mrieder79 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 So I was cruising the bottom, checking boulders and my right hand hit something hard. It felt like a big bone chunk. Then my left hand swung around and felt the other side. Symmetrical. That's when I started getting interested. Then I felt the enamel. It just kept going and going down into the mud. At this point, I'm reciting the fossil hunter's littany, "Please be whole, please be whole, please be whole!" It was! 6 3/16" my first six-incher. 4 Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 That is awesome!!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Great Find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Fantastic Find and BEAUTIFUL in addition to size.. My son has a place just south of St Augustine and I once scuba dived across 10 years BUT that was decades ago and even a 6 plus incher can not tempt me out again.. but I can piggyback on your magic !!! The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Wow, congratulations!! Beauty, and those bulbous "cusps" are quite interesting. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Congrats on a KILLER tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCW3D Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Wow! That's incredible!!! Congratulations! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David E. Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Holy smokes that's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Great find! Congratulations! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Sorry - I have an overwhelming urge to see it in different positions. Awesome find! 1 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...
TNCollector Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 What a beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Very Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuzi Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 WOW!!! Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 What a monster! Congrats, I have yet to find one that size myself Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCG DAWG Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Wow! Amazing find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 That's an amazing find. Imagine the size of the sucker that shed it. That's the scary part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 If I was going to become a shark tooth collector, thats the tooth i would want to start with!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 What a whooper! Just imagine the shark that had that tooth! Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 That's a show piece, for sure! Fantastic find! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Would this tooth be considered evolution caught in the act? With those pretty large side cusps, wouldn't this be directly in-between a Chub and a Meg? ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 When megs get really big, the teeth start crowding each other. As a result, the enamel near the root ripples. When viewed head-on, these ripples look like cusps, but they aren't. It's just wavy enamel. 3 Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 unbelievable!, Very nice piece to your collection I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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