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I’m heading to The Netherlands at the end of March. Does anyone have current information on the best sites to collect shark teeth or other fossils? Thanks!
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Haven't had much time to go out recently but took off Sunday to search some private beaches near the Potomac River. Was worth the trip! Found alot of small teeth over the 2 hours searching with my lovely lady tooth seeker. Started off with a really good giant white shark tooth 2inches long just laying on the beach. Then walking another 20-30 yards I see this weird looking thick rock just offshore. Wasn't planning on getting it but I had the sand Dipper so I scooped up anyway. Was shocked! My first Meg tooth. It's broken off in the top right corner but I'm assuming it's a juvenile Meg? After about a hour things got really good. The tide was going out and left a little pool of water about 8inches deep on the shore edge with alot of rocks! Bigger the rocks bigger the teeth. So I start scanning. I see what looks like a 3.5inch sharp object. Ends up being a heartbreaker of half a Meg. Dang it!!! But still amazing find. Then something catches my eye 2-3ft away and it's a very nice 2inch white shark tooth. Found 4 other teeth all in rock bed all within 10ft of each other. I'm thrilled! Wish I could have found a full piece 4 inch Meg but something is better than nothing. Best part was just getting outside. Water was freezing though!! The girlfriend found a ton of small teeth, one amazing cow shark tooth, and a ray barb. I did get some not so nice grins over the Meg finds but next time I'm sure she will kick my butt. Over all was the best 2 hours spent in years finding teeth. One Meg, then another Meg, and I believe another 1-2 that are Meg frags. I believe the other 2 inch teeth are giant white shark or maybe makos? Thanks and happy hunting! Just posting some images of the finds below.
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Hit the Aquia Fm at Douglas Point, MD on Sunday and found some beauties. I am really unfamiliar with Paleocene sharks and wondered if anyone wanted to help ID some of these. The one I'm most interested in is the small one on the left pointing outwards. Sorry for the lack of scale - the biggest aren't much longer than a cm. Thanks!
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Hey guys! I headed out in Venice, Florida this weekend for the first time ever and went scuba diving for shark teeth. This was my first real trip looking for shark teeth and it was an amazing time. I went for a 3 dive trip but due to weather we only got two of the three dives for the day unfortunately. Although it was cut kinda short I had an amazing trip. I found 7 full Megalodon teeth and 14 frags of Megalodon teeth. My biggest being exactly 4" which I am still ecstatic for finding. I found a handful of other miscellaneous shark teeth and honestly I could of found hundreds and hundreds but I was really focused on finding the megs so I started passing them up as it was kinda hard to pick them up with the gloves I had on. Also pictured I have 3 pieces of Dugong bone and two pieces of whale bone. These bones where everywhere and I just didn't feel like collecting a hundred pounds of Dugong and whale bone. Also with the bones are a few assorted shells that I picked up while I was finding the teeth. If you have any cool facts about what I found of any identification for the miscellaneous shark teeth and the shells I found that would be amazing! I know the Sand Tiger teeth and the normal Tiger Shark teeth but I'm not sure what any of the other ones are. I think top right is a broken Hemi but I'm not positive. Let me know if you have any questions as I would be happy to answer! Parker
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Douglas Point was my destination last month, but I really love Matoaka, so I freed up some time to make it out there this past Wednesday. I try to make it out for some fossil hunting trips in the winter months, both for the benefits of less competition and more solitude at the beach, but also for some of the unique scenery. I really enjoy checking out some of the ice formations in winter along the water. There's some really neat looking ones I got some good photos of, along with some of my finds this trip. I made it out there just about at low tide at 8 am. I like to stay for a few hours, and only saw about 4 people, other friendly and interested fossil hunters. Right off the bat, walking around the tide line, I found two medium sized Hemis only about 3 feet apart, which was really encouraging. However, after a couple more hours, I didn't find too much more just sitting at the low tide line. This time last year, I had managed to find both a juvenile megalodon tooth as well as a Thecachampsa croc tooth, so I had high hopes, but really big finds weren't to be this time. Still a great place to be around nature, sit, and reflect. After doing some sifting a little later on though, I did find a nice medium sized C. hastalis tooth, which I don't find too often, so I was pretty happy with that. Overall, I do really enjoy Matoaka. Finds tend to be fewer than going to somewhere like Douglas or Purse, but at Matoaka there is always the promise of a big Hemi or Meg tooth just waiting out there to be found. Happy hunting.
