crf250rsx3 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Is there a way to get this white stuff off of this tooth I found? Is this a mako tooth? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 first of all what the heck in that stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 fool jordan u know there aint no way.its sun bleached Lowes Farm Krew For Life! ~C*J*J*D*D*G*P~ My Shark Teeth Website.MANSFIELD EXCLUSIVES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 definetely, you can`t.It`s a trace fossil made by a sponge (I can`t remember the name of it,perhaps someone on the forum can say you ).Remember that this teeth have been millions of years under sea! Aswell,mineralization has harm it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Suggestiions: Pics with less resolution Any information relating to age/formation/location of the specimen The white coloration appears to be the result of weathering. Such weathering will damage/pit the crown enamel and is generally not something that can be removed. Sometimes the white coloration can be "buffed" to remove some of the white color but this then imparts a polished unnatural look to the tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 This tooth is damaged about 1cm. through.I can gaurntee there is no way its coming out. Might as well enjoy it for what its worth jordan. Lowes Farm Krew For Life! ~C*J*J*D*D*G*P~ My Shark Teeth Website.MANSFIELD EXCLUSIVES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I've heard such damage might be the result of nitrogen burn from plant roots as well. I don't think its fixable unless you literally grind it smooth, spackle and paint it. Personally I would have left it for someone else (fossil Karma). This tooth is damaged about 1cm. through.I can guarantee there is no way its coming out. Might as well enjoy it for what its worth jordan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Wait why would you leave it for some one else??Then wouldn't you NOT have the tooth.Lance you can tell me if you found that tooth you would be pumped up and excited to get it home!!! Lowes Farm Krew For Life! ~C*J*J*D*D*G*P~ My Shark Teeth Website.MANSFIELD EXCLUSIVES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 If you leave fossils behind you gain karma points and you will find more in the future if you take all and leave none you will find less. Its just the way things work according to karma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 So your saying if you found that huge tooth out there you would just leave it and be like,"oh well ill get karma points." Lowes Farm Krew For Life! ~C*J*J*D*D*G*P~ My Shark Teeth Website.MANSFIELD EXCLUSIVES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Karma is tricky. If you find that huge tooth, it might be because of accrued good karma. Taking a fossil you don't really want or need is greed, which is a karmic no-no. Leave it for someone else who will be excited about it (and not condemn it to a forgotten box). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crf250rsx3 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 This tooth is damaged about 1cm. through.I can gaurntee there is no way its coming out. Might as well enjoy it for what its worth jordan. This was my first tooth when I was twelve now im 15. I was pretty pumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 There's that Karma thing! Take what you really want, and leave what would otherwise just be taking up your storage space so that maybe a nice 12 year old will get pumped! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Ok, well since it's your first it's a great tooth then. I looked again and it's bigger than I thought at first so it's a keeper. This was my first tooth when I was twelve now im 15. I was pretty pumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I agree with the Karma. I was out at my favorite spot a few days ago. I found a small Ptychodus tooth and I look up to notice some other hunters. THey had never found a tooth before. I let them have that ptychodus tooth plus a few other teeth I had found there that I had plenty of. The next day I return to the same spot that they had hunted to find a perfect 1.25inch tooth. (thats big for me) Even if you see a broken tooth, I use to pick them all up. But for some people that would get them excited and at least they found something. Greed is bad. I remember the day you showed me that tooth, Thats not one you would leave behind, but I wish you would have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 If anyone going on the Calvert Cliffs trip in July reads this post about Karma, remember this... if you are in front of me and see a really nice Meg tooth, or any really nice fossil, just leave it alone for me to find!! You will earn many Karma points and you will make me happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 If anyone going on the Calvert Cliffs trip in July reads this post about Karma, remember this... if you are in front of me and see a really nice Meg tooth, or any really nice fossil, just leave it alone for me to find!! You will earn many Karma points and you will make me happy Sure, I got your Karma right here. (Actually, I hope you get a perfect 6"er). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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