mrieder79 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hit the dredge piles today and did some good. Finally managed to break my month-long slump for teeth over 1". In the lower left, you can see a juvenile meg. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 A small mammal tooth, small mako, and a nice tiger with a bummer of a dinged tip. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Here is a fragalodon with a really cool pattern on the enamel. Would have loved to see the whole tooth if it was dappled like this.... actually, I'd have liked to seen the whole tooth no matter what. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nice haul,I love that GW tooth! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Awesome Great White! Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkborch Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Great finds. Congrats Palmetto Paleontology Society Fossil Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Thanks. When I spotted the great white, the right root was partially covered by a small rock. I whispered a prayer to the shark tooth gods as I removed it slowly and I couldn't believe it when it was intact! It made my day. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yep, love that great white! Congrats!! DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroMike Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Always a good day when you are finding teeth~! " This comment brought to you by the semi-famous AeroMike" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthJB Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Looks like a great haul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Congrats on the teeth. I've only 1 GW tooth in my collection but it is perfect and I found it shore diving on my birthday several years ago south of Venice, FL. It looks lonely mixed in among the other species of shark teeth I have in the bowl that it is currently resting in. Need to find another GW to keep it company. The insatiable addition of the unknown is what keeps me dragging my sifter back to the gravel beds. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike and the Megs! Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Good stuff. Lots of good spots in Jax!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Can you sift these dredge spoil piles? I'd be real tempted to sift that material. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Can you sift these dredge spoil piles? I'd be real tempted to sift that material. Daryl. Do you mean screen them for micros or just sift them like gravel beds? I suppose you could do both, however most places the rocks are so big that sifting is impossible. What I really need is a backhoe to clear out all the old rocks and expose new formation for the river to separate for me. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siftaholic Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nice finds!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nice finds! Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Do you mean screen them for micros or just sift them like gravel beds? I suppose you could do both, however most places the rocks are so big that sifting is impossible. What I really need is a backhoe to clear out all the old rocks and expose new formation for the river to separate for me. At first I was thinking of large scale sifting with something like a 2' x 2' box screen with 1/2" size mesh - just to look for bigger specimens. Then, take home some of the dirt that went through that screen for finer screening of micros. Of course, if there's a water source near the dredge pile(s), I would try to use that in the sifting process. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 There are some dredge islands that have more sediment than rock and you could probably screen those with good results. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Nice finds! www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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