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I know this is a late post but I had a trip for fossils a few weeks back and wanted to share the finds. Love it when I get something nice for the case!
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Hey guys, went on a fossil hunt this weekend and found a nice variety of teeth. Weather was great for a change and the water was perfect. I was only able to get in about 2 hours but here's the goods. Can't wait to go back!
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Please help identify these items or help verify if they are even fossils
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Hello. I am new here and I have quite a few specimens that I believe to be teeth or claws, that appear to have fossilized from a mineralization or petrification process, but I could certainly be wrong. These have all been collected from SW Missouri. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello, So I've very recently learned about bone valley shark teeth, and thinking I might get a nice BV hemipristis serra tooth for my collection. Knowledgable members on this sub have been kind enough to show me examples and inform me that the classic, uniquely identifiable bone valley color is "solid white root + solid dark blade". As I'm still an amateur though, I wanted to ask TFF members to see if these following specimens that I found are indeed distinctively BV hemis, and which one is the nicest example of such? I've posted both lingual and labial surfaces of each. Here they are: 1. Few chips and missing serration, dark blade 2. Bigger chip off, lighter blade 3. Sections of enamel chipped off near the root 4. Lighter blade, a few missing serrations 5. One edge of blade a bit worn, root seems not quite white 6. Enamel a bit light, root not quite white 7. Enamel light, root not quite white Thanks.
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Just in case you did not read my recent post... Hope everyone is doing well. I miss being in a creek or on the beach, but all in due time. Every night I have been relaxing going through different types of matrix. Last week, in addition to looking through Bakerfield matrix, I also looked through Pungo Formation matrix from Lee Creek. I believe the these are three shark teeth are whale or basking shark teeth. All measurements are in MM. Any feedback (as always) is much appreciated!! 1. Basking shark tooth with the root!! If I am right... wow! If I am wrong.. nothing new and any expertise is much appreciated!! 2. No clue? So pathologica whale shark 3. 100% My favorite shark when I was a kid and my daughter thinks I am a superhero because I have a whale shark tooth Thank you for any feedback and looking at my teeth!
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I have a few shark teeth that require second opinions on the IDs. All are East Coast of the US. First up, a Pungo River micro. 4mm or so. This is a familiar tooth form to me as I’ve seen this exact tooth in STH micros. I had put teeth of this exact form in with Cetorhinus teeth because it’s so common in STH micro mix. I could be wrong about the ID on the STH teeth plus Pungo River is different as I believe Cetorhinus teeth are quite rare in that fauna. Both STH and PR have Cetorhinus and Alopias teeth. I believe there is a close familial relationship between those genera so I figured best to get other opinions before labeling this a Basking Shark. I had a very, very small amount of Lee Creek micros to pick through, like half a sandwich bag. The odds of finding a Cetorhinus in that amount of matrix would be astronomical lol It’s probably why I doubt my ID. @siteseer @sharkdoctor @Al Dente @sixgill pete Anyway, here it is. Cetorhinus or Alopias or door #3 ?
