zachj Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Day 1: When we arrived in Summerville, We went straight to the ditch i found on Google earth. This ditch looked the best of all the ditches i saw. When we first got into the ditch it was really leavey and muddy and I could not See anything. Eventually The ditch cleared up and i saw some gravel beds. My finds were scarce at first but my first big surprise was a meg sticking out of the formation. I had to use a stick to get it out and it was broken . Shortly after that i made my way down and came across My best find to date, an Angustidens. It was hiding in THe sand and i barely saw it and yelled for my mom to come see the find. After a while my mom got tired and went back to the car. Shortly after that I came across my second Angustidens. It not as big but it is still a really nice one. After that tooth the finds slowly started to get worse and i called it a day. After fossil hunting i had to see the "Historical Charleston". Day 2: I woke up with excitement in our Hotel knowing i was Meeting fellow forum member Len (Mudduck) and was going fossil hunting with him in one of his sites. We started siftinig in one spot but it was not being productive. After that we went to his other site, Where he found his beautiful meg tooth you guys saw. We started walking and it wasnt productive until after about 40 minutes or so. Len told me to come over and see his angy. It was pretty nice for the most part, just missing the cusps. After the walk we still had the walk back to find even more teeth! On the walk back i scored another beauty, a blue Angustidens. And shortly after that Len found another. When we were done we said our good byes and mom and sis picked me up from their trip to Magnolia Plantation. Lens a great guy and gave me his finds from his site that day. Day 3: After spending the morning in Charleston we went to Summerville again and hit the same ditch. It wasnt as productive but turned up a partial squalodon and 2 threshers. ENJOY THE PICS! Edited January 2, 2013 by zachj one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Here are the pics from my finds with Len. In-siti pics coming up! Edited January 2, 2013 by zachj one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Way to go Zach! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Nice report and great finds Zach! Thanks for posting them. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terphunter Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Very cool...looks a great time! LIFE IS SHORT...HUNT HARD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffie Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Great report Zach, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Did you leave any teeth? Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Did you leave any teeth? Great job! Haha in that ditch, no. one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudduck Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Glad you made it home Zach. I really enjoyed the time hunting with you. Let me know when you make it back down this way! Maybe next time you find that Meg! Take care and stay in touch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Wow, great finds Zach! DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Wow, you really cleaned out that creek! Looks like you got yourself a fav new spot to go back to. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Glad you made it home Zach. I really enjoyed the time hunting with you. Let me know when you make it back down this way! Maybe next time you find that Meg! Take care and stay in touch! I will for sure! it was great meeting you Len! one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Wow, you really cleaned out that creek! Looks like you got yourself a fav new spot to go back to. Daryl. For sure, proberly wont be down in Sc for a while. one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Way to go Zach! The Summerville teeth have such a beautiful color to them. Thanks for the report too! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroMike Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Watch it out in Summerville, HUGE fine if you are caught in the canals or ditches with anything they consider a "digging" tool and they will consider a cup a digging tool. Now the creeks that are hidden.........you just have to worry about houses backed up to them. I used to hit this awesome ditch behind a church there in Summerville until ppl started digging out the sides and now there is a guy that watches it like a hawk. Great finds though and too bad your squalodon tooth is partial, that would be cool to find a complete one. Matter of fact, my only complete one came from Summerville. " This comment brought to you by the semi-famous AeroMike" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Watch it out in Summerville, HUGE fine if you are caught in the canals or ditches with anything they consider a "digging" tool and they will consider a cup a digging tool. Now the creeks that are hidden.........you just have to worry about houses backed up to them. I used to hit this awesome ditch behind a church there in Summerville until ppl started digging out the sides and now there is a guy that watches it like a hawk. Great finds though and too bad your squalodon tooth is partial, that would be cool to find a complete one. Matter of fact, my only complete one came from Summerville. I think your talking about the ditch i went to. The sides were dug into pretty well. I didnt see any teeth sticking out of the sides. one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzkleen Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Great finds Zach!! Awesome teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncjack99 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Great job Zach! You did some excellent research it really paid off for you. Those are some nice looking SC teeth you found. When you're a few years older and able to drive, there won't be any sharks teeth left for the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice finds Zach! Maybe we could hit a couple of ditches in SC over the summer. Thanks for uploading the pics. The finds are amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice finds Zach! Maybe we could hit a couple of ditches in SC over the summer. Thanks for uploading the pics. The finds are amazing! Thanks Brian! by then ill have my drivers license aswell. Scouted out some new ditches via google earth near the one i hunted at. Saw some really nice ones to. one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 and did you find your avatar tooth in GMR? one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 and did you find your avatar tooth in GMR? Yeah man. It was my first trip to GMR and ever since I have wanted to find another just like it. Btw, wasn't there a recent post about "The best you have from GMR"? I can't seem to find that post anywhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Yeah man. It was my first trip to GMR and ever since I have wanted to find another just like it. Btw, wasn't there a recent post about "The best you have from GMR"? I can't seem to find that post anywhere.... yeh in member collections. Me and sixgill were the only ones who posted, you need to post and revive it! one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 LINK th "Best of GMR" thread. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Great finds and trip report, Zach! You remind me of myself when I was your age. Keep at it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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