Gray Ghost 27 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I found this tooth at North Myrtle Beach, SC and noticed that it hadn't completely mineralized. Most all of the fossils and sharks teeth I find are black from mineralization but this tooth has patches of white. In the photo its not the reflection of light but white enamal that is marabled in with the black mineralization. I'm guessing that this tooth is not as old as other teeth I've found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 It may be that the tooth is indeed mineralized, but with different concentrations of minerals than the average tooth at your deposit. Where I hunt, two teeth of the same size and species from the same age in the same formation can have two completely different colors and weights depending on their origins. That is a super cool Carcharodon carcharias, in any case - congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I concur. I prefer the "marbled" look. Great find! History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Most likely it is fully mineralized. Sometimes I find them like that inland here. I even have a few that are off white and they are fully mineralized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 very nice tooth. Just because it has white, as the others have noted, does not mean it is not fully fossilized. There is a place I hunt (quarry) that produces the occasional all white tooth along with lots of marbled teeth. Thanks for sharing the tooth with us. 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...
Tarheel59 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Very nice GW. I would be proud of it in my collection. Was that Myrtle or North Myrtle area.. I found more stuff up North in between there and Cherry Grove area than down off the strip... Thanks for sharing. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Ghost 27 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Tarheel, North Myrtle, all my finds come from the pier south down to Cherry Grove. Last week the old dredge material was starting to wash out but since then new sand is starting to mound back up. My first Meg tooth came from Myrtle Beach near the 2nd Ave. pier south, a couple of summers ago. I was metal detecting when I walked by the meg tooth and couldn't believe no one had picked it up. I quit metal detecting and have been hunting fossils and sharks teeth ever since. Hope to get back down in a week of so for some more hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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