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Found this off Wrightsville Beach NC, is it a Meg chunk? Notice the tiny speck of blue enamel and nice line along the root?
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fossils
This is my largest megalodon. It measures 5.17 inches slant height. I found it on the James River and from it's appearance I believe it is from the Pliocene Yorktown Formation.-
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Hello everyone my name is Bonnie, I am new to this group, but not new to fossil hunting, I have hunted fossils along the east coast of Virginia in my entire life but really became engulfed in the last three years, I look forward to sharing my findings and learning more each day🥰
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Megalodon teeth fakes?
jeffcurnow posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello I am looking at two megalodon teeth but concerned about whether the root has been rebuilt? I am worried the root is fake and this is making the tooth is larger than its actual cm and thus demanding higher prices. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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From the album: Fossils
This 4.5 inch meg was found at a land site in central Virginia along the contact of the Eastover and Calvert Formations. The colors make me think it is likely an Eastover tooth. -
I hit the beach early this morning hoping for a nice low tide and calm, clear water. That wasn’t the case, the water was choppy and murky and the tide was a lot higher than I expected. None the less I treaded on and stumbled on a little 1.32” meg tumbling in the wash. Continuing I found a small handful of little teeth and a nice epiphysis disk with a 2” diameter before turning around. With the water being rough I was still hopeful something nice would wash out in front of me. Then I spot my biggest heartbreaker of the season, the tip of what would have been a large meg. The tip alone was 1.62” with a gorgeous brown color; comparing it with my 4” meg back home it looks like the tooth could have been of similar size. I begin checking through the debris of fresh falls before heading back to the truck and I’m glad I did. I spot a pretty 1.9” meg sitting on top of a debris pile. Definitely pulled the trip together and made the most of non-ideal conditions. But regardless if what I find I always enjoy a walk along the shoreline looking for prehistoric treasures. Thanks for reading y’all until next time!
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Got a surprise day off work on Tuesday so I decided to hit the cliffs to make the most of the day off. I got to the ramp around 10am to launch my kayak and headed to a beach I hadn’t been to in a little while. The trip started slow but I found a couple nice Hemipristis teeth to start getting my hopes up. I want finding to much in the wash and the water was to murky to find anything deep so I spent some time looking through debris around some fresh falls. Lo and behold a beautiful 1.75” Thecachampsa tooth is sitting right on top of one of the falls. It dried with some strange white staining that I wasn’t able to clean off, but none the less it’s still a great tooth. Continuing on I find a heartbreaking 2.3” megalodon that was broken almost in half (at least I got the larger half). Finishing up I got a few more nice Hemis and a handful of other nice smaller teeth. All in all in was a good day along the cliffs and it sure beat working. Thanks for reading, see y’all next time.
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Me and my girlfriend got the kayaks back out to adventure along the Calvert Cliffs on Saturday; the weather was unseasonably nice, getting up into the low 60s. The nice weather melted last weeks snow so I was hoping the thawing would bring out some nice finds. We launched a little before sunrise and had a beautiful calm kayak journey to the cliffs. As expected with the nice weather, a good number of other hunters started arriving by foot, kayak, and boat. A fellow kayaked snapped an amazing picture from the water of me at the base of the cliff and was kind enough to share it with me. With other hunters arriving I told my girlfriend to start working quickly down the beach, and I’d work slowly and methodically behind everyone else. I took my time, talking to everyone as they passed, giving my girlfriend more time up the beach. I wasn’t finding much walking behind everyone, but I was hopeful I’d find something nice tucked away that people missed. My hopes were realized when I spot a gorgeous 1.56” megalodon sitting in about a foot of water! 5 people must have walked passed it! As I caught up to my girlfriend a lot of the other hunters had turned back so we had some fresh beach ahead of us. She had found a nice 1.48” megalodon, a couple nice hemis and a pretty little retroflexus! Looks like the plan had paid off. We continued to the end of this stretch of beach finding a couple more nice hemis and I got a nice lower hastalis. With the beach being heavily searched the walk back wasn’t very fruitful but my girlfriend did manage to snag a nice mostly complete shark vertebra. It was a crowded day on the beach but it was nice talking to everyone, hearing about past finds and other fossil stories, but most of all it’s just nice to spend a beautiful day outside with family and friends! Till next time y’all, thanks for reading.
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Hi, I found this in Manasota Key, Florida. i am interested in knowing what kind of shark this belongs too:) thank you!!
