caldigger Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 The temperatures finally behaved today and dipped into the 80's. I just had to take advantage of that since it has been triple digits all Summer up until now. I quickly threw my backpack and shovel into the car and away I went. The morning started out very slow. It takes a few hours of digging and moving overburden just to clear a space to begin some actual hunting. I had been finding real small teeth for about the first two hours of digging. Then it happened! I loosened a chunk of matrix and this just fell into my hand. I have been digging in Bakersfield for a good 5 years and had never even found a trace of Megalodon tooth, not even a sliver! Today was the day. Not only that, but about 30 minutes later I found another partial broken tooth. Two rarities within an hour. Ya, I know you East coast guys are saying "big whoop". Well Megs don't come round these parts too often and certainly don't show themselves to me. It isn't the prettiest, but it is a Bakersfield first for me. I'm going to guess and say it's between the 4.5" - 5" range. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 The broken one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Congratulations Doren! Bet it looks much better when cleaned. 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...
FranzBernhard Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Thanks for sharing your find and excitement and congrats to this spectacular find! Would you mind posting some field photos or posting a link to the general area? I am always interested what the hunting grounds of others look like. Thanks! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Great find Doren, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Yay! I dunno why, but in my experience it often happens that you strike paydirt twice. Maybe the teeth come from the same animal? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Just confirmed at 5"!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan 1000 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Nice Meg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Congratulations, Doren - well-deserved find!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Fantastic Doren and a big tooth as well as from a rare location for Megs. Very cool additions to your Bakersfield collection . Looking forward to seeing them prepped . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Awesome, congrats on the finds! Better than all the megs this east coast guy has found! “...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...
Darktooth Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Congratulations Doren! Glad that you finally found a couple megs! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Congratulations. Amazing find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Congratulations, that is a fantastic find! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Hmmmmm doesn't resemble the pictures in wiki..... Congratulations! Very impressive find! Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Excellent find, Doren. Congratulations! Persistence pays off! 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...
Archie Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Concratulations! That will look fantastic prepped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Oh my gosh.....I can't let this opportunity go by! Ah hem, @caldigger, I think those are worthless pieces of chert and you should send them to me so you don't have to store them! Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcordova Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Very nice!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 19 hours ago, caldigger said: Just confirmed at 5"!!!! Where is the picture? No picture = it did not happen! 1 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...
caldigger Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: Where is the picture? No picture = it did not happen! OK Buckaroo, Here ya go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 minute ago, caldigger said: OK Buckaroo, Here ya go! Thanks. Looks good! 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...
caldigger Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 Unfortunately, the section that was buried in matrix concealed a missing section. But I am still happy to have found my first STH Meg. This just means there is a higher quality whole one waiting for my discovery. However, at this rate, it might be found while they are digging my grave! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Still a nice piece. Congratulations, Doren. ~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...
FranzBernhard Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Don´t be sad, nothing is perfect. But your specimen is nearly so: your first one; rare for the locality; big; very attractive color; serrations still there; matrix specimen - have I missed something? Again: Congrats to this awesome find! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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