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I had a fantastic day yesterday afternoon, visiting and viewing artifacts and fossil private collections from the Peace River watershed. I was hosted by some true experts who also had fantastic collections spanning the last 30-40 years and I was accompanied by some TFF friends. Gorgeous and rare artifacts, a lots of Bone Valley Megs, rare Peace River fossils and even had time in the mid afternoon to practice toss lances with a Atatl stick into Archery targets. A cold icy draft after the exercise and a bunch of good memories. I never take enough photos, but did promise to attempt an identification. So, a native artifact sticking through a section of backbone. My question is which animal has a vertebrae section that looks like this.... Sorry about photos -- but you do get to see some reed and willow "arrows" with replaceable darts in the background. All comments appreciated. Jack
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I managed to get out to the Peace River yesterday. My hunting buddy has a shallow spot, but I also understand that the river is down and dig-gable in spots. The location we are digging produces marine fossils including occasional sponge and different urchin spines. I found a tooth that I did not recognize: First I wondered if it was a tooth; it seems to be squeezed on its lateral sides. I thought the base seems most comparable to barracuda. Some of the photos are blurry and added more to provide a composite view. All comments appreciated. Jack
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I found this a couple of days ago. This is a rare fossil for me -- only my 2nd Camel canine. I figured I would share with those who had not previously although Nate seems to have quite a few available, I am posting to find out a couple of things. How do experts differentiate between a tooth from Palaeolama Mirafica and Hemiauchenia macrocephala ? Are wolf teeth in camels upper or lower (Yes) jaws? There is a wear mark on the inside of this tooth. Does that positively identify position. Thanks in any assistance in typing the description that goes with this find. Jack
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I did not find too much yesterday but got a lot of exercise on a beautiful sunny day. Also the Peace River was up 6-8 inches due to recent rains. I have not seen anything like this. Wondered if it was turtle or tilly bone. Hope someone will recognize. 2.25x1.50 inches.
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Hello everyone, I live in Fort Lauderdale, just far enough from the peace river to make it a whole day excursion. I am a new hunter and never want to leave when I am there. I am still figuring it but finding some fun stuff along the way. Glad to be with other fossil addicts.
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I was out Wednesday. Found some interesting fossils including one of the better Whale Bullas that I have ever found. Also a few Horse teeth and this oddity with a broken occlusal surface that originally I thought might be bear or tapir and now I realize that I just do not know. So here are some photos. Let me know what you think. Size 32.5x18.5x14 (mm).
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I had an interesting day. Not MANY finds but the ones I did find were either favorites OR somewhat unusual. Favorites were a 1.3 inch GW and a 1.6 inch Sloth tooth, Now the Canine I am requesting an ID on:
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I love to find complete teeth with those roots. Just adds excitement!!! However, I did not jump up and down on this one because I did not see the details when it showed up in my screen. It was sitting on top of a fraglodon -- otherwise it would have slipped through the screen back from whence it came. Note the wear on the cusps in this 2nd photo!!! SO, what is in the Mastodon family but has teeth that you can barely see?> All suggestions and comments encouraged and appreciated.
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Hello all ! Just got back from a weekend at peace and was curious on a few of my finds .
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I was out today and found mostly small teeth, a few photos of nicer fossils added to the TFF Peace River trip thread and a number of unknown (at least to me) bones. Here is one of my more interesting finds.. Small, round, flat bone may be an epiphysis, but this one seems oddly shaped even for that... and even if it is determined to be an epiphysis, it there enough to identify to an animal?
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Chuck Ferrara invited me and my dad fossil hunting on the Saturday before Easter. We woke up at 5:30 am and met up at the boat ramp at 7 am. We got to the spot 2 hours later after seeing two small gators and tons of turtles. It was shallow so we had to walk a little bit, while walking I found a 1974 Pepsi bottle, sadly it was missing the paint but still cool. We dug for a while there finding some gator teeth and other little goodies. We all agreed to change spots and float downstream a little bit to another . The spot we dug in was a deep murky area, my dad and I found 10 mammoth chunks and 4 nice horse teeth among other goodies, chuck found heartbreaker megs and other goodies like mammoth teeth chunks and other odds and ends. At that spot my dad was digging while I sifted and picked through, and he found a 70s Gatorade bottle. And the once and in a life time part.... we found a old metal sign.
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An interesting day. I was at the general area of the Peace River where Jeff & others are leading a TFF field trip on Saturday April 15th. I was digging in an area which would primarily produce small shark teeth but there is always the opportunity to find something unusual. In a shortened day , I found 100 plus shark teeth including 3 lower hemi around 1.5 inches and a number of large lemon and tiger shark teeth. At the end of the day, Sacha came by and we discussed the river and finds of the day. It is always good to connect with TFF members while hunting. At first I had no clue on what this tooth fragment (enamel) came from but now I think I know. I also thought it was complete. I have added a brown filter because it seems to best show details. This tooth is actually black. Size=12x19x22 mm Looking for other opinions.
