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This peculiar looking tooth is a parasymphyseal benedeni from Antwerp, Belgium. This little tooth is one of my favourite personal finds and is also one of the rarer pieces in my collection.

Hello fellow fossil lovers, I’m from Belgium and have been hunting for minerals and fossils since I was a kid. These days however my focus lies mainly with fossil sharkteeth which can be found in the general region of Antwerp. Kind regards, Charlotte

Hi all, This Saturday was a long awaited day. It was meant to already happen 3 weekends earlier, but due to many different annoying factors (bad weather, last-minute activities, etc) we only got to do it later... Luckily this gave me some more time to finish buidling my homemade sifter: When a good day finally opened up for the hunt, we got all the equipment ready and packed the car. We then set off to our 1 1/2 hour road trip from The Hague till our final destination: a pit in the region of Antwerp, Belgium (*). We stopped after an hour of car ride in the village of Stabroek, in the north of Flanders. We went to this cute little restaurant called "Taverne de Neus" (translation: "Tavern the Nose", curious name). There we ate the real Belgian meal: garnalenkroket (search it up) with fries (this is, contrary to popular belief, a Belgian invention, and NOT French!). After having a full belly for the fossil hunting, we went back on the road and arrived at our final destination. We parked our car, and just as we arrived, a young man (who works at the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam) and his mother were leaving the area. They told us that up in the pit there was a lovely couple searching there, and that they would be able to give us many tips for on our first hunt here. So we went there, and met them. Very generous, they told us exactly how to find what, and thanks to them we quickly found fossils on our own too! Shortly after a very nice French-speaking family, with two kids of about 6 and 8, arrived at the location too. It was only their second time here, and they too were happy to receive some advice from the more experienced couple. We had some great fossil-related talks all together, and I think we all learnt a lot from one another. Now back to the actual hunt: in the sand, it was easy to find many nice fossil seashells and some whale bone pieces, and with a bit of luck some small broken shark teeth. But the "real stuff" was found by sifting the thick dark-grey sand underneath the grass. We had to first dig a hole in the grass, until we encountered a harder and "crunchier" layer of sand. We had to take some of this, put it in the sifter and then shake. And Tadaa! Beautiful shark teeth! The thing was, our sifter was a hand-sifter. Therefore it takes up a lot more energy to sift, and it is done less efficiently. The couple that were there had a much more useful system: a sifter with a foot. It had a long foot underneath, stuck in the ground, which made shaking a lot easier, as the weight of the sifter didn't have to be carried. Also, as they could therefore afford a heavier sifter, they put two screens on each other. The first one only for bigger fossils, the second one to also keep the smaller ones. This made their job a lot easier. My sifter still worked just fine, and for a first one I think it's pretty decent! The couple, which were also very generous, were kind enough to give us some nice shark teeth too, in order to slightly broaden our haul. Here is the total haul: guess I can't complain for a first time!!! On the far right, whale bone pieces. The three small black things under them are bivalve and gastropod steinkerns. Beneath those (middle-right) you have two concretions with scallops. Then all along the left side you have fossil seashells. Species include: Glycymeris, Laevastarte, Astarte, Natica, Cardites, Cyclocardia, Turitella, Nassarius, etc. Those shells are likely from the Pliocene. And finally, the things that might have caught your eye the most: shark teeth! Species include: Carcharodon, Carcharhinus, Isurus, Carcharoides, Notorhynchus, etc. Those shark teeth are usually from the Miocene-Pliocene, but some are from the Eocene. Here are the teeth that I got from the couple (so not personal finds; still very happy to have them!): And here what are, in my opinion, the best personal finds: Necklace shell (Natica sp. ?)

Hello everyone, Here are some recent finds from Antwerp, Belgium. Going back tomorrow so wish me luck

Last week i enjoyed my holidays in the Netherlands/Belgium and found also many fossils especially shark teeth. I was in Hoevenen near Antwerp and in many other found locations on the coast. I will post my finds in the next days but I in this case I am not sure with the determination and its probably rare? The shark tooth is around 2 cm long and I found it in the MIocene of Antwerp. In my eyes it looks like a broken Somniosus microcephalus or? Are those teeth rare in Antwerp? Thanks for helping me!

