Floridahunter Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) Found this last weekend while hunting in Horse Creek. Looks like a claw from? Have not seen anything like it before. Not anything recent, definitely fossil. Thanks Edited July 6, 2019 by Floridahunter misspell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Part of hinge portion of a bivalve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 I am not seeing claw. I am seeing that it is probably a bit of something else that was originally larger. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridahunter Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 It's possible that it is a broken off piece of something else, or an unremarkable chip of a larger item. There are no rough edges when handling, so I may have tried to make it something it is not. I do not remember specifically finding this while hunting, but came across it when going thru my stash. No worries. Still had a good day.......several meg, lots of bull and snaggle, deer, mammoth teeth and tusk fragments, one mostly complete vertebrae. Thanks for the re-direct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Is it kind of flat and fairly thin? With that elliptical elongated shape it looks a bit like a garfish scale with the enameloid worn off...Do you have any to compare it to? If not here's several for comparison..Could be something else as well... I find stuff I didnt know I had quite a bit...tend to bring home everything and anyting and its not till later, some times very much later that I realize I even had it...sometimes really good stuff! Continued hunting success! Regards, Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Definitely a garfish scale 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I would never have imagined that it is a fish scale. Thanks for the lesson. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridahunter Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 Not seen one like that before! At least I can put it in the right pile. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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