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Beautifully Colored Hemipristis Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This is the prettiest hemipristis tooth I've found in a while. Its in great condition with brilliant colors.
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SC Pliocene Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This is by far the largest, best preserved hemipristis we've found at the new SC pliocene spot. I haven't found a hemi this big since I went diving last year in Venice. Before that, Aurora!...
Massive Bone Valley Formation Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Hemipristis serra
This was the first nice shark tooth I found on my recent dives in Venice Florida. Its a large hemipristis serra tooth in fantastic condition from the Bone Valley formation. ...
Beautifully Colored Hemipristis   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
One thing I love about Summerville is the colors of the teeth . This hemi is a perfect illustration. I love the back! ...
1 5/8" Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
I dug this guy straight out of the yorktown....
Giant Lee Creek Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra

I found this monstrous Lee Cree Hemipristis shark tooth about 5 feet from the megalodon tooth I found on the same trip. I almost missed this tooth in my excitement of finding the megalodon tooth. You can see in the ground shot where I kicked some dirt onto it while descending the hill to get the megalodon.

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Giant Hemipristis Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
I can't describe how much I wanted to find a big hemipristis tooth. I saw da fossz find one a few seasons ago, and I've seen Jedi Master's case of monsters. Among shark's teeth, this species has a unique, savage shape that I really love. This colossal upper specimen is from the Yorktown formation at the famous Lee Creek mine in Aurora NC. It easily takes the crown as the new king of my hemi case....
A Huge Aurora Hemi   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A Huge Aurora Hemi
1 3/4 inch Lee Creek Hemipristis tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A really big hemipristis tooth, much larger than I am accustomed to finding....
Lee Creek Hemipristis Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A nice large hemi....
Summerville hemipristis tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Just a superior quality hemi. That color is so good!...
Fossil Hemi Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra

The largest hemi in my collection to date. It has a little root wear to one corner, but it's still nice.

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Snaggletoothed Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This isn't as big as some hemis I've seen come out of Lee Creek, but its the biggest one I've ever found there. Definitely respectable....
Pathologic Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra

This was a bonus that I didn't find until I cleaned my finds. I always sort my teeth as I pick them up, broken teeth in one place and complete teeth in another. Since this tooth was dirty when I picked it up, I thought it was broken but later when I cleaned it I saw the pathology.

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Hemipristis Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A flawless gem snaggletooth shark tooth from the Pungo. Lee Creek is great for awesome hemis....
Fossil Hemi Shark Tooth   Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This one has a nice mix of color....
Fossil Hemi Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
I love the colors on this hemi it's definitely a new favorite in my collection when it comes to different color variations. This one is just amazing....
Fossil Hemi Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
I love the color on this tooth. Its almost a reddish-purple color. Plus its got a cool variation on the blade. There is a little indentation on the edge of the blade that looks like feeding damage but magnifaction reveals there is no break, but the enamel is smooth and is just indented. On another species I would call this a pathology but I've seen it before on other hemis. Perhaps it has something to do with the way the teeth fit together in the jaw? There is another variation in some teeth in ...
Hemipristis Tooth   Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
The colors are so awesome on this hemi!...
pair of hemiprists   Sharktooth Hill, Bakersfield, California, USA - Hemipristis serra
a couple of hemi's...
Fossil Hemipristis Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Not as big as the other hemi from today's trip, but its really pretty. Its red with a bright white stripe. Very nice!...
Fossil Hemipristis Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This is a perfect monster of a hemi. It matches the previous record holder in my collection for size. da f0ssZ was making fun of my hemi collection the last time he was down. Maybe this one will earn me some respect....
Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Peace River, Florida, USA - Hemipristis serra
this is the largest hemi i've found to date...
Fossil Hemipristis Tooth   Peace River, Florida, USA - Hemipristis serra
I thought this tooth was really nice. It has a greenish color rather than the normal black or grey....
Quartet of Hemis   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Four H. serras from PCS...
1-7/8 inch hemi   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
An large upper hemi....
1-3/4 inch Lower Hemi   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
An extra large lower hemi....
Snaggletooth Shark Teeth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
I found a pile of killer hemi's, too. I looked really hard for a giant one, but it eluded me again. Maybe next time. These are all from the Pungo formation. The biggest is 1 5/16 inches....
1 1/4" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
a beautiful colored hemi...
5/8" Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Hemipristis serra
This tooth might not get a second look at other east coast locales but here in NJ its almost as good as they get - it brightened my day!...
Pathologic Hemipristis tooth   Calvert County, Maryland, USA - Hemipristis serra
This hemmipristis has a root lobe that’s done a 90-degree turn back toward the root. Pretty cool!!!...
Fossil Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Fossil Snaggletooth Shark Tooth
A pair of Hemis   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A pair of nice snaggletooth teeth...
Lower Hemipristis Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
a big meaty lower jaw tooth....
1 1/4" Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Charleston County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A large, flawless tooth right from the Chandler Bridge Formation....
1-5/8 Lower Snaggle-tooth   Peace River, Florida, USA - Hemipristis serra
1-5/8 Lower Snaggle-tooth
Snaggletooth shark tooth   Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Hemipristis serra
This is my first NJ Hemipristis tooth and the first good find in what would become one of my best quality collecting days ever....
Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
parasymphyseal tooth...
1 7/16" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A beauty of a hemipristis tooth. Big, too! Not the 2 incher I'm lusting after, but bigger than what I normally find....
1 3/16" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Charleston County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Just an absolutely beautiful tooth!! The colors are one of a kind - as black and shiny as obsidian with a tiny red dot on the front. Almost like a black widow....
1 3/16" Hemipristis Shark Tooth   Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A perfect hemi from the chandler bridge....
7/8" Pathologic Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Just a beautiful little patho tooth....
1 5/16" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
1 5/16" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth
1 1/2" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
I didn't even know I found this until I got home. It was completely covered with dirt before I washed it off. Its in pretty good shape, its big, and its got great color....
1 11/16" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This is the biggest hemi I've ever found. What a shame its got the feeding damage!...
1 3/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Here's a GEM hemi from the Pungo. Its got a cool looking little pathology on the blade on the left side....
5/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
5/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth
1 1/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Calvert County, Maryland, USA - Hemipristis serra
1 1/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth
1 5/16" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Besides being a beautiful tooth, this one has the added bonus of a pathology. It has serrations running parallel to the root on the back of the tooth. You can see it quite easily in the second photo. It also has another errant serration on the other edge, but I couldn't get a good photo of it. ...
1 5/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
1 5/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth
1 3/8" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A beautiful pungo tooth...
1 1/4" Snaggletooth shark tooth   Charleston County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
A beautiful specimen found right in the Chandler Bridge...
7/8" Sympheseal Snaggletooth shark tooth   Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This strange looking tooth is a lower sympheseal hemi. It’s the only position in the mouth that looks like that. It looks very similar to the same position in the Goblin Shark, but since I don't hunt cretaceous deposits, it has to be hemipristis....
1 1/4" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
This is one of those teeth that you pick up and can instantly tell that it's something special. This has got to be one of the best hemis I've ever seen. I still can't believe how sharp the tip is and how completely without wear the tooth is. I found it right in the upper Chandler Bridge, though, and I'm guessing that's why its in such good shape. And the color is sweet, too....
1 1/2" Snaggletooth Shark Tooth   Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
Huge hemis are not uncommon in Aurora. This was an unexpected bonus that I had not expected....
1 5/8" Snaggletooth Tooth   Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra
museum quality specimen! Immense for this species....
  

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