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This past Thursday, I made a trip out to Douglas Point along the Potomac. I enjoy going in warm weather like anyone, but going during the winter has its own merits. Cool, crisp air, fewer people, possibly some more unique finds. I was the only one on the beach for just about the whole morning and afternoon. Although a little chilly, the right gear made it no problem at all. The trail down to the beach is a bit run down. Lots of broken and collapsed trees covering the trail. I found quite a few sand tiger teeth. I only keep the larger ones now that I find and leave the small ones for others. About one foot into the water at low tide, I saw a characteristic cone-shaped object rolling around. Sure enough, it turned out to be a crocodile tooth. I've only found one other one at Matoaka beach, so this is probably my favorite find of this trip. My most curious find was the small, pristine Hemipristis tooth. The snaggletooth shark was not found in the Paleocene. It didn't arrive until later and is commonly found in Miocene exposures. On the ID page, it was mentioned by one astute member that the nearest Miocene exposure is downriver, making it unlikely this tooth washed up from another location. The most likely source is apparently another hunter/collector dropping it either accidentally or intentionally. Hopefully, it was an accident, as "salting" is really unnecessary at this location. Unlike some other locations, it's not hard to find at least small teeth at Purse and Douglas. I only keep the bigger, better finds, and leave other small teeth for others to find. I encourage others to do the same. There's almost nothing worse than going to one of these locations with young kids and they get bored and upset because they can't find anything. But I can't agree with "salting". It ruins the integrity of the site. I also found some shark vertebrae and some possible reptile bone fragments. I also found an interesting concretion or maybe some piece of metal that's rolled around in the river for awhile. Never know what you'll find! Overall, a good trip and a great location, even in winter, if you're up for a little adventurous hike through the snow and fallen trees to reach the beach.
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Hi all. This past Thursday I made it out to Douglas Point (Paleocene, Aquia Formation). I found the usual assortment of sand tiger shark teeth and some goblin shark teeth too. Unfortunately, finding an Otodus in this formation still eludes me. First is a picture of all my finds. What I'd like some ID help with are the vertebrae, the two bone fragments, and the crocodile tooth. The last tooth is an interesting one. Looks like a Hemipristis serra tooth to me, though I didn't think they're found in this formation. I included an in-situ photo with the characteristic Douglas/Purse gravel as proof of location. I know it could have washed up from some other part of the river with a Miocene exposure, but it's in remarkable shape for having bounced around for miles in the river. Any thoughts? Thanks all!
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Got out on the river yesterday for what turned out to be a productive day. It was a chilly morning so the wetsuit was a necessity. Even if the air temp is warmer the water stays cold throughout the day. I returned to a gravel bed I found earlier in the week and got right down to digging and sifting. Every clean out of the sifter provided a good number of various small shark teeth. Tiger, Sand Tiger, Snaggle Tooth were abundant. A few small partial megs and even a baby Mako made an appearance. Below is a picture of the best of the shark teeth along with an alligator tooth and what I believe is probably a modern pig. left side = Tiger, Sand Tiger, baby Mako and the possible pig. right side = Snaggle tooth, Lemon and Alligator. A couple of close ups of the Alligator: And a couple of close ups of what I think is the pig. If it may be something else please chime in- These finds and the additional bag full of small shark teeth would have been a good day. I was lucky and also came up with a variety of other finds pictured below- Left side- 3 Glyptodont Osteoderms, (the top one from the tail),1 Giant Armadillo Osteoderm. Right side- 5 Turtle/Tortoise leg spurs, 2deer antler bases, 2 gar fish scales, 1 Sting Ray scute, 1 Tilly bone. A couple of close ups of the tail osteoderm- The following large pieces appear to be giant tortoise shell fragments the biggest measures 5.75” x 3.5”. I have at least 5 additional bones I’m working to ID. A possible tiny astragalus, seismoid or maybe magnum, a small medial phalange, a small distal phalange and another possible astragalus or maybe cuboid. I’ll be posting the ones I can’t figure out in the ID section if I hit a dead end. Definitely worth the chilly water on an otherwise perfect day on the river. Looking forward to getting back out there as soon as possible!
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Recently I acquired a bulk lot of Moroccan shark teeth after doing some reading and a lot of sorting. I have more questions than identifications. To keep it simple I stuck with the “square rooted teeth for the first round. I’ve come up with five categories 1 two cusplets - Serratalamna? 2 multiple cusplets but small - ? 3 two cusplets - Cretolamna? 4 two cusplets and no or very weak transversal groove - Otudus? 5 strongly reduced cusplets - ? If other pictures are useful let me know.
