SoWeGa mastodon tooth

[kinchafoonee]

Personal find. Flint River, Dougherty county Ga

 

[11KBP]

Personal find. Flint River, Dougherty county Ga

Very nice specimen.

 

[flinthunter]

Nice. I'd be walking that river all the time.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find kinchafoonee.

 

[GatorBoy]

Nice!..that's about as perfect as they get.... did you post it in the fossil forum?

 

[kinchafoonee]

Nice!..that's about as perfect as they get.... did you post it in the fossil forum?

I did, and I responded to your question in the fossil forum

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks! Wow man!

 

[GaRebel1861]

I saw you the other day and you did look different, but I did not realize that you had a jaw tooth extracted! lol - Great find my friend.

 

[NC field hunter]

Good grief! That is a huge tooth. Nice find. How did you clean the tooth? Did water alone give it that shine?

 

[kinchafoonee]

Good grief! That is a huge tooth. Nice find. How did you clean the tooth? Did water alone give it that shine?

It was pretty clean. water polished from swift current. A friend was polishing them, and shark teeth on a buffing wheel with jewelers rouge. He told me to scrub it with steel-wool and bring it to him to polish. After I did that, it had a high gloss, so I left it just as it was.

 

[GatorBoy]

Please please! Never put steel wool to that!
You know that brigs down the value of those shark teeth too.

 

[soakednova]

Wow nice find! All that time walking rivers paid off!

 

[Tnmountains]

I use that rouge when doing antler. It is amazing as is your tooth!

 

[DarkwaterDiver]

It depends on the buyer. Most people want their Fossils polished over left dull. Go to any Fossil show and you'll see 90% of the Fossils polished.

 

[GatorBoy]

Alot have a natural Polish..no steel wool involved. Here is one of my whale teeth and a few recent shark teeth.
The enamal has a nice luster quite often..saying 90% at fossil shows are pollished is not the case.

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[DarkwaterDiver]

Well Not to argue, but still disagree. I know quite afew ( collector/ sellers ) who all polish their fossils and have been to shows from NC to FL and most on display were polished. Just an opinion!