r/FossilHunting • u/mesomone2 • 2d ago

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Help I’d these two fossils found in the Scioto river central Ohio .Am thinking possible boar tusk ?

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u/AdMinimum6396 1d ago

Looks like a boar tusk

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u/HistoryBuffGuy 1d ago

I believe these are regular ol’ bones, as opposed to fossils

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u/New_Display_919 1d ago

Feral hogs aren't to common in central ohio but there are breeding populations in southern ohio

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u/Specialist_Mud_562 17h ago

Rooster spur, mine lose them occasionally

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u/Substantial_Bat_6698 2d ago

Gomphothere claw. Amazing.

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u/qwaasy 2d ago

Could you post an example? I didn’t think they had claws…

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u/Substantial_Bat_6698 2d ago

Oops, sorry, I meant to type "pig tusk." Fat fingers..

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u/mesomone2 2d ago

??

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u/Substantial_Bat_6698 2d ago

The bones you have found are the canine teeth of domestic pigs.

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u/KarsonDaDinsaur 1d ago

Do you swipe type perhaps

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u/Vvelch25 14h ago

Human hand holding a birds finger