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Think we're going to need a bigger boat !

Well I decided to go diving yesterday...the water is getting cold because of all the frigid temperatures we have been having lately, but I won't let that stop me. As soon as I hit the water I felt how much colder the water has gotten. I descended to the bottom in anticipation of what I could find waiting for me on the bottom. I found some smaller teeth within minutes along with a 4-3/16 inch Meg near the end of the dive...Out of air so I surfaced, floated back to the boat, and grabbed my last tank and got back in...I dropped down and the visibility was getting worse...basically 6 inches. The tide was coming in and had stirred up the sediments. I started feeling around in the muck and started finding broken tooth fragments and bones. Then my right hand felt a vertebrae as my other hand felt something else...Could it be...I pulled it under my light and I could make out a triangle shape through the cloudy sediment. A Big Meg... When I surfaced I saw it was a killer. It measures just over 5-5/8 inches and is serrated. Definitely made the cold water seem a little warmer !

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Location Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

ID3849
MemberGreg
Date Added11/11/2010

5-5/8 Inch Megalodon
5-5/8 Inch Megalodon(reverse)
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Comments
wow! - 11/11/2010
Reviewer : dw from Summerville South Carolina United States
Total Rating : 10
congratulations Greg! You killed it today. that megalodon is superb! Content Quality : 10 of 10

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Congrats - 11/11/2010
Reviewer : Down by the banks from
Total Rating : 10
Thant tooth is awesome!!! great find!! Content Quality : 10 of 10

Drool Quotient : 10 of 10
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What a find! - 11/12/2010
Reviewer : Greg S from Maryland United States
Total Rating : 10
Simply awesome! Congrats, that is a find to remember for sure! Content Quality : 10 of 10

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Great Tooth. - 11/12/2010
Reviewer : DeloiVarden from South Carolina United States
Total Rating : 10
Great size and condition. I went out today and found a 5 1/5 inch tooth, but it was unfortunately 2/3 complete. Bummer. Content Quality : 10 of 10

Drool Quotient : 10 of 10

Picture Quality : 10 of 10
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