Off-Topic Archeological Finds

[SWFLHurricane]

Wait, there was global warming 100 million years ago?

Approx Every 10,000yrs throughout the world's history there have been Monumental Weather changes, whether it was Numerous Ice Ages (last one 10,000yrs ago) or severe Warmth.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

Approx Every 10,000yrs throughout the world's history there have been Monumental Weather changes, whether it was Numerous Ice Ages (last one 10,000yrs ago) or severe Warmth.

@SpikeUM ...Florida was Last underwater completely 2.5 million yrs ago.

 

[JD08]

Found in Sugar White sand, approximately 2ft deep. (Where that color begins) I came screaming out of the hole...Lol...

You just know the guy that did that called his girl over to show it off hoping it would lead somewhere.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

You just know the guy that did that called his girl over to show it off hoping it would lead somewhere.

@SpikeUM @Rickd ....THIS is my Paleo case. All points are personal finds, aside from 4 of them. All are from 10,000-14,000yrs old, and all from Fl. Case is probably worth in excess of $75,000, but they're not for sale.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Found in Sugar White sand, approximately 2ft deep. (Where that color begins) I came screaming out of the hole...Lol...

OK, so I have to ask you a weird question...do you use gloves when you are digging, and if not, do you end up cutting yourself on some of this stuff?

Or are you doing it paleontologist style, with brushes and gentle movement of sand?

 

[MedleyCane]

Approx Every 10,000yrs throughout the world's history there have been Monumental Weather changes, whether it was Numerous Ice Ages (last one 10,000yrs ago) or severe Warmth.

Those Ice Ages must have been a btch on tailgating.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

OK, so I have to ask you a weird question...do you use gloves when you are digging, and if not, do you end up cutting yourself on some of this stuff?

Or are you doing it paleontologist style, with brushes and gentle movement of sand?

I use gloves...I use a round shovel that's modified (shortened) and I use a ******* file to sharpen the shovel slightly. 1st 1ft deep is Historical stuff (500yrs) once you hit the White/Beige sand (about 2-2.5ft deep) we're talking 2,000yrs and older....

 

[Rickd]

@SpikeUM @Rickd ....THIS is my Paleo case. All points are personal finds, aside from 4 of them. All are from 10,000-14,000yrs old, and all from Fl. Case is probably worth in excess of $75,000, but they're not for sale.View attachment 247359

Simply amazing.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

@SpikeUM @RVACane @Rickd @JD08
One of my dig spots, good view of the
Layers (Strata)

 

[RVACane]

@SpikeUM @RVACane @Rickd @JD08
One of my dig spots, good view of the
Layers (Strata)
View attachment 247827

What kind of place is that? It looks like a dry river bed.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

What kind of place is that? It looks like a dry river bed.

Close to a Swamp, that thousands of yrs ago was a lake.

 

[JD08]

@SpikeUM @RVACane @Rickd @JD08
One of my dig spots, good view of the
Layers (Strata)
View attachment 247827

My entire yard looks like this if you dig. About a foot of white sand, marl, and shell, then black soil.

 

[RVACane]

My entire yard looks like this if you dig. About a foot of white sand, marl, and shell, then black soil.

CIO will be over with a shovel next weekend

 

[JD08]

CIO will be over with a shovel next weekend

As long as he brings beer, I'm good with that.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

CIO will be over with a shovel next weekend

A Backhoe

 

[RVACane]

A Backhoe

@JD08 is somewhere in Palm Beach or Martin county. What do you think you’d find digging at his place given the description he provided???

 

[JD08]

@JD08 is somewhere in Palm Beach or Martin county. What do you think you’d find digging at his place given the description he provided???

I'm also near an old, old railroad siding that's long gone, a mile or so from a property that used to be Al Capone's tomato farm, and two miles from the site of the Battle of the Loxahatchee.

 

[RVACane]

I'm also near an old, old railroad siding that's long gone, a mile or so from a property that used to be Al Capone's tomato farm, and two miles from the site of the Battle of the Loxahatchee.

The artifacts you find at the tomato farm my not be what CIO’s accustomed to.

 

[JD08]

The artifacts you find at the tomato farm my not be what CIO’s accustomed to.

The tomato farm ended up becoming Burt Reynolds' Ranch. Now it's a development.

 

[SWFLHurricane]

The artifacts you find at the tomato farm my not be what CIO’s accustomed to.

Oh F-ing Great....not only will I find Skeleton remains, but an FSU Helmet as well.....