sharko69 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hit the creek for a while. It has been hit pretty hard since the rains a week ago and the holiday traffic. Found the usual potpourri of pieces and parts and found four very worn Ptychodus right off the bat. Luck changes as I work my way up the gravel bar. Found several nice P. whipplei including the largest I have ever found just over an inch wide. Found a beautiful small P. mortoni and a sweet complete S. raphiodon. I also found what at first looked like a Ptychodus shard but when I got home and cleaned it up, I believe it is a small piece of coprolite. Weather couldn’t have been better. 60 degrees but creek was still frozen solid in shady areas. Had the place to myself the entire time. Still looking to add a couple new species to the collection. So far five down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trevor Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Excellent finds! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 What no vertebrae? I assume the creek being Post Oak. The embedded coral is indicative of that wash. (I have found two different species of coral there) Nice pty teeth some fine definition on a couple of them. I noticed that some people have the eye skill to see the pty teeth and some people, you practically have to point to it for them to see them. We met there several months ago, like to get out with ya some time. Sundays are usually my chosen days when I do get to go. Normally I hang around with lady collector. She would probably accompany me, but like i stated previously on a Sunday. That is hers and my days off from work. Have a goodun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Indeed, lovely teeth! Good start to the New Year, all the best for the rest of it! @Trevor Your language needs upgrading, "Excellent" is rather old school Cyber-language. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 12 minutes ago, bone2stone said: What no vertebrae? I assume the creek being Post Oak. The embedded coral is indicative of that wash. (I have found two different species of coral there) Nice pty teeth some fine definition on a couple of them. I noticed that some people have the eye skill to see the pty teeth and some people, you practically have to point to it for them to see them. We met there several months ago, like to get out with ya some time. Sundays are usually my chosen days when I do get to go. Normally I hang around with lady collector. She would probably accompany me, but like i stated previously on a Sunday. That is hers and my days off from work. Have a goodun. Would love to. I don’t get out there as much as I used to with travel for work and son not too keen on cold weather days. Usually only get to sneak an hour in on a weekday evening after work. I will pm you when I have a free Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, sharko69 said: Would love to. I don’t get out there as much as I used to with travel for work and son not too keen on cold weather days. Usually only get to sneak an hour in on a weekday evening after work. I will pm you when I have a free Sunday. It has been many years (30+) since I first came across Post Oak back then it was nothing to find 200+ complete teeth in a few hours of crawling around. My last trip netted 120+, most with damage though. They filled a laboratory test tube and I donated it as a door prize at a treasure club meeting. The branching coral outcropping, at one time, was as large as a Volkswagen. I'm on the forum practically every morning so I'll keep an eye open for a PM. There is usually several people, when weather is nice, on Sundays and I have met several TFF members there. Later.... Jess B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Nice sharks teeth! “...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...
sixgill pete Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Love the Ptychodus. Wish we could find them here in N.C. 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...
Fruitbat Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Looks like you found some real beauties there! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Great finds! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 8 hours ago, bone2stone said: It has been many years (30+) since I first came across Post Oak back then it was nothing to find 200+ complete teeth in a few hours of crawling around. My last trip netted 120+, most with damage though. They filled a laboratory test tube and I donated it as a door prize at a treasure club meeting. The branching coral outcropping, at one time, was as large as a Volkswagen. I'm on the forum practically every morning so I'll keep an eye open for a PM. There is usually several people, when weather is nice, on Sundays and I have met several TFF members there. Later.... Jess B. Would love to have been there back then. I find a lot of teeth every visit, but complete are few and far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 13 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Indeed, lovely teeth! Good start to the New Year, all the best for the rest of it! @Trevor Your language needs upgrading, "Excellent" is rather old school Cyber-language. Ha, here we go Well, @sharko69 I find your Ptychodus teeth, among your other finds, to have a semblance marked by especial pulchritude, so much that I am actually awestruck with the most intense envy capable of being felt by a mere moral of flesh and bone. 2 : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 23 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Nice sharks teeth! 21 hours ago, Fruitbat said: Looks like you found some real beauties there! -Joe 18 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Great finds! 22 hours ago, sixgill pete said: Love the Ptychodus. Wish we could find them here in N.C. Thank you. They are some of my favorite teeth to find. Still have a lot left on the bucket list to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Excellent!!!!!!!!!! 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...
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