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Good going there Chris you guys in your teeth I think that is just outstanding. We find a lot of arrowheads in this area we have been finding teeth now that you have brought it to our attention. I'll be looking forward to your next video
Awesome! Thanks for the offer. We'd actually love to take you up on that when the weather starts to cool off a little bit. We've been dying to get into some Cretaceous exposures and were planning on trying to find sites on our own. I'd be glad to return the favor and show you around some FL sites sometime if you're in the area.
I’ve lived in central Florida all my life and I wish to heck I knew where some of the creeks are, besides Peace River. Another thing is as far as fossils are concerned how the heck can you tell bones from rocks?? Then know what it is. I’d just have to scoop up all the rocks.
I hunt too. I hunt everything from petrified wood to every fossil. I was told look for what doesn’t look like it belongs. With that I found more than everyone in our group even the repeat person in the area. Vertebrae’s and sharks teeth. I am in East Texas
Nice archaic period stemmed blade. Contrary to popular belief many of the points we find in the southeast aren't spears or "arrow" heads but are blades. Sweet find
It's probably the area more than anything. If you find fresh water around here and a farmer's field close to it, you're going to find artifacts. The area was fairly densely inhabited for a long time...Freshwater springs, an abundance of stone for making tools, lots of wildlife, etc. The downside in this state is we cannot hunt for or keep this stuff from rivers or any other state land, only private.
@@PaleoCris yea, I guess I should check creeks more. I mainly search fields and shores of lakes. Oh, and the type of point is probably some sort of Dickson variation. It's just I've been arrowheads hunting in ky for about 2 years now and I've still not found a point of that size and with those serrations. Some of my points are my profile picture.
Do you guys find teeth in every screen ? Just wondering , when we screen for Cretaceous sharks teeth it's common to have 20 or more in a screen . That is an absolutely Beautiful arrowhead you found . It is more likely a knife .
It all depends on the site. I have sites where I've found over 100 teeth in a single screen (quality wasn't great, though), and other sites where you rarely find a tooth in a screen. Most places we hunt, like the place in this video, will at least have a few small teeth every screen.
Hey man I'm not sure if you remember me but I believe we meet around 2006 we had a very nice bulltounge Simpson you where intrested in an I am in amelia island doing a little fossil hunting and was wondering if you had any tips for me in the area
Hey man, I'm afraid I'm not much of a beach hunter. That stuff is tricky! That would not have been me in '06. I've never been into the purchasing or selling of artifacts.
First thing killer arrowhead!! I do very similar hunting as you . Just wanted to let you know may not want to post artifacts being pulled out of anywhere that is below high water line. I stay very far from any swamp or creek only dig dry land! State of Florida that is a felony just giving you a heads up. Enjoyed the video and subscribed
+Unearthed Artifacts Glad you enjoyed the vid! It is legal if it's not state land. These creeks are private, including the beds themselves, since they are non-navigable waterways.
It is not illegal if on private land with owners permission in florida to pick up artifacts. I am not sure if this applies to creeks as they are considered a tributary to the rivers and such.. It is something you may want to look into.
Chris, love your videos. Thanks for posting. I'm planning on being in Florida this Jan. for camping and would love to hook up with you guys if that is possible. If so, how can I contact you?
Hey! I live in North Florida and have hunted since I was a kid. I'm having a hard time identifying a tooth would there be a way that I could send you a picture?
Great question. We have a very rich geological history in Florida. Probably the primary factor is that FL is basically a huge ancient coral reef and there's limestone underlying the entire state...with that limestone comes a lot of very mineral rich water which means that fossils form easier than many other places. On top of that, FL has been underwater and back to dry land multiple times and in that fluctuation, a lot of erosion happened, exposing fossils from all sorts of time periods. In some places, fossils from multiple periods can be found deposited in the same place from all the erosion.
+Joshua Gammon I dont know of many creeks or rivers in MD that have fossils, but I have heard of them being there...just find a hood geologic map and look at a topo map showing how cut each creek or river is...the geo map will tell you what the creek is cutting into, the topo will tell you how far.
Hey Cris im new to sifting creeks for shark teeth and recently every weekend ive gone to gainville afred ring park and go down hogstown creek but it poluted and its really sifted ive been looking for new locations around gainsville and i was wondering where this creek is could you message me if you dont want ot publicly say it
NE FL native here. Hogtown Creek is where I visited recently. It was fun even though I mostly found the smallest teeth I've ever seen! Found a few other interesting things. Too bad it's more of a drainage ditch.
Nah man, great whites are never found in this formation. It is too old. I'm guessing you're talking about the orange one since it's the only lower (at least in the thumbnail).
I thought keeping any indian artifacts here in FL was a crime , saw a guy in the st. johns get fined and items confiscated while I was fishing . I didn't know wildlife officers could enforce those laws since they have nothing to do with fishing or hunting but it sure is a great find
You're gonna see some insane mammal fossils very soon on this channel! I checked one of my scuba diving sites today and it is ready! Vids incoming soon.
How do you go fossil hunting and not bring home all the rocks and gravel lol? I would need a pay loader, because I couldn't leave anything behind. I would have to build a whole barn to store everything. Lol
I wanted to say thank you for pointing out the other treasures,and educational content! You have however spoiled me! I tried to watch another person's video and they passed over bone and huge pieces of calcite! I couldn't even watch the rest!
I'm afraid that I don't know much about the geology of your region...I'd recommend doing some Google searches on it to see if anything comes up. Good luck!
Do u know how much of that bone people would buy that u just leave there even if u sold them for just a few dollars to move them if u sold 10 for 2 dollars each thatv20 dollars just left laying there and there are a lot of fossil collectors out here that would love to have those fossils that will never make it to Florida me being one of those lol
