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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.?

Hi all I've had this tooth for a couple of years now, I think it was purchased off a website [price removed as per forum rules]. I've passed it off as real but I'm not sure if it actually is because of its cheap price. Are there any signs this is a fake? Pen shown for size

One of the newer teeth in my Megalodon tooth collection. I have been collecting Megalodon Teeth for some months. now. The tooth is around 4 8/16 inches big and has some restoration on the root. I love the colors and serrations! Show me your South American megalodon teeth!

Hey, Can you please Tell me if My tooth is genuine or not? Also I got it from caverns in Tennessee. Thank you!!

Inland Venice, FL. First guess was Meg. Many others found in 100 yards of this one. Someone suggested : Carcharocles chubutensis most fossils are Pleistocene in the area. The angle of the tooth is not like most megs I find here. Advice welcomed. - Michael

This looks like the half of a Meg tooth that has lost all of its enamel. I haven't seen one like this before, but it has all of the characteristics of a meg tooth. Can anyone confirm or debunk this?

Hey all! I’ve never considered buying a fossil when I can go outside and find some but I might change my mind for this one. What would you guys think if you saw this at an antique store?

Hello, I was hoping some of the experts here could please provide me some feedback on my megalodon tooth. I purchased this about 15 years ago or so at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show while I was attending college at U of AZ. I've moved several times since then and have unfortunately lost the receipt and can't recall from what dealer I purchased it. Please let me know what you all think based on the photos. Thanks!

Last Monday, June 12th, was my first trip to the Calvert Cliffs, and while my haul is hardly breathtaking I was very happy with it since it was my first tooth-hunting trip ever (first pic). I did my best to try and i.d. the finds, but I'm probably off on some of them. In fact, looking at this again, I can see that the top middle one is probably the tooth of a Lemon Shark, not a Gray as I had labeled it a week ago. I didn't spend much time each time I stopped at a beach (I was kayaking from Brownie's Point), because I didn't know how much there was to see as I traveled south. Turns out, only that first run of cliffside beaches at low tide offered anything, but I spent most of the day paddling south past the rocky shore, wooden piers and private beaches. There were thunderstorms on Monday so I went yesterday, June 20th. This time I spent the entire time on those cliffside beaches at low tide. I'm pretty happy with what I found, though I'm sure it's pretty standard fare. As I was walking past one of the several landslides that spill out into the sea from the cliffs, I saw something sticking straight up out of one. It turned out to be half of a meg tooth (on the right, below)! I clawed around in the surrounding clay to see if the other half was anywhere to be found, but that search was as useless as I expected it to be. Looking down, I found what I think is a second partial meg tooth. I ended up finding a number of teeth visible on the surface of these landslides, but I didn't have any tools aside from a small hand trowel for scooping up stuff for sifting. I found some sort of bone in one of the landslides, and I *think* it's a partial cetacean ulna? Two other notable finds were what I think is a Shortfin Mako shark tooth and an Odontocete tooth- which, btw, I almost threw away. I didn't know what it was and it looked like something from a modern plant. It passed my completely silly squeeze test (it didn't fall apart like rotted plant matter), so I kept it. Well, now I know. So, are we allowed to dig around in those landslides? I know, aside from it being dangerous, that we're prohibited from touching the cliff face, but these landslides extend out from the cliff and most reach the waterline. Some of them seem pretty new, just based on vegetation -or absence thereof- on them. Anyway, I had a great day and I hope to return soon.

My landlord asked me if I wanted a fossil cabinent for forty bucks when he was cleaning out his garage/office of junk. The fosssil cabinet had cobwebs on it and was dirty and looked like it had been sitting there for a very long time but I was happy to since I could clean it up. I was excited to find random fossils in it mostly different types of rock, an old fish that was shattered, (arsenic, which I didn't realize until much later). There was also a megalodon tooth in it. It has one major difference from my other megalodon teeth that I know are real in that the base of it is a longer stretch of rock and oddly shaped, but at the same time it feels real. From the pic do you think it is real? I can't see why permineralization couldn't lead to this unusual shape but I could be for some reason wrong. I think it is real but I am not as 100% confident like I am with the other two.

I was told this is a Bone Valley Meg tooth but upon closer examination, there seem to be a remain of a side cusp which I am not sure if Megs are supposed to have those or not. Plus, the shape of the tooth looks a little different than the other Megs that I have, but that just might be my imagination. Also, I am not familiar with all-white Meg tooth from Bone Valley so I am not sure is this a common find or not? Well, It's still a nicely colored tooth that I will happily enjoy regardless. Anyhow here is the picture, any confirmation or info would be appreciated: