Out hunting with Sacha

[Shellseeker]

It has been a while since John and I have hunted together.  We did as much talking as digging, and there was this feeling that we had not found very much, but when I sorted it out, I had a large number of decent sized shark teeth over an inch, mostly hemis & tigers, even a (non_giant ) Thresher.

Some of the small stuff turned out excellent and even an unknown at the end.

Fossil # 1

Fossil #2

Fossil #3

An earbone, but whose? Equus is at least twice as large as this one.

 

Pause, Have to post before I add more in a reply

 

[Shellseeker]

Did you note that all 3 above fossils were about the same size?

Fossil #4

Fossil #5 and last.  Very interested in what this is and where it can be found on the animal.

 

Thanks inadvance for any and all, suggestions, discussions, and identifications. 

[Sacha]

Hey Jack. I had a great time digging with you. As we discussed, your last piece looks like 1/2 of a heinie binder from a giant tortoise. If you have Merk Renz's book "Fossiling in Florida), look on page 131. I don't remember any other reference to it in my books. Hulbert's book, page 133 also references a "hinny binder" but for another tortoise.

 

I'm out again tomorrow a little farther upstream.