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Hi everyone!! I am so excited to learn from all of you and to find some cool shark teeth and other fossils. I am originally from Canada, raised in Orlando, FL and have just rediscovered my love for finding shark teeth. I did it when I was a child and now I am 45 years old and realizing again how fun it is. I did a trip to Venice Beach, Florida this weekend and I am hooked and thinking of doing a trip to the Peace River. Happy to be here! Jodi :-)
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Hi everyone! I am new here. I found many shark teeth this past weekend in the Venice Florida beach area. I was able to identify all but these five teeth. Can anyone help me? I had not been to look for shark teeth since I was a kid and had forgotten how cool it was! I am hooked now and I want to go to the Peace River and the Carolina beaches to look for some Megaladon teeth! Thank you so much for any help you can give me! Jodi :-)
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Walking Dirt Roads for Megalodon, Great Whites and Inverts
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I just uploaded the first of many fossil hunting vids to my YouTube channel. I should be able to share a lot more of my fossil hunts this way from now on. We (@addicted2fossils and myself) were walking dirt roads in FL that have shell material dumped on them, with teeth mixed in. We also found tons of invertebrates (gastropods, bivalves, coral), calcite crystals, whale bone, a nice great white shark tooth, a nice meg, lots of partials, etc. For those of you who do not want to watch a video, here's some pics from the hunt:
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Hello all, I am new to this forum and look forward to learning more and possibly join some of you in some cool fossil hunting trips in the future. Anyone knows a couple of possible locations (accessible or if you know how to get permission if on private property) within 80 miles of Visalia to look for shark teeth pls kindly let me know. Thank you and wish all well and luck finding.
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Hi!! I discovered your forum while looking for shark teeth on the Georgia Coast this past fall. We live in Oklahoma but spend time in central Colorado. I have always been a beach glass fan and our family loves fossils. My youngest is 6 so I feel that I can now properly incorporate fossil finding into our travels. We are now in Pensacola and from the things that I have read, I should head to Port A Dam with the kids to look for shark teeth. I am just not totally sure what I am in for. If someone could tell me the best, most efficient way to dig, sort, and any other suggestions for a newbie with kids, I would SO appreciate it!!!! I brought strainers and small shovels. I just am not sure how large/small my sifters should be. Thanks tons! I am excited for this new adventure!
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Last week I was on holiday in the Netherlands and found some nice things, especially shark teeth ! I was at the area of Antwerp, in Cadzand, in Vlissingen and at the Zandmotor near Den Haag. In this topic I want to show my finds from my visit at the Zandmotor. The Zandmotor is artificial peninsula, constructed as part of the Dutch coastal defense system. The sand originates from about 10 kilometers offshore, and contains bones of various land mammals from the Quaternary period. On my visit I found some bone fragments, two shark teeth and some more things .... Here are two pictures of the found location: Firstly I want to show my best bone from there. Its an 4 cm long Phalanx and I have no idea from which animal it comes from. I hoped that I would find some more bones and maybe even a mammal tooth but maybe next time Then secondly I was very happy about my two shark teeth I found because they seem to be very rare there. Although they are quite worn The first one is 3 cm long: And the second one is 2 cm long and damaged on the other side: Another very common find there are fish vertebrae. The ones I found: They are not big (the biggest one is 2.5 cm long) Furthermore I found a beautiful tooth plate (?) of a fish: (3.6 cm long) And last but not least two Pectenids: Some more reports will follow (maybe in other threads...) Hope you enjoyed my pictures and thanks for viewing !!!
