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Meeting Scubadoc
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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Last weekend I had a chance to meet Scubadoc who was in Atlanta for some training. Normally, there are thousands of miles between him and me since he lives in Germany, but while he was in the US he drove to sunny South Carolina to meet me for a few hours hunting for shark teeth.
He didn't get the angustidens or the six inch megalodon he was looking for, but he did get a nice Isurus desori. It wasn't the best day either of us ever had hunting fossil... |
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When's the Blow Out?
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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My first time out since the last posting and the Fossil God was looking out for me again. Found a 4.25" meg and a 2.5" meg after 2 hours of walking. The really big Meg's come out during what the locals call a Blow-Out. The tide drops really low and you can see all of the trash that's been dumped in the bay. And a few fossils. ... |
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Good....Better....Best....
Green Mill Run, North Carolina, USA |
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It’s always good news when the boss gives you another project in Greensville, NC. I had a couple hours of late afternoon screening at GMR this past Monday. The fall scenery was beautiful, but all I can say is that I should have brought a rake. The leaves were dropping and the Run definitely will need a good flushing before spring.
Found a unique looking fossil that looked similar to my only porpoise ear bone which I found previously at G... |
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Watch your step!
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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As far back as I can remember my family has had a dog. And with a dog there comes the do-do. One of the earlist things I remember my mother telling me was to "Watch your step" in an effort to prevent me from walking on one of the land mines. Sometimes it didn't help and I was handed a bucket of water and a brush to clean moms kitchen floor. Do-do happens! Which brings me to my report. Every living thing... |
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Brass balls....
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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As I've traveled around the country, collecting for the museum, I'm always saddened when I come upon a site where thieves have taken fossils illegaly. These thefts are increasing in numbers and as a result many state, and federal, laws have been proposed to prohibit collecting fossils. As usual, the few have made it bad for the rest of us. A good example is from a site near where I live. Someone had dug into the ... |
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Sorry Tony!
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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On one of my rare visits to the cliffs I ran into Tony Holt. As usual I gave him the only shark tooth I had picked up on my walk. As a habit I give away shark teeth to the fossil enthusiasts I meet. Regardless of size. This time I only had a small mako. Tony said he came to this location in hope of finding a 3" meg. From his recent post it almost happened. The funny thing about our meeting was that after we departed I stopped a few minutes later to ... |
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Return to a favorite spot...
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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Well it was Sunday and cooler so I decided I was going digging ! Upon getting no return calls from my fellow hunters...who apparantly were sleeping in and taking it easy... I was off to one of my favorite dig sites. I had a feeling as I was driving I was going to find something nice...you know the kind ! Upon arriving I noticed the past rains had caused an embankment to collapse so I grabbed my shovel and entered into dig mode. After about 30 minutes I hit a big stubborn whale bone and when I pu... |
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Return to a favorite spot...
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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Well Sunday it was cooler and upon getting no takers from fellow diggers to hunt megs with me I was off on my own. I had a feeling on the drive to one of my favorite dig spots that I was going to find something. You know the kind ! Anyway upon arriving I noticed the rain had caused an embankment to collapse. I was thinking hmmm most of the hard work was already done and I dove in with my shovel. Thirty minutes later after hitting a whale bone and pulling it out of the layer a triangle shape drop... |
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Karma?
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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The day started when I got the urge... I called a friend and asked how the tides were. He said they were fair, so I drove from Washington DC to Calvert cliffs after work.
When I finally arrived the beach looked good. Sand was still there but alot of gravel was showing up. I met a man on the beach who had some smaller teeth in his hand. I showed him the white Hemi I picked up as soon as I walked on the beach and then watched his eyes light up. After we part... |
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