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It rained hard most of the morning, It is not a lot of fun with water pouring down your neck,  Thankful for baseball caps.

Fortunately there are rewards... 4 of the Megs were unbroken and small. Largest was 1.75 inches. IMG_5556lg4LittleMegs.thumb.jpg.9bf50aea23c18586e10309ea3a7250f2.jpg

Some big chunks.. Land tortoise or sea turtle?  This is the biggest complete piece that I have found. IMG_5567.thumb.JPG.ee156894a8304f7a2861c143efad6d9f.JPGIMG_5569.thumb.JPG.91190b629b8edcaf8e75a6e2adae85c4.JPG

Finally, a likely rib bone.. just wondering if the groove makes this one identifiable..

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Thanks for suggestions Jack

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The finds look to be worth the weather, very nice indeed!

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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Well done, Jack!

Perseverance over weather pays off! :D 

Excellent finds. 

 

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Beautiful finds. :o

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Love your finds! Makes me want to plan my annual trip to Florida soon!! Especially when the thermometer announced 12 degrees an hour ago. Ill take the rain!!

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Nice finds, Jack. Love that turtle/tortoise bit. 

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OMG, SS has found my secret meg spot! JK, great finds! Worth the rain, for sure! 

 

I dug in the rain about 12 days ago, misty and windy and no wet suite, but it paid off, nice white shark tooth I found

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16 hours ago, pedrobento said:

Wish I had that type of result around here... :ighappy:

Understand, I used to live/work NORTH of you. I did not get out hunting fossils much.

 

22 hours ago, Peace river rat said:

OMG, SS has found my secret meg spot! JK, great finds! Worth the rain, for sure!

I dug in the rain about 12 days ago, misty and windy and no wet suite, but it paid off, nice white shark tooth I found

 

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NICE tooth -- GREAT root. I have 6 in 10 years of hunting,  and my smallest is my favorite. This baby checks in at one inch

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5 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

Understand, I used to live/work NORTH of you. I did not get out hunting fossils much.

 

NICE tooth -- GREAT root. I have 6 in 10 years of hunting,  and my smallest is my favorite. This baby checks in at one inch

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No, I was under the impression it is an extinct mako (no serrations) but a Tff member, said it was a white shark (not great)

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7 minutes ago, Peace river rat said:

No, I was under the impression it is an extinct mako (no serrations) but a Tff member, said it was a white shark (not great)

The shark formerly known as Isurus hastalis has been moved to Carcharodon hastalis.

So it was a broad tooth mako shark but now is considered to be a broad tooth white shark.

Nice find, well worth the rain.

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Jack,

I think tortoise! I have the same piece, but bigger. Dr Hulbert ID'd  it for me.

 

Nice megs, You better get them soon! I'm coming over Sat... LOL....

 

The size and texture of the rib look very much Proboscidean to me, nice bone:1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76:

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3 hours ago, Peace river rat said:

No, I was under the impression it is an extinct mako (no serrations) but a Tff member, said it was a white shark (not great)

Sorry for the error.  My eyes are just not that good any more... It COULD have had serrations.. Sometimes the ONLY way I recognize the difference is the presense (or lack thereof) serrations

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5 hours ago, ynot said:

The shark formerly known as Isurus hastalis has been moved to Carcharodon hastalis.

So it was a broad tooth mako shark but now is considered to be a broad tooth white shark.

Nice find, well worth the rain.

I wish those taxonomist could get their story straight!

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11 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

Understand, I used to live/work NORTH of you. I did not get out hunting fossils much.

 

NICE tooth -- GREAT root. I have 6 in 10 years of hunting,  and my smallest is my favorite. This baby checks in at one inch

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Buetiful tooth!

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On 11/25/2017 at 7:58 PM, jlar7607 said:

Nice finds jack !

 

Sorry for response delay.   Trying to get back into hunting trim.  Out Sunday AND today.  Thinking about visiting some OLD spots now that the water has receded.

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