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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 days, 20 hours ago
2 days, 20 hours ago2 days, 20 hours agoThose teeth are very worn down
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 days, 20 hours ago
2 days, 20 hours ago2 days, 20 hours agoLooks like a very old raccoon
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 week, 1 day ago
1 week, 1 day ago1 week, 1 day agoIt’s fun to get the young started. I started at age 3 with a cow skull and never quit 48 years later.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 week, 1 day ago
1 week, 1 day ago1 week, 1 day agoHere are some good books to get started in animal bones and skulls. Animal Skulls by Mark Elbroch. Peterson Field Guide to Mammals (old or new version). Those are easy to find and get the next two are harder to find and more expensive and probably for the more advanced. Mammalian Osteology by Gilbert, and 3 to 5 books by Stanley Olson. The last…[Read more]
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 week, 2 days ago
1 week, 2 days ago1 week, 2 days agoYour not to young to start. The more you collect the better you become. Keep up the good work young one 😉
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 week, 2 days ago
1 week, 2 days ago1 week, 2 days agoThe general size and shape looks like an upper limb bone be it a femur or humerus. The shape is not that of a cow or horse. Maybe seal.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 week, 3 days ago
1 week, 3 days ago1 week, 3 days agoYep opossum
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 3 days ago
2 weeks, 3 days ago2 weeks, 3 days agoThat would be the bone third joint in on us.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 3 days ago
2 weeks, 3 days ago2 weeks, 3 days agoDeer cannon bone or toe bone. Think how we walk, flat footed. A deer walks on the tips of it’s toes.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 6 days ago
2 weeks, 6 days ago2 weeks, 6 days agoIt’s part of the spinal column where they attach together. That’s where the disc would rest.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 1 day ago
3 weeks, 1 day ago3 weeks, 1 day agoMaybe part of a turtle shell
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days agoI would go with fox. If that straight edge was rounded it would be an opossum but straight with to little ridges on the main part says fox.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days agoOk now thinking fox or animal of that size. I just made a hasty guess on size without checking any references. Should check my hands on collection but they are in the garage because they are not allowed in the house 😁
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days agoDef a scapula possibly from a rabbit. Need to check references.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 4 weeks, 1 day ago
4 weeks, 1 day ago4 weeks, 1 day agoThen I would say it’s a prehistoric horse toe then. If you are finding ice age mammals in the deposit it could be a small ancient horse. Wish we had deposits like that here. Well we do have ice age gravel deposits by the Wisconsin River but no real places to dig. Also I lived just a few miles from where the Boaz Mastodon was found.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
1 month ago1 month agoWas this found in water and is it heavy. If so it could be a prehistoric horse toe.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
1 month ago1 month agoOk I don’t think it’s a tail bone now looks more like a toe.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
1 month ago1 month agoAlmost looks like a bear ulna. I will have to look into it a little more. I have one I found in a cave years ago. Broken just like this one.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
1 month ago1 month agoNo way to small for mammoth. I would say more deer size on the lower bend and more cow on the higher.
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James Preston posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
1 month ago1 month agoCould also be the second phalanx ,toe, bone as well.
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