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Took a trip down to Calvert Cliffs today at Brownies Beach, and found this beauty. I covered a lot of ground in remote areas, but found this towards the entrance on my way out. Who knows how many people walked by it? Someone on the beach identified it as a baby megalodon tooth, but I want to hear your guys' thoughts! PS it's about 1.3 inches. Also cool to notice how the colors changed from when it was wet to dry.

Found this bone at Brownies Beach (Calvert Cliffs) MD. But, I have no idea what it is exactly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Does anyone ever dive at Calvert Cliffs? If so, any luck with Megalodon teeth?

A couple weeks ago, I took my cousin to calvert cliffs and it was not too great in terms of collecting. I went this past sunday and the results were much better. I met a nice young couple, whom I talked with a bit while walking along the cliffs. They found two parital megs that were just sitting on a rock; very lucky. I found mostly bone fragments and some verts. I found two of the verts next to each other in the mud. There were two different teeth that I found that I have not been able to id. I have attached them and I was wondering if any of the regulars to the cliffs know whom these two teeth belong to. Thanks in advance.

Hi there! I live in Montgomery County and love to head over to Calvert Cliffs on the weekends, usually at low tide. I've only found one Meg - a nice one! But I definitely want more. I usually find at least 150 small teeth when I go, but I'm craving the bigger teeth. Does anyone know of any other places around there beside Brownie's Beach? I'd love to try out some new spots. Thanks and happy hunting! -CLB

Greetings, fellow scroungers in muck and diggers in dirt, hope you all had a great couple of weeks. I took this weekend off to (gasp) go mineral collecting for a change of pace. However, following up on Obsessed1's post about avoiding holiday traffic, I certainly did run into him (and BrowniesMix) out at the cliffs the Friday before last. And yes, I got so excited about a tooth I called him back up the beach to see it. What tooth? This one: It was a gorgeous, copper-orange mako, the biggest I'd ever seen at 2" on the dot: The mako made my trip, but here's the rest of the haul: . Other highlights include a pretty little meg (1.5") and a very cool (and very large at almost 1.25" across) hemi: . However, once I started sorting through everything, I found this... a double-tipped, pathological hemi! First I've ever seen. Here's the group: . All in all, a great day! See you at the cliffs. Mark

I was among the gaggle out at Brownie's on Saturday -- I'm sure we all passed one another coming and going, but my eyes were pretty much glued to the ground. As others have mentioned, the absurdly low tide made for a challenging day. However, there were goodies to be had... I more or less grabbed whatever struck me as interesting. All in all, not a bad day: And I'm happy to report that, despite a little feeding damage, Mother (2.25") and Baby (above Mom, 5/16") are doing just fine: Other highlights include this gnarly pathological...something : And a squally! Top center of the main pic is a hand-forged nail. Also interesting. A very good day, and totally worth the sunburn. Mark

Brownie's Beach / Bayfront Park Went for 2014's first trip to the cliffs this morning. Arrived as the sun was still not yet risen, and we were the 3rd car in the parking lot. Found plenty of "better" shell specimens to improve my shell collection, but surface collecting for teeth was a bust. Found plenty of ray plate fragments, marine mammal bone fragments, and one mostly intact marine mammal vertebrae. Luckily, I brought my shovel and box sifter, and I sifted in the gravelly piles where the waves lap and was able to come up with about 30 decent teeth of a wide variety of species. Here is a group shot of some of the better finds of the day, followed by IDs for the shark teeth I found sifting. Please feel free to correct any mistakes [1] [1] Alopias cf. latidens (Thresher Shark) [2] [2] Carcharhinus brachyurus (Copper Shark) [3] [3] Carcharhinus priscus (Gray Shark) [4] [4] Carcharias sp. (Sand Tiger Shark) [5] [5] Galeocerdo sp. (Tiger Shark) - Is size the main difference between cuvier and aduncus? [6] [6] Galeocerdo sp. (Tiger Shark) - Is size the main difference between cuvier and aduncus? [7] [7] Hemipristis serra (Snaggletooth Shark) [8] [8] Negaprion eurybathrodono (Lemon Shark) [9] [9] Physogaleus contortus (Tiger Shark) [10] [10] Sphyrna zygaena (Hammerhead Shark)

I found this slightly pointed, flat-bottomed, small, black and dense bone on Brownie's Beach/Bayfront Park on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. I was thinking that it looked like a tortoise fossil that I saw on another page. What do you think? Top View with the nickel. Side view - held aloft by soldiers. View of the bottom.

This question may make me seem dumb, but I can't figure it out and I feel especially slow tonight.... I just got back from a trip to Brownie's Beach/Bayfront Park Maryland, in the Calvert Cliffs Region and I found this bone/fossil. Can anyone tell if it is modern or a fossil? What do you think it is from? I have a guess, but would like to hear what others think first, without biasing them. Photos: http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream Thanks in advance, to you fossil experts out there!