My Best Day Ever (or Why Is That Guy Dancing on the Beach?)

  With all of the storms that we've had lately, I had a good feeling about going hunting today.  It turned out to be my best day ever!  The beach has been completely rearranged, with some old falls gone and some new falls present, and the teeth are abundant.

  I had never before found a 3 inch Meg here, but today I scored 2!  The smaller, at 3 - 1/16, was found in the first five minutes after I started hunting.  I didn't get a ground shot, because all that was showing was the tips of the root lobes, and I was too excited anyway!  I could have left happy at that point, but I wasn't about to quit.  The larger one, at 3 - 3/8ths slant and 2 - 7/8ths wide, came about 2 hours later.  I had to run my finger along the root edge, to make sure that I wasn't just imagining things, but at least I remembered the camera this time.  At that point I decided to head back in, figuring that I was pretty much done.

  So there I am, walking along a sandy patch, when a high wave breaks at my feet, exposing a root and a bit of enamel.  I saw the curve of the blade, and thought that it might be a giant thresher.  When I picked it up, though, the root was way too thick to be a thresher:  I had found a Parotodus!  It's only the second one I've ever found, and the first one I've found at the Bay (my other Parotodus was found at PCS).  It's a smaller one, at 1 - 5/16ths, and has a slightly chipped tip, but I couldn't be happier at this point! 

 Also found today was a near-perfect Cowshark tooth measuring 1 - 1/16th wide, Lots of Hemis, a couple Makos, and the usual assortment of small teeth.