Cushing, Maine - A scallop fisherman pulled up what appears to be the tusk of a woolly mammoth off the Maine coast. The Maine State Museum is examining the dark, curved and pointed specimen, which was dredged up in a load of shells by the New Bedford-based scallops dragger Celtic. Fisherman Tim Winchenbach of Cushing brought the piece home to his wife Michelle, who began researching to see if it could be from a wooly mammoth. Remains of the extinct breed of elephant, which had a covering of long hair, have been found in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. They lived from 1.6 million years ago to around 10,000 years ago. Michelle Winchenbach is waiting for answers about her husband’s find, but she already feels the thrill of holding something so old. “Just the thought that I’ve held something that’s potentially 10,000 years old or older, that nobody else in the world touched before us, I find it really fascinating,” she said.