James Preston
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 30 minutes ago
30 minutes ago30 minutes agoI would say wombat skull. I looked it up on line. I know my Wisconsin skulls very well but that one is aways away from my stomping grounds.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 35 minutes ago
35 minutes ago35 minutes agoSandstone concretion with possible fossil in center.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 3 days, 13 hours ago
3 days, 13 hours ago3 days, 13 hours agoColor isn’t a very reliable way to age bone. Wish it could be.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 5 days, 2 hours ago
5 days, 2 hours ago5 days, 2 hours agoCephalopod
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 5 days, 21 hours ago
5 days, 21 hours ago5 days, 21 hours agoCow probably. Would have been more worn down if bison from a river.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 5 days, 21 hours ago
5 days, 21 hours ago5 days, 21 hours agoPumice
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 week, 4 days ago
1 week, 4 days ago1 week, 4 days agoDeer hoof.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 week, 4 days ago
1 week, 4 days ago1 week, 4 days agoGoing iron or hematite with quartz and pyrite on back. Also
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 3 days ago
2 weeks, 3 days ago2 weeks, 3 days agoLooks more like a claw you can see where it attaches to the phalanges on the end.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 4 days ago
2 weeks, 4 days ago2 weeks, 4 days agoIt’s the distal end of a canon bone, or part of a toe in an ungulate.
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James Preston posted a new specimen in the group
Paleo Pics from the myFOSSIL app 2 weeks, 4 days ago2 weeks, 4 days ago2 weeks, 4 days agoJames Preston has contributed specimen mFeM 87558 to myFOSSIL!
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 4 days ago
2 weeks, 4 days ago2 weeks, 4 days agoThis is a “wild” cave that very few people know of.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 4 days ago
2 weeks, 4 days ago2 weeks, 4 days agoDoing damage to a cave is considered vandalism in Wisconsin. I only collect surface finds. I catalog every find to make sure the data is still in context if it’s ever needed.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 4 days ago
2 weeks, 4 days ago2 weeks, 4 days agoI’m tempted but think I’ll leave it because it is now part of the cave and I don’t want to damage the cave.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 5 days ago
2 weeks, 5 days ago2 weeks, 5 days agoA portion of a large Ordovician cephalopod. They could grow over 15 feet long.
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James Preston posted a new specimen in the group
Paleo Pics from the myFOSSIL app 2 weeks, 5 days ago2 weeks, 5 days ago2 weeks, 5 days agoJames Preston has contributed specimen mFeM 87466 to myFOSSIL!
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Dig it out!
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I’m tempted but think I’ll leave it because it is now part of the cave and I don’t want to damage the cave.
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is this a cave that you discovered, or is it protected by law? because obviously you would not be allowed to harvest bones from a cave that is a public attraction. some caves near my home are the Sterkfontein caves, where the ancient hominids like little foot and Mrs Ples were found. Strict look-but-don’t-touch policy
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Doing damage to a cave is considered vandalism in Wisconsin. I only collect surface finds. I catalog every find to make sure the data is still in context if it’s ever needed.
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This is a “wild” cave that very few people know of.
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interesting. l recommend leaving the cave intact and not interfering with anything. bones are sometimes best enjoyed in their natural site instead of in a collection. As for laws, here in South Africa removing or displacing contents of a cave would earn oneself a fine and some jail time. l limit myself to collecting stalactite bits that have…[Read more]
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 5 days ago
2 weeks, 5 days ago2 weeks, 5 days agoAll found in the same spot. I have a bucket of dirt that I get these out of.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 5 days ago
2 weeks, 5 days ago2 weeks, 5 days agoAll from one spot. Should see what is left.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 6 days ago
2 weeks, 6 days ago2 weeks, 6 days agoPeccaries lived across North America during the ice age. Of the two teeth found in Wisconsin, I have the second. Both found in the same place, the first with a twelve inch spear point with it.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 6 days ago
2 weeks, 6 days ago2 weeks, 6 days agoI was going to say possible metate stone but may be to small.
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