Hunting Bone Valley

[Shellseeker]

I went hunting today to a Bone Valley creek that I had not hunted in a long time. The recent heavy rains and high waters forces out of the Peace river. There are hundreds (maybe more) of creeks in Bone Valley. Whether it is local weather or connection to major lakes/rivers,  a very few are still huntable. I know of two , both of which very difficult to reach and also require permission from the owners. 

The one I hunted today is predominately marine. 

The hunting was challenging.  There was a thunderstorm that drenched us for a while mostly making it difficult to see fossils in the sieve. It was welcome due to the mosquitoes. I came prepared ... some bug spray that had worked previously , a 2 mm wetsuit covering wrists to neck. A cowl soaked in the bugspray covering my neck and leaving a small "window" from upper lip to above eyes.  I had 20-25  mosquitoes buzzing me for most of the day, and took intermittent bites on hands, nose, and even a couple on my eyelids..  Maybe next time, I'll bring goggles and gloves.

So ,  200 shark teeth, a broken Meg ,  alligator tooth,  ray teeth,   etc

 

2 Threshers but not 3.... 

These are just "teasers".  Very few Megs or Gator teeth found here.

A bunch of Hemis,  Tigers.. cuvier, contortus, aduncus, but not Mayumbensis. 

A closeup of the Contortus

 

I find few Lemons ever where I can make out serrations..

Some sea urchin spines... 3 different species ?

 

This was just pure pleasure.  I had not gone hunting in a month and hunting is my basic form of exercise... My friend got tired of the horde of mosquitoes.  We left early... 

[dries85]

Great to see you out hunting! Nice variety of shark teeth.

 

I've found myself a new spot in the Antwerp area, mixed Neogene material. Could this be thresher number 3 then?

 

Also came across these when looking through some micro-matrix from the same spot..

And this is my closest match so far..

 

Wish you more pure pleasure soon, or does that sound awkward? 🤔

 

Dries

[Family Fun]

Thank yo for posting Jack, it does my soul a ton of good.

[Shellseeker]

4 hours ago, dries85 said:

Wish you more pure pleasure soon, or does that sound awkward? 🤔

 

Dries

Now that I have found one low water stream,  it sounds perfect. !!!!

I am unsure that your tooth is a Thresher.   Thresher do not seem to have a prominent nutrient grove as your tooth does. When I am unsure , I call on some experts like @hemipristis,  @Al Dente, @MarcoSr

 

I also like those sea urchin spine fragments , especially lower left.  I am positive that I have never seen similar in Florida ??  Thanks for the response .   Jack

[Jaybot]

46 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

Now that I have found one low water stream

Great news!  I bet your looking forward to hunting more often again.

 

Thanks for posting the urchin spines...  Reminds me, on one of my first fossil hunts (I did not even know what a brachiopod was), I picked up an ''odd white stick thingey''.   Well, haven't thought about it much in the past year, but that was my first and still only sea urchin spine (they are rare here).  Finding out you found something great is almost as good as finding stuff in situ.    I'll post a pic in a few minutes

[Jaybot]

In mm/cm.  It’s completely silicified:

 

 

Edited August 24 by Jaybot

[MarcoSr]

7 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

I am unsure that your tooth is a Thresher.   Thresher do not seem to have a prominent nutrient grove as your tooth does. When I am unsure , I call on some experts like @hemipristis,  @Al Dente, @MarcoSr

 

The condition of this tooth and the lack of a labial view make a positive ID very difficult.  Alopias superciliosus have a pronounced nutrient groove, have lateral teeth with a long and slender crown bent toward the rear, and have roots with well-developed transversely elongated branches like this tooth.  But there are other possibilities.

 

Marco Sr.