iamsharky Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Had a great time at the Lee Creek Mine, thanks Brian, Fossil Forum and PCS! Unfortunately we only had an hour and a half in the mine due to weather. 8 hour drive there, 9.5 hour drive back. But it was awesome and I hope to get back some day.... I found 2 teeth. one small sand tiger with the corner broken off when i was walking in, along the ramp and approx 15 minutes before the hunt was called i saw what i thought could possibly be a meg root. when i pulled on it with my rake, the clay moved in a way that i knew it was a tooth. It ended up being a 4.5 inch meg!!! [a ttachment=22622:DSC00432__Small_.JPG][att a chment=22624:DSC00437__Small_.JPG] Miocene/Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 wow!!!!! lucky you i cant wait to see your tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 It was a pleasure meeting you and everyone else Saturday night for dinner. Sorry that you all got only 1.5 hours in, but not too sorry since you did get a meg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokashikibob Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Way to go! There's guys and gals that have been there many times with no Megs to show! You got the magic touch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsharky Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 It was a pleasure meeting you and everyone else Saturday night for dinner. Sorry that you all got only 1.5 hours in, but not too sorry since you did get a meg! Yes, the dinner and fellowship was great!! I hope we can have another trip soon. If we could have had more time, I wonder what we could have found.. oh well. that meg is my new favorite tooth! I think some folks may have went to the museum. I wonder if anything was found there?? Let's hear about it. Miocene/Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsharky Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Way to go! There's guys and gals that have been there many times with no Megs to show! You got the magic touch! Thank you. That was my first time land hunting so I can now add land hunting to my fossil addiction. (i usually dive) Miocene/Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haizahnjager Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Congrats again iamsharky! That tooth is awesome, I hope everyone is saving up their drool. I enjoyed meeting you, N.AL.hunter, Phoenix Flood, catshark, granpa, and all the other FF regulars. Thanks again BRSR for the opportunity. -HZJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsharky Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Congrats again iamsharky! That tooth is awesome, I hope everyone is saving up their drool. I enjoyed meeting you, N.AL.hunter, Phoenix Flood, catshark, granpa, and all the other FF regulars. Thanks again BRSR for the opportunity.-HZJ Thanks, it did make the ride home, more enjoyable. It was great to meet you and hope to see you again on the fossil road. Miocene/Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsharky Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 pictures up-loaded in the original post at top of page!! Also, Thanks to Tracy and Chris, 2 of our guides, who gave me alot of good advice on what and where to look!! Miocene/Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudkicker Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 That's is one freakin awesome tooth Congrats, maybe I'll get lucky when I go in a week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shark Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 We had a great time meeting everyone! I thought your tooth was pretty in the mine but it is gorgeous all cleaned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 ...15 minutes before the hunt was called i saw what i thought could possibly be a meg root. when i pulled on it with my rake, the clay moved in a way that i knew it was a tooth. It ended up being a 4.5 inch meg!!![a ttachment=22622:DSC00432__Small_.JPG][att a chment=22624:DSC00437__Small_.JPG] Yeah Baby! It's beautiful!! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 WOW, that color is awesome!! There wasnt much showing either. Nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsharky Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 WOW, that color is awesome!! There wasnt much showing either. Nice find Thanks all, i want to get back soon. I wish i had taken a picture when i first saw it, only the top corner of the root was showing. The pictures were taken after i pulled on it with my rake. you can see on picture of the tooth after it was cleaned, the part that was exposed. Miocene/Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Jr. Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 that tooth is absolutely gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Thanks all, i want to get back soon. I wish i had taken a picture when i first saw it, only the top corner of the root was showing. The pictures were taken after i pulled on it with my rake. you can see on picture of the tooth after it was cleaned, the part that was exposed. Wow, way to go!!!! Remember it was I who talked you into getting a rake Enjoyed meeting you too and everyone that was there that night! The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilover Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow, you lucky dog!!! That tooth is a sight for sore eyes. I know that had to have made your drive home much more pleasurable. How did you keep from crashing?? If it were me, I would have had the steering wheel in one hand and that meg in the other! Absolutely awesome, congrats!! :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What a tooth! Looks like all you guys had a good time even though it was short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I enjoyed meeting you, N.AL.hunter, Phoenix Flood, catshark, granpa, and all the other FF regulars. -HZJ Right back at ya' Haizahnjager! Grandpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brsr0131 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Congrats on your MEG iamsharky. At leaste it was worth the trip down. I am sorry to all the other people that did come from a far distance just to get cancled after an hour and a half. But that is the chance that we all take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 yea when i saw the tooth on elasmo and then on here i said wait it must be from this trip report haha its one heck of a tooth, the best i have seen from the mine so far this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsharky Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 yea when i saw the tooth on elasmo and then on here i said wait it must be from this trip report haha its one heck of a tooth, the best i have seen from the mine so far this year Thanks bmore. I hope I am lucky enough to get back in there one day. I just believe there is a 5-6 inch tooth in there with my name on it!! Miocene/Eocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 look if i found the tooth you did..... i would just drop dead right there haha! im going to be happy if i make it into the mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Long trip. But the trip home had to be sweet carryin' that MEG with ya!!! Great tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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