Wolf89 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 This past weekend I went to the creek (GMR) in Greenville, NC. We leave the house around 8 am and get there at around 9:15 am. We get in the water, walking to the spot, testing spots in the bottom for a while till we make it to the spot at around 10. When we got there, our hole looks like it was dug out a whole lot. We were walking up, hoping there was still gravel and I spot and little meg laying there on the bottom. I see lots and lots of smaller teeth, causing me to think that a storm washed out all the gravel. We start digging, finding tons of teeth, and around 1 pm, we eat lunch and my friend @AshHendrick shows up to join the party. We dig for about 2 more hours until the hole keeps caving in and its pretty impossible to dig. We Walk downstream for a while and go to a new spot. The spots were okay for around 30 minutes, but then it caves in. That's when we started walking out when we come across and huggge gravel bar on the side of the river. We sit around there for around 45 - 60 minutes picking up some fossils. This is where I found some Native American pottery and some petrified wood. The pictures will tell the rest. Enjoy All the shark teeth. These pictures dont do them justice, the teeth are bigger and more plentiful in person my favorites 2.5 inch mako Nice goblin The great whites fish teeth enchodus with jaw? I think this is a giant barracuda, but it has some really worn serrations? some barracuda teeth This wierd blue thing Native American potterery Gator scale Shark-bitten bone Giant barnacle steinkern First petrified wood I've found. In real life this is read, these pics are not good Belemnites Whale ears fish vert ray scute The only coral I've found there I think this is a partial mammoth tooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Great haul! You did real good on this hunt! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Nice finds! This is Ischyrhiza mira rostral tooth Carcharhinid shark tooth (Galeocerdo/Physogaleus?) Looks more like Trionyx turtle scute The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 On 10/28/2018 at 4:54 PM, Anomotodon said: Nice finds! This is Ischyrhiza mira rostral tooth Carcharhinid shark tooth (Galeocerdo/Physogaleus?) Looks more like Trionyx turtle scute Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, Anomotodon said: Carcharhinid shark tooth (Galeocerdo/Physogaleus?) It is very flat leading me to believe it is not shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Awesome finds! Can't really go wrong with quality and quantity. 1 : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Wolf89 said: It is very flat leading me to believe it is not shark Labial side of shark teeth is supposed to be flat and fish teeth generally do not have serrations, enamel is also typically shark The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 NC fossils have a unique yellow color to them. It really makes the details stand out. Great finds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 What an absolutely incredible hunt! Congrats! I see there are belemnites and gw shark teeth in your haul, so I suppose that there are fossils from more than one layer/age. Do you know what the different ones are? 1 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...
Wolf89 Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Max-fossils said: What an absolutely incredible hunt! Congrats! I see there are belemnites and gw shark teeth in your haul, so I suppose that there are fossils from more than one layer/age. Do you know what the different ones are? There is pliocene, miocene and cretaceous in this mix. And yes the belemnites are from the layer below the teeth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daleksec Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Digging in the bank will cause GMR to get shut down. It's against the rules of collecting there. You can only dig what is on the bottom of the creek not any thing in the bank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daleksec Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 It would be a different thing if you dug out of the shell out of the bank.with dose not effect erosion much but actually digging out the bank to sift is causing a serious erosion problem. If I was soil conservationist and seeing all the damage that is and was done to the banks I would shut it down in a heart beat. I'm not trying to be rude about it but you and other people that are doing this are in the wrong and is going to ruin it for every one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 20 minutes ago, Daleksec said: It would be a different thing if you dug out of the shell out of the bank.with dose not effect erosion much but actually digging out the bank to sift is causing a serious erosion problem. If I was soil conservationist and seeing all the damage that is and was done to the banks I would shut it down in a heart beat. I'm not trying to be rude about it but you and other people that are doing this are in the wrong and is going to ruin it for every one. 31 minutes ago, Daleksec said: Digging in the bank will cause GMR to get shut down. It's against the rules of collecting there. You can only dig what is on the bottom of the creek not any thing in the bank. I never said I dig in the banks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshHendrick Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Good stuff! The colors are really rare and uncommon for gmr that’s for sure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshHendrick Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 We weren’t digging in the banks! Known to be a big no no no worries! Just in gravel piles and under logs etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 11/2/2018 at 7:54 PM, Wolf89 said: I never said I dig in the banks Probably best to avoid this situation by stating in your original posts that you were digging in the creek bed. Saying that the dug hole "caved in", you may have inadvertently given the impression of it being dug in the bank. It's very important to make sure you are sending the right messages by being as explicit as possible about where the digging is happening. That way, we do not send the wrong message/give the wrong impression to the general public who read these posts, and you can avoid public reminders. 4 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...
sixgill pete Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 10/28/2018 at 9:53 PM, Praefectus said: NC fossils have a unique yellow color to them. It really makes the details stand out. Great finds! Not really. Yellowish colored teeth from N.C. are not uncommon but definitely not the norm. 1 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...
Praefectus Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 2 hours ago, sixgill pete said: Not really. Yellowish colored teeth from N.C. are not uncommon but definitely not the norm. I was just referring to the general color of the teeth you see coming out of the Lee Creek area in NC. I'm sure there are plenty of other colors of fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Praefectus said: I was just referring to the general color of the teeth you see coming out of the Lee Creek area in NC. I'm sure there are plenty of other colors of fossils. Even only a small percentage of those are that tan / yellowish color. 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...
non-remanié Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Probably best to avoid this situation by stating in your original posts that you were digging in the creek bed. Saying that the dug hole "caved in", you may have inadvertently given the impression of it being dug in the bank. It's very important to make sure you are sending the right messages by being as explicit as possible about where the digging is happening. That way, we do not send the wrong message/give the wrong impression to the general public who read these posts, and you can avoid public reprimands. In his last trip report he clearly admitted he was digging in the banks and defended it. 1 ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 9 hours ago, sixgill pete said: Even only a small percentage of those are that tan / yellowish color. I'll admit, not all from the area have this color... but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Lighter colored teeth are usually from weathered/leached horizons. Teeth from weathered horizons high in the bank can of course be eroded into the stream bed. There are exceptions such as the white teeth from the Woodbury Formation of NJ an example of which is attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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