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After coming back from college this Saturday I knew exactly what I had to do: hit the streams in NJ to find some fossils. I lived in Ohio for the majority of the year and did not have access to a car or fossils. I had to take advantage of the resources that I regained after coming back home. I have had a myriad of dreams about fossils from NJ and had to finally get in the brooks to live out those dreams. Frank seems to have taken advantage of the rain in the last month (he just posted another subject in Fossil Hunting Trips) - I missed this opportunity and begged my parents to go surface hunting for me to no avail. I went with my grandma on Tuesday 22 May, and again with my two friends on 23 May. I stayed in the streams for about two hours on Tuesday and found a partial mosasaur tooth. Then on Wednesday I found a worn mosasaur vert and some enchodus jaws. I hunted for 3.5 hours on Wednesday. I mostly sifted but also used a rake and a clear plastic bin to search for things in the water; this is how I found the majority of the enchodus material. Here are the finds. General Finds: Bones and Invertebrate Material: Enchodus Jaws and Vertebrae Better Sharks' Teeth and Other Vertebrate Finds
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This summer, I am going on a trip to Colorado Springs. I am well aware that the state is filled with fossil sites but it seems like a lot of them prohibit collecting. I am wondering if anyone knows any sites in the area that allow public collecting. Preferably a site with lots of vertebrate material like Sharks or Dinosaurs. Thank You! (PS: I am still looking for some more information on fossils in St Georges Delaware. If you have any, please post it in my previous post.)
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I found this fossils in South-West Kazahstan. Thit shark teeth was found in eocene layers. The tooth size is 1-1.5 santimeters. I use coin for scale I can not determine what species it is? Help!
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Hello, my name is Jake. I am a young major fossil collector and am new to the Fossil Forum. I live in Middletown Delaware and am wondering where I can find the dredge piles at St Georges on the C and D Canal. I have been to the dredge piles at the reedy point bridge before and found a junk load of belemnites. I found it really fun. But me and my mom are major shark tooth enthusiasts and we did not find any. I know that you can find them there but they are not as common at that spot. What I do know is that the dredge piles from the marshalltown formation contain much more shark and vertabre material. So me and my mom want to find those piles. I know that it is in the area around the summit bridge on the north side, but it is a big area and could not find the exact location. I met someone there who had found fossils there before and told me that they are around the soybean field but that area is huge and could not determine the exact location. I was wondering if anyone knows exactly where to find the dredge piles and if you could, please insert a marker of the exact location on a google maps image. Thank You!
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My 7-year old nephew got a bag of tiny sharks teeth at the beach, and since Uncle K (me) has a display of large fossilized sharks teeth in his office, I must be able to ID his teeth for him. There are 11 teeth TBI, in 7 seperate photos, so I'll post them in a series Please help!!!!! Uncle K
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Hi, I'm Keith. I am not a fossil hunter, alas I am from Massachusetts and the only fossils here are dino tracks. I'd love to go to a fossil hotbed for a vacation someday and hunt them out for real. Until then I must be content with just being a collector. My collection isn't huge or impressive, mostly shark tooth and some shells, coral, etc. Nice to be here!
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I was supposed to go on a guided trip to Big Brook yesterday, but heavy overnight rain and flash flood warnings caused the group to cancel the trip. Bummer. Anyway, I am looking for advice on what equipment I should take along, minimal is best, and different locations along the Brook. Thank you!
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Could someone help me identify what sharks these came from? These are the four best we found aside from a sand tiger my son found. All together three of us walked away with over 130 teeth in about 3.5 hours. The scale in the pics is mm. These were found near the Venice Beach, FL fishing pier.
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I have been so busy the last few months I haven't been out hunting much. I am still a relative beginner when it comes to fossil hunting, even though I am up to nearly 250 teeth. Getting right to it, I was wondering if there is anyone in the St. Augustine/JAX area that would like to meet up and do a group hunt? I have myself and my girlfriend. Later this summer we will both have kayaks, but as of right now I just have one kayak for myself. So anyways if anyone would like to do a local group hunt let me know and hopefully we can find some big teeth.
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I'm Cody from Maryland me and my wife Cayla have been Shark tooth hunting at Flag Ponds Nature Park in Maryland for almost a year. We started out really slow. Had no idea what we were looking for but after the first few trips it gets easier and easier. Even though our favorite collection site is 2 hours from our house we try to make it there every weekend.
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Found Myrtle beach South Carolina, are all of these teeth Squalicorax Kaupi? I don’t trust myself to be sure. Help appreciated, also if anybody knows of good shark tooth identification books covering North American sharks teeth I’d love to know!
