TomWhite Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Headed up to Walcott in Norfolk Saturday just gone, got there nice and early to beat the crowds, luckily the cold weather had put a lot of people off! Anyway, walked off towards Happisburgh and headed down below the sea defences, was soon finding small pieces of bone but nothing of any major interest, when suddenly i spotted it, up against the sea wall, standing out like a sore thumb, a tooth fragment! I quickly grabbed my prize and gazed in awe at it. I have travelled many miles searching for one of these and now i held one in my hands. I stowed my price in my bag and continued on my way, skipping along the beach until i reached the next groyne, walking up to the corner where you are able to pull yourself up the wall i froze. In front of me, laying on the sand, another one, bigger, better and mine. I couldn't believe it, two in one day! Pure ecstasy filled my veins. The markings on this one were incredible. I continued down to Happisburgh with my bag now considerably heavier (for once). Upon reaching it i could see a lot of other people searching the beach there so i decided to walk back the way i came but search on the tide line now as it was nearly dead low. i walked and waded down the beach until i got to around the halfway mark, i was on the phone at the time to a friend telling him about my day (gloating) and i wasn't really paying much attention so much so i nearly stood on it, looking down, with waves washing over it was another, this one was half buried in the sand so i dug it out like a madman and soon held my prize, this one had been rolled by the waves more so and had been worn down a bit. I carefully packed this one away and walked back to my car. I met a few other hunters on the way with kids who were most impressed by my finds. Now i have no idea of species on these, other than the fragment and second one being Mammoth and someone suggested the last one could be a straight tusked elephant, if anyone could expand my knowledge that would be great! This is my super serious fossil hunting face. It may surprise you but i am filled with joy inside. Thanks for taking the time to read this! 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Stunning finds . You got to love them mammoths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Wow - congratulations on such finding such amazing specimens!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Excellent finds congrats!!! 1 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...
LiamL Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 What an amazing find! Good job! 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Tom you might think about giving them a long soak in fresh water to remove the sea salts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWhite Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Thanks guys, i think i was very lucky to get these before someone else beat me to it! The previous evening i was undecided whether to travel a distance away or stay local to me and im glad i chose to travel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWhite Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 14 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Tom you might think about giving them a long soak in fresh water to remove the sea salts. Hi Bobby, thanks, i shall do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Awesome finds and multiple in one day! I would be elated. Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Great report and finds! Thanks for sharing it. 1 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...
Ludwigia Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Ya gotta have a bit of luck sometimes, don't ya? Great stuff and not everyday as well. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Great finds! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Fantastic. I guess that proverbial horseshoe was with you today. 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...
dalmayshun Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Bucket list items for sure, twice in one trip...don't you wish you could test to see if there were from the same animal.? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 That's amazing! Two in one day is beyond lucky! WOW indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Wow, that's incredible!!! Congratulations! I suppose your teeth are probably from the Late Pleistocene, somewhere around the 40'000 year mark? I heard that there were similar locations to the Dutch beaches on the other side of the North Sea, and the mammoth material I find at the Zandmotor is that old. So far the best mammoth piece I've found is one single lamella. Do you know how old your finds are? 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...
Innocentx Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I am speechless at your incredible good fortune. Thanks for showing these! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Awesome timing and finds, photos and report! CONGRATS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 That is awesome. I bet you were truly skipping along the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Awesome finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 The shape of that last one reminds me of Stegodon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Killer finds. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkdoctor Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I'll bet you've forgotten all about your aching back after those finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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