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Williamb55

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Nice. I’m starting to think purse is better than Douglas, can any one attest to that?

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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10 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

Nice. I’m starting to think purse is better than Douglas, can any one attest to that?

Do you mean the Douglas Point areas? I have only been to Purse because I like the short walk to the beach.

 

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7 minutes ago, Williamb55 said:

Do you mean the Douglas Point areas? I have only been to Purse because I like the short walk to the beach.

 

Yeah. I’ve yet to find an Otodus after five trips and only one croc tooth. Wonder why...

“...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

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12 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

Yeah. I’ve yet to find an Otodus after five trips and only one croc tooth. Wonder why...

Yeah I used to head north from the beach at Purse state, but I hate climbing over all the trees. Decent walk south but once you get around the peninsula the collecting gets very good for Otodus and Croc teeth and I have had good success at both high and low tides 

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Great teeth.

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Excellent haul!  :wub:  :envy:

 

I only have been able to visit the area once, and I elected to collect the Blue Banks area.  I found lots of sand tigers and a couple of Cretalamna, but no Otodus or Paleocarcharodon (or others of the many species of sharks that occur in the Aquia) and only fragments of croc teeth.  Perhaps I didn't get far enough south towards Purse?

 

Also (for when I return, for return I shall) does anyone have advise regarding the micro teeth?  Are they abundant enough that it would be worth hauling out a couple of buckets of beach to sieve at home?  Or is there a better strategy to snag these little wonders?

 

Don

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5 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

Also (for when I return, for return I shall) does anyone have advise regarding the micro teeth?  Are they abundant enough that it would be worth hauling out a couple of buckets of beach to sieve at home?  Or is there a better strategy to snag these little wonders?

I did this, a majority of specimens at purse (or Douglas point) are micro. I found an angel shark, a  Triakis, a ton of the regular teeth, and a few other goodies with about two quarts. Results may vary but worth it. I suggest going to the gravel and try to collect from areas with different gravel sizes (so that winnowing will work in your favor)

“...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

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