Megalodon Tooth

[BellamyBlake]

I'd like some opinions on one more Megalodon tooth, please. It's 5.8". This one I am suspicious of because it looks a lot more polished than most of the teeth I've seen that were found in the Atlantic Ocean. The claim is no restorations, in any event, so some more eyes would be great.

 

Thank you,

Bellamy

[Darktooth]

I don't see anything that appears obvious to me. I think this is all natural. But wait for other opinions.

[Shellseeker]

Like Darktooth, I see nothing specific but... the hardest section to repair is the serrations.. I see no hint of serrations on a tooth that does not seem SO worn that it would erase all serrations.

 

Also,like Darktooth, I would like others who see lots of Meg teeth to comment..

 

[Praefectus]

I do not like the color change that takes place in the center of the tooth. It might be natural, but I strongly suspect this tooth was broken in half and repaired. I circled the area where I think enhancement occurred in red. It is visible on both sides of the tooth. I traced where I think the crack is in a yellow dotted line. 

 

 

 

[BellamyBlake]

52 minutes ago, Praefectus said:

I do not like the color change that takes place in the center of the tooth. It might be natural, but I strongly suspect this tooth was broken in half and repaired. I circled the area where I think enhancement occurred in red. It is visible on both sides of the tooth. I traced where I think the crack is in a yellow dotted line. 

 

 

 

In my opinion, you're absolutely not wrong. I noticed the obvious crack at the center of the root - it's hard to miss. I didn't see the rest of it along the front, and also wrote the back off as natural wear. The color change may suggest a repair. Great catch, thank you

[aeon.rocks]

Looks like a typical buffed heavily river worn USA tooth; therefore note - it should be priced very affordably, no matter the size. Maybe better said - it should be very cheap or you can find another one... It could have been glued and restored, yes, but not necessarily, unless there was also some restoration involved and buffing done to hide it. We can only speculate in most cases, often cracks are normal, but if you see a crack running all the way around or a fill/resto making a "circle" beginning and ending in the same spot, it's very likely that it was glued.

 

The problem is, some sellers are not always honest about condition (not even in the good old USA), because in meg collecting any repair and restoration devaluates a tooth and repels potential buyers away - shark tooth collectors are purists!

 

Note: a claim no restorations, could be just a vague description, which doesn't mean there's no repairs (glued parts qualify as a repair). 

 

Often glued cracks are also filled, like in this case bellow. Here's a tooth, resold as natural, although the fill/resto and glued crack is pretty obvious (on the right side):