DitchDiggerUno Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 On our way home from three days with the Buena Vista Museum paleo dig. Exhausted but elated after three days of digging. Full report to come. In the meantime, here is something to wet your whistle. The montage is a before, middle, and end of the "ditch" my Brother and I dug yesterday, with a 2 3/4" hastalis I pulled out. It was my personal best tooth, until today. The other two photos, are of the tooth I pulled out today. 3" on the nose! Another personal best tooth on the same trip. I couldn't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thats beautiful! "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Very, very, nice tooth! Looks like you earned it - thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Will those teeth keep that beautiful lavender tinge? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Beautiful tooth! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallingfossils Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Wow! The color and shape is just awesome, congrats! Looks like you guys put in some hard work for that. I can't wait to get out there to try it myself sooner rather than later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 That's a good'n and the color is spectacular! Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Huge .... and beautiful!!! Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Very beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DitchDiggerUno Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Will those teeth keep that beautiful lavender tinge? When they dry the color fades a bit. Thank you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Beautiful tooth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 What a huge and great looking tooth and perfect to boot. It doesn't get much better than that!Awesome find, congrats 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...
caldigger Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Joe, that was the tooth I was saving to find the next time out. I hope you two had a good time. I need to plan another trip soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DitchDiggerUno Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Joe, that was the tooth I was saving to find the next time out. I hope you two had a good time. I need to plan another trip soon.LOL, sorry. I'll put it back. Here it is after drying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espeton Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Good job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Sometimes the color change is very dramatic. At least twice, I have dug out a watermelon-pink hastalis that faded within seconds to a duller mix of colors with still some pink in them). It was so weird that I questioned my own observation but other people have been witnesses as well. Years ago, Bob Ernst told me that you can preserve the color if you can get some glyptol on them fast enough though glyptol also adds green to it. Great find, by the way. If you collected 300 days out of the year, you still might not find one especially one as nice as that. When they dry the color fades a bit.Thank you all! Edited February 26, 2014 by siteseer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Even after drying out, the color is really nice. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That's a couple of big-snarge mako teeth! Congrats on the great finds! Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouiefromFlorida Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I am so happy for you. Thanks for letting me hold that gorgeous tooth. All of the sweating and sun burn and back aches makes it all worthwhile!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DitchDiggerUno Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks everyone. Can't believe how lucky I got. I am so happy for you. Thanks for letting me hold that gorgeous tooth. All of the sweating and sun burn and back aches makes it all worthwhile!! No worries Louie, glad you were there to see it. You coming on the next dig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthJB Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Incredible teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 That was a well earned tooth. I'm very happy for you, Joe. The colors of the teeth there have to be seen in person, there are subtle variations of pink, blue, purple, etc. with a depth and translucent nature to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DitchDiggerUno Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) An update with a tragic ending. I bought a set of calipers. After 45 minutes of measuring, this is the biggest slant length. Wish I hadn't bought those calipers. Edited March 17, 2014 by DitchDiggerUno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DitchDiggerUno Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 That was a well earned tooth. I'm very happy for you, Joe. The colors of the teeth there have to be seen in person, there are subtle variations of pink, blue, purple, etc. with a depth and translucent nature to them. Many thanks. Hope to see you out there again some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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