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I went out yesterday and really got a LOT of exercise with the water so low and the distance to my hunting location a long ways. I was rewarded by the normal Peace River experience -- lots of fossils in the sieve. Most of what I wanted confirmation on falls into the "I think it is a Vert Category", I am hoping they are easily identifiable, and will add other views or specific size details as required. Thanks for any/all suggestions and comments. By the way I added a non_vert at the end -- a Horse tooth lower that may be from an early version of Equus or may not.. Vert #1: Vert #2 Vert #3 Vert #4 I am not positive that this is anything beyond bone, but the texture seems to be vert or jaw like: The horse tooth: I just could not find Harry's photo picture of this one.
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As some of you know , I volunteered to analyze a box of horse teeth for a fossil friend. Still working on it, but came up with a question for the Horse whisperers: Horses have a set of adult teeth that start around 4-5 inches and are worn down over years. New teeth are erupted at a maximum size. When the teeth wear out , the animal dies of starvation. I seem to have found a bunch of teeth that refute that understanding. I have 20-30 such non erupted teeth and many measure around 1.5 inches long and a few of them have roots. What am I missing .. How can the majority of unerupted teeth I have be so short? What am I missing ?
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If you had asked me yesterday, what fossil I would most want to find on a hunt today, I would have said a complete large whale tooth. It came my way !!!! and I had a great day with a TFF fossil hunting friend, who guided me to the exact right place to dig! But I have questions. Is or can this 4.5 inch tooth be Kogiopsis .sp? Is the enamel only visible in fossils? I found another whale tooth approximately 20 feet from today's whale tooth (above). Can these two teeth be from the same species? Thanks for all comments and suggestions. Jack
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Just a strange pattern on this likely bone -- looking for TFF members to comment. I look for it being ivory but did not see the schreger lines. Thanks for all comments
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I was out today. I have decided to occasionally show photos of the Peace River just to let TFF members know what it looks like and why I love it. I was at this location today and I found a trifecta: Meg, Hemi, and Mako all at 1.5 inches in length. Great day but I am mostly interested in the Mako, because its shape is unusual for my previous Peace River Mako finds. Is this a Isurus Hastalis and if so, which tooth position? Here are a couple of Peace River Makos from previous trips for comparisons: Thanks, Jack
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Hi, Looking for a little help identifying this small fossil. I found it in the Peace River, Florida at the weekend. There were plenty of stingray and pufferfish mouth plates along with turtle shell, but this looked a little different. It has the hallmarks of a fish mouthplate but would love some help. It's about half an inch. Thanks for your help as always. Tom
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From the album: Florida Megalodons
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From the album: Florida Megalodons
C. Megalodon is 3 inches long and has traces of the clay that kept it so pristine. -
Unfortunately, I did not find this fossil. My hunting buddy did!. Right now I have just this photo. Making the assumption that this is going to be Bear or Jaguar. Would like the Identification help all understand how to differentiate, The tip has been broken, most likely pre-mortem. Thanks Jack
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I like all fossils but I have a special affinity for Sloth. I find a lot of it and once again, in my last sieve of the day, up pops a broken sloth tooth. Many of my hunting friends like Megs a lot better, but for me Sloths are rare but come to me somewhat frequently. If a tooth must be broken, I get the best part -- the chewing surface. So we all know this is a sloth tooth but I have more detailed questions. 1) Which specific species? Paramylodon Harlani? Megalonyx Jeffersonii? leptostomus? 2) Is this specific tooth a caniform? 3) Why is this tooth concave? Is the tooth above it convex? I know that only a few may have the expertise to specify Sloth tooth details, but posting here helps me share the rare find and share this tooth with those TFF members who are also addicted to Sloth material. Also, it may make me more sloth knowledgeable. UPDATED to add a link to this thread from 2013 which also has a sloth caniform. Note the similarity of the occlusal surface except for the flat versus concave surface on this new one.
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Found today about 5 hours ago in Peace River. I am not positive on the ID but I have a pretty good guess. This tooth in un_erupted == no roots and no use wear on the chewing surface. Does that mean this tooth came from a juvenile (baby??) before the tooth could be used?
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Back on January 29th, in a Peace River location that has had a huge amount of digging activity, a fossil buddy and I were finding a few isolated undug pockets and small shark teeth that were introduced in the last floods. Around 11am, he shouted loudly and lifted up this extraordinary find, which both of us later agreed should not have been there.. it was on the clay layer below a gravel , sand, mud mix of approximately 18 inches. This tooth had not moved for 100s (1000s) of year and since the area was well dug, should have been found years ago. Since his children are completely uninterested in any fossil finds, he sells 99% of everything/anything he finds and friends get a 25% discount over wholesales prices ( that which a dealer will offer him). I saw him and the tooth again at our fossil club meeting last night, and decided to buy it -- so you all get to see it. Questions below: I like the fact that it has some of the root, shown in the last photo. I believe this to be a lower jaw tooth based on size, and someone in the Fossil club indicated Imperial rather than Columbian Mammoth. Question #1 -- It seems pathological -- is it? It does not seem that the chewing surface laid flat in the lower jaw. Look at the amazing steep slope on the chewing running straight into the top of the roots. It is hard to understand how this tooth "fit" into the jaw. Question #2 - size is 6 inches x 6 inches x5.5 inches (last is length of chewing surface). From my experience this is a rather small mammoth tooth even for a lower. Does that mean juvenile? I am pretty pleased with this new acquisition, even though I did not find it myself.. SS
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