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New type of fossil being found offshore here. Ideas?
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These have been coming up in Scallop drags since last August in one small area of Georges Bank.
They are a petrified stone of something and very fragile.
Two were dropped and broke apart.
I present to ATS big brains some photos for consideration.
To me they look like teeth, but, of what.
They were found in closed area #1 (first pic)
Here are some of what my buddy has found….
These are the two that were dropped and broke, followed by a close up….
What say you?
Have Dino teeth been found off the Massachusetts coast?
I spent decades offshore and I’ve never seen anything like this come up in the drags and it’s a rather small area where they are being found. I have the exact lat/long.
It’s a mystery……
Cheers…
da pirate 😎
PS: Lots of cool stuff comes up on the drags….🧐
They are a petrified stone of something and very fragile.
Two were dropped and broke apart.
I present to ATS big brains some photos for consideration.
To me they look like teeth, but, of what.
They were found in closed area #1 (first pic)
Here are some of what my buddy has found….
These are the two that were dropped and broke, followed by a close up….
What say you?
Have Dino teeth been found off the Massachusetts coast?
I spent decades offshore and I’ve never seen anything like this come up in the drags and it’s a rather small area where they are being found. I have the exact lat/long.
It’s a mystery……
Cheers…
da pirate 😎
PS: Lots of cool stuff comes up on the drags….🧐
edit on 08-19-2021 by PiratesCut because: thoughts
edit on Fri Dec 9 2022 by DontTreadOnMe because: attempt to fix BB
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If they are that 'brittle' then these pieces are not very old. I'd say these are probably plastics that roll around the bottom floor of shallow waters
and collect with natural silicates to form these rolling fragile cones that eventually wash up upon some shorelines. The inside parts are plankton and
other mini invertebrates that once lived and have inhabited the cones at one point.
It’s a thought, but.
68-72 fathoms or about 400 feet over 50 miles offshore in a high tidal current area with a rocky bottom.
These don’t wash up on beaches here….not a chance.
Thanks for the reply.
a reply to: Ilikesecrets
68-72 fathoms or about 400 feet over 50 miles offshore in a high tidal current area with a rocky bottom.
These don’t wash up on beaches here….not a chance.
Thanks for the reply.
a reply to: Ilikesecrets
Some of those fossils could be teeth of ancient sharks, others could be teeth or from the spikes on the backs of ancient animals
Could be that a storm swarmed up a bunch of sand and stuff and these fossils were free to float on top of the sand. Could also be some claws there in the mix.
Does that one look like a half shell from some sort of a nut? I saw some of those in pictures of ancient sea creatures when I was reading up on ancient fossils years back. But I cannot remember what they were from.
Those things can be from thousands to millions of years old, they could be either permineralized or fossilized. A huricane can drag those kinds of fossils out of the banks and draw them into the ocean, so can severe local river floods on land.
I don't think the one is a megalodon tooth, it looks more like another old ancient shark tooth of some kind, but again, it has been many years since I researched shark teeth and I cannot remember the name of the creature anymore.
Could be that a storm swarmed up a bunch of sand and stuff and these fossils were free to float on top of the sand. Could also be some claws there in the mix.
Does that one look like a half shell from some sort of a nut? I saw some of those in pictures of ancient sea creatures when I was reading up on ancient fossils years back. But I cannot remember what they were from.
Those things can be from thousands to millions of years old, they could be either permineralized or fossilized. A huricane can drag those kinds of fossils out of the banks and draw them into the ocean, so can severe local river floods on land.
I don't think the one is a megalodon tooth, it looks more like another old ancient shark tooth of some kind, but again, it has been many years since I researched shark teeth and I cannot remember the name of the creature anymore.
a reply to: PiratesCut
Take a look at the images for rugosa horn coral fossil and see what you think:
www.google.com... ECAEQAw&biw=1121&bih=1344&dpr=2
Take a look at the images for rugosa horn coral fossil and see what you think:
www.google.com... ECAEQAw&biw=1121&bih=1344&dpr=2
Wow, off Mass? Gloucester? Anyway, cool as hell! Looks like a big tooth. Sens it to the Aquarium if youre off BOSTON or some historical society maybe?
a reply to: PiratesCut
That last one certainly is a tooth, the rest I have no clue, could be anything considering they have been on the bottom of the ocean for quite some time being worked by the currents and sand and what not...
