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    Not sure if this is a tooth or not. I am an arrowhead hunter that is intrigued by fossils, but know very little!
    This was found in a ditch with a lot of glacial till in SW IL.. I passed on picking it up 2 previous trips out thinking it was a hag stone, but decided to bring it home after finding it yet again on the third trip.
    After doing some research, I learned there aren't many dinosaur fossils found in Illinois so I am not sure what to think? Maybe some type of coral? I have found horn coral before, but none that looks like this. Thoughts?


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    An old fossil hunters’ trick is to touch specimen to tongue to see if seems like wants to stick. Fossils supposedly are stickier than regular rocks (tho I think I’ve licked lotsa rocks and still been undecided!)

    ps And, O, don’t ever pass on picking up a hag stone (rock with natural hole made by water), coz many cultures believe they are magical and ward off bad spirits!
    Last edited by Cecilia; 03-31-2021, 12:08 PM.
    Digging in GA, ‘bout a mile from the Savannah River

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    • #3
      I forgot to add that there is a lot of calcification? on the surface, as if it has been inside a limestone rock possibly?
      I had heard of sticking to the tongue trick before, but not sure if it would work with so much deposit still left on it?

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        Fossilization occurs when one mineral replaced by another. That calcification may be part of what would make it a fossil. Have a lick!
        Digging in GA, ‘bout a mile from the Savannah River

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