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Super Bowl Sunday Finds   Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
		On Super Bowl Sunday I went to a new area for me along the Potomac river in Virginia. The day started off slow until I found a 1 6/8" Snaggletooth. I went through a second mini dry spell then I came across the best 50 yard stretch of beach that I have ever encountered. Three whole Megs, the largest was 3 5/8" but river worn, and a nice white/peach Meg that was a 2" beauty. The story of this trip was all the big Mako teeth. 2 5/8" was the largest and four more over the 2"...

A Weekend of OUCH!!   Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
		Well, Paleoscan and I had this weekend on our calendars for months now - a fossil trip to the James River. With any luck we would visit numerous formation locality type sites and find some nice fossils. Friday started with a trip along the shores of the Potomac River in Westmoreland, VA. Paleoscan traveled in style with the Sqaulicorax while I had to huff it around the rock wrap shores to get to the promising fossil beaches. Paleoscan was a righteous host and rowed all of the way up to the...

Westmoreland County - VIRGINIA   Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
		My fossil collecting partner (Buddy the dog) and I went down to the Potomac in Westmoreland County VA where I have often found some fine teeth. We scaled down the cliff and began to work the gravel. Soon I found some nice hemis and the cetacean tooth. After walking a couple of miles we headed back working the surf and found some more nice but not exciting Miocene fossils. About 100 ft prior to scaling back up the cliff, I walked up to talus at the base of the cliff to relieve myself. As I was re...