pick through the pebbles. @JarrodB Thank you!!! Hope you had a great weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 19 hours ago, shel67 said: Thank you!! I was using 1/4 inch screen. It works well! It holds the tiny ones while discarding the fines. I also get on the ground in the dry areas and pick through the pebbles. @JarrodB Thank you!!! Hope you had a great weekend! Good choice. Scootching along on the gravel bars is how most of us start out. The bars have gotten much smaller over the past 30+ years. I guess so many people are scooping up all those teeth that the bars are dwindling. I take greeners there to teach them how to find stuff and have never gone there and come out disappointed. Sulphur river yeah, but not post Oak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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