dsaavedra Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 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. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 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........................ 2 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Great finds. Welcome to the hobby .. ahhhhh no .. obsession. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Thanks for the reports! Looks like a number of great hauls! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaavedra Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Thanks guys! Finds like these keep me wanting to get back out there every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Great finds! Congratulations on your first meg/chub! I'm still looking for one that nice. Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 A lot of great stuff. Thanks for sharing! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjohn170 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Wow nice Meg! And on your third ever trip! Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Congratulations on some really nice finds. The marine mammal vert with most of the processes intact is VERY IMPRESSIVE! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaavedra Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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