finderskeepers78 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'm new to the site and have several interesting finds that are needing some identification! Me and my 8 and 9 year old boys have been digging away and are all very interested in knowing what we have. Google just isn't doing it lol! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderskeepers78 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Pic 2. Color isn't showing as it should. They are reddish/brown in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Looks like coral (top photo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderskeepers78 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Pic3 Nice little bone collection I'm assuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderskeepers78 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Troodon said: Looks like coral (top photo) 1 minute ago, Troodon said: Looks like coral (top photo) Really?! Would have never guessed that one! Cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderskeepers78 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Pic 4. Pic just doesn't do this justice. It's gorgeous whatever it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderskeepers78 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Pic 5. Sawfish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 You're spot on with #5 being a sawfish rostral denticle/tooth. Your bones are what we would call "Chunk-o-saurs". Unidentifiable bone fragments. Not sure on your mineral. I took the liberty of brightening and cropping your tooth and coral photos. 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...
ynot Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 The mineral looks like fluorite, but need a hardness test to be sure. Can You scratch it with a knife? Agree with the other IDs. 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...
goatinformationist Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 It could be fluorite but looks more like the (unscratchable) aquamarine that I find in Georgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderskeepers78 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Great!!! Thank you guys! Pics look so much better Fossildude! Thanks! As far as he mineral, it's soft and I was able to scratch it with a knife easily. Any ideas on the teeth in pic 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, finderskeepers78 said: As far as he mineral, it's soft and I was able to scratch it with a knife easily. Then it is most likely fluorite. It should fluoresce under ultraviolet light. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 hour ago, finderskeepers78 said: Great!!! Thank you guys! Pics look so much better Fossildude! Thanks! As far as he mineral, it's soft and I was able to scratch it with a knife easily. Any ideas on the teeth in pic 2? Happy to help. Please, call me Tim. Much easier to type. 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...
The Jersey Devil Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 The two teeth are Mosasaur teeth and the sawfish rostral is from Ischyrhiza mira. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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