Good day at Douglas Point

[Bjohn170]

Got to the beach early this morning and had the place to myself with a great gravel line to search. Got a nice handful of teeth including at 2.23” damaged otodus, a 1.42” otodus, and a 1.14” croc tooth. 

[Bjohn170]

Two additional pictures of the large Otodus

[digit]

Very nice! Brings back happy memories of a roadtrip that included a day of hunting in Maryland.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[bthemoose]

Nice! That 1.42” Otodus looks great.

[Bjohn170]

39 minutes ago, digit said:

Very nice! Brings back happy memories of a roadtrip that included a day of hunting in Maryland.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

Lucky me only a hour an a half away

[digit]

I have a fossil shark tooth creek in my backyard--about 90 seconds away.

 

Of course, I measure my shark teeth in mm or cm instead of inches.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Adam86cucv]

38 minutes ago, digit said:

I have a fossil shark tooth creek in my backyard--about 90 seconds away.

 

Of course, I measure my shark teeth in mm or cm instead of inches.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

 

I'm 2 and a half hours from the fossil hunting beaches in Maryland.  My kids and I would start growing gills and webbing between our fingers if we had a productive fossil creek in our backyard.

[Adam86cucv]

7 hours ago, Bjohn170 said:

Got to the beach early this morning and had the place to myself with a great gravel line to search. Got a nice handful of teeth including at 2.23” damaged otodus, a 1.42” otodus, and a 1.14” croc tooth. 

 

Nice finds.  It been a while since I've been down to Douglas point.  Did you take home any gravel to do a microfossil search later?  Next time we go I'm going to grab a couple of gallons to test my luck.

[digit]

41 minutes ago, Adam86cucv said:

My kids and I would start growing gills and webbing between our fingers if we had a productive fossil creek in our backyard.

At the risk of turning your kids amphibious, you all are welcome to screen for small shark/ray teeth if you ever find yourself passing through Gainesville, FL. (We've got a really nice little paleontology museum to boot!)

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Adam86cucv]

40 minutes ago, digit said:

At the risk of turning your kids amphibious, you all are welcome to screen for small shark/ray teeth if you ever find yourself passing through Gainesville, FL. (We've got a really nice little paleontology museum to boot!)

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

Hmmm a slight detour on the next trip to Orlando sounds good.  We do love museums!

[HemiHunter]

9 hours ago, Bjohn170 said:

Got a nice handful of teeth including at 2.23” damaged otodus, a 1.42” otodus, and a 1.14” croc tooth. 

 

Those are all nice finds from there!  I was thinking of going to Douglas Pt myself today, but had to work. Glad you got to go. Congrats!

[Bjohn170]

8 hours ago, Adam86cucv said:

 

Nice finds.  It been a while since I've been down to Douglas point.  Did you take home any gravel to do a microfossil search later?  Next time we go I'm going to grab a couple of gallons to test my luck.

No I always debate bring a 5gal bucket to fill but that would be a pain to walk back to the truck, maybe if I kayaked in

[Adam86cucv]

47 minutes ago, Bjohn170 said:

No I always debate bring a 5gal bucket to fill but that would be a pain to walk back to the truck, maybe if I kayaked in

I figured a couple ziplock gallon freezer bags in a backpack would be easier than a 5 gallon bucket...carried enough of them as a kid doing farm chores to know that the handles aren't fun to carry with weight for any long distance.  I do think it would be fun to kayak from Mallows bay down and back.  

[digit]

This is the way I've backpacked out matrix when it is a long way back to the car. I can remember one hunting trip when I filled a large backpack full of Mazon Creek concretions--man, my shoulders ached by the time I made the 1.5 miles back to the car. If the trip back is not all that long and you do wish to take buckets, I'd suggest adding some foam padding to the handles--the standard handles on 5-gallon buckets are not meant for marathon distances. I (actually, my back) recommends bringing 2 buckets and splitting the load between them for balance.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken