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Congrats to the folks this season, and in past seasons at Lee Creek, that found some really nice Megs. I've been going to Lee Creek for many years now and the big one (anything over 3") has always eluded me, but thanks to the posts on BRF, I have since learned what I've been doing wrong. Stupid me, I've been spending my time climbing countless hills like Spiderman sometimes, knee crawling like I lost my wedding band, and covering more territory than a marathon runner. All along I've been searching the "top-side" of the soils expecting to see a tooth partially or mostly exposed if lucky. What I didn't realize is that some folks have built-in homing senses, like a 6th-sense or something, and all they have to do is slam their hand down several inches into the dirt and pull that 5 incher out like they were bobbing for apples! I read about this happening last weekend, and then someone I know personally had this happen, but they fell and broke their fall and when their hand went down into the dirt they felt a big tooth and yanked out a honker. I heard a few years ago about some guy who sat down to eat his lunch and afterwards went to rinse his hand off in a small puddle of water, but upon putting his hands in the water he felt a large sharp object and pulled out a big tooth. So at least I know now why I haven't found a big tooth. I need to look under the dirt. Maybe I could retrofit my metal detector to detect enamel covered objects. Again, congrats to the folks who have found the big teeth, especially those of you with this extrasensory perception on being able to use your arms like divining rods looking for water, and just yankin' those jokers out of the ground - my hat's off to you.
Daryl.
Daryl, if you figure out how to modify metal detectors to find teeth, let me know. I've had no luck at all with trying to train my dog to sniff them out!
Seriously though, I share your frustration. I heard a story from a fellow hunter who tried to get a friend of his into the hobby. They went to the bay, and after about ten minutes the friend lost interest and sat down on a fall pile. This guy started kicking around in the dirt, and unearthed a perfect 4 inch Meg with his foot. Stories like that make me want to cry.
I must say, however, that if the big Megs were so easy to find that you could be almost guaranteed to find several on every hunt, I would have lost interest in tooth hunting a long time ago. To me, the challenge of finding the teeth, knowing that I could get skunked, or I could find an incredible treasure, is what makes it worthwhile. I haven't found any Megs at Lee Creek that are any bigger or better quality than the ones I've pulled from the Bay, but I will definitely be back there this fall, trying again. I've been there twice now, so hopefully the third time will be the charm.