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These are some fossils that I couldn't quite identify while out looking around an area of land in the Nottoway river drainage today. The first appears to be some sort of bone, my guess is a vertebra potentially belonging to a crocodile, though I am very new to this and am quite possibly incorrect in this guess  Next up is a decent sized fragment of a shark tooth that I initially thought to be a young megalodon, but then wasn't quite so sure after noting the presence of what appears to be a slightly weathered cusp on the side of the tooth that is still present, alongside the fact that the tooth appears to have a slight curvature to it Any insight is well appreciated, thanks! 

Hello to you all from SE Virginia. First, I'd like to say thank you to the forum for access to the wealth of information that's helped educate me along my fossil journey so far. I grew up on the local rivers fishing, paddling, and etc. I always knew that people were finding sharks teeth in our freshwater rivers, but the "bug" never bit me. After a long hiatus from the local rivers, I recently invested in a kayak to get my then five year old daughter onto the river. In September the "bug" bit. I had a friend help me learn how to read the river bed and clay banks one Saturday afternoon. That first shark tooth has led me on at least monthly paddling/fossil hunting adventures since then. I even bought a second kayak that would protect me from the winter elements, ha ha. So far my time has been spent paddling the Nottoway, Meherrin, and James rivers. The shark teeth and vertebrae caught my attention at first, as it seems to with most people. However, I've also really enjoyed collecting scallop fossils and other bivalves that originate from the Yorktown and Eastover (I assume as I'm still learning). It's fascinating to go out on the lower James one week and find many scallop shells and then the following week find the same species of those bivalves 60 miles inland on the Meherrin. Finding small specimens of the same creatures (and a tooth) from a new water well in the same area was cool too. I'm beginning to understand how scientist and geologists these species to identify and age different formations. Everyone's information that I've read has been helpful. It's neat learning from everyone's posts, especially the ones that give a wealth of information without divulging all of the secrets. I've enjoyed taking what I've learned online and figuring it out myself. I'll try to help others in that manner as well. For me, given my location, all of the entries by MikeR on his project were a wealth of information. Also, the geology/mineral reports from NC and VA are awesome. I've read thousands of pages from the late 1800s to current day. To read reports about localities done over 100 years ago and then visit these spots to educate myself first hand.....good stuff. Dr. Ward's information is priceless. Apologies if this introduction was too much. I just wanted to show some appreciation for what you all have helped me find over these past few months. If you're in my part of the world and want to adventure together sometime, feel free to reach out. I'll gladly give back to others that are as appreciative of this addiction as I am. You'll have to work for it though, just like I'm doing! I've posted pictures of some of my growing collection below. Thanks! - D.B.