San Jose Island, Texas coast claw or tooth??

[SummerMiles]

Hi there! Newbie here. I was shell hunting on San Jose Island this weekend and I said to myself “boy it would be neat to find a shark tooth” and then I immediately found one!! (Not pictured). But THEN I found this thing, which I think could be even more interesting! Needless to say, it was a thrilling afternoon. Claw or tooth? It’s about an inch from tip to tip. Thanks for checking it out! 

Edited July 1, 2019 by SummerMiles

[Brett Breakin' Rocks]

Hi There,

 

Welcome ... definitely a large crab claw.

 

Cheers,

Brett

 

 

PS. Maybe someone was eating good ? 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Crab claw. 

[Randyw]

Awwwww you guys beat me to it! 

[SummerMiles]

Dang it! Still cool, but I was on this fantasy of it being some kind of ice age sloth claw shed or even a bear or something really ridiculous haha! Crab claw, on the beach. Duh! Guess I thought those would be less bone like! Thanks y’all. 

[SummerMiles]

One last Q- is it a fossil claw or are crab claws really rock/bone hard like this? Fascinating!

[TNCollector]

Probably modern. Still interesting 

[Randyw]

Agree. Modern. Still cool!

[Mark Kmiecik]

If it's hollow almost all the way down to the tip it's modern. Fossils are usually solid rock throughout, with very few very rare exceptions.

[sixgill pete]

39 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

If it's hollow almost all the way down to the tip it's modern. Fossils are usually solid rock throughout, with very few very rare exceptions.

Not true. I have thousands of small Eocene crab claws that are hollow from a local site. 

@Plax

[Mark Kmiecik]

3 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

Not true. I have thousands of small Eocene crab claws that are hollow from a local site. 

@Plax

I stand corrected. I haven't seen many. Most of the ones I've seen are solid. I learned something new today.

[Plax]

13 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

Not true. I have thousands of small Eocene crab claws that are hollow from a local site. 

@Plax

yep