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A 10 day vacation to Florida allowed me to collect from 4 different locations. Hopefully @MikeR can help out with the bivalves and gastropods! First up is Cookie Cutter Creek. 1. Is this a bone? If so, type of bone and any thoughts to the small creature it came from? It is 4 mm long, so TINY. Next are Peace River unknowns is a type of shark tooth. The pointy part reminds me of lemon shark, but there are serrations along the root. 2. IDed as possibly Carcharhinus falcimormis; silky shark. 3. Probably no way to identify, but am open to suggestions. The next two fossils came from Yankeetown. 4. This small gastropod underwent some sort of crystallization/silicification. It's beauty does not show up well in the photo. It seems I read once that this occurs locally to the shells. 5. is a small Yankeetown echinoid. Not much for external markings. Maybe water worn? The rest of the fossils likely came from the Tamiami Formation in Sarasota County, though a little further south than I am used to collecting in. Inprevious years, I have collected the more dramatic gastropods and bivalves of the formation. This year, I focused on lesser species and new finds for my collection. Many have tentative IDs given based on my limited research. Here goes! 6. I assume this is an Ostrea but could not find an example with such linear lines. 7. A total guess on species. In fact, I am not sure if it is coral or a bryozoan. 8. 9. Some sort of razor clam. 10. 11. This specimen is much larger and wider than Crepidula fornicata. 12. A beat up specimen, but because of the vibrant color, it is worthy to me to ID. 13 14. I thought I verified identification last year, but failed to find it. So a second attempt. 15. 16. The scallop ears are flat on one side and curved on the other. 17. 18. This is the only "olive shell" found. I included it to make sure I was likely in the Tamiami Formation. There was a difference in species found this year, giving me some concern of the formation. . 19 20. 21.
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Hello These are the adventures of myself and my dog Millie as we hunt for fossils and history along the Peace River. Our mode of travel is our 12’ Indian River Canoe, Balance. Im a 4th generation Polk county native, and Millie comes from a long line of Colorado ranch dogs. We do everything together. Including work, as I am a farrier for my day job, and the farm owners are more excited to see Millie than me! The goal of this journal is to document the learning along with the adventures. To go below our sieves, and learn why the river is presenting as it is. Other members have already posted pictures and info on every fossil I’m likely to find, but the river can still teach me/us why the hole I’m digging is delivering specific materials. Understanding what happened before what happened, happened. That’s what I want to know! Millie and I have been gifted this river and the ability to run it at a moments notice. That’s not the case for everyone. Even with access I still only get out for a morning or so a week. So this journal will also provide an avenue for those who can’t just jump in the boat with us. Jump in through this forum and help out along the way when you can/want. The more we learn the better the treasure!! Jp & Mille LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN! Season opener - Oct 2023 water depth day of - 8’ and falling. Like most things I’m impatient about, starting Fossil hunting this year was rushed. Millie and I ran head on into a river that’s a solid 3’ too high for me to handle any real working conditions. There’s places to work. We just haven’t found many at these depths! Yet!! After work arrived and we got started towards the river. Late arrival and definitely some dark water running ahead but at this water height you just gotta keep the boat in the middle. Got in late but just in time for a welcome back from the Peace! We woke up ready! Well, I did. Camp and my “Field Office” ready. Now to get wet! Because of the water depth I tied leashes to all the heavy tools and tied some extra pool noodle to them. That way I could drop them and just pull up the leader. Brought the “Velvet Touch” probe. No stopping us now! “What” I was after wasn’t an option this trip. I had only two available spots in mind that would be under 4’ deep. Both those spots are in a very recent deposit that I’ve been getting lots of Pleistocene and some Pliocene mammal material from. I ended up finding the time frame expected, and possibly an extinct sand shark nursery area. The river had sifted one spot completely away during the last flood so I was left with only one place to put in effort! At 4’ it was at my cap for height. I’m 5’6’’ and I could only dig 2 feet down before I ran out of shovel. So I had to figure something out. First I tried to fill the sieve on the River bottom and lift it up. FAIL! never got it to stay put long enough to do anything productive before I’d loose it and it would pop up down stream pulling on the leash. Next I tried to lift the gravel to the sifter on the surface. There was so much water the shovel load was gone before I broke the surface! FAIL! At a max depth of 2 feet down I wasn’t going to be learning much about the geography or layers I needed to work through. So I shifted gears and decided to focus on just the top 2’ as effectively as I could. The third try ended up succeeding. I would loosen the riverbed into a loose filled hole that had collapsed on itself and then use my scoop on a pole thing to transfer the loose material up to the surface. Not the best method but I’m grateful to have been able to stand there all day. I’d work forward 3’ and over 1’ then back again. All at 2’ or less deep or I’d go under. I suppose if I feel like moving a bunch of river bed again we could come back here and go deeper! One of my questions about this area is what is it old enough to find within it? Another trip! Here’s the gratuitous highlights shot! Not a bad day! The alligator tooth got a yell but the sand tigers and mammal teeth got me really excited. Millie and I were exhausted and COLD! I learned a few things this weekend to put in the journal. Before that. Let’s eat! Steak for me and steak for Millie. Yumm. Lessons: 1. I need appropriate clothes. Like wet suit stuff. Can’t be under water like that all day again. I got chilly and had to warm up several times. 