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Postby tunica du4u » Sun May 08, 2005 1:37 pm

Any idea on this? Benny & I found this plowing up a garden spot for my Mom today. They live on the south end of Beaver Dam on a rise. Definately not a tusk, well preserved on 1 side some age cracking on other 2 sides. we thinks a bear claw :?:


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Postby BeastMaster » Sun May 08, 2005 5:19 pm

kewl find... looks atleast 9000 yrs old "WingMan"
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Postby sorefeet » Sun May 08, 2005 8:22 pm

Cool find! It looks like a claw. Very good condition too. Most bone type materials don't age that well. Bone gets very calky and crumbles. It could have been a pendant. I don't see any holes drilled in it but maybe the knuckle end was broken off? The ancients often wore claws/teeth around their neck.
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Postby bigwater » Mon May 09, 2005 7:29 am

it looks kinda like a summer tooth
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Postby gator » Mon May 09, 2005 8:30 am

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Postby qckmstr » Mon May 09, 2005 10:52 am

it's a chicken toe.. most likely to be from 1000's of years ago
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Postby jdbuckshot » Mon May 09, 2005 10:56 am

looks like a claw, but i don't know about a grizzley? anyone herd of them wild around here?
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Postby RebelYelp » Mon May 09, 2005 11:07 am

i'm lookin at a quarter right here, i'm wondering if hte pictures maybe are making us think the claw is bigger than it really is.... Never seen a grizzly claw up close though, other than a few mounted ones, i would say it's probably close to the right size.
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Postby tunica du4u » Mon May 09, 2005 11:45 am

the quarter was put there to reference the size of the claw. A quarter is 1" in diameter (.955). as you can see 2 quarters could be placed inside the arch of the claw (it measured 2"), while the outside leading edge of the claw measured 3". i may be wrong but it appears the claw is broken off below the "knuckle" of the claw basically meaning this would be the part that "stuck out". when you think about it like that and have it in your hand, it's a big booty claw
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Postby huntergrnchevy » Mon May 09, 2005 3:48 pm

nice find... :shock: :shock: :shock: the two of you working in the field :shock: :shock: :shock: together :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Postby tunica du4u » Mon May 09, 2005 3:58 pm

huntergrnchevy wrote:nice find... :shock: :shock: :shock: the two of you working in the field :shock: :shock: :shock: together :shock: :shock: :shock:


Maybe thats why Ben kept asking where you were at.........hmmmmm I seem to remember some pictures...... :roll:
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Postby webfoot » Mon May 09, 2005 3:59 pm

From the location you described, is it a possiblity it is a talon from a Bald Eagle? :?
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Postby huntergrnchevy » Mon May 09, 2005 4:09 pm

tunica du4u wrote:
huntergrnchevy wrote:nice find... :shock: :shock: :shock: the two of you working in the field :shock: :shock: :shock: together :shock: :shock: :shock:


Maybe thats why Ben kept asking where you were at.........hmmmmm I seem to remember some pictures...... :roll:


Must be talking about the rabbit hunt :D I recall Mr. John Wayne Benny boy couldn't hit a coke can 20 feet away :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby tunica du4u » Mon May 09, 2005 4:09 pm

one helluva eagle if it was 8) naw bald eagle talons or at least everyone i have seen are black. It's definately a claw
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Postby tunica du4u » Mon May 09, 2005 4:13 pm

huntergrnchevy wrote:
tunica du4u wrote:
huntergrnchevy wrote:nice find... :shock: :shock: :shock: the two of you working in the field :shock: :shock: :shock: together :shock: :shock: :shock:


Maybe thats why Ben kept asking where you were at.........hmmmmm I seem to remember some pictures...... :roll:


Must be talking about the rabbit hunt :D I recall Mr. John Wayne Benny boy couldn't hit a coke can 20 feet away :lol: :lol: :lol:


dat's what I'm talkin bout 8)
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