Jemstar Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Hello fossil friends, does this tooth look familiar to anyone? We are currently near Drumheller, and we found this surface searching in an old dump area that had many fossil shards and bits. It’s about 1 1/2”. I’ve tried google already. If it turns out to be anything important it will go straight to Tyrell. Thanks for looking. Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 weird.... what does the end look like? Link to post Share on other sites
Jemstar Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 It is weird! I’ve wiped it off some more and it actually looks metallic. I don’t have anything with me to check though, it’s really hard to tell. If this turns out to be anything but a tooth I will be really embarrassed. Lol. Link to post Share on other sites
Brandy Cole Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I wouldn't be embarrassed. At first blush, I can see why it looked like a tooth. But after your cleaning, the rifling marks and metallic character look more defined. Better to pick it up than to miss out on a possible great find! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jemstar Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 Very interesting….. thank you for looking at it. Link to post Share on other sites
Randyw Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Yep. Full metal jacket rifle round with soft lead core. Looks to be about .30 caliber so possibly 30-06, 303, or .308. If I knew the diameter I could probably tell you which for sure….. ( old reloader here) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jemstar Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 (edited) Darn. I’ll be sticking to my Devonian fossils back home in Ontario. Haha. I’ll leave this up as a learning tool for others. Thanks again. Edited August 5 by Jemstar 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Joy_Fossils Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I have also found a few of those. It always stumps me how they got there. Link to post Share on other sites
Jemstar Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 15 hours ago, Joy_Fossils said: I have also found a few of those. It always stumps me how they got there. Probably just a bunch of yahoos shooting stuff at the dump. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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