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Hi all! Answering @jpc's question about the site's accessibility in winter and if we actually dig under snow. Yes, we do! (something must be not right in the head). Today we tried the dig at -1C'. Had to make a pretty big hole too (the deepest I've seen there). No big teeth found, hopes for the micro-matrix.
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I have 2 small selections of shark teeth that I recently acquired in a collection that I had purchased. These teeth are supposed to have been collected in North Dakota and South Dakota. The first selection was collected on 4-3-1986 in Moffit, North Dakota in the Cannonball Formation, which was referenced by the collector as being Paleocene (58 MYO). The next selection was collected in Edgemont, South Dakota from the Late Cretaceous, Green Horn Formation. Any help on these would be appreciated. Thanks
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Hi, I am a real novice here. I was given several sharks teeth collected on northeast Florida beaches. I am trying to identify them to create a small 'show and tell' for beach goers to be able to ID the teeth they find on the beach. I am now totally confused as some say they are Mako as there are no nibs but there are several examples of Sand Tiger Sharks that have no nibs. I found this forum and am hoping you can help. Also I have no idea what the piece in the middle is. I am assuming it is a broken piece from maybe Tiger Shark? Thanks from a Novice trying my best. Suki2
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Hi all, I’ll introduce myself as possibly, the youngest fossil hunter in this thread. “ possibly “ I’m 19 years old with an ongoing passion that started when I was 10 years old. I’m located in Florida the Caloosahatchee area, I mainly hunt for shark teeth and bone but my all time favorite is prehistoric land animal fossils. With 10 years of experience on my shoulders I’ve got my fair share of play time. I joined this forum because fossil talk isn’t easy to come across in the face to face world as we’re all consumed by our technology, with limitless information and easily accessible online buddies here I am creating a thread in a community full of endless conversations about a hobby I’ll hopefully never give up. I hope to get a response from a few people around this world as I would like to see how your journey has been treating you.
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Got to the beach early this morning and had the place to myself with a great gravel line to search. Got a nice handful of teeth including at 2.23” damaged otodus, a 1.42” otodus, and a 1.14” croc tooth.
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Found my first two shark teeth. The first one was sticking right out of the clay, staring right at me. The other I found raking through some gravel. Both are goblin sharks, I think.
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I recently received some micro matrix from @thelivingdead531. Again thank you so much, it is an awesome gift! But I have been trying to ID the shark teeth and can't figure out what any of them for sure are. I would really appreciate any help. Also sorry about the quality of the pics. I may be able to take better pictures, but only if I need to.
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Yesterday I scouted Calvert Cliffs Beach to see if my friends would be able to join me on a fossil hunt there. As this was only my third lifetime hunt, I'd only been to Matoaka prior, and wanted to see if the path to the Calvert Beach was accessible enough for a friend using a cane and someone more out of shape than I am. That said, I'm not fit myself, so the 3.6-mile hike to and from the beach was not easy. However, it was gorgeous! As many people will tell you online, the cliffs at Calvert Beach are not legally accessible; the state park service has closed off access to them due to frequent landslides and therefore little beach space left beneath them to evade a fall. The cliffs there are taller than at Matoaka, making them even more dangerous, and the tide comes in closer to the beach. The remaining fossil hunting space is thus rather limited for hunting, but if you're dedicated and go during the off-season, I'm sure your luck will be better than mine! I was in the water from about 11-3, sifting in the tidal line of shell material and along sunken trees that may have trapped fossils. Attached are a couple photos of my tooth finds, and a picture of the cliff area too. Feel free to ID the teeth; I'm not great at it yet, especially when they're small! I was surprised by the tan tooth since most teeth I've found thus far have been black. Also not entirely sure what the curved tooth came from, though my guesses were either a H. serra symphyseal or a tooth from a sand tiger shark. Overall, I think I like Matoaka better, but it's hard to say from just one visit. Going to take my friends back to Matoaka or to a new location next weekend. I'll scout out Flag Ponds in December I think, then I've got a fossil club trip in January. Really really really having fun!
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