reddesilets Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Thanks! I looooved the look of the top of that skull fragment (next to the small orange turtle shell). The "design" on it is sooo pretty! Nature's patterns are so amazing! I need to try and get a good camera and make a photo box for better photographing our finds so such details are better brought out. "Direct observation of the testimony of the earth ... is a matter of the laboratory, of the field naturalist, of indefatigable digging among the ancient archives of the earth's history." — Henry Fairfield Osborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Yes, pretty cool. My photos sure aren't anything to write home about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddesilets Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Anything is better than nothing. I think my next step is working them, esp the smallest teeth, into jewelry. "Direct observation of the testimony of the earth ... is a matter of the laboratory, of the field naturalist, of indefatigable digging among the ancient archives of the earth's history." — Henry Fairfield Osborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) Fantastic finds and I love the color range! The vert looks a lot like one I found in Gainesville that I had a particularly knowledgeable person look at and say it most likely came from either a red or black drum fish. I don't think that your two toned piece is from a tusk, it looks more like a large bone fragment from a big animal. I've found two toned bone fragments like that at the beach before. A lot of what I find in Gainesville is also multi-colored. Edited October 23, 2015 by Khyssa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddesilets Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Thanks! And yes, the more I look at it and the more I feel it the more it has to be bone. It doesn't look or feel like tusk at all. I can't help but giggle b/c Toby has run w/the "crushed Fig Newton" thing and picked up what I believe to be just a rock b/c he sees a "crushed Fig Newton" and thinks it's a flattened mammoth tooth. LOL And the color variations in this creek are stunning, which is why I don't mind going back for the micro even if the macro are nearly gone from it - they are just too beautiful for us to pass over. "Direct observation of the testimony of the earth ... is a matter of the laboratory, of the field naturalist, of indefatigable digging among the ancient archives of the earth's history." — Henry Fairfield Osborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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