Identify Please
Contributors to this thread:Wisconsin
From: MF
13-May-17
Can anyone identify this tooth. It was found in a garden. Its about the size of a quarter.
From: Mindbender
13-May-17
Cow
From: MF
13-May-17
I thought cows teeth are worn flat....
From: Drop Tine
13-May-17
From: Crusader dad
13-May-17
Please post a pic with a quarter next to it. I have a customer who is a vet. He should know but I need something for a size reference.
From: MF
14-May-17
From: MF
14-May-17
From: Pete-pec
14-May-17
I believe it's a pig tooth (molar). Not horse, not cow. I've whitened a few skulls over the years, and my money is on pig.
From: Pete-pec
14-May-17
Comparison
From: Crusader dad
14-May-17
Pete is right!
From: MF
14-May-17
Thanks Pete.... I am sure the tooth is from years ago when life was simpler.
From: Pete-pec
14-May-17
I bet MF. the tooth crown wear (or lack there of) is indicative of a domestic that was raised for slaughter. The old boars killed on ranches in Texas have their molars worn pretty flat, even after a few years.
From: glunker
14-May-17
I think that was my aunt Matilda's?
From: South Farm
15-May-17
What are you going to do with it? Would make a nice bolo tie or maybe a ring for the little lady!
From: Crusader dad
15-May-17
SF, your wife must have different taste as mine. If I brought that tooth to my wife as a ring, she'd ask me where the diamonds are hidden:-)
From: DoorKnob
15-May-17
Those guys ^ are all full of it - each and every one. It is intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer that what you found is a Mastodon tooth, and a baby one at that. You will need bigger arrows !!
