Shellseeker Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Today I went with 2 friends to a hunting spot that has been productive for months , but was beginning to run out of gravel that one of us had not sifted thru. Most of the morning we spent seeking gravel, and finding small shark teeth, turtle bone, footpads and spurs, a few pieces of mammoth tusk, dugong/manatee rib sections, a couple of baracuda teeth, and one !!!! horse tooth. The day did not improve for my friends. This is actually where LUCK comes in... We have an excellent hunting spot, all 3 of us are excellent hunters with great techniques, we are digging within 20 feet of each other. I got hot at noon; We packed up and left 2 hours later. These days are the ones I recall when I'm the one finding little/nothing. Given all these fantastic finds, you might ask which I liked best... The juve mastodon spit tooth...versus the 2nd Calippus I have ever found. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/46940-three-toed/ I believe that this tooth is Calippus (16.25x19.25x20 mm) but maybe slightly larger than my Calippus Elachistus from May of 2014... Feeling good, Feeling GOOD and unbelievably LUCKY... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Awesome finds! A day to remember! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Fantastic finds! Lucky day indeed! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Looks like You had a good day, with some good finds. What is what? 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...
Shellseeker Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 23 minutes ago, ynot said: Looks like You had a good day, with some good finds. What is what? In the 1st photo, a Mammoth ankle bone, Glyptodon scute, and 3 upper Hemipristis serra teeth. In the 2nd photo, A chunk of Mammoth tooth chewing surface and an Equus Medial Phalanx. In 3rd photo, 3 plates of a Mammoth tooth, In 4th & 5th photos, a juvenile Mastodon spit tooth, In 6th and 7th photos, two views of Equus lower jaw M1 or M2, In photo 8, a upper molar from a small Miocene/Pliocene horse, possibly from Calippus. At least , these are my likely identifications. Jack The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Shellseeker said: This is actually where LUCK comes in... We have an excellent hunting spot, all 3 of us are excellent hunters with great techniques, we are digging within 20 feet of each other. I got hot at noon; We packed up and left 2 hours later. These days are the ones I recall when I'm the one finding little/nothing. No other way to describe it. This phenomenon is beyond my understanding, but I'm always thankful when it clicks in for me and my friends are always thankful when it clicks in for them. I won't mention here how my reaction is when the latter is the case Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Awesome finds, glad you had a nice hunt! “...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...
nala Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Wow! ,that's a very lucky day!congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Sweet finds Jack, congrats! If you put in the time digging you’re bound to get lucky 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...
Jeffrey P Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Congratulations on an excellent day with multiple extraordinary finds. I especially love the horse material. Thanks for sharing your day with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 "Luck"? I prefer Mojo. Congratulations "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Terrific finds! It's weird how sometimes there's nothing and other times you suddenly can't stop finding excellent material. Life's good! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Sometimes it seems we are like addicted gamblers. Persistently working, very often with no reward, other than the joy of finding something unexpected. Your finds probably have some monetary value, most of us are only enjoying the moment. Great finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Fantastic Jack. 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...
Max-fossils Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Really cool finds Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Hey Jack, looks like you done alright! Nice horse tooth! Congrats! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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