jax Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 We hit Post Oak Creek today (Oh Man, My dad, and Me). It was a beautiful day, 80 degrees, and overcast. Water was nice and cold. The prize here are the Ptychodus teeth, and we all came away with 3 (Owen hit another location after we left and found the tie breaker #4) But I got the largest being 3/4 inch tall by wide. Really nice tooth. I got my first horse tooth, half of it anyways, and my first human tooth!!! Not sure its human, looks more like deer, or something in that species. There was a TON of glass in the creek where we were sifting, so glad no one got cut. Most of the bladed teeth were broken, but a few came out whole. Owen got him a nice one, about an inch long if I can remember correctlly. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Daniel AKA (Bones) Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 We hit Post Oak Creek today (Oh Man, My dad, and Me). It was a beautiful day, 80 degrees, and overcast. Water was nice and cold. The prize here are the Ptychodus teeth, and we all came away with 3 (Owen hit another location after we left and found the tie breaker #4) But I got the largest being 3/4 inch tall by wide. Really nice tooth. I got my first horse tooth, half of it anyways, and my first human tooth!!! Not sure its human, looks more like deer, or something in that species. There was a TON of glass in the creek where we were sifting, so glad no one got cut. Most of the bladed teeth were broken, but a few came out whole. Owen got him a nice one, about an inch long if I can remember correctlly. Justin Looks like you guys had a nice trip. 80 degrees, Wow i'm jealous. Looks like a human tooth to me. v = 0.25 * g0.5 * SL1.67 * h-1.17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 We hit Post Oak Creek today (Oh Man, My dad, and Me). It was a beautiful day, 80 degrees, and overcast. Water was nice and cold. The prize here are the Ptychodus teeth, and we all came away with 3 (Owen hit another location after we left and found the tie breaker #4) But I got the largest being 3/4 inch tall by wide. Really nice tooth. I got my first horse tooth, half of it anyways, and my first human tooth!!! Not sure its human, looks more like deer, or something in that species. There was a TON of glass in the creek where we were sifting, so glad no one got cut. Most of the bladed teeth were broken, but a few came out whole. Owen got him a nice one, about an inch long if I can remember correctlly. Justin It does look human are you sure it is fossilized? If it is recent , that's kind of scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 some nice looking stuff you got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 It does look human are you sure it is fossilized? If it is recent , that's kind of scary! I dont think it human, because the tip of the tooth has a flat surface(very small one) and my teeth dont have that. Seems more like a deer or goat, something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Nice finds! Is that a human tooth? 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...
JohnJ Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I dont think it human, because the tip of the tooth has a flat surface(very small one) and my teeth dont have that. Seems more like a deer or goat, something like that. I agree Jax, I don't think it's human. However, the suggestion of such has now guaranteed a spectrum of tangents to your post. Great finds on a nice December day! Did you find skull fragments? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Nice find guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I see there was good hunting there..... That creek must be loaded with teeth as I know it is a well hunted area, yet everyone seems to find quite a bit. Were there a lot of hunters when you guys were there? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 I see there was good hunting there.....That creek must be loaded with teeth as I know it is a well hunted area, yet everyone seems to find quite a bit. Were there a lot of hunters when you guys were there? That creek is pretty long, you have to work for the teeth, but it seems that whereever theres gravel, theres teeth. No other hunters seen, but we were in a new area to us, and it was a bit out of the way, on some back roads. I bet I could have found alot more teeth using my smaller sifter. I had a 1/4 screen. John, No skull frags, but we found a bunch newer cow bones(they looked like cow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Very nice finds...I plan on going back there this week sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-Man Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 And on the tenth day of Christmas my "true love?" gave to me, 10 ptychodus teeth a crushing... At least she let me go fossil hunting! Here's a couple of more pix taken with teeth on Jax's floor mat. It was pretty windy so that was the best we could do and still get sunlight on the finds. We were pretty consistent at one Ptychodus tooth per hour of sifting. We left our spot with 3 each after 3 hours. After lunch I went back to the creek to grab a bucket of gravel and found one more. As for the other tooth in question, I think there is a fair chance it IS a modern (non-fossilized) human's lower front tooth, but would need a dentist to take a look at the root to verify. Needless to say all that sifting produced some interesting finds. What is geology? "Rocks for Jocks!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 make sure you keep us updated on that little tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Glad you guys came home with some keepers! I'm back in town and ready to fossil hunt again! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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