Hi Meaker, and welcome to the fray.
As with dating, we do not see a smooth progression back in time. Quite a lot of the dates we get are erratically different from others. Also we do not know the amount of daughter and parent elements within rocks to begin with. It is an assumption that scientists have to make and admit to making. This assumption would allow you to come up with any age for fossils and rocks.
May I recommend reading the
Age Correlations and An Old Earth, Version 2 No 1 thread for some evidence of the calibration of dating mechanisms, as well as correlations between a variety of methods.
Enjoy
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