jcbshark Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Went for an hour hunt after dinner tonight and glad I did. We had some rain today and hit a site that most stuff is broken at now but somehow this guy made it thru. 1 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...
ynot Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Sweet desert there fella!! 1 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...
Kane Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 That is a very nice find, indeed! A decent size with much of the serrations, too. And you found this in just a desultory one hour jaunt? Wow! 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, ynot said: Sweet desert there fella!! 4 minutes ago, Kane said: That is a very nice find, indeed! A decent size with much of the serrations, too. And you found this in just a desultory one hour jaunt? Wow! Thanks fellas, was certainly pleasantly surprised by this find 1 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...
caldigger Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Jeff, you'd better snap it in half just for continuity sake. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 One more thing to be thankful for, no doubt. Congratulations, Jeff! 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...
fossilized6s Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Wow, Jeff! What a stunner! I think it would be worth it to try and clean this one up. That root looks flawless. Congratulations! 1 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Nice meg! 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Nice- that’s better than a drumstick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Jenkins Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Thankful for some rain aren't we? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 That certainly calls for some thanksgiving. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Sweet find, Jeff. Glad to see you are starting the season off with . I have high expectations for both of us. It has been a lot of years since we have seen the flash floods associated with a hurricane. 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavialboy Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 that is a awesome find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Thank you all for the commentsand I did a vinegar soak last night and put a little oil on the display side, looks a good bit better now I think 1 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...
JohnBrewer Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Great find! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Jeff Real nice! Thanks for posting. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinlukers Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Nice find.. Wish we lived in an area like yours. or at least within reasonable driving distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Very nice Jeff. 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...
Pilobolus Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 Thank you folks as well 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...
Peace river rat Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I would not kick it out of bed for eating crackers! Sweet! Was it found in or near salt water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Sweet tooth! Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Nice tooth Jeff! A perfect lookin tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 Thanks guys and this was a land find but it had some stuff on it from when it was in the ocean 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...
old bones Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 That's a beauty, Jeff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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