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Posted on 01/01/2011 6:51:30 AM PST by Hotmetal
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01/01/2011 6:51:34 AM PST
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Hotmetal
To: Hotmetal
Yep, they are fossils.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
Thanks that clears things up.
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posted on
01/01/2011 6:57:25 AM PST
by
Hotmetal
(An Irishman is not too drunk if he can hold on to a blade of grass and not fall from earth.)
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
01/01/2011 6:58:14 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Study the Constitution, while we still have it)
To: Hotmetal
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posted on
01/01/2011 6:58:14 AM PST
by
Wizdum
(Wisdom is what you gain when things go wrong.)
To: Hotmetal
They appear to be fossilized fossils of some kind? But I'm no expert...
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:03:03 AM PST
by
240B
(he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
To: Hotmetal
Unlikely to find large mammal fossils in the same area as moasaur, but not impossible if they were washed together from very different strata.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:07:02 AM PST
by
finnsheep
To: Hotmetal
You found my dentures!
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:07:54 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
To: Hotmetal
I wish I could help you but I will say that it is pretty cool. Do you hunt for them or just happen by them? I’m wondering if the Smithsonian could assist you? Perhaps you could send the photos to one of their experts?
To: Hotmetal
First, God bless you for your service to our nation.
Second, wish I could help with the fossils, but this is really cool. I want to take my kids on an outing here in AZ specifically to hunt some down, maybe do some gold prospecting as well.
Good luck identifying them.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:11:53 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: finnsheep
The large teeth I dug from the creek bank,only saw about 1/4 inch of one. If I had to dig down to them it would have been about 4’. All the other stuff was in creek bed.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:13:28 AM PST
by
Hotmetal
(An Irishman is not too drunk if he can hold on to a blade of grass and not fall from earth.)
To: Caipirabob
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:14:58 AM PST
by
Hotmetal
(An Irishman is not too drunk if he can hold on to a blade of grass and not fall from earth.)
To: momtothree
Im wondering if the Smithsonian could assist you?I'd caution against that, if you want to continue your collecting.
They'll try and get the area "roped-off" as a site of interest to prevent "further looting" and confiscate what you have. Same with any university.
Then they have it all and you will have nothing.
Works the same way as Income Tax.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:23:38 AM PST
by
woofer
To: finnsheep
Any idea on the large teeth?
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:24:05 AM PST
by
Hotmetal
(An Irishman is not too drunk if he can hold on to a blade of grass and not fall from earth.)
To: woofer
Yeah, I took them to Ole Miss and they wanted to know where I found them, I only told them NE Mississippi. I looked at their map and the area I found them in was already marked.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:27:13 AM PST
by
Hotmetal
(An Irishman is not too drunk if he can hold on to a blade of grass and not fall from earth.)
To: woofer
You are probably right. Of course, he could say he purchased them from a man on the side of the road in another state?! I know that if you find any sort of Indian artifact that you better keep your mouth very tightly shut or they could take the land. Thanks.
To: Hotmetal
I would read up on the local geology of the area where you found them and see if there are any descriptions of fossils. You can narrow things down a lot if you know the relative ages of the rock units the fossils came from, and origin of those rocks, i.e. marine, continental, etc.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:32:49 AM PST
by
HerrBlucher
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
To: Hotmetal
The last pictures look like they could be broken parts from a mastadon tooth. Mammoth teeth are flat with ridges, but mastadon teeth have peaks on them.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:34:15 AM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Hotmetal
It’s difficult to tell from the picture: Does the object in pics 2-4 appear to be a single tooth?
It’s too small for an adult pachyderm. And the tooth in 2-4 doesn’t resemble an elephant molar.
Also, the incisor would rule out a pachyderm. The bones look mammalian ... probably a pig of some sort based on dentition.
Any idea how old these are? You should have some estimate of ages of fossils commonly found in your area.
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posted on
01/01/2011 7:34:41 AM PST
by
gitmo
( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
To: Hotmetal
Not sure where you are in Mississippi, but there's a place near Tuscaloosa on the Pickens Co. Green Co. line, which has become a commercial enterprise because of the fossils in a creek bed on the land. The owner might be able to help you identify some of those -- most of what is on his property are shark teeth, but there are some other examples on display there. I don't know how to post a link but here is the address of the site
http://sharktoothcreek.com/
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