lphillips Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 found along shore of the Chesapeake Bay couple years ago , Eastern shore Dorchester Co directly across from Calvert Cliffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luluboo1 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Looks like a rock but the shape is ironic considering where you found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finderskeepers Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I think what you have found this time is a sandstone concretion. The overall outline of what you have is close and shape is more important than coloration I've found. Enamel on teeth from the bay come in almost every color imaginable including creamy white, green-brown, blue, orange, and greys to black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Yes, unfortunately that is just a rock. Oh, and welcome! Good luck in your hunts. Edited February 19, 2015 by fossilized6s ~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...
NSRhunter Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Oh if only that was a meg, that'd would be the world record size one for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verydeadthings Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 You definitely have a rock there, but it looks like there is some "modern" (probably Holocene) encrustation of marine organisms on it. My guess for the circular structure is the base of a barnacle, now missing the barnacle, and the vaguely flower-shaped structure is from bivalves. I would be more confident with those IDs with a more detailed image of the encrustations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lphillips Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks for all your help , I have a nice collectiion of meg teeth and this piece just sparked my attention I have another tooth I found that compared to every angle this stone matched it every way . I have found fossil crabs , conch , clams and lots of small invertebrates and meg teeth in the same area . I am really not very far from Calvert Cliffs just across the bay and we do find meg teeth here from time to time . The indians used them quite extensivlely and I have a huge collection of indian artifacts right from the same location , The pics of this thing don't do it justice , Here is another shot included , I always keep it with the other meg teeth and when we do shows to watch people go , WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarevoiyant Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 no harm trying to open the concretion. I've a friend who's got a nice ammonite that revealed itself when the pebble was broken. Fossils can sometimes be inside of a concretion. You never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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