I was detecting at Dodge Park on day, with Scuba gear, and found this primitive implanted tooth. It was just an incrusted glob but it is my habit to decide if it is junk on shore. I tossed it in my bag. I was working the dropoff in about 30 ft of water at the time. There was once a raft anchored there.
I took it home and started cleaning it and realized it was a dang tooth. I had never seen one like it so the next trip to my dentist I showed it to him. He was amazed and said it was one of the early emplanted teeth. That flat part was slit under the gum and that held it in place. He just shook his head and said it was very crude.
Every time I look at it I think of the hurting that poor person was in that lost it. It had to hurt to have that bad boy knoked out of your skull bone!!
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The second picture is one I just took from my doorwall. I thought it was pretty out there but only 9 degrees. Remember when we were setting on that deck Rob? You can easily see the break of the hill at the back and we go back another 150ft and down maybe 60 ft. Gives great privacy.
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I took it home and started cleaning it and realized it was a dang tooth. I had never seen one like it so the next trip to my dentist I showed it to him. He was amazed and said it was one of the early emplanted teeth. That flat part was slit under the gum and that held it in place. He just shook his head and said it was very crude.
Every time I look at it I think of the hurting that poor person was in that lost it. It had to hurt to have that bad boy knoked out of your skull bone!!
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The second picture is one I just took from my doorwall. I thought it was pretty out there but only 9 degrees. Remember when we were setting on that deck Rob? You can easily see the break of the hill at the back and we go back another 150ft and down maybe 60 ft. Gives great privacy.
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