Rapp beach hunt

[Rowboater]

Made two trips to the beach.  First, water was muddy from wind (from the wrong direction), hot but many leisurely walks up and down the beach, mild surf.  Found lots of stuff and some little teeth;,and  a broken mako, par lately.  Nice hunting, good exercise.  Expected the water to be clear but visibility was still bad this morning.  Worse, the wind was calm and the sun was hidden by clouds and the no-seeums were out in force.  I fought them for about an hour; wasn't finding much in the weak incoming tide (the weirdly shaped, pathological(?) mako, no evidence of a break, a few small teeth), had to give up.  Never had this problem in the winter!

 

[Fossildude19]

Still, you managed to snag a few nice pieces!

Thanks for keeping us up to date. I enjoy your reports.

[Rowboater]

5 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Still, you managed to snag a few nice pieces!

Thanks for keeping us up to date. I enjoy your reports.

Thanks Tim!

[FossilsAnonymous]

@Rowboater I agree. That mako is in a very strange shape.

[Rowboater]

@FossilsAnonymous Yeah, really weird.  The  sharp edge looks exactly the same all the way around the tooth (except the very tip), just like other makos .  I have found a few pathological sand tiger teeth, and lots of broken makos, but this one is odd indeed.  Always wonder what caused it to end up like that (probably wasn't pollution!)