Tooth?

[DaChief]

Hey Folks,

Any fossil pros out there?

Finally got back into the field but changed to fossil hunting for a while. Anybody got any ideas on this one? I found it in a creek gravel bed. Looks like a tooth of some sort protruding from a piece of jaw bone but it could just be a fluke of nature and rock shaped like a tooth. I did find the other item which I am fairly certain is a fossilized bone within a few feet of the tooth like item.

Here they both are.

What say you?

DaChief!!!

 

[RELICDUDE07]

shark

 

[seger98]

Looks like a sharks tooth to me!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Geofact. Product of erosion and natural forces.

 

[TimC]

It doesn't take a pro to see that it looks like a fossil sharks tooth. (The other one could also be but is more "beat up".) The only thing is most Florida fossil sharks teeth are black or gray and not the limestone look yours have. I've found hundreds, especially on the banks of the Peace River. In fact, if you stand near the surf at the ocean or the Gulf, after the wave recedes most every black spot will be a fossil sharks tooth. Been there, done that. Happy hunting.

TimC

 

[TimC]

(I finally got the close-up right.)

 

[IronSpike]

It doesn't take a pro to see that it looks like a fossil sharks tooth. (The other one could also be but is more "beat up".) The only thing is most Florida fossil sharks teeth are black or gray and not the limestone look yours have. I've found hundreds, especially on the banks of the Peace River. In fact, if you stand near the surf at the ocean or the Gulf, after the wave recedes most every black spot will be a fossil sharks tooth. Been there, done that. Happy hunting.

TimC

Good ID

From your great photo have highlighted one fossil. Is that also a tooth?

 

[IronSpike]

Picture.

 

[relic lover]

The first pic does look like a shark tooth but in the next pic you can clearly see the lines of sedimentary rock, an amazing fluke of nature more rare than a real tooth! A keeper for sure.

 

[IronSpike]

I believe there are two objects. 1 shark tooth and 2 bone or natural?

 

[TimC]

I took the fossils out first before taking the picture of the teeth. I missed that one. Theses fossils were found with the teeth, except for the tooth right of the penny. That one was found in a gravel pit about 40 years ago at Delafield WI. The pit is now closed to collecting, too bad.

TimC