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Hi all, I am wondering what you guys think about the following 2 teeth that I've had fun finding in the brooks in Monmouth County, NJ. Do you think the 1st set of 3 pics is a Serratolamna serrata? In the 2nd set of 4 pics, I am showing a Cretolamna appendiculata (left) next to the unidentified tooth (right), which I suspect is a Cretoxyrhina mantelli based on the 1) broad + rounded + minimized cusplets, 2) angled + curved shape of the blade/tooth, 3) curved/cupped shape of the root. I sincerely appreciate all of your input!
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Hello Forum Members! I've been looking around this site for awhile, but just today finally decided to make an account! My boyfriend and I look for shark teeth all around Virginia and Maryland, usually always finding something to take home. We like to look for teeth and fossils in a variety of areas- rivers, bays, oceans, and creeks, wherever they can be found! We've been looking for teeth ever since we got hooked on vacation at North Myrtle Beach a few years back. We often look at public locations like Westmoreland, Chippokes, Purse, etc. Although those spots can become looked over, we more often than not find the biggest tooth next to someone else's footprint- it's always an exciting and fun trip. For us, it's the thrill of the hunt- around the next corner could be a giant meg or a beautiful blue Hemi! (which often makes it hard to turn around and go back towards the car) We find that the biggest problem we have in VA is public access. Maryland seems a bit better, but it is still tough without a boat! We are also just beginning how to identify where in Virginia it is possible to even find teeth. I'm joining the forum to connect with other fossil hunters and to learn more about the teeth/fossils that we find. As soon as we go out on another fossil adventure, I will post our finds! Attached are some personal favorites from our collection. Happy Hunting Everyone! -Sara
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The last year or so I have gotten back into fossil hunting which I loved when I was young (45 now). With a 9 year old son that loves it too (I have even converted my wife a little!). We were invited to look for fossils in a small creek accessible by foot on 4-28-18. Less than a foot deep where we dug and sifted by hand and small garden shovel for about 4 hours. Mostly found a couple hundred small sharks teeth that we will donate to a science facility here that will put them in a sand box and let children find them at a class/event. An interesting bone that looks like a socket joint piece, and a few other things... Mostly Bulls and Lemons here Cool socket of some kind (hoping I don't find out its a chicken bone someone threw in the creek!) Tube worms or coral / sponge maybe..? 4-30-18 we made our first trip to the actual Peace River and rented a canoe at The Canoe Outpost for the day. I have read about fossil hunting there a little (a good bit from this forum) and knew to look for gravel bottom and that deeper banks could be best. We just paddled north about 1.5 - 2 miles and found a nice sandy bank on the inside of a bend to put the canoe on. As I waded out I could feel the rocks crunching under my feet and it seemed to go down about 12" so we set up and started digging/sifting (1/4" mesh). Found some nice 1" teeth in the first half hour and there were generally a small tooth or two mixed with some various sizes of turtle shell etc. on each screen. Never found a real gem on the trip but did get a nice gator tooth and a few other teeth including barracuda. Some interesting bones and shell fossils that I kept as well. When I dug down I got about 12" of mud and gravel, under that was a white clay like sediment that contained nothing. I have heard digging deeper can produce better finds, maybe next time I will prod for a deeper gravel bed. All in all for not knowing much of where to go it was a great day, and I surely can't be disappointed with some nice tiger shark teeth and the Gator tooth...Also found the largest sting ray plate I have seen so far. Just one more screen full I promise! This was close to The Canoe Outpost...(We did not dig here!) The ID section of the forum helped identify the far right tooth as barracuda and the second one as alligator. The better of the teeth. Also found a couple hundred more small ones to donate. Bivalves Not sure what this is, looks like piece of broken tooth coming out of a root..... Interesting bones. turtle shell pieces I believe Not sure about this either, maybe a skin plate of some kind. My wife claimed this turtle shell fragment for the peace sign.
