Prehistorical Find
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Yesterday, my husband found a fossilized snail shell in our dry creek bed. This isn't the best picture.
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There's an archeological dig site about 5 miles north west of our home. They discovered the fossilized bones of several kinds of mammals such as the three-toed horse and a funny giraffe looking thing. It is not at all uncommon to find potsherds, prehistoric hide scrapers, arrow heads, even a fossilized clam.
We have found many of these things. The snail will be in our private collection asking with the giant clam, some arrowheads, hide scrapers, and a huge piece of Alibates flint that seems to have been the thing arrow heads were chipped off of before they were shaped and tied to arrows.
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We've found some of each of these items. My favorites are the giant clam and the hide scraper.
Unfortunately, they are already packed up for our move so I can't get photos of them today.
According to the Panhandle Plains Museum, many people are surprised to learn that the Texas Panhandle was once a marshy area and [their] exhibit features a world-class emphasis on locally discovered reptiles and amphibians from the Late Triassic era (225-200 million years ago) and mammals from the Late Cenozoic era (10-1 million years ago).
That's some serious history there, y'all.
What's the oldest thing you've found?
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Oldest thing I've found was grandmas favorite dress haha not even close to what you got there and that was pretty amazing in your area. I found it cool to be an archeologist and rediscover precious gems beneath earth.