Kurufossils Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Hello everyone, I'd like to share my extreme budget collection of megs for the US as requested, I've have been collecting shark teeth and other for a little over a year and a half now on a budget and have been surprised by what I was able to get a hold of so far. Condition doesn't bother me hence the budget but I have been able to find some megs from from interesting locations over the short period of time I've been collecting with a little bit of luck. I estimate I spent no more than $1,100 in total for this small collection. Tag me if there's any teeth you'd like to take a closer look at. In order: 1) Ace Basin, Ashepoo River SC 2) Lee Creek, Aurora, NC 3) Ocean teeth likely from offshore SC 4) Georgia??? 5) 7 inch+ meg fragment likely from offshore SC 6) Virginia Red Site (repaired) 7) Georgia??? 8) Virginia 9) St. Mary's??? 10) Georgia??? (repaired) 11) Summerville 12) Ocean teeth likely from offshore SC 13) St. Mary's Last photo: 6inch+ Calvert Cliffs, Maryland (restored) I'll do bone valleys for part 3 sometime soon! @ynot @WhodamanHD @snolly50 @sixgill pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Those are some amazing Megalodons! “...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...
snolly50 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I enjoyed seeing those. Years ago I had a friend who was diving the Ashepoo. He was mostly interested in bottles/artifacts, so I was fortunate to have some fossils come my way from his efforts. On one trip he was on the bottom and suddenly something was strange. He rapidly surfaced, as did his dive partner. "Did you move the boat, they both asked?" He said that's the first thought that occurred to them both. Latter in thinking back on the experience he realized part of the strange phenomenon was odd "noise" and the river current/flow appeared suddenly altered. It was not until the dive was over and they had returned to Columbia; that they learned there had been a substantial earthquake in the area! 1 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurufossils Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 @WhodamanHD Thank you! @snolly50 Wow what a story that must of been a disturbing experience to feel on a dive that's pretty crazy, that's neat I find it funny that those who dive for bottles/artifacts in the same waters as fossils have no interest in them, I'd be ecstatic to find them as a bonus I like artifacts and bottles as well so I would be happy to find all three in one spot. At least cause of this it was to your advantage and you were able to receive some awesome finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Lots of cool teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurufossils Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 @CBOB Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Some really nice Megs here, great collection! Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurufossils Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 @LiamL Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Oh, and also I just have a suggestion- maybe you could restore the 7 inch meg? If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurufossils Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 @Macrophyseter I did think about it, I'm still on the fence about it, cause I like how it looks naturally but it would be awesome to see what it could've been as well with an accurate restoration. It makes me wonder though because besides the original owners predicted measurements, me and a friend of mine who knows lots about megs did an approximate measurement and drawing of the rest to the tip to see how big it could've been and it doesn't start to look like a natural meg at all without a pathology until not at but a little past the 7 inch mark which does make me ridiculously curious, but idk how I feel about an artificial tip on this one, usually restos don't bother me at all but I like the thought and wonder of how much over 7inches it would've been, it would take a really professional accurate convincing restoration I guess to make me feel ok about it. I still love it as a frag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Then maybe cast the tooth and use that to model what the tooth would have looked like? 1 If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurufossils Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 @Macrophyseter That sounds like a good idea, would have to find somewhere to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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