tokashikibob Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Today was the day I finally found the piece I've been looking for long and hard, in sweltering summer heat and frigid cold winters. There were many variables in finding it today and everythingl fell into place for today to be a end to my quest. It all started with being assigned to the Rifle Range today at Stone Bay which is located down Hwy 17 towards Rocky Point and Castle Hayne and not too far from Richlands and Belgrade. I was up at 0400 and on my motorcycle and headed down the Hwy at 0445. I threw in my helmet in case for some reason it was a quick range, since after all today is Friday and the mines are open in Eastern Carolina! After doin some shooting with the other couple hunnerd Jarheads, we wrapped it up. I pondered what I should do since it was god-almighty swealtering hot, and I was dripping from head to toe. But I figured, “what the hell, I'm dirty smelly and feel lucky” and filled up my 48 ouncer with water and headed to the mine. After checking in at the mine and asking if anyone else was poking around, the manger said “Are you kidding! If your lucky maybe you'll get some rain in there to cool you off.” I left after he wished me lucky in finding something good and rode the bike down the gravel rode and past all the trucks moving thru the pit. I thought to myself that I'd only be able to last a couple of hours at most in this burning rotisserie of fossil hunting misery. I headed to a area that looked like it was some new work and wandered around when I suddenly spied a large Ricky's enamel pasted in the dirt of the crushed roadway. Sure'nuff after prying her out she would've be a beauty if she was complete but, they never are.... I was thinking these types of thoughts knowing that somewhere in here there must be a complete money making, picture taking, I'm not faking, complete Big Boy Aooowricckcuuueliiiiitetisssss. I looked down on the ground and there it was looking up from the dirt. I had to catch myself from tinkling in my pants, then I pulled my Gerber out and started to dig away the dirt around the blade of the tooth. As the Gerber kept going down and I kept seeing perfect blade I gently pulled and in a nanosecond could see that this was finally the one that I've been looking for these past three years! After 10's of millions of years this perfect black with gray striped mottled enamel birthed in just shy of 4inches! I almost called it a day right there but that's not me, so I pulled this odd-ball tooth out a little while later, it's fragile as can be and I've haven't noticed around on the boards anyone know what it is? “When its boiling summertime, it's time to hit the mine!” P.S. I've got a few other fossil hunts I haven't posted here located at my site in the blog in the middle of the page in case anyones interested. Okinawarelics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Sweet!! Did the angels sing for you? Glad you did good! Anybody brave enough to get out in this summer heat deserves a good find like that. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 thats a sweet tooth and a nice Archeocete molar to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj aurora Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Great job finding a gorgeous Ric and an archeocete in the same day! You deserve them for hunting there in this weather. I also would like to extend my gratitude and support for your service for our country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greel Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Bob, What happened to you last Saturday - was looking for you at GMR? Nice big fat tooth. Did you see Dewayne's big fat mosasaur tooth he found Saturday? I can't decide which of you guys I hate more! -gerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthdog Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 What a great tooth ! Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Thats a monster of a tooth! Seems like the hotter it is, the bigger the teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 That's a sick Ric dude. Congrats,I'm sure it will clean up nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokashikibob Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 Great job finding a gorgeous Ric and an archeocete in the same day! You deserve them for hunting there in this weather. I also would like to extend my gratitude and support for your service for our country Kitchen Construction came up my man! I'm fossiling but at the spur of the moment, everything sounds good two weeks out but I'm never sure until the day before! After finding the ric I'm satisfied for the rest of the year, it cleaned up nice and is perfect. I'm elmer glueing some of the pieces of the Archeocete back together that's my first also, I'll have to google it to see what it is? Thanks for all the kind words from the board, that makes the hunt so much better when you get to share stories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terphunter Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Awesome find!! LIFE IS SHORT...HUNT HARD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 That is one sweet tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 nice find bro...congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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