RickNC Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Decent trip. Found a 3.5" meg that except for the worn serrations is a good one for GMR. A perfect 2" great white, some makos, and an alligator scute. Was a beautiful warm day and was nice to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Rick, not a bad meg at all for GMR. That GW is very nice. Not a bad day, and your right it was a great day to be out. I was fishing. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffie Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Nice haul, Rick. A good day fossiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan805 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Great haul! I love the GW. Looking to get back out today, I wish we had those GW's up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel59 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Great finds Rick, Nice day to have went out, I need to get down there soon and try to enjoy some of this false spring weather....I have to also find some places closer to the house to get to if nothing more than some nice shell fossils...You have those GW's figured out in there too. Nice osterderm/skute and cool meg from there ....Looking forward to maybe getting up with you and Don when we can get the chance...Jeff/Tarheel Edited January 29, 2012 by Tarheel59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Great finds Rick, Nice day to have went out, I need to get down there soon and try to enjoy some of this false spring weather....I have to also find some places closer to the house to get to if nothing more than some nice shell fossils...You have those GW's figured out in there too. Nice osterderm/skute and cool meg from there ....Looking forward to maybe getting up with you and Don when we can get the chance...Jeff/Tarheel Absolutely Jeff. I have limited time right now, but early March I have several days off and I will surely be out there during that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Awesome GW teeth - the 2" incher is really nice. I bet it was awesome to look down in your screen and see that Meg too! COngrats. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life 42 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Very nice GW. Congrats! We didn't make it down to the creek today. Mike had homework maybe next week. ...I'd rather be digging...Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Very nice GW. Congrats! We didn't make it down to the creek today. Mike had homework maybe next week. I know that feeling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsherri Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 GREAT FIND :Bananasaur: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiehunter Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Love the meg and the great white. I need to drag myself down to GMR this season at some point. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thats a sweet GW and a really nice Meg too! I'm still searching for my first really nice Meg from GMR. We shoud try to get a hunt in together sometime this spring. Maybe around festival time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thats a sweet GW and a really nice Meg too! I'm still searching for my first really nice Meg from GMR. We shoud try to get a hunt in together sometime this spring. Maybe around festival time? It's an okay meg. Serrations are barely there. Funny because a little while back I found one that was absolutely perfect except for missing a large corner part of the root. This one has a full root, but not the perfect serrations. Always something! I agree on the hunt. Let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybris Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I didn't know you could find complete Megs at GMR. Do they come out of the same layer as the GW teeth? I've seen pictrures of the banks there and it looks like shells in the banks at some points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I didn't know you could find complete Megs at GMR. Do they come out of the same layer as the GW teeth? I've seen pictrures of the banks there and it looks like shells in the banks at some points. The meg teeth are mostly reworked and a complete meg is extremely rare. Most people who find a complete GMR meg have put in thousands of hours in searching there, or are just completely lucky and find one laying out after a hurricane/huge storm. Best to look other places if your searching for a meg. DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It's an okay meg. Serrations are barely there. Funny because a little while back I found one that was absolutely perfect except for missing a large corner part of the root. This one has a full root, but not the perfect serrations. Always something! I agree on the hunt. Let me know. I agree as well! Ha ha. Dont forget about me! Hmm, wait let me rethink that. I'd be flanked by the two people who have found the largest GMR great whites I have ever seen. Not to mention, the largest great white from anywhere Ive ever seen. Dang, digging with you guys, I'd really have to bring my game face. DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The meg teeth are mostly reworked and a complete meg is extremely rare. Most people who find a complete GMR meg have put in thousands of hours in searching there, or are just completely lucky and find one laying out after a hurricane/huge storm. Best to look other places if your searching for a meg. look who's talking GMR megs. In all my searching there i have one perfect complete 4 3/4 meg. You found two perfects in one day. Glad to see you on here again mike, always good to hear from you. won't be much longer and you will be home. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I agree as well! Ha ha. Dont forget about me! Hmm, wait let me rethink that. I'd be flanked by the two people who have found the largest GMR great whites I have ever seen. Not to mention, the largest great white from anywhere Ive ever seen. Dang, digging with you guys, I'd really have to bring my game face. hahahha Maybe we could give you some tips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel59 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 And out of all the time I have went there, here this is my best love the colors but no serrations and missing parts But still to me a trip maker from there... Jeff Like Mike said lots of time and plenty of sand or luck before you can proablly get one even like mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 look what I missed out on. Arghh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleFossils Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Wow Rick thats the nicest meg I have seen out of GMR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Wow Rick thats the nicest meg I have seen out of GMR. It isn't even my nicest from there. I've seen several that were better from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 It isn't even my nicest from there. I've seen several that were better from there. Ya, you should see the one MikeDTOB found last year just laying in the stream. I think it was over 4" or more. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Ya, you should see the one MikeDTOB found last year just laying in the stream. I think it was over 4" or more. Daryl. I've seen em. We dig together all the time. He found two that day actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Yeah Daryl saw them at the fossil festival. The worst part was, I took a friend up there, who wasnt new to fossil hunting, but first time to GMR, and I found two megs that day. Which is unbelievably lucky. I felt bad though and explained several times that that really doesnt happen at all. The smaller (3 7/8") was from screening, and it came out on top of the shovel and I said "Hey look at that" and then dumped it in my screen. The larger (5 1/8"), was just laying in the stream by some leaves and behind some big rocks. I at first thought it was another leaf waving in the water, but when I got up to it, it was just algae on the top of it waving. Definitely a rare and awesome day there. The other complete meg I found from there, came out in matrix. I was about to throw the mass back in the water because it was 90 percent encased in matrix, but I noticed the bottom serrations sticking out, and at the top could make out the outline of the root lobes. So I took it home, dried it out and removed the matrix which wasnt an easy job. I cant wait to get back there and do some more searching. Hey Rick, Tarheel, that one guy who dug with us that day, was that his first day in the creek, and he found an awesome meg. Talk about luck. Daryl are you coming back down for the fossil festival this year? DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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