Calvin Jenkins Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Had a good bit of success visiting a river I've been to in the past. I had "cleaned" this area out last year but I tried an experiment & piled all the rock/limestone that I worked through last year up in the center of the river expecting that it would trap sediment & moving fossils upstream of the rocks during the rainy season. Like most of my plans it didn't work as I expected, it seems that the sediment didn't deposit behind the rocks but the flow tumbled the rocks and sediment deposited downstream of the rocks. I spent about 4 hours digging out about 120 square feet of deposits 6-10" deep and screening. Pretty much about the easiest hunting scenario you could hope for in a river. I picked up everything that I recognized as a shark tooth (one bison tooth 2 bits of stingray & about 2 back packs worth of dugong bone bits). I wanted to point out a few things, 1) almost all teeth are river black, there are less than 5 teeth that had other coloration (bone valley like), 2) a high percentage are broken but not necessarily "river worn". So that evening I went to a social party & took the nice Meg to show some friends, of course one of the guest is totally enamored and tells me I've got to take them along next time so they can get some like that too! If only it was that easy....everyone would be doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Awesome haul and I see some megs that are to die for in there! Can you get some close ups of the better teeth for our viewing pleasure? Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 A couple nice megs you got in there Kevin 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Nice haul. Some super teeth in that lot. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Some nice spoils! Wish I could find a meg one tenth the quality of one of those up here! Well, really I wish I could find one of any quality. “...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...
oldtimer Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 That is a very nice haul for the day. A few of those megs are awesome. A lot of the other teeth are spectacular too. Would like to see some close ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Looks like You did good! 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...
Calvin Jenkins Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 So I'm curious about the "Tiger Shark Teeth" and if this is the extinct variety or why the points are so upright, versus the normal hook that I see in FL. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoppeHunting Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Nice haul! I'll definitely give river hunting a shot some time when I'm in either Florida or New Jersey. I love the jet black Makos and nice Tigers with defined serrations. What time period is this location? The Hunt for the Hemipristine continues! ~Hoppe hunting!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.