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We went to a new spot and It paid off! My girlfriend found some great megs. The pics should fill in the rest.
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Found in Florida river. Previously found tapir in the area and was wondering if this was tapir tibia.
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Satisfying my fossil gene by sorting ziploc bags of old finds. When I am busy hunting (3-4 times a week) , I just dump lots of finds without looking too closely. That gives me the joy of discovery even when I can not go hunting. Here is a group photos of some small one that intrigue me. I am some what lazy and have not take small pictures of all these little one, but selected the one that seems to be a claw core. It is 1.25 x .6 inches. Hopefully others have found similar ones in the Peace River. I seems to have a denser core just sticking out in the 3rd photo down.
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I was out in my backyard digging a hole to fill in some loway spots, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a tooth that I had dug up. I picked it up, and went inside to wash it off. I looked on many websites but no luck. please help
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Hello everyone! I am new to TFF and am very excited for my future in paleontology! On my first trip to Hogtown Creek in Gainesville, Florida I came across an unusual find. While I hear that shark teeth are plentiful, I instead found this small, porous inch long or so object. It was found on the side of the creek, partially buried in some sand. I am not sure what this could be, perhaps a fossil or just some sort of wood? If anyone has any tips on where to look for fossils in the Gainesville area (specifically near the University of Florida) please don't hesitate to let me know! Thank you and have a great day!
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Found a ulna and tibia in a Florida river. We have a few guesses but we really can't place it. They were found next to a Mastodon. Please help
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Here's our finds from two trips this month (9/3 & 24). When Mrs. Beachbum and I want to go out for a couple of hours, we head up to Gainesville to our go to creek. It's not very wide, maybe 4' tops, and it's pretty shallow ,a couple of inches. If you want a work out, this is the creek to go to. It has plenty of sand , a few gravel bars, limestone close to the surface and a few spots that are knee deep. Working a long handle shovel through the sand to get to the gravel in this creek is hit or miss. These last two trips have been a hit for us as you can see. We ended up with some really nice finds. A whale vert, whale tooth ( thanks to macrophyseter and fifbrindacier for the id) , deer tooth ( thanks to harry pristis for the id) , a nice mako, a bunch of hemi's , my best meg to date from this creek, pieces of ray barbs and more. Who says you can't enjoy the outdoors while tooth hunting.
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I work as an insurance adjuster, and for the last few years I haven't left home to work. Well, my company made me an offer I couldn't refuse, so I'm down here in the Orlando area working. I'm super busy right now, but I would love to do some fossil hunting while down here. I would be up for about anything. I hear a lot about hunting rivers and streams. That would be cool, but a land site would work as well. I promise to keep any "secret spots" to my self, and will be happy to return a favor to anyone if they find themselves in Kansas some day. This week I'm too busy, but sometime next week I may be able to get away. Ramo
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Hey Gang, So need your opinions on this one...We find alot of nodules down here and this one has a particularly well digested lumpy look to it, more so than most. Any chance you think this might actually be a coprolite? It does have a few clam borings and along the top wrinkle you can see some irregular parallel tubes that make me wonder. All thoughts are welcome. Thanks! Regards, Chris
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I went to my local Lowes Yesterday for bags of shell to resurface my garden paths sa part of my cleanup after hurricane Irma. Dumping them out made me laugh, there in front of me were a couple of nicer fossils than I had in my collection, which had come by much searching. Guess from now on, I'll start with the plastic bagged shell at Lowes. Lol
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Can anybody please help me identify these? I have found several fossilized teeth before, these seem to be teeth, but I'm not sure. Normally the root and crown are disernable, but this seems to be almost the same. It also seems as if there is a worn serration on the root. The crown tip also has a slight indentation. They were found on the gulf coast of Florida, in Panama City beach. Thanks for your help!
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Well Gang, here's the latest unknown I could use some help with. A surface find Manatee County, FL. Likely Plio-Pleistocene in age. It is good sized and just over 1 inch at its widest (2.8cm X 1.5cm) in occlusal view. Can anyone confirm it is or is not deer? Would love to hear the reasoning on how/why. Went thru some of the other Deer/llama ID posts but I'm still unsure. I'd love to have genus if either is possible if its not deer. Let me know if any other measurements/views are needed. Thanks, Chris
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I am going to be at Eglin AFB near Pensacola, FL soon. Any info on collecting in that area would be appreciated. If you have any tips please PM me. Thanks.
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I was pointed to a land site from a guy at the beach and found some great stuff in about an hour. Thanks for sharing your spot! The meg was a heartbreaker! The whole lot
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I was rearranging some fossils and came across a couple boxes of Florida fossil shells that I collected about 10 years ago from a shell pit near Arcadia, Florida. These shells I believe came out of the Caloosahatchee Formation. I was recently told that the owner of this pit had passed away and that access to this pit is no longer available. At the time of my visit, it was with a "paid guide" that got me and about 10 other people in. While they waded to a small island that was in the pit looking for meg teeth, I went for the guaranteed find- shells. I will have to work on ID's at a later point, but wanted to show the size and diversity of the larger, interesting shells that I found.
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A week or so back I posted a few shells I had found in a shell pile above Arcadia Florida. In the intervening time, Hurricane Irma chased me from Sanibel to Ormond on the Atlantic Ocean. I drove back today, constantly looking for gas and coming down Route 17 which was hard hit by the hurricane (washed out roads, trees, power lines, telephone lines down). I paused at one of my favorite Peace River launch sites: Heard Bridge. For anyone who has been there , these two photos are almost unbelievable. It is normally 30 feet between the bottom of the bridge to the river; The parking area normally handles 15 cars, is completely inundated. Because I am an addicted fossil hound, I stopped at the shell pile in Arcadia. These last few photos.. Is this the seashell or an endocast? In either case, please help ID the shell.
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Hey all Florida and south Georgia members: hope you all stay safe and don't take too much damage from Hurricane Irma. Hopefully those of you in south Florida have already gotten out of harm's way. Don C
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This, a possible whale rib...any clue on the "markings" or groves on the side of the bone
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Anyone help me with this fossil? It's large and found in SW Florida diving. Thabk you!
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A whelk shell of the family Busyconidae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A gastropod shell of the family Olividae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A gastropod shell of the family Olividae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A volute shell, Scaphella sp., viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A clam shell of the family Veneridae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
Stewartia anodonta viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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