Saw this HUGE(6.20") and Beautiful Megalodon Tooth, is it real?

[18dubu]

Just saw this an auction. Too good to be true? Seller claims it has "minor root restoration".

 

 

[Darktooth]

To my eye there appears to be more than minor root restoration.

It is very blotchy.

[RJB]

So much 'minor' root restoration that it leans onto the fake side even?

 

RB

[18dubu]

1 hour ago, RJB said:

So much 'minor' root restoration that it leans onto the fake side even?

 

RB

which part of the side do you think that has been restored?

[aeon.rocks]

Looks like (eroded parts) holes on both sides have been filled and the whole root painted brown.

[Fossildude19]

IF there is any restoration on the root, that calls into question the validity of the size. 

Often, the roots will be built up to increase the size of the tooth.

[TyBoy]

Locality plays a key part in trying to understand what's going on.  The obvious repair patches on the root raise a red flag.  If this is from Indonesian it's a bigger red flag since roots from there are not well preserved and partial or complete resto on them is VERY common

[aeon.rocks]

2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

IF there is any restoration on the root, that calls into question the validity of the size. 

Often, the roots will be built up to increase the size of the tooth.

 

I agree! On pics doesn't seem to be the case, but it's possible that root was enlarged slightly, it's a common thing in Inonesia.

1 hour ago, TyBoy said:

Locality plays a key part in trying to understand what's going on.  The obvious repair patches on the root raise a red flag.  If this is from Indonesian it's a bigger red flag since roots from there are not well preserved and partial or complete resto on them is VERY common

 

It's definitely Indonesian...

[bthemoose]

None of the surface looks like natural root to me—the texture all looks like all putty.