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STRANGE THINGS ON THE RIVERBOTTOM - 4/11/2004 4:10:33 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Here is a find of a sort I never expect to make again. I was just drifting in a river, near an old steamboat landing (that's where the bottles are). I had checked a number of bottles -- mostly Ancient Age whiskeys and recent beer bottles -- but didn't have any keepers yet . In 20-30 feet of water, you have to check out individual bottles because the old ones look pretty much like the new ones. Bottles may be half-buried in sand or they may be obscured by algae. Often, it is just a shape that catches the eye. Looking for any rounded lines or other tell-tale sign of a bottle, what caught my eye was a semi-circle of small studs -- like teeth. Goodness! They were teeth! Mind you, I have collected many fossil animal jaws and teeth. A jaw is always a nice find, readily diagnosed to the species it represents. But this set of teeth in a "jaw" was a different story. No doubt what species is represented here! My dentist suggests that this is lower denture for a female. He believes that they date to the 1930s-40s based on the materials used. The teeth seem to have moderate wear. I'll never know if the woman who used these teeth came to a bad end in the river, or if she merely got overly-excited when landing a fish over the gunwale of her boat. ----------------------Harry Pristis Attachment (1) < Message edited by Harry Pristis -- 4/11/2004 7:51:03 PM > _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html Post #: 1

RE: STRANGE THINGS ON THE RIVERBOTTOM - 4/11/2004 8:45:31 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline A mate of mine found a set of teeth like that out metal detecting, his have a good amount of Gold filling in them and probably a bit older than your set. Not often you can find a jaw/teeth and not only immediately know what species it represents but also date it to a ten year era AND what sex it was . (in reply to Harry Pristis) Post #: 2

RE: STRANGE THINGS ON THE RIVERBOTTOM - 4/12/2004 12:01:14 AM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline Beauty! Can I have my teeth back now!! Kim (in reply to IRISH) Post #: 3

RE: STRANGE THINGS ON THE RIVERBOTTOM - 4/12/2004 12:18:54 AM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Harry, was that a Florida river? I wonder if they're 'left-overs' from an aligator's meal! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Harry Pristis) Post #: 4

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