Rock-Guy-17 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Been a while since I have posted, but I have a few more trip reports to get done eventually. Decided to start with my first trip on the Peace River in Florida. Was in Florida for a while visiting family and had a day or two to do some investigating. Plenty of research in the forum and other sites lead me to hiring a guide, Fred Mazza, which I think was well worth the money for the learning experience alone. I am hoping to visit the area once a year, so I am hoping this experience prevented some numerous trial and error runs out to the Peace River. I would highly recommend Fred and his tour, some really nice fossils were found by other members of the tour group and it gave me a handle on what equipment I might need in the future. I agree with the sentiment around the forum that a canoe or kayak is essential. This trip was especially nice since the river was so low. Best finds below, sorry about the flash in the pictures: 2. These were the best teeth, pretty happy with it for my first time out there. I probably found over 150. Excited to find my first Megs even if small. 2. Dugong ribs 3. Florida fossils are not my expertise, I think these are mostly all turtle shell fragments. Miocene aged? 4. Curious about what forum members think of these. In order I see unknown tooth on the far left, then horse teeth, gator scutes, barracuda tooth, gator tooth, and fish teeth. 5. Some more unknown bones with unusual shape. 6. Bonus best Sanibel Island snail shells Help is appreciated, thanks for reading! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, Rock-Guy-17 said: Was in Florida for a while visiting family and had a day or two to do some investigating. Plenty of research in the forum and other sites lead me to hiring a guide, Fred Mazza, which I think was well worth the money for the learning experience alone. Welcome to the Fossil Forum.. I have been waiting for you.. In August , 2008 after retiring from work, My spouse suggested a Peace River fossil hunting trip with Mark Renz, a competitor in the same business as Fred Mazza. That trip turned out to be worth 30-40 times what I paid.. It set me up for 16 years of hunting the Peace River... Literally change my life... Photo #1 -- Nice Sand Tiger on the right.. FAR more rare than Megs or any other shark tooth you found. Photo #3 Turtles have been here since the Miocene, dropping their fossils all over the Peace River. Likely impossible to "age" any specific fossil... Photo #4 Gator Vert, Horse, Horse, Stingray dermal denticles, Barracuda, Gator, Barracuda teeth. Photo #5 Small Bones are Hard.. Likely need clear Photos from all sides to have a chance. Photo #6 Florida Fighting Conch, Lightening Whelk, Apple Murex, Banded Tulip, Flyspeck Cerith, Apple Murex, Fine_ribbed Auger... Take a look at my Avatar.... Shellseeker. I did that before finding my 1st fossil. Welcome to TFF.. 2 5 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock-Guy-17 Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 On 5/5/2024 at 9:50 PM, Shellseeker said: Welcome to the Fossil Forum.. I have been waiting for you.. In August , 2008 after retiring from work, My spouse suggested a Peace River fossil hunting trip with Mark Renz, a competitor in the same business as Fred Mazza. That trip turned out to be worth 30-40 times what I paid.. It set me up for 16 years of hunting the Peace River... Literally change my life... Photo #1 -- Nice Sand Tiger on the right.. FAR more rare than Megs or any other shark tooth you found. Photo #3 Turtles have been here since the Miocene, dropping their fossils all over the Peace River. Likely impossible to "age" any specific fossil... Photo #4 Gator Vert, Horse, Horse, Stingray dermal denticles, Barracuda, Gator, Barracuda teeth. Photo #5 Small Bones are Hard.. Likely need clear Photos from all sides to have a chance. Photo #6 Florida Fighting Conch, Lightening Whelk, Apple Murex, Banded Tulip, Flyspeck Cerith, Apple Murex, Fine_ribbed Auger... Take a look at my Avatar.... Shellseeker. I did that before finding my 1st fossil. Welcome to TFF.. Thank you for the feedback, Shellseeker. I have seen your posts and comments when doing research on the forum and they were very helpful in my prep for this trip. Glad I ended up doing the tour, next step is to investigate a kayak to store with family down there. Cheers! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Fun Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Totally agree a guide on the first trip out is well worth the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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