Calvert Cliffs multi-trip report

[dsaavedra]

I'm new to fossil collecting and currently obsessed with shark teeth. I live near the Calvert Cliffs in Maryland, USA, and have been on several trips there and a couple trips to nearby locations in Maryland. In total I have been fossil collecting a total of 5 or 6 times since the beginning of October. I've found several hundred sharks teeth and have a great time each trip. I wanted to share a few of my best finds over the past couple weeks, beginning with...

 

My first meg! I believe technically it is a chubitensis, but a megatooth nonetheless. I found this one on just my 3rd trip, and I could not believe my eyes when I saw it just laying there in ~1ft of water. I feel like it may have spoiled future collecting trips just a little - but not really, now I just want to find a bigger one

 

 

 

Later that very same trip I found.... my second meg! This one was a little posterior tooth with tip damage. I thought it was a mako at first glance until I noticed the serrations. 2 megs in one trip is going to be hard to beat.

 

 

These are some of the nicer mako teeth I have found, the first picture shows a tooth that I found on my very first trip. It solidified shark tooth hunting as a new obsession for me. The other 4 I found yesterday, with a few in-situ photos. They have such nice coloration. I have never seen a tooth from this area with an ivory color - I think it was sun-bleached sitting up at the high tide line? That's my best guess at least.

 

 

 

 

 

I also found this nearly complete cetacean vertebra yesterday, which might be the find of the day:

 

Here are a couple in-situ sand tiger teeth, one has double cusps which I thought was very cool, a first for me.

 

 

 

 

Lastly, here are a couple whole-trip hauls, in reverse chronological order starting with my trip yesterday and ending with the first trip I took in early October, the trip that started it all! Thanks for reading, I look forward to posting more reports in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Darktooth]

You have found some very nice teeth and other fossils. Yes, this will be your new obsession for a very, very long time to come. How do I know? Because sharkteeth seem to have a special about them that people can't resist. It's an addiction that will never be satisfied until the next hunt, and the next and the next........................

[sixgill pete]

Great finds. Welcome to the hobby ..  ahhhhh no .. obsession. 

[Fossildude19]

Thanks  for the reports!

Looks like a number of great hauls!

[dsaavedra]

Thanks guys! Finds like these keep me wanting to get back out there every week.

[Fin Lover]

Great finds!  Congratulations on your first meg/chub! I'm still looking for one that nice.  

[FossilNerd]

A lot of great stuff. Thanks for sharing!  

[Bjohn170]

Wow nice Meg! And on your third ever trip! Congrats 

[Jeffrey P]

Congratulations on some really nice finds. The marine mammal vert with most of the processes intact is VERY IMPRESSIVE! Thanks for sharing.

[dsaavedra]

1 hour ago, Jeffrey P said:

Congratulations on some really nice finds. The marine mammal vert with most of the processes intact is VERY IMPRESSIVE! Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks! Do you happen to know what it is? I was thinking either dolphin or maybe seal. I'm also not sure which kind of vertebra it is, maybe cervical?