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Fossilized shark tooth (actual size, about 1 inch). My first one found in Texas! (Texoma / Red River region of North-Central Texas).
More shark teeth and ... alas ... a thorn and a pointy rock.... (still learning!)
From last weekend — found my first (two) ptychotus teeth.
A nice fish vertebra (the round Certs looking thing) and some more shark teeth. (Having knuckled down to id any of them yet, sorry.)
The two ptychotuses again plus miscellaneous bits that seem like fossils....?
More teeth and bits and a cool hunk of ... coral?
Added bonus, 1915 version of “airline booze” — a tiny little crockery bottle that held whiskey apparently. (If entact, worth $40 maybe! Not that I’d part with it. Still cool, imo!)
Another cool old bit of glass I found.
Iggy tax.
Edit: Wow, most viral? Cool. Must have been a slow night on LNI last night. Yet another reason my I love you Imgur nerds, my people!
MegatronPewPew
I always feel a bit like an archaeologist when I’m rooting around for the remote and find archaically old LEGO in the couch...
ChuckItInTheFuckItBuckett
My cats name is Iggy too!!!!
perlsucks
Congratulations! Cool stuff.
EnricoFermi
Super cool! Lived in Texas for 5 years and collected fossils west of Denton. No shark teeth tho. Yes looks like coral as a geologist.
StepRightUp
Yep. I’ve only been in Texas 6 months (Dallas area), but so much cool geology out here, I got (re)infected with the geology bug! =)
M4k0ch4n
As a shark maniac: wowowowowowowwoowowowowow! Have you identified other species from your fossils teeth?
StepRightUp
Not yet. I need to order that Texas Sharhs & Rays of the Cretaceous book & get off my butt and do some id’ing, def!
thesixmilliondollarman
HeWhoLovesHyenas
Don't know if you should be touching that, mate. Looks a bit fishy
Buttercreamdreammachine
So cool!
SmallieFishing
Awesome finds , keep it up , I like the bones but also find the bottles really neat , how do you look for them , you dig ?
StepRightUp
Nope. Purely just pick up stuff as I stumble across it. Tons of glass shards. Occasionally whole bottles. Maybe I’ll post those someday.
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I actually would looooove to dig for bottles but a) heavy labor! & b) reluctant to hunt woods alone oh, & c) ticks!!!
210CatGuy
Nice find. I really like the shark teeth.
StunnedGoofy
That's actually a fun hobby... Diggin the past.
Dimension09
All these pics and not one banana.
GrumpyEditor
As a massive fossil/dinosaur nerd that knows what all has be discovered around Oklahoma/Texas...never thought to look for shark teeth.
StepRightUp
I started out in OK just looking for quartz roses or anything Indian ... found a whole lotta nothing! (I’ve still yet to find an arrowhead*)
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* I’m not actively hunting for Indian stuff, I mean. But I hear people find them occasionally while fossil hunting. Tho I haven’t yet....
isetprettygirlsonfire
Great finds! @thebirdsnake3916
thebirdsnake3916
Mind your Mineral and Rock Taglist
DesertSpiney
Noice!
sunfeoc
This is cool but what's the deal with the round teeth?
isetprettygirlsonfire
Better to crush clams and crustaceans they liked for food found in the western interior seaway.
sunfeoc
I want crushy teeth :(
StepRightUp
Actually, if you google ptychotus it’s pretty wild — these stone cleat crushy teeth lined the whole roof of their mouth!
StepRightUp
Yup!! (Even tho they were fish-like, my mind always imagines them as Prehistoric crocs with football cleats for teeth!)
isetprettygirlsonfire
Haha, cleats! That's perfect.
StepRightUp
Or stone nipples? But to me, cleats.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Cleats is better for me, I played a lot of running sports.
FistPumpMyJunk
What the hell!? I was just there.. I must have just loosened the dirt for ya
StepRightUp
That’s ok. I left some coprolites for you (just come back in about 3 million years.)
Dadzilla7543
Where did you find these?
StepRightUp
Post Oak Creek (check The Fossil Forum — best resource in info for finding sites where ever you are located.)
StepRightUp
I kinda hate to “publicize” sites, but really The Fossil Forum is where *I* found the site so it’s not like it’s secret or anything!
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Though I’ll admit there are tricks to finding teeth. I had no luck till my 3rd visit when a kind fellow paleo nut taught me! 1/2
zombiejedediah
Shitposting long game, eh?
DragonDildoChandelier
j0007
Great find. Did you search for the fossil or was it accidental? Keep posting more stuff. Thanks
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On purpose. But mainly started as an excuse to get outside for fresh air and some exercise. Then you get “The Bug” and it becomes addictive.
RedGobbo
No banana?
lovit487
This is illegal in Europe.
titaniumsnail
It's legal in Norway, but we also don't have dinosaurs fossils here, we do on Svalbard though. I have my own spots I go fossil hunting.
StepRightUp
Certain types of collecting are illegal in U.S. depending on who’s land you are on. Paleo stuff (nonhuman)is always legal on private land.*
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* Always legal on private land IF land owner has given permission (& presumably owns the mineral rights).
Radix865
I think in Finland it's not illegal directly, you do need to register your finds and they decide if they'll let you keep them.
greygoosery
A tiny town near my home town has a massive open pit in the center of town where you can dig for shark teeth and other fossils. Nice find!
PixelSchneider
Shark tooth, ohh ha ha!
fusrohjordan
Need banana for scale
StepRightUp
I literally thought that at one point!
RaventsTrinity
You should take a trip to the peace river. I've found shark teeth, giant sloth bones, giant armadillo bones, horse teeth, tapir teeth, etc
StepRightUp
Hopefully some day!
countbassy
...certs...
StepRightUp
Ha! Found the fellow Gen Xer!!!
countbassy
56. Am I gen x?
StepRightUp
Sure! Why not! Unless you WANT to be a Boomer? Now with RETSIN!
countbassy
Retsin! Jesus Christ!
StepRightUp
Yep. You just realized your brain held on to that little nugget all these years too, huh?
StarSpangledHammered
Where in the world are you hunting? TX and shark teeth?
StepRightUp
Post Oak Creek, Sherman, Texas
avastmehearty
I used to find big shark teeth like that on the banks of the James river in VA, they would erode out of the bluffs on the south bank
StepRightUp
Yep, lots of old ocean beds all over the world. As a kid we dug tons of sharks teeth in Bakersfield— middle of California. Crazy.
WeaponizedJerk
Don’t panic, but your cat appears to have no legs.
StepRightUp
Yes. He is in loafy configuration here. (He is a most excellent loaf.)
WeaponizedJerk
He does make for an excellent loaf. I commend you on your lovely loaf.
squintish
The pointy rock looks to me like it still might be something. Another kind of tooth maybe?
StepRightUp
I thought so too, but upon closer examination it turned out to be just a fragment of (flat) oyster shell that broke all pointy. Darn!
GadenKerensky
Any Megaladon teeth?
StepRightUp
Not yet. But, here’s hoping!!
GadenKerensky
I hear they're surprisingly common.