Sharks of SC Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Hello Everyone, Yesterday was my only day off from work this week and I decided that I was overdue for a nice tooth. My usual tidal spots are covered in a fine layer of silt from our recent rainstorms, so I decided to give Summerville a try. For me, productive Summerville sites are about a 30-35 minute drive which is usually enough to keep me on the coast. I've taken a handful of trips to the area, but haven't found anything particularly noteworthy...until this trip! This was a complete 'Hail Mary" trip - I knew I wanted to start with a main canal system and work through some of the deeper feeder creeks. I usually have very little success on the scouting trips, occasionally finding some reworked stuff and interesting formation. But yesterday after over two hours of hiking, spiders, knee-deep mud, and intense heat...I finally found some absolutely beautiful Chandler Bridge Formation lining a deep ditch in the middle of nowhere. I immediately got the sensation that I'd hit a virgin creek. The finds were plentiful with many, many of the usual broken shark teeth and bone pieces and a handful of gems in the mix. Of particular note are a pair of cream-colored Hemipristis serra, a stunner of a 2.2" Carcharocles angustidens, assorted vertebrae, and some associated alligator material! All-in-all it was the best Summerville trip I've had to date, and I'm excited to try some new areas in the near future. Cheers! SOSC My camera batteries just ran out of juice, so stay tuned for forthcoming close-up shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Congratulations on finding such a good site to dig. Love the fish vert. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 so many of those^ those are amazing, truly beautiful! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 21 minutes ago, ynot said: Congratulations on finding such a good site to dig. Love the fish vert. Thank you very much, though I'd like to make the distinction that I was strictly surface hunting...using tools within the town limits of Summerville is prohibited. 19 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: so many of those^ those are amazing, truly beautiful! Thank you, Whodaman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 some close-ups, as promised - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shellseeker Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 The stuff that dreams are made of.... Fantastic finds. I do not think that you will ever forget this trip or how exactly that Angy was placed when you first saw it.. Like Tony, I also love the fish and whale verts.... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Awesome finds and colors. That angy is sweet 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...
Jeffrey P Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 That's an exquisite haul. I especially love the vertebrae, the Carcharocles tooth, and the colorful pair of hemis, but everything looks amazing. Big congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Will You post better pictures of the verts? Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 10 minutes ago, ynot said: Will You post better pictures of the verts? here are the fish (tuna?) and cetacean verts - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavialboy Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 awesome finds. congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Great finds! Those hemis are beauties! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ropterus Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Looks like you found a nice honey hole! Congrats on the finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 As the old saying goes, "location,location, location. Much as anything now days, if you want to find good stuff, you have to get off the usual beaten path. All the drudging through deep mud and spiders paid off in the end and now you have a nice spot to hunt that for the most part is probably all yours. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Fantastic finds, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 thank you everyone for the kind comments!! Question - is the "alligator" material really alligator or crocodile if found in Oligocene Chandler Bridge Fm.? I feel like alligators came on the scene a little later than the represented material, but Im not particularly well-versed on the subject. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Sharks of SC said: thank you everyone for the kind comments!! Question - is the "alligator" material really alligator or crocodile if found in Oligocene Chandler Bridge Fm.? I feel like alligators came on the scene a little later than the represented material, but Im not particularly well-versed on the subject. Thanks in advance! I believe deinosuchus (late Cretaceous) is an alligatoroid, so it's not I,possible. I have no idea how to tell the difference though. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Great finds, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 14 hours ago, Sharks of SC said: thank you everyone for the kind comments!! Question - is the "alligator" material really alligator or crocodile if found in Oligocene Chandler Bridge Fm.? I feel like alligators came on the scene a little later than the represented material, but Im not particularly well-versed on the subject. Thanks in advance! Someone on here had mentioned before that the Pleistocene Wando formation rides over the Chandler in spots in and around Summerville and also has reworked lag deposits with varied fossil material. The Wando is where the meg teeth come from if I am not mistaken. @Boesse would definitely have more info on the subject or resources. Cheers, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 I'm not totally familiar with your area but from what I understand croc osteoderms don't have a 'bump' in the middle like gator osteoderms do with them being all partials it's tough to say for sure 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...
hemi123 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Awesome finds, love the big pic of the Angi...........takes a lot of work to find the right spot. Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthracite31 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Wow! Well done sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon Hunter Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 On 8/11/2017 at 0:52 PM, Sharks of SC said: Hello Everyone, Yesterday was my only day off from work this week and I decided that I was overdue for a nice tooth. My usual tidal spots are covered in a fine layer of silt from our recent rainstorms, so I decided to give Summerville a try. For me, productive Summerville sites are about a 30-35 minute drive which is usually enough to keep me on the coast. I've taken a handful of trips to the area, but haven't found anything particularly noteworthy...until this trip! This was a complete 'Hail Mary" trip - I knew I wanted to start with a main canal system and work through some of the deeper feeder creeks. I usually have very little success on the scouting trips, occasionally finding some reworked stuff and interesting formation. But yesterday after over two hours of hiking, spiders, knee-deep mud, and intense heat...I finally found some absolutely beautiful Chandler Bridge Formation lining a deep ditch in the middle of nowhere. I immediately got the sensation that I'd hit a virgin creek. The finds were plentiful with many, many of the usual broken shark teeth and bone pieces and a handful of gems in the mix. Of particular note are a pair of cream-colored Hemipristis serra, a stunner of a 2.2" Carcharocles angustidens, assorted vertebrae, and some associated alligator material! All-in-all it was the best Summerville trip I've had to date, and I'm excited to try some new areas in the near future. Cheers! SOSC My camera batteries just ran out of juice, so stay tuned for forthcoming close-up shots! What are some good creeks and places to hunt in the Summerville sc area, could you point out a couple of creeks or ditches and stuff I could search tomorrow? Need some help please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon Hunter Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 On 8/11/2017 at 1:20 PM, Sharks of SC said: Thank you very much, though I'd like to make the distinction that I was strictly surface hunting...using tools within the town limits of Summerville is prohibited. Thank you, Whodaman! Any places you can point me towards to start hunting, I'm new to the hobby and I want to hunt in Summerville tomorrow and creeks ditches etc would be very helpful for a beginner, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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