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Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/1/2008 7:51:58 PM    FIGGINS DIGGINS Posts: 318 Joined: 5/27/2006 Status: offline Jr. and I got to go on one of our long awaited low-water excursions.  We go to look for fossils mainly, sometimes find indian artifacts, and seldom will find an embossed hobbleskirt or some older shards of bottles.  Jr. found a nice bison antiquus partial skull with one horn.  Been extinct for about 10,000 years according to the experts.  I found a few odds and ends dinosaur bones and to my surprise, a complete hutch from Memphis.  It looks like its been rolling in the river for its whole life, but I kind of liked it. I am calling the Hutch the unexpected discovery, since we always expect to find nice fossils and long extinct animal bones whenever we go.  The bottles just never seem to fare very well out there, so finding a relatively old one in one piece is very unexpected.  Hope you enjoy the pics.  I am also gonna include a pic of Jr.'s Mastodon tooth he found a few years ago.  I may have already put it up here somewhere, can't remember, but its a good one for sharing just about anytime. Later! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Dan The only thing better than the broken glass and dirt going down the back of your pants is that bottle you're about to uncover. Post #: 1

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/1/2008 7:54:02 PM    FIGGINS DIGGINS Posts: 318 Joined: 5/27/2006 Status: offline Here's pic of me holding a couple bones we found and the unexpected discovery. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Dan The only thing better than the broken glass and dirt going down the back of your pants is that bottle you're about to uncover. (in reply to FIGGINS DIGGINS) Post #: 2

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/1/2008 7:57:29 PM    FIGGINS DIGGINS Posts: 318 Joined: 5/27/2006 Status: offline this is the mastodon tooth.  the enamel is in very good condition and seems like the colors are changing in it every year since he found it.  Most of the root is missing, but you can still see some along the gum line.  Yep, that is one tooth, about 8 inches long I think.  Attachment (1) _____________________________ Dan The only thing better than the broken glass and dirt going down the back of your pants is that bottle you're about to uncover. (in reply to FIGGINS DIGGINS) Post #: 3

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/1/2008 8:01:24 PM    FIGGINS DIGGINS Posts: 318 Joined: 5/27/2006 Status: offline Here is a picture of the bison antiquus with a ruler.  Just to give you an idea of the size and the difference between this and the modern bison or buffalo.  A modern bison's complete skull with both horns intact would only be a little over half as wide as this half skull and single horn.  We haven't found any parts of one yet, that I know of, but there is also an extinct Giant bison which would make Jr.'s bison look like a baby.  Hope you enjoyed. Attachment (1) < Message edited by FIGGINS DIGGINS -- 9/1/2008 8:02:35 PM > _____________________________ Dan The only thing better than the broken glass and dirt going down the back of your pants is that bottle you're about to uncover. (in reply to FIGGINS DIGGINS) Post #: 4

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/1/2008 8:07:43 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2805 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline That is AWESOME.  Bottle digging gone wild.  Wow.  Keep finding more stuff like that.  Thanks Madpaddla _____________________________ It pays to look down. Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ckIv1tiaU&feature=related (in reply to FIGGINS DIGGINS) Post #: 5

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/1/2008 9:08:16 PM    beendiggin Posts: 789 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Very cool..  That  tooth is crazy looking.  (in reply to FIGGINS DIGGINS) Post #: 6

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/3/2008 1:30:26 AM    acls   Posts: 305 Joined: 6/2/2005 Status: offline Are you finding that stuff around Shelby County? _____________________________ Always looking for unusual ACL versions of Nehi, Lemmy, Squeeze, Smile, Spiffy, RC, Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, Barq's, Frostie, 7up, and Sunrise. Also looking for Tennessee ACLs. Buy or trade. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 7

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/3/2008 7:06:34 AM    FloridaDigger   Posts: 55 Joined: 8/21/2008 Status: offline The Mastadon tooth is worth a pretty penny! I know they sell very well here in Fla. The horn is awesome, ..very cool. Two items you wont find all that often, ...well done.. (in reply to acls) Post #: 8

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/4/2008 8:50:21 PM    madman   Posts: 4856 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: online hey daniel killer finds !  thats got to be alot better than diggin up copperheads!  hmm this winter im gonna look for me some bones  and fossils  very nice  mike _____________________________ always looking for eastern TENN sodas, milks and pharms, also anything from TOLEDO OHIO and MARION VA. (in reply to FloridaDigger) Post #: 9

RE: Bison Horn and Memphis Hutch - 9/6/2008 1:49:55 PM    Oklabottles   Posts: 61 Joined: 8/24/2007 Status: offline up at my father in laws place in southeastern Nebraska they dug up a full mommoth and have found over 500 arrow heads and tomahawks, We find quite a few buffalo skulls around here in Oklahoma but I think they probably are around 200 years old and back my friend find a the whole lower jaw of a mastedon before here in central ok. (in reply to madman) Post #: 10

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