Bone Valley - August 6th, 2022

[Meganeura]

So I’ve been doing a lot of fossil hunting lately, and as such, went back to the dry dig site yesterday, hoping to get at least one of my current 2 white whales: A complete Meg over 3”, or a rhino, dire wolf, smilodon, or Dugong tooth. Neither of these things happened, but I did walk away with some great stuff, so without further ado:

 

Starting off with Megs as always: 7 complete Megs. The one in the centre I’m convinced is a Chub - it’s got cusps. Small ones, but they’re definitely there. 

 

 

Here are the better frags I found, including one almost complete, white enamel Meg on the right middle.

 

Found a complete and a partial whale tooth - Kogiopsis Floridana I believe - very happy with the complete one cause it actually has the tip. And the partial is gorgeous cause you can see the banding so well.

 

 

Found a C Hastalis as well:

 

 

My THIRD lower, left m1/m2 Nannippus Aztecus tooth (You’d think I’d find a tooth from elsewhere in the mouth by now… I have 4 Nannippus teeth and 3 are left m1/m2 )

 

A piece of tusk and some chunks of sting ray barb:

 

 

Dolphin Jaw Bone:

 

 

Some of the nicer teeth - top left is a Sand Tiger with both cusps, bottom right is a Dolphin tooth without the root:

 

 

And finally, an obscene amount of turtle shell. I actually left a LOT of pieces behind too cause they weren’t textured.

 

 

Overall not a bad day, but my 3”+ Meg continues to elude me. 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2022 by Meganeura

[Done Drillin]

Very nice finds. Alot of whale teeth coming out of the fossil farm - the lady next to me pulled 5 out of a small section of her pile  -had to be associated. She also found a gorgeous m3 three toed horse tooth that was pristine. She was wanting to trade me a meg for it but her daughter said no - I would have taken that deal !

[Meganeura]

23 minutes ago, Done Drillin said:

Very nice finds. Alot of whale teeth coming out of the fossil farm - the lady next to me pulled 5 out of a small section of her pile  -had to be associated. She also found a gorgeous m3 three toed horse tooth that was pristine. She was wanting to trade me a meg for it but her daughter said no - I would have taken that deal !

Hell I would've done the same, too many 3-toed! I've got a right lower m1/m2 and 3 left lower m1/m2. I'd love an m3, or any of the p teeth. Or uppers!

[Fin Lover]

4 hours ago, Meganeura said:

Overall not a bad day, but my 3”+ Meg continues to elude me. 

Just think how excited you would have been 3 months ago to have the stuff you are now regularly finding.  It won't be long until you find it, and then you'll have to come up with a bigger goal. 

[Shellseeker]

Daniel,

Seems like you are finding more/better quality fossils than when you 1st started. Why ?

[Meganeura]

1 minute ago, Shellseeker said:

Daniel,

Seems like you are finding more/better quality fossils than when you 1st started. Why ?

Well in this specific instance - luck. Dry dig site, they bring the material to us, so...

But in general, I'm learning more. Figuring out spots and where to look. IDing things faster, leading to being able to move more material and find better things. The kayak certainly helped!

[Mark Kmiecik]

6 hours ago, Meganeura said:

My THIRD lower, left m1/m2 Nannippus Aztecus tooth (You’d think I’d find a tooth from elsewhere in the mouth by now… I have 4 Nannippus teeth and 3 are left m1/m2 )

 

Have you tried digging about 6 inches to the right? 

[Meganeura]

2 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

 

Have you tried digging about 6 inches to the right? 

Yeah, that's where the 4th tooth comes in, it's a lower right m1/m2. 

[sixgill pete]

Nice