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Got back to the coast of Ga/Fla again for our annual fall trip to Amelia Island for the Ga/Fla football game. As a UGA grad, we shant discuss the game. But we can talk about some fossil finding. A friend of mine that knew I'd gotten into shark tooth hunting put me in touch with one of her work colleagues that told me of a place a short boat ride from Amelia island that usually had good teeth. Wanting to check it out I chartered a boat ride. What resulted was the best shark tooth hunting of my life on what I believe is an old drege spoil spot. Two steps off the boat I found a perfect 2 inch great white. (of course I later dropped it showing it to my kids and broke it on condo floor). For 150 minutes I averaged 3 teeth a minute. If I walked 3 steps and didn't find one I was shocked. It was an amazing trip. Found many larger teeth which for me are in the nickel to quarter size. Much larger average than my usual beach hunting. Go two of the best intact hemi's I've ever found. Added another 250 or so I found on the beach of Amelia for a total of 716 for the trip. Puts me over 2100 for the calendar year. I can't give the location of the new honey hole. Was promised to secrecy. But should you decide to hunt on Amelia Island your best bet is to go up to the north end near Fort Clinch and park at the fishing pier. Much larger teeth up that way than on the south end of the island where we usually stay. Up there I found plenty of other fossils including turtle shell, puffer fish mouth plates, ray plates, ray stingers, fish verts, etc. Averaged 25 teeth an hour up on that northern end. Won't get to hunt again till early January when I'll make a quick mid day run to Savannah Ga coastline while on a deer hunting trip in SE Ga.
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Here I have 3 teeth from Moracco. One is 100% Natural. One has had restoration to the root. The 3rd broke, probably during extraction, and was glued back together. The first tooth is an Otodus, I bought back in the early to mid 2000's at a fossil and mineral show. One dealer had a bunch of these teeth in a box. At the time I had just gotten into collecting sharkteeth and didn't have much experience with restorations. I suspected that there may have been some work done, but at $5 a piece I figured it was not a big deal. So I bought a few for myself and my kids. If you look at the root you can see it is two tone color. The grey portion is the real part of the root the tan/white potion is were they took matrix and glue to make a mortar which was used to fill in missing or imperfect areas. This past summer I was at my club's show, and picked up tooth #2. Again an Otodus from Moracco. But this is a Beautiful all natural tooth that I picked up for $10. Look at the difference in the roots of both teeth. The 3rd tooth is a Paleocarcharadon also from Moracco. This tooth broke through the root in two places, where the cusps meet the blade on both sides. The breaks look very clean and fit back in place pretty well. To the naked eye they simply look like cracks. But upon viewing under magnification you can see the use of glue and a tiny bit of matrix used the hide the breaks somewhat. I don't know if anyone will be able to see that from my pics but I wanted to at least show what I could. None of these teeth were expensive so really don't bother me. But these are things to look for when considering purchasing more pricey fossil teeth.
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Still on the hunt before classes begin again next week. This weekend the boys and I ventured 5 1/2 hours north to the head of the Chesapeake Bay. So far... I should have gone back to Folly Beach! Lol. Some shells, neat iron formations, but no teeth yet. Brought the sifter this time but Calvert Cliffs isn’t the place for my old knees to carry much on a hike. Many people in competetion for fossil teeth. There were more people hunting on 180’ of beach 30’ wide than all of Folly Beach last weekend. Water is very cold and it is a tidal influenced area.
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It is close to Midnight, about an hour before I leave Syracuse for a 5hr drive to the Cretaceous of New Jersey. I tried to get some sleep around 8:30 but all I could do was toss and turn as I am excited to get one last hunt in before the new year. I am bringing a co-worker and his girlfriend along. This will be their first Cretaceous hunt. We will be meeting g up with @Trevor @The Jersey Devil and another of Trevor's friends. Unfortunately Frank is not feeling well so won't be meeting up for this hunt. The weather is supposed to be warm but is calling for rain all day. I guess we will just have to make the best of it. The only reason I am even posting this right now is because I am so anxious. The weather here in New York has been pretty bad for me too do much in the way of fossilhunts, plus I have been too busy. I am off for the next couple weeks while my company moves to a brand new building that they had built. Anyways I am sitting g here counting the minutes till I leave. The car is all packed. I hope that I am not forgetting anything. I will be sure to let you all know how it goes. Wish us luck! ( Please)
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Well, folly Beach worked out much better than Edisto Beach for fossils. Almost no one was hunting fossils...almost. One lady had 48 very small teeth. Spent several hours pacing the Surfline watching for them to be uncovered. Fossil bone fragments were very common and not hard to find at all. The south side of the island was the best for bones frags, but teeth seemed to be anywhere in the surf according to the tooth lady. She had a running bet as to who had to buy dinner with two other people hunting teeth closer to the pier. There was a fair abundance of nice specimen modern shells to be had as well. Most are smaller but very good in quality. Totals: 7 pcs turtle shell fragments. 14 whale bone 1 broken Meg tooth 1 unknown nasal bridge 4 pcs terrestrial bone fragments. 1 Ray crusher plate 20+ copralites and phosphate nodules.
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These were found at a construction site in Myakka, FL. Looking for ID on all of these please and thanks! Is the bottom one a megalodon?
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From the album: Shark teeth and associated fossils from Antwerp, Belgium
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From the album: Shark teeth and associated fossils from Antwerp, Belgium
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From the album: Breezy Point, Calvert Cliffs Maryland 9/16/16
Here's another view of the teeth with special attention to the larger fragment near the center. This piece is most likely a great white or other large predatory shark. I doubt it's a megalodon, but it could be or one of it's smaller cousins. I've found meg shards at the cliffs before.-
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From the album: Breezy Point, Calvert Cliffs Maryland 9/16/16
Descriptions from top left moving clock wise. Angel, worn down Snaggletooth, Mako, Sand Tiger with barbs, small tooth, Tiger, bone fragments on bottom, Whaler variation on the right.-
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From the album: Gainesville Creek Finds
A bunch of my shark teeth!- 2 comments
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From the album: Gainesville Creek Finds
Nice Hemipristis Serra tooth underwater.-
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