Sharks of SC Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) Hello everyone! I haven't posted in a while - it's been a busy month! I just finished unpacking from a recent move and found my camera chord, so I figure it's time to make a post from my last few hunts. I've only been out a few times, but I found some cool stuff including a few nice C. angustidens, I. hastalis, I. retroflexus, H. serra, assorted tigers, and other small species. My favorite finds are the super-sharp angy, the positional retro, a wildly patho. (two-tipped) Alopias latidens, and what I believe to be a 200 gram piece of rough amber!! This last find was the most intriguing - it's lightweight, floats in saltwater, is translucent...I don't know what else it could be. Anyway...enjoy the pics and... Happy hunting!! CBK Group haul - Big angy - Edited June 16, 2011 by Sharks of SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Pristine angy - Patho. alopiad - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Alopiads - Hemis - I. retroflexus - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Red amber (?) - CBK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) Oops! forgot one! Colorful makos & a great white/red - Edited June 16, 2011 by Sharks of SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Wow! Great finds, CBK! Thanks for sharing them! The Angy is Sweet! That Amber is cool! Wow! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 cade that pristine tooth is one of the best I have ever seen as far as color goes, im very fond of white colored teeth they have a unique beauty to them. As far as the alopias sp. Teeth go i think the fat one is a posterior hastialis. The red amber? Looks Like a partial mamoth tooth or maybe pet wood I would take more pictures so we can have a better idea to what that thing could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) CBK... Nice finds, thanks for sharing them... It does look like a mamoth tooth section but I would imagine one of those would be quite heavy being mineralised?... Edited June 16, 2011 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Definitely long time no see CBK. Great finds, that Angy is sweet! DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 More great finds. That one tooth is just amazing. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Red amber (?) - This may be amber (or copal). I've seen similar pieces that collectors have found on the beaches of North Carolina. Try the hot needle test on it. If it gives off a pleasant pine-like smell it most likely is some type of fossil plant resin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Thanks everyone for your responses. The piece in question is very lightweight- it is neither bone nor tooth. I have found several pieces of (and held complete examples of) mammoth teeth, and while this may resemble one, it definitely isn't. Al, I tried the needle test on the "amber" and it did smell faintly pine-y. If this is amber, how scarce would a piece of this size be for this area? The most common examples I saw in my brief research suggest that amber is usually found in small quantities on the east coast of N. America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Another possibility for the amber/copal- It might be a chunk of rosin. North and South Carolina produced a lot of turpentine, rosin, and pitch in the 1700s and 1800s from long leaf pine trees. It was exported all over the world. This, and the pieces that I mentioned from North Carolina, could be pieces of rosin that were lost in ship wrecks or other mishaps. See this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosin The melting point of rosin is very low so this could be a method to rule it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroMike Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hey Cade, I just got all moved in here in Mt P in Rivertowne. I have yet to hit the edges at low tide but will soon. That one path tooth is cool, looks like the pinchers on a beetle or something. Hey was you setting in to kayak by the bride at 41 over the Wando Thursday? " This comment brought to you by the semi-famous AeroMike" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diplotomodon Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Nice haul you've got there I admit that I first saw that amber as a tooth, but after reading the other thread and seeing the other pictures I'd agree that it's amber. Cool chunk! What a wonderful menagerie! Who would believe that such as register lay buried in the strata? To open the leaves, to unroll the papyrus, has been an intensely interesting though difficult work, having all the excitement and marvelous development of a romance. And yet the volume is only partly read. Many a new page I fancy will yet be opened. -- Edward Hitchcock, 1858 Formerly known on the forum as Crimsonraptor @Diplotomodon on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2thfindr Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 thats a sweet angy nice find UnDeRgRoUnD Fossil Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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