wrollings Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I found this recently in a creek near my house in Summerville South Carolina. The formation is Chandler Bridge. I'm not quite sure what to make of this. From the rounded end, it reminds me of a acorn. From the other end, it resembles some type of tooth. There are little bumps, or cusps, on each side of it. It looks like enamel, but I am not 100% sure. Any help is greatly appreciated. I hope the photos are clear enough for someone to help with an ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrollings Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 No ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I took the liberty of trying to crop and fix a couple of your pics. They still do not show enough detail to give me any idea. You need to get some good close up detailed pictures, that would help greatly in trying to ID this. 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...
wrollings Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Will see what I can come up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiehunter Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Not my specialty but if you put a gun to my head I would guess it was some type of fish tooth. Another wild idea would be some sort of mammal (Tapir?) juvenile tooth. I'd be leaning fish though. Better pictures will certainly help. You wanted ideas.... Edited March 18, 2014 by hokiehunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 My first thought was deciduous mammal incisor of some sort. That probably means it cannot possibly be a deciduous mammal incisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Like sixgill suggested, i think it would be very beneficial for all of us if you could get clearer close up pictures. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrollings Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I have played with my camera's settings some more, as well as fiddled with the photos in a couple of photo programs. I don't think these photos are a lot better, but they may be good enough to get help with an ID. If not, no biggie. I will just put this little guy in my "Unknown" jar for now. As always, thank you for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 These images are certainly good enough, but as far as my limited knowledge gets me is that is seems to be a tooth crown, or part thereof. "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...
cowsharks Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I agree with Auspex; this seems to be a crown to some type of tooth. Might even be the deciduous tooth Scylla was guessing. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Those pictures are much better. Whatever setting you used sure did the trick. I still, really have no idea, other than I think it is a tooth crown as Auspex, Scylla and Daryl suggested. 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...
wrollings Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Thanks guys! I will keep looking for answers. As far as the camera settings go, um...maybe I should have written them down. Haha. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelleW Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) It resembles drum fish teeth, but I'm not sure about the grooves. Edited May 23, 2014 by MichelleW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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