Its not metal, but its a great find!!!

[1869er]

It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

Well it's funny how things work out. I went to search a new area I've never been to before this afternoon. There are a few historic landmarks peppering this semi remote area. One spot I checked out had many huge limestone boulders piled up along a corner of a field. This field is in the process of being developed and all the big rocks were piled up together in one spot. Naturally I wanted to see if any remnants of old buildings, bricks, broken cobalt glass, or anything else was scattered amongst the rubble that could indicate the area was old and worth searching. Well as I looked around I spotted this whole and complete fossilized turtle embedded within the limestone. It was nearly impossible to get it out of the Lime stone but eventually, and after a trip to the local Home Depot, I retrieved the 50 million year old turtle.

I am in the process of contacting a local fossil expert to find out the value of this complete turtle fossil. Not sure if it's worth much, but still a cool and unique find!!

By the way, these pictures really don't do it justice! Looks better in person.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

yes, keep us posted on the age and anything else you find. Welcome to TNET

 

[seger98]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

Wow, now that is really cool, like crazyjarhead said, keep us updated!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

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That thang is gonna take forever to make soup outa, good luck.
Great find, but don't go to cleaning happy on it. Let a professional fossil cleaner guy do that.

 

[kdismuke1]

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SUPER FIND.

 

[jpitt1970]

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That's friggin' cool as hell !!!!
I found a fossil fish skull that the Smithsonian conned me into donating several years ago that wound up being a newly discovered species of snapper

 

[Nana40]

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OH my gosh! That's too cool! 8) Bet it's worth a small fortune to a collector!

AWESOME find!! I'd be thrilled to have found it!

Nana

 

[crashbro17x]

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I would probably carry it to a local university. I know when I was in college, a guy went on a school trip up to Alaska and found a fossilized Woolly Mammoth tusk....It turned out to be a find of a lifetime...I would definitely have it looked at! WTG!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

Awesome find and congrats! Looks like it took some serious hammering and chiseling to get it free. Let us know what you find out and welcome to the forum. HH, Mike

 

[tymcmurray]

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Good eyes!

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

Awesome.......I would bet that your area has alot of caves and the turtle went into one of those caves and died. It was then covered by stalagmites and this is why it's imbeded in limestone. Great find.
Chris

 

[1869er]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

UPDATE: I got a reply from the local fossil expert. He says it's an uncommon fine, and worth good money! Says I should wrap it in a towel and box it. He's seen it too many times where a nice specimen like the one I found is dropped by clumsy hands. He's going to get me in contact with people in the field who will help me to clean off the remaining limestone.

I found a web site with a similar size, and shaped turtle and also found in Florida.... Says it's a box turtle from the PLEISTOCENE period. Roughly 100,000 years ago. I believe it's the same animal I found. Apparently the Pleistocene period started as far back as 1.8 million years ago, so it could be older. Roughly the same time that saber toothed tigers were running around! I will update you guys when I find out for sure from the experts. I will post more pics. when it's cleaned up.

I'm definitely stoked with this new find!!

 

[cooltone23]

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Thats insanely awesome. Good eye!!! Can't believe that sometimes finds like these go unoticed and we loose a bit of prehistoric treasure like this. Good job

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

Very nice find!!! I hope that you get to keep it!

 

[allen]

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very neat find...
i had a complete fossilised bird, but my younger brother gave it away, guess what i gave him?

 

[ohannos]

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Amazing find Big congrats on a once in a lifetime find

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

UPDATE: I got a reply from the local fossil expert. He says it's an uncommon fine, and worth good money! Says I should wrap it in a towel and box it. He's seen it too many times where a nice specimen like the one I found is dropped by clumsy hands. He's going to get me in contact with people in the field who will help me to clean off the remaining limestone.

I'm confused, why has the fossil 'expert' not identified it but only commented on its possible value. Which should be far less important than the information it holds?

 

[The Master Chief]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

Great find keep us updated. Also I think even though it was not found with a MD Banner!

 

[JasonB]

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Fossils are great. Awesome find. I found some seashells fossils on a riverbank in WV a few years ago and they are a prized possession.

Jason

 

[fishfinder]

Re: It's not metal, but it's a great find!!!

WOW 50 Million Years