85deg out too! What I wear is fine for knee deep wading but definitely time to upgrade the wardrobe. (I did try my new dive boots and that was the only part of me that wasn’t cold) 2. Regular shovel handles are way too short. Amend as needed to your stature. I need a 12’ handle to dig a hole in this water. So I’m out! 3. Jack, (Shellseeker) is insane!! This was my first time hunting this deep and it’s right in his sweet spot. You’re an animal! He tried to assist my tool tuning but until you run out of shovel that’s a new feeling to adjust to. 4. At two feet deep this area is where I will come for younger land aged fauna and I can expect the standard peace river sharks teeth assemblage with a higher than usual volume of sand sharks teeth. This was a great day hunting and I learned a lot. Maybe not about what my intended question was or the areas I’ve been thinking of but a ton about gear and technique! KEEP THE FAITH AND TRY TO DO GOOD!! Jp & Millie Here are the finds from this trip and some info used to figure out the unknowns. sand shark and some Hemi Serra Peace River mix fun and unique things - The mammal molar ended up being a Giant Tapir. By shape and size 3rd or 4th premolar. No root. Should have given it away. Mixed bag bottom to top of left- Gator tooth gator tooth Crappy Barbra’s incisor Canine- size 22mm broken suggest coyote or smaller domestic dog. 25mm would be the target. Tiny molar - it’s broken but by the face and measurements it’s most likely a rodent. Camel type tooth frag. Upper right - various tiger shark species to identify with Florida fossil hunters PDF middle - two deer horn buttons. One I already had but these were found 5 feet apart. Same deer?!? Bottom right- Eocene snail and crab shell fragments. Those are 37.5 Mya.?? Snail identification was general to the Ocala formation results of similar snail species.
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Hey all! I went out last week and still cannot identify this. Please help end the madness of “what is this???” Thanks!
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Found in the peace river, near arcadia fl. Cannot figure it out. Does anyone have an idea? Please and thank you, Pleocineilly, ghorm
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Below is a dolphin tooth being sold as that of a Goniodelphis hudsoni, from the Peace River Formation in Florida. The tooth does not look like that of a Goniodelphis, however, as they appear to much more rounded. I personally suspect it's from Delphinodon, given that I have seen some similar teeth identified as such on other ID threads on the forum, but I can't say for sure. I must once again call upon your wisdom, @Shellseeker, and I believe @Boesse is also something of a cetacean expert. I'm yet to purchase the tooth, so I haven't got many pictures at my disposal. Thanks in advance for any guidance Othniel
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Hey everyone! My name is Josh. My girlfriend (totallydigsit) and I have recently gotten into hunting for fossils and decided to join the forum We are based in FL and have primarily searched along the Peace River near Zolo Springs and Arcadia (two spots we found during our initial research). We've found a variety of smaller bone fragments and shark teeth, but hoping to score the bigger pieces! Looking forward to sharing our findings and getting to know the community! - Josh
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Kern County vs. Florida - The Hunt for the Elusive Meg
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While the Megalodon tooth seems to exist as THE find for many fossil hunters and/or amateur marine paleontologists alike (and rightly so!) it's never been my own personal "holy grail." However. My partner, who graciously tags along and searches with me whenever I drag him out on hunts often hours (or even days) of driving away, is absolutely enamored by the idea of finding one of these guys. I've heard many good things about Ernst Quarries/Sharktooth Hill and the private land surrounding it in Kern County, but I've also heard incredible things about Florida creek hunting - mostly Peace River and some, unfortunately, Top-Secret spots. We luckily have the opportunity right now to go on one (or both if we play our (credit) cards right) of these trips and was hoping those more experienced in the culture of "Meg Madness" would be able to provide any advice, pointers, opinions, comments, concerns, etc.? -
I found this in a small creek that flows into the Peace River Fla, near Arcadia. It’s 3/8s wide and 1/2 inch long. Any help identifying this tooth would be awesome! I think it’s super cool!
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Greetings, I am working on my next display and am trying to sort through the various pieces of turtle shell. I have attempted to divide and label them as much as I can, using references I will post. This is my first attempt at turtle shell and have relied entirely on examples and available resources, so any correction/confirmation/explanation would be most appreciated. On my paper (in case it's unreadable - tendonitis flaring up so handwriting quality going down), the upper half of the page is carapace, the lower half is plastron, the left half is softshell and the right half is hard shell. I included a composite image which has better focus on each quadrant (terrible lighting today), and a larger image on which I wrote my attempts at further identification. References: This whole thread: This image (location directly on image): This image was very helpful: And these hand-drawn diagrams I found to be most accessible:
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One of the first teeth ive ever found wanted to make sure what it is. Found on the peace river right after hurricane Ian.
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Found these two near the peace river wondering if anyone could tell me what they are? I have some guesses but just wanted to make sure, the first I think is some kind of whale tooth and the second could be some kind of tusk but not sure.
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Found this a few years back in the Peace River around Wauchula Florida. Is it a whole piece of something really worn or a broken piece of something. It's porous but heavy.
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What might be the species of this shark tooth. Besides the broken root it is complete with fantastic serrations.
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softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) carapace 6.jpg
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Hello, Was out on the Peace River recently and found something I couldn't identify, not that I can really identify anything other than a shark's tooth with much ease...But, was wondering what this might be? I saw in another post someone had a piece of mammoth tusk that resembled what I found but there were some differences. Any help is appreciated. Also included a pic of the teeth we found. Thank you
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