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Newspaper Clipping Telling About Mammoth Find by Randall S.
Submitted by Randall S.
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I got some emails in response to my post on fossil finds. Randal S. sent me this newspaper clipping showing his Mammoth tooth find. And below is a tusk to go with it.
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Randall S. With Mammoth Tusk.
Submitted by Randall s.
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Great finds Randall.
I understand that Randall, since moving to Florida no longer sports the "mountain man" look. Looks good to me, but probably not for the hot weather.
There have been mammoth tusks found by treasure salvage crews and I have seen them sold in a Sedwick auction.
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Bison Joint with Hole.
Find and photo by Kurt R.
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Kurt R. sent this photo of a bison joint with a hole in it. It was found at Rio Mar about thirty years ago. The indigenous peoples often split bones to get the marrow. If you look closely, sometimes you can see how a hole was drilled.
Thanks Kurt.
I've seen a number of fossils from the Rio Mar area.
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DJ, who went to the Peace River suggested that a beach scoop might work better than a shovel for digging fossil material. That sounds good to me.
One of the advantageous of doing different kinds of hunting, is the creativity that comes from transferring knowledge and methods from one kind of hunting to another. That is one reason I recommend investigating different types of hunting.
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While on this subject of fossils, Dino Hunters is a new TV series that will premier on the Discovery channel, June 19 at 9PM. It could be good. I hope they keep it real.
You can find old fossils on the Treasure Coast, but no dinosaurs.
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Here is a link that will take you to a collection of papers. Marine Aggregates and Prehistory is only one of them. Several of the others discuss wrecks.
In the Marine Aggregates and Prehistory article I found this illustration showing a paleo-channel.
The seismic analysis shows a filled channel. In fact there is a smaller and even older channel very nearby.
As you probably know, our coastline has changed a lot since the ice age. Florida was once much larger and coastal ancient coastal settlements are now submerged. There are submerged archaeological sites like the one off Venice Florida, and there are channels made by streams that are now covered by the ocean.
If you watch Bearing Sea Gold, you probably noticed how some of the teams were working old channels miles off shore.
Don't forget that our coastline was much farther out than than it is now, and the entire landscape extended out quite a ways. Some channels created in the distant past are now filled with sand or other materials but they can be identified.
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There is not tropical activity of any significance.
The surf will remain around two feet, and the tides are small.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net