JohnJ Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 The Winner of the March 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is the Partial Probocidean tusk from the Pleistocene deposits of Florida, U.S.A.! Congratulations to joshuajbelanger on his impressive find and first win in the contest! Thank you to all other members that voted and entered into the contest. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Congratulations on the win and the nice find!! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 So...much...power for one man. If anyone needs me, I'll be trying to fit my head through the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Congrats, that is an awesome find: ) 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...
Coco Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Congrats for this nice tusk. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Congratulations! Great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prem Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 congrats. Nice tusk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Wow! Was that a close race! Great winner, but also great competition! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 I know! This was my first time entering! I was obsessed with hitting refresh at the end there! To be honest, that vert was really cool. I keep telling everyone I'm fossil famous now! O_o I also looked back, and saw some tusks that were better than mine but not popular, so a win was really unexpected! Thank you so much my fossil comrades, but maybe you guys were just throwing me a bone? No pun intended -J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Congrats on the win and the great find. It's a sweet piece. ~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...
Bone Daddy Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Here are the only photos taken at the find site. Forgive the poor quality. It is a cheap smartphone camera that was sealed in a ziploc bag. The tusk was found laying on the bottom near the bank in about 6-10 inches of water, near a recent washout from the bank. When the photo was taken, the tusk was already removed. (We didn't think to do an in-situ photo.) The tusk was originally laying not far from where that kayak paddle is seen on the bank - in the shallow tea colored water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Here is a blurry photo of the washout on the bank. Recent rains which swelled the river (and kept most people away) washed out the tusk very recently prior to our arrival. You could tell from the color that this tusk had not been in the water very long. A day? A few days at most? Hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Here is the canoe used on the tusk trip. We are going back out soon. Edited April 8, 2016 by Amberphile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNGray Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 An epic find! I can't imagine why you didn't get the "in situ" shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Please accept my congratulations for this excellent find. Well done! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Congrats on a heck of a find! Now go find the rest of it. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Congrats. That is a really cool piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Congratulations! That was a very cool find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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