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Kern County vs. Florida - The Hunt for the Elusive Meg
ruffalo posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
While the Megalodon tooth seems to exist as THE find for many fossil hunters and/or amateur marine paleontologists alike (and rightly so!) it's never been my own personal "holy grail." However. My partner, who graciously tags along and searches with me whenever I drag him out on hunts often hours (or even days) of driving away, is absolutely enamored by the idea of finding one of these guys. I've heard many good things about Ernst Quarries/Sharktooth Hill and the private land surrounding it in Kern County, but I've also heard incredible things about Florida creek hunting - mostly Peace River and some, unfortunately, Top-Secret spots. We luckily have the opportunity right now to go on one (or both if we play our (credit) cards right) of these trips and was hoping those more experienced in the culture of "Meg Madness" would be able to provide any advice, pointers, opinions, comments, concerns, etc.? -
I'm thinking I have it backwards but I don't know it's big and I'm just not sure what the heck I have here
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Hi everyone, I have a few teeth that I have always wondered about. I found another one the other day looking through washed matrix. Let me know what you think. Largest tooth is 18mm smallest is 9mm. I have only these three from all the years of collecting.
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I thought I'd post a couple shots of my haul from this last months museum dig down in Bakersfield, California. It was a decent trip, even with the last day being cut short by rain. I found over 130 perfect makos, plus a few interesting mammal teeth. I found an upper and lower Alodesmus canine, both of which are decent sized, as well as large Desmostylus molar. Unfortunately, I destroyed what was once one of the largest makos I've ever come across. At the end of the first day I took a couple last pokes with the shovel and just blasted this 3 1/8" hastalis. Really bummed me out, but thats just the nature of hunting teeth. There is always that slight risk of destroying a truly magnificent specimen, and it finally happened to me. Joe
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Exceptional Cetorhinus Maximus From Kern County, Among Other Micros
Interpaleo posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi! I've been cleaning teeth all week from my last dig down in Bakersfield and I thought I'd show a couple tiny teeth off. I'll eventually get around to posting the while pile, but its going to take me a few more days. Meanwhile, here's what I consider to be a very nice Basking shark tooth, along with a very large angle shark, and a pathological dogshark tooth. The micro teeth from Kern county are not quite as plentiful as the lee creek material, but its a close second. I always expect to find at least a half dozen micro species of shark, ray denticles, fish teeth, and awesome randoms. And my fossil cleaning helper. Joe
