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Help! - Labor Day tooth hunting in Summerville, SC

9/1/2005 8:18:02 PM

legacyForum

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Help! - Labor Day tooth hunting in Summerville, SC

I came across two BIG, freshly dug, pond construction sites this week and want to check them out over Labor Day weekend--maybe Friday evening, Saturday evening, Sunday anytime, and/or Monday anytime. I am, however, VERY new to this shark teeth hunting thing, getting into it only weeks ago because my 8-yr.-old daughter is interested in fossils. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would like to meet me at these sites and help me with where and how to look for teeth. When I look at the sites, all I see is dirt, but I know stuff is there based on everything I read here. I need help. Once I figure out how to fins the teeth, I want to take my daughter so she can find them herself. E-mail me at mardi_gras90@yahoo.com.

9/6/2005 2:39:34 AM

legacyForum

725 posts

Anyone, anyone? Beuller?

27 view and 0 replies. Hello . . . anyone, anyone, Beuller?

You'll be happy to know I went fossil hunting in Dorchester County on Sunday, and I did find layer; I knew it was layer when I saw it. I found a handful of little teeth and one-half (split right down the middle) of a 4-inch meg. (That would have been a nice one if it had been whole.) Now that I know what the layer looks like, all I need to do is find more "secret" quarries. By the way, later that day, I stopped at another location I had scouted, and I think I saw ditchweezil and his son walking around with a bucket looking for goodies.

QUESTION: How long should one dig before one gives up? The meg I found was exposed. After putting it in my bag I started digging around where I found it at that level, but found nothing. I basically sliced off a big sliver at a time with my shovel. I even sifted a little. I eventually gave up on the shovelling, since I wasn't uncovering ANYTHING. Any advice on technique? Anyone?

9/6/2005 11:59:30 AM

ditchweezil

342 posts

RE: Help! - Labor Day tooth hunting in Summerville, SC

Sorry no one went with you, but that's how it goes sometimes. If you found half a meg in the layer, you should have kept looking. Megalodon teeth are often found together. If you see big flat rocks and bones, you're in the right type of area. If the pond has been graded, don't dig because it really makes the construction people look mad. but if there's any area of the pond that is incomplete (i.e., not finished being dug) GO TO TOWN on it. If I'm finding the right kinds of indicators in a spot, I keep digging until I can dig no longer. After it rains, go there and look around the edges of the pond and in the piles of dirt. If you have more questions you don't want posted here, you can email me.

9/11/2005 4:57:40 PM

legacyForum

725 posts

RE: Help! - Labor Day tooth hunting in Summerville, SC

Ditchweezil,

I found a nice spot in The Ville yesterday with exposed layer (greyish sand), in which I found a nice little 3-inch whole meg. In the layer were huge chunks (forearm sized) of what I assume are fossilized coral. Some pieces, though, looked like bone. Can you tell me what sort of things are in the layer and how does one differentiate between all the big chunks of things? Does anyone collect that stuff? Thanks.

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