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Went hunting yesterday, Still not the Peace River. That remains too deep but I expect to go there next week. Heavy rains coming on Saturday and Sunday. We will see. This is a location where I have found in the past Miocene age fossils, which is a huge attraction. One thing I noted this time is that most were heavily worn. I was digging in a location I had dug many times previously and I broke thru a sand/mud layer and the gravel started to fill more of my shovel. Broken small shark teeth made up 80 % on my shark tooth finds. It was unusual that I found no Makos and no Hemis, but I did find a single small Meg and 10 Sand tigers , half unbroken. There are some Sting ray dermals, broken barbs, a single Baracuda tooth, a couple of Anoxypristis .sp rostral tooth. I found the 1st Equus tooth I have ever found in this location.. Almost 4 inches barely erupted means 4-5 year old horse and the process from a Baleen Whale petrosal. Few Finds ... lots of variety.. Here are some knowns... and now for the fossil identifications: A Tridactly horse , but not the one (Nannippus aztecus) I usually find here. A deer antler. The length is obviously broken but the circumference seems to be all there. I am wondering if you can distinguish Miocene versus Pleistocene deer just by an antler. Those look like articulation facets, I will try to find some bone that looks like it.... Trying to figure out these last 3 will keep me going this weekend. Unidentified finds are like crossword puzzles for me. All assistance greatly appreciated. Jack
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Went out to the Peace River yesterday. The water flow and depth were down to very workable levels. Weather was very nice after several days of below normal temps. I still needed the wetsuit due to the water temp, but it was a really great day to be on the river. After an easy paddle up river I found my targeted spot was at a level similar to where it was in October. I was able to easily pull the kayak up onto a sandy bank and step out with no effort. A check of the bank for about 25 yards in either direction failed to yield up any finds. With that I began working my way along the river to the spot I had in mind for the day. Things started off slow with only various small shark teeth and chips of mammoth found through the morning. Feeling a bit disappointed I headed out more into the middle of the river, luckily easy to get to with the river level down. I was back at a spot where I found a Gomphotherium partial tooth in early October. Within only a few minutes and a couple of shovels full of gravel I was rewarded with another partial Gomp tooth! As I worked the area for the rest of the afternoon I came up with a horse molar, a partial vert, turtle scutes, a nice tiger shark tooth and many more small shark teeth. It turned out to be a great day. Photos below: Best of the day: New Gomph tooth: Gomp tooth from October alongside the new one (first find on top):
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After a recent post by new member Kyen I decided to post this tooth I found a while back on the Colorado River, TX. I assumed it to be mastodon, but after looking at pics that @Harry Pristis posted, I would like to know if this could be senile gomph chunk?
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