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Hey Guys, Met up with Madduck this morning for a quick fossil hunt. It was really cold and hard to focus on the ground with our watery eyes and running noses ;). Despite the cold, we managed to find a few teeth and had a good time talking about our fossil hunting exploits and life in general. For those of you that have not met him, your missing out. A real nice guy. He may post some of the finds here in a bit if he hasn't yet, but I did manage to get a good ground shot of a tooth in situ I think you guys call it. There are three shots, one further away and a closeup, both before I pulled it out and one after. The lighting isn't so good and my phone camera is pretty poor, but the pics capture how easy it is to miss these a decent tooth. Thanks Jason

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Nice photos -- even when I get a chance, I do something foolish like grab the tooth before thinking of taking the progressive in-Situ shots. I think that I am skipping tomorrow hunts based on strong NW winds and 47 degrees at 8:30 this am. Supposed to be the same tomorrow!!! SS

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lets see that meg all cleaned up! and len is a super nice dude, i still have the pair of gloves you gave me haha!

one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha.

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Thanks DeloiVarden! Your the one that is really super nice and if you have not met him, you are missing out. Enjoyed the hunt. It was one of the coldest mornings I have been out hunting fossils. It took a while for my feet to thaw out after we were done. Here is the after cleaned up pic of the above mentioned tooth. Angustidens. I don't think we found any megs today. If we did, it was chunks and chips. Most were angy's and mako's. And I must say, most were found by DeloiVarden! :)

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i wish we could find teeth like that in NC :( i miss south carolina so much.

one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha.

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i wish we could find teeth like that in NC :( i miss south carolina so much.

You can.

I need to get down there for a weekend of hunting with some SC members. Maybe this summer.

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I need to get down there for a weekend of hunting with some SC members. Maybe this summer.

Let me know when you do! If I am available, be more than happy to show you my neck of the woods. I will say, it can be hit and miss but 98% of the time, find something to talk about. :)
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Let me know when you do! If I am available, be more than happy to show you my neck of the woods. I will say, it can be hit and miss but 98% of the time, find something to talk about. :)

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i wish we could find teeth like that in NC :( i miss south carolina so much.

Zach, plenty of nice teeth like that in NC. Just got to put in the time and effort yto locate the places to find them.

Mudduck, great tooth once again. I agree with Rick, a trip down that way would be very a good thing.

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Mudduck, great tooth once again. I agree with Rick, a trip down that way would be very a good thing.

DeloiVarden made the find. I don't think he kept anything he found. He has a very good eye. I learned some things from him. He even gave me a good lesson in life whether he knows it or not.

There a number a places to hunt around here. Hopefully I will be on top of things if any of you decide to make a trip down here. I can not make any guarantees. Like I stated earlier, if I am available, I would be glad to show you around. :)

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