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Hello all, ToothMan here. This is my first trip report! I just joined this great forum. Stumbled upon it the other day. I have only been collecting about a year, and mostly fossilized sharks teeth at that. I also collect ray plates, I have one porpoise tooth, two crocodile teeth, some crab claw fossils, mostly marine creatures but focus mainly on shark teeth. I'm looking forward to expanding my searches for more than just teeth. Here is a link https://imgur.com/gallery/CO2q2gg to an imgur gallery from my most recent trip. Trip report below! I have some great teeth in my collection but wanted to report on my best finds to date, which ocurred over the past two days. I had some exceptional luck, paired with a keen eye, resulting in my first two Megalodon teeth ever found. I live in Solomon's, Md, and frequent some of the same sites I'm sure some of you do. Those being Calvert Cliffs, Brownies beach, flag ponds, etc. I also hunt Cove point a lot. My grandparents have a house down there so I frequent that beach often. Ive had my best finds so far there over the past two days. Last night I was there at low tide around 10:30 and found my first Megalodon tooth! I was ecstatic! I didnt think you could find those here. I thought they were mostly at calvert cliffs but I guess some wash down. I found a bunch of smaller teeth as well. Then today, I went back around noon for low tide again. Did my usual walk up to the point, picking up a bunch of small teeth along the way couple with a few hemi's here and there. I walked around past the lightouse and began finding some really nice mako's! I absolutely love finding mako teeth. Found some in the waves crashing and even up at the high tide line. The water,was still a little cold today but bearable. I wore shorts and sandals and took my sandals off, walking thru knee deep water one way searching, and up on the beach looking on the way back. I went home, happy with these finds. But I decided to return around 5 even though the tide was coming back in and I didnt expect to find much. But boy was I wrong. By this point it was really windy and the waves were really large, crashing and moving material all over the place. This is good as it turns up more stuff, but its harder to collect. You have to be quick. I felt like the karate kid snatching a fly out of my trainers hand diving in to grab teeth I had just spotted before they were swept away by the surf! Many were lost that I couldnt grab quick enough. I was picking up quite a few teeth though, a bunch of makos and some nice hemi's, when I saw a huge mako! A wave had just crashed on it, I let it recede, spotted ir again, and snatched it up before another wave could sweep it away. I had been out for hours now, and was really happy with my finds. I decided to take one last walk around the point and then I saw my second meg ever sticking up out of the sand. Only the top gum line was exposed and my heart jumped as I knew exactly what it was and it looked big! I scooped it up out of the sand and cleaned the barnacles off it. I was and am so happy! Never thought id be finding Megalodon teeth. Ive had the fossil hunting bug for about two years now. It really is addicting. Happy hunting, all. -ToothMan
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Hi all. Recently stumbled upon this forum whilst researching fossils and teeth I've been finding. I'm located in southern Maryland and go hunting at least once a week. Typically focus on shark teeth. I had some awesome finds today ill be writing a trip report with pictures soon! Found my second Megalodon tooth in two days. Got incredibly lucky the past two days. Anyways, this seems like a really cool forum and I'm looking forward to being a part of it! Fossil hunting is so addicting and I'm glad to share my passion with all of you! Happy hunting! -ToothMan
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Upper Ordovician, Corryville member. Dry Dredgers field trip 4/28/18. Rt. 11, near Flemingsburg, KY. Vinlandostrophia ponderosa and "Solenopora" My shark teeth I won in the annual auction at the Dry Dredgers meeting the night before.
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I have a large collection of extant shark and ray jaws that I use to understand tooth features. However, a number of tooth features, especially tooth root features, are really hard to see in jaws. So I’ve started to purchase (40+ species to date) and photograph individual teeth of a number of extant shark species. I’ll try to post some of the pictures (labial and lingual views) as I take them. This is another post of three extant species that most collectors don’t see. Centroscymnus coelioepis (Portuguese Dogfish Shark) Upper teeth (5 mm, 2 mm, & 4.5 mm): Lower teeth (4 mm, 5 mm & 7 mm): Scymnodon ringens (Knifetooth Dogfish Shark) Upper teeth (both 7 mm): Lower teeth (13 mm, 8 mm & 6 mm): Somniosus rostratus (Little Sleeper Shark) Upper teeth (5 mm, & 3 mm): Lower teeth (7 mm, 7 mm & 3.5 mm): Marco Sr.
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Hello everybody! Just did my first dig in Bakersfield California. Found some cool shark teeth & a sea lion tooth. I'm addicted now & looking for new places & faces to hunt & explore with. Below is the pic of my favorite finds from the weekend. Feel free to chime in on species.
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