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From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
My first meg over 5". By far the best condition meg I found out of this particular deposit. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
This was my first nice larger meg. I love the color, something very unique. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
This is my largest Megalodon to date. It measures almost exactly 5.5" and was found in a lag deposit in the Summerville area. -
North Carolina Megalodon
KisekiFossils posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Is this tooth legit ? I believe it is from North Carolina. I understand that it’s not in an amazing condition but is it real ? 0A1D9369-7446-41B6-9D01-AFEC8BDE6077.mov -
Hi all, For a few months now, I occasionally go searching for shark/ray teeth in an old industrial area in Aruba. I found hundreds of smaller shark teeth (probably carcharhinus) and a handful of very cool & much larger teeth (likely otodus angustidens). This morning, I went walking the dogs there and stumbled upon a chunk of a much larger tooth! Could it be the megalodon? it could be a larger specimen of an O. Angustidens but the proportions are not quite the same… I'll let the experts judge for themselves. The (almost) complete O. Angustidens tooth in the middle is 2’1 inches (5,3 cm) long.
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The child in me doesn’t like working on my birthday, so I like to take the day off to try to get out on the beach for a hunt. We had some crazy weather the days before with wind gusts up to 60mph! It had my hopes high to find myself a large tooth for my birthday. So yesterday me and my girlfriend got up early to kayak out on the bay to watch the sunrise before going to the cliff to start our hunt. It was a beautiful morning and the water was nice and calm, it’s hard to believe there was 6 foot waves not but a day and a half before. Once we land, after only about 15 minutes on the beach and I find an amazing 1.79” megalodon! And before I could catch up with my girlfriend to show her, I spot a really nice 1.72” hastalis tumbling in the water! We continue on with the finds slowing down after passing some fellow fossil hunters on the beach, but still finding some nice smaller teeth in the wash. I found another decent hastalis right as we turned around and a really nice shark vertebra before we got back to the kayaks. It was a great morning and I can’t think of a better way to spend my birthday. I may not have got that big tooth I’ve been hunting for, but I definitely can’t complain the the great haul I ended up with! Thanks for reading, see y’all next time!
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If you know anything about modern white sharks, how big are teeth of this size? The size is 58mm. How big was this great white shark? Are great white shark teeth of this size large?
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Went out on a short weekend trip a few days ago, here's the finds!
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Megalodon Tooth Necklace?
Paleo___1111___Rugut replied to Paleo___1111___Rugut's topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I got a tooth from an antique shop , it is 2.3 inches long but a bit broken on tip. I want to know if the tooth is real or not
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I recently found this partial tooth in Florida and I really think it’s dire wolf. It looks exactly like the upper carnassial dire wolf teeth online. The only measurement i have is that the thickest part of the enamel from top to bottom is 17mm thick, not accounting for wear. Can you guys confirm/deny? Thanks! filtered-3F76D20A-199B-4B93-8957-ACB17287FC39.mp4
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For my last hunt of 2023 I got back out to the Calvert cliffs, launching my kayak a little after sunrise I made right to the beach. The water was still a little high when I arrived (I feel like it’s been higher on average this year) but I found a nice shark vertebrae and a 1.62” hastalis before low tide. Finding a few smaller teeth for most of the walk, I then at the end of the beach where I normally turn around found a nice epiphysis disk, sitting out in the water. Now for my walk back the water was nice and low, and freshly washed out, sitting on the water line was a gorgeous 1.78” Megalodon! The root is starting to wear, but the blade is perfect, great serrations, tip and all! Continuing back I find a nice tympanic bulla (whale ear bone) my first on this beach. Last but not least as I return to my kayak, sitting about two feet away is an amazing upper cow shark tooth! A lot of variety for the day in addition to the normal shark teeth finds, another great trip and a great way to end the year! Thanks for reading, see y’all next year!
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Howdy everyone, I am new to this wonderful world of discovery. I am a Master Scuba Diver, so I like finding things underwater. I found this little fellow in a spring here in Florida. I tap tested and it weighs a little heavier then it looks, it is dark in color and it has some indentations that maybe holes. So, can someone tell me what this might be, or guide me in the right direction?
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The first Megalodon for a Chinese enthusiast
15652353758 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
A brief description of the situation. It looks nice on the front, very structured. Over five inches long on each side, beautiful V-shaped. The disadvantage is that one side of the serration is damaged, and the root of the back tooth is slightly corroded？ There are fossilized shells on the tooth roots？ …..🥺
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Hi everyone! Looking for help in ID-ing a found object from the beach. We are absolutely bewildered as to what this is! details: -Found 1 hour north of Sydney, Australia on the beach -Heavy, fossilised object with very distinct “ribbon” like formation patter on end -texture is reminiscent of a claw or tusk -plaque-like material in crevices (it is not sand)
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