Snaggletooth19 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Went out to Matoaka Beach this past wednesday for a sunny but pretty chilly day of fossil hunting. While I do enjoy chatting with other fossil hunters, having the beach pretty much to myself for the day was really nice. After a couple of hours pretty close to low tide, I spotted a sizable crocodile tooth rolling in the surf. I was already stoked about that, but the best was yet to come. Maybe about 30 minutes later, I was sifting around with my shark tooth sifter, and my breath caught, spotting this small but complete and terrific looking megalodon tooth. My first one! As always (at least for me), I found both pretty close to the bigger cliff falls further down the beach, for those of you familiar with the location. While it was freezing, it was my best trip to Matoaka to date, finding two uncommon and great quality fossil teeth. I also found a small but great quality hemi and what I think might be an aquatic mammal tooth (I'll post pictures separately for some opinions in the ID forum), as well as a few Ecphora shells. Matoaka can sometimes be hit or miss as those who frequent the location know all too well. I usually find at least something small there, but these finds show you can really find some great stuff if you look carefully enough. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bthemoose Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Awesome, congratulations! That’s a nice sized croc tooth. How big is the Meg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiHunter Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Congrats! Those are both really awesome finds! Either one would make my week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Very nice! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth19 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Thanks! Sometimes it does pay to go out in the dead of winter. The Meg had a slant height of about 1.75”, likely a juvenile animal from some of the opinions in my separate ID post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplomado Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I wish we had megs around here. Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint08 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Great finds! Either of those would make my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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