Can you help me identify this vertebrae please?!

[OnDiWave]

Hey I found this vertebrae inland in SC.






Any idea what kind of shark it belonged to??
It measures exactly 2 inches in diameter & 0.6 inches thick

Thank you!

 

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[DigginNorthernVa]

Nice find! Let me know if you have any luck finding mine. 9 hours of detecting today and my back is shot!

 

[OnDiWave]

Hahaha! Will do! Happy hunting

 

[ToddsPoint]

That's a bone. Sharks don't have bones, they have cartilage. Only the teeth survive with a shark. Gary

 

[Trezurehunter]

I really don't know, but Ill pay for the shipping if you want to send it my way. My back could use that piece between 2 of the ones I have now !

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[RVRoamer74]

Wow! That's a head scratcher there. Emailing some pics to the right place would probably get you a ID. Good luck.

 

[Kray Gelder]

That's a bone. Sharks don't have bones, they have cartilage. Only the teeth survive with a shark. Gary

That's true, sharks have cartilage skeletons. However, the photo IS a shark vertebra. It's not bone, it's now a very soft stone. There are many shark vertebra found in SC. They were fossilized in a very fine silty mud, now a clay.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

It sure looks like a shark cartilage.

 

[sjvalleyhunter]

That's a bone. Sharks don't have bones, they have cartilage. Only the teeth survive with a shark. Gary

Actually more than just the teeth can survive, including the vertebrae. This is a good website that shows various parts of a shark that can fossilize.

https://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/fish-shark/remnant.htm

 

[RelicMaster777]

Are you sure it's not part of the spine Hillary Clintons missing.

 

[A2coins]

That's weird whatever it is

 

[GaRebel1861]

Shark. We find them in the Flint River here in SW Georgia as well. Cool find.

 

[WG2020]

I definitely know the feeling DigginNorthernVA....my whole body feels like I was hit by a steamroller after a 5 hour hunt today...found some great finds but dug well over a hundred trash targets to get to them...good luck with your detecting...Walt

 

[Greastart]

Are you sure it's not part of the spine Hillary Clintons missing.

Oh...she's got a spine! Got a nice set of brass ones too! What she seems to be missing is a heart, a conscience, morals and taste in men! Hear she's got pretty good taste in women and Vodka though!

 

[ToddsPoint]

That's true, sharks have cartilage skeletons. However, the photo IS a shark vertebra. It's not bone, it's now a very soft stone. There are many shark vertebra found in SC. They were fossilized in a very fine silty mud, now a clay.

I live 1000 miles from the ocean, so what do I know about sharks? I should have kept my mouth shut! Gary

 

[Kray Gelder]

I live 1000 miles from the ocean, so what do I know about sharks? I should have kept my mouth shut! Gary

Don't sweat it. When excavators open up the mud and clay layers ( formerly the bottom of a shallow, warm sea basin ) that have been undisturbed for 25 to 30 million years, the smell is unbelievably bad. Even the stink of death has been preserved. They dump some sand on it, let it dry out, and then build homes on it. The unsuspecting owners probably wonder..."What is that smell?"

 

[claire]

You guys still obsessing over Hillary. Give me a break

 

[gheenoe78]

Shark vertebrae. Similar to the fossilized shark teeth that people hunt for in the lowcountry. You found a vertebrae. Nice find. We see those from time to time along the riverbanks at low tide.

 

[NaGorham]

Nice find! Let me know if you have any luck finding mine. 9 hours of detecting today and my back is shot!