That last one certainly is a tooth, the rest I have no clue, could be anything considering they have been on the bottom of the ocean for quite some time being worked by the currents and sand and what not...
originally posted by: Onlyyouknow
a reply to: PiratesCut
Take a look at the images for rugosa horn coral fossil and see what you think:
www.google.com... ECAEQAw&biw=1121&bih=1344&dpr=2
That looks like it!
I am no fossil hunter or expert at anything but to me these remind me of Razor Fish also known as Razor Clam's but I don't have a clue, could be
anything though I am sure the folks with specialist knowledge on the site will have a good insight as to what they actually are.
If they are Razor fish/clam then maybe were they are coming up from used to be shallow at some point or even a former coastline?.
If they are Razor fish/clam then maybe were they are coming up from used to be shallow at some point or even a former coastline?.
a reply to: Onlyyouknow
Thanks for the reply. I did a search on your suggestion and viewed hundreds of those corrals.
Sorry to say, I’m just not seeing it but thanks again!
Thanks for the reply. I did a search on your suggestion and viewed hundreds of those corrals.
Sorry to say, I’m just not seeing it but thanks again!
a reply to: LABTECH767
Not a bad thought.
I dug razor clams as a kid, both ends are open, they don’t terminate to points on one end.
A bivalve would have a jointed seam, many held together by the craziest “natural super ball type rubber” you’ve ever seen.
When wet it bounces a mile high, when dry it turns to a dark almost glass like.
Weird stuff!!!
I did come across pics of Dino teeth found in the Eastern US that are intriguing.
Here is a sample…
Compare that to this pic of one my buddy found.
🧐
Here is another one I found.
The large black one on the right is a T-Rex tooth.
The large brownish one on the left is a T-Rex claw.
It’s a mystery needs solving…….🤪
.
Not a bad thought.
I dug razor clams as a kid, both ends are open, they don’t terminate to points on one end.
A bivalve would have a jointed seam, many held together by the craziest “natural super ball type rubber” you’ve ever seen.
When wet it bounces a mile high, when dry it turns to a dark almost glass like.
Weird stuff!!!
I did come across pics of Dino teeth found in the Eastern US that are intriguing.
Here is a sample…
Compare that to this pic of one my buddy found.
🧐
Here is another one I found.
The large black one on the right is a T-Rex tooth.
The large brownish one on the left is a T-Rex claw.
It’s a mystery needs solving…….🤪
.
edit on 08-19-2021 by PiratesCut because: stuff
a reply to: PiratesCut
Wow! Those are some amazing fossils you have found! Any chance you could get them carbon dated or a composite analyzation done? Do I see petrification? They certainly look like bone fragments/teeth/talon to me!
Wow! Those are some amazing fossils you have found! Any chance you could get them carbon dated or a composite analyzation done? Do I see petrification? They certainly look like bone fragments/teeth/talon to me!
Update:
Both Harvard and The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
have requested pics and vids to examine.
It would be the first Dino fossils found on Georges Bank if that is in-fact what they are.
Time will tell.
If anything big is discovered I’ll update.
Both Harvard and The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
have requested pics and vids to examine.
It would be the first Dino fossils found on Georges Bank if that is in-fact what they are.
Time will tell.
If anything big is discovered I’ll update.
They might be Dino teeth. The only way to have a real feel for how old they are should involve a sample being sent to a lab who can date the find you
have there. Certainly one of those, the last, is a shark tooth. I am a Biologist/Chemist with an Env chem emphasis in my degree so no expert on sea
life. But a great understanding of lab methods! Now I am not manning the instruments but analyzing the readings.
The one pic that has the point on it that is coral in color does appear to be similar to a few of the pics of the coral. The others damn well could be Dino teeth. I am sure you have a local University that would do back flips to analyze those.
The one pic that has the point on it that is coral in color does appear to be similar to a few of the pics of the coral. The others damn well could be Dino teeth. I am sure you have a local University that would do back flips to analyze those.
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