paxhunter Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 So 2018 has been on a roller coaster of sorts. The east coast was hit with a prolonged cold snap to start the year which froze all the beaches up and most of the Chesapeake Bay too. So there was no hunting at all for the first week and a half of the year. The weather finally broke and i hit the beach i was luck enough to find a nice 2" meg/chub and the tripmaker was a pathological hubbell megalodon i was super stoked. Then the cold came back and once again the beaches froze right back up, so I was back off the beach again. The weather broke and all the ice went away and i hit the beach yesterday and killed it. Found the beautiful lower lateral meg that is just under 3.5", a couple nice makos, the 2 1/4' chub and a super sharp little meg. I also cleaned up on cetecean verts and chesapectens and an inner earbone it has been an up and down kind of month. Here is to a productive 2018. Hope everyone does well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Great finds- keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congratulations on the finds! You have done well! I am envious of those teeth! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyouthinkhesaurusRex Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Day Rocks Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Awesome finds! Love the pathological Megalodon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Very nice! “...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...
Jeffrey P Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Maybe up and down, but looks like a banner month to me. Big congrats and thanks for sharing. Those megs and makos look super! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Nice finds.....congrats its been over a year since i'v been south to collect in the Miocene TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Great finds! Love the in situ pics. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Squirrel Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Wow, this was from Brownie on the 26th? I was there early and everything there was frozen and I didn't see any teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 45 minutes ago, Crazy Squirrel said: Wow, this was from Brownie on the 26th? I was there early and everything there was frozen and I didn't see any teeth! Bring a bucket and fill it with gravel next time, sure to find some smaller teeth back home “...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...
paxhunter Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 This was from a few miles south of brownies on the 25th i went up to Brownies a little bit later on in the afternoon that is where i found the earbone and thanks everybody the next few weeks should be good along the bay with so much new material down from the recent freeze its all getting washed away very exciting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, paxhunter said: This was from a few miles south of brownies on the 25th i went up to Brownies a little bit later on in the afternoon that is where i found the earbone and thanks everybody the next few weeks should be good along the bay with so much new material down from the recent freeze its all getting washed away very exciting!! If you don't mind me asking, I’m wondering whether to go to try my luck at Brownies (I’m guessing the crowds will have cleaned it out but maybe there is enough to go around?) or WV for some trilos. You think the cliffs would have anything for me today? “...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...
paxhunter Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: If you don't mind me asking, I’m wondering whether to go to try my luck at Brownies (I’m guessing the crowds will have cleaned it out but maybe there is enough to go around?) or WV for some trilos. You think the cliffs would have anything for me today? I always tell people to get out there and look this time of year new material is constantly washing up from falls and the crowds are less in the winter. I have also found megs in other peoples footprints so even though other people are walking they cant find em all. I cant tell you how many time i find beautiful teeth on my walk back which means i walked past them on my first pass lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, paxhunter said: I always tell people to get out there and look this time of year new material is constantly washing up from falls and the crowds are less in the winter. I have also found megs in other peoples footprints so even though other people are walking they cant find em all. I cant tell you how many time i find beautiful teeth on my walk back which means i walked past them on my first pass lol Okay I think I’ll go for it then, maybe this will be the time I find a meg (or even a hastilis, for some reason they seem to hide from me). “...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...
paxhunter Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Okay I think I’ll go for it then, maybe this will be the time I find a meg (or even a hastilis, for some reason they seem to hide from me). I was sitting here having the same debate about going for a walk on the beach or not lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, paxhunter said: I was sitting here having the same debate about going for a walk on the beach or not lol “To Fossil hunt or not to fossil hunt, that is the question” lol 1 “...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...
paxhunter Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: “To Fossil hunt or not to fossil hunt, that is the question” lol I had such an epic hunt on thursday im afraid to go for disappointment but that means i might miss a 6"er lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Man killer finds, that little Hubble is sweeeeet 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...
paxhunter Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 29 minutes ago, jcbshark said: Man killer finds, that little Hubble is sweeeeet Thanks and to top it off its pathological its one of my faves in my entire collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Yeah, the Hubbell is cool - tiny one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoppeHunting Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Awesome finds! Those Makos are beautiful. Hoping 2018 will bring me my first Meg The Hunt for the Hemipristine continues! ~Hoppe hunting!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Cliff Dweller Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 What beach do you hunt paxhunter ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 On 1/28/2018 at 10:29 AM, paxhunter said: This was from a few miles south of brownies on the 25th i went up to Brownies a little bit later on in the afternoon that is where i found the earbone and thanks everybody the next few weeks should be good along the bay with so much new material down from the recent freeze its all getting washed away very exciting!! 2 minutes ago, Calvert Cliff Dweller said: What beach do you hunt paxhunter ? (also welcome to the forum @Calvert Cliff Dweller From Carroll County MD) “...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...
paxhunter Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 54 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: (also welcome to the forum @Calvert Cliff Dweller From Carroll County MD) What he quoted and welcome there are some great people on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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