Noelle Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Greetings - I have had fun with family walking the beach at Casey Key near Venice Beach, Florida. I have been enjoying the conversations here and am hoping you all may have ideas about these finds. I am posting a few overview photos - labelled - and then a few close-ups - I have more photos (larger, too). Most of these are under 6 cm (1.c which looks like a hollowed-out bone is 19 cm.). I believe 1.a ia shark's tooth and 4.c is a stingray plate. Thank you for any assistance... will look forward to your ideas - of them all the one labelled "H" (looks like some sort of claw) and item 3 "some sort of tooth" may be the most interesting? I have three others I would like to post. Noelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelle Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 These are the other three - Noelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1F seems like a worn mammal tooth of some variety 2ABC&D are worn bone fragments 4A&B ray dental plates, C&D are also worn bone fragments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelle Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Many thanks, PaleoNoel for your quick response - this will help me as I continue to explore - Noelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 4 a and b are ray tooth plates. 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...
Noelle Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 Interesting - I will be reading more about this, how rays have changed from long time ago (if at all) - Noelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barby Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 These items all appear to be fossils, all of which have been tumbled to the point that the animal of origin is probably not identifiable. I lived in Venice in the 60s--- the beach access was greater then, and really cool stuff washed up on a daily basis--and a lot of it. The beach renourishment there has pretty much put an end to that, but scuba divers are still getting nice finds. I have found a few nice small megs on Casey Key, but nothing like Venice. The jetty in the north part of Venice Beach is public--and that is the area which might still yield some goodies. I had my best luck at low tide (duh!), about knee deep, in that "dip", or trough that runs along the entire beach. While hunting, stay off the private beaches-- walking in the Gulf is public domain. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelle Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) Barby - I appreciate these suggestions, I will now plan on getting one of those scoops and returning to explore a bit more. Thank you, Noelle Edited April 5, 2019 by Noelle Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barby Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Hi,Noelle! I wish you great sifting in Venice! There have been so many changes since I lived there in the 60s--we never needed to sift for shark teeth back then---we could fill a 1/2 cup at each low tide, with just a stroll on the beach...Storms, beach renourishment,huge population growth, etc. have made major changes.You can still get some good stuff--you'll just have to work harder for it. I usually found that the shallow "dip" just behind the tideline was where the larger teeth lodged---it used to run all the way down the entire beach. Happy hunting! Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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