Hey everyone! Finally had the time to go out hunting again after a looooooong time We went quite a few times during the past week. Had a few kinda slow days, until we found a decent spot that produced some nice shark teeth. Lots of mako's… Some miscellaneous teeth A small cowshark tooth Continued in following post

Hey everyone! So I have this tooth laying around for a while, not exactly knowing what it is. Have been struggling a lot with determinating it, so I hope someone can help me out It's from miocene/pliocene layers and its length is about half an inch. This is the tooth in question (I'm sorry for the bad quality, had a hard time photographing it ): I saw this picture: Source: http://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/fish-shark/hemipristis/hemipristis.htm Could this be a match?

Hey So I went to Antwerp the week before last week. The hunts weren't going too well and the majority of the teeth we found were broken. I was really hoping to find a complete cow shark tooth, but I was only finding pieces.. Found some nice tiger shark teeth though (besides the usual portion of C. hastalis teeth)! We went again last week. I wasn't expecting anything (the haul from the hunt before wasn't very impressive), but apparently that's the moment you find one of the most special teeth you've ever found... A symphyseal cow shark tooth! Never thought I would find one . And.... A whole cowshark tooth too! The root isn't complete, but you won't hear me complain So I loooooove Antwerp Kind regards, Angie

Hey everyone! Last month, I went hunting for shark teeth a few times and I realized that I hadn't shared my finds yet with TFF We've spent the last days of our vacation in Florida and did some beach hunting there (thank you very much @Grimlock for your help!). We found some nice teeth, our first 'recent' ones! What do you do first when you come home? You go hunting there I went to an ex situ spot in the Antwerp (Belgium) area (Miocene and Pliocene deposits). You have to dig and sift a lot of sand in order to find fossils over there. Unfortunately, the majority of the fossils are broken (because the sand is transported through tubes), so I'm very happy every time I find a complete tooth Mako teeth are the most common 'bigger' teeth over there (mostly C. hastalis, with an occasional I. oxyrinchus and if you're lucky a I. retroflexus). Teeth from other 'big' sharks (such as great white, megalodon) are very rare. Therefore, it isn't very surprising that I found lots of mako teeth Are you bored yet? To be continued in the following post...

The last two weeks i was on vacation in the Netherlands. I was there with my whole family so i couldnt search that much ... The best location was near Antwerp (Belgium). There was desposited sand from the Westerschelde (with fossils). Unfortunately, the times in abundance are over and its very overgrown now, but at a few places you can still find something .... Looks good .... The best method is to dig a bit and sieve the material. Now my finds ... I found many shark teeth, bones and other cool things. Most of the shark teeth are very small and often they are damaged or unrolled. In two times i was there i found some good teeth with a length between 2-5 cm. Here you can see some: (sry on the top right corner are teeth from Vlissingen) I tried to determine some of them so please correct me Detailed pictures: A nice 3.6 cm long teeth ... think it could be Isurus oxyrinchus. Cosmopolitodus ? The tooth is 2.3 cm long. This tooth was very common, but i dont know the name ... (Length: between 1 until 2 cm) Carcharias acutissimus (1.6 cm long) Carcharoides catticus (1.8 cm long) And the last shark tooth i want to show (for now) is this very small (0.5 cm long) Notorhynchus sp. :

Hey! We went to Antwerp yesterday and today, to do some shark teeth hunting. I'm thrilled about the finds These are the most beautiful teeth of yesterday. The megalodon isn't in a good condition, nor it is big and complete, but it's the first one we found ourselves (and they're not very common in Antwerp). Got the notorynchus cepedianus actually from an another hunter! These are the nicest ones of today. Some great hastalis I'm very happy with Greetings, Angie

Hey! I went for the first time fossil hunting in Antwerp today. After finding some shark teeth on the beaches of Florida, I hoped to find some teeth a little closer to home . I'm very excited and looking forward to the next time I can go hunting!

Last week i was one day in Hoevenen (Antwerpen) and found many shark teeth. But i dont know anything about shark teeth, so please help me to determine them ... In a few days i will post my complete tour from the one week in Cadzand. Here is my complete haul: I think its a very good haul (You have consider that one of these teeth was my first shark teeth i ever found )