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Edisto Mastodon Tooth Fragment
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Mammut americanum |
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The biggest mastodon tooth piece I have found thus far and the first recognizable piece that I have found in the Edisto.... |
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Extreme Pathologic Angustidens Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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This is the most pathologic tooth of any kind I have ever found. The root is compressed, the blade is twisted, one cusp never formed, and there are serrations growing from both the front and the back of the tooth. What a sweet tooth!... |
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Juvenile Pathologic Angustidens Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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I have never found a tooth quite like this. The equivalent form in an angustidens of an Hubbel. The pathology is a little wrinkle in the front of the tooth. super cool!... |
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Angustidens Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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What a little gem! Sharp all around!... |
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Best Edisto Hunt EVER!
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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Saying anything is the best ever is strong, but I think in this case we have the goods to back it up. We found a new spot that is loaded with artifacts, so we decided to call it Artifact City. I have found more pottery there than the total I have found everywhere else I have ever hunted put together. And the stone tools! Man there are a bunch of them. Lots of scrapers, broken points, percussion flakes, etc. I was finding all kinds of them in this one giant gravel bed and through sheer determinat... |
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1-3/8" C. Angustiden
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Deep river tannin stains give this tooth its great color.... |
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3-11/16" C. Angustiden
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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A fabulous, large angy from the ACE basin!... |
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Operation Axl
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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Take Me Down to Artifact City, Where the....
Teeth are choice and the potsherds are, a’plenty.....Axl may not be impressed, but me DW and Weezling’s accumulation of fossils and artifacts will result in paleo-shock and awe! Operation Axl I dubbed this trip…the spot had produced nice finds when DW and Weezling swam upon this great aqueous treasure trove; but alas, it had not been properly fanned. The conditions were as ripe as a peach on a window sill: Incident solar radiati... |
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South Dakota Dinosaur Digging
Pennintgon County, South Dakota, USA |
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I recently went to South Dakota to go Dinosaur hunting. We went to a private ranch called tooth draw. We found many dinosaur, turlte, and croc bones and teeth from the hell creek formation.
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4 inch angustidens shark tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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I fanned this monster angustidens out of a thick gravel bar on the bottom of the Edisto. Its the only complete 4 inch angustidens tooth I've found so far this season. Very interesting position, too. I like the exaggerated root lobe. Its like this tooth was stretching so it could hit the magic 4 inch mark!... |
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Bite Mark Angustidens Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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This gem angustidens from the Edisto has a really cool bite mark across the bourlette.... |
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Angustidens tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Angustidens tooth |
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Benedeni from the Edisto
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Parotodus benedeni |
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A nice little oligocene Benedeni with cusps from the Edisto.... |
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Yes the Edisto River has Alligators... And Giant Shark Teeth!
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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My son and I went to the Edisto again in search of paleo bounty and we decided to do some filming en route to the fossil hunting site. Good thing we were prepared because we spotted an alligator and I was able to catch some video of him. Its the first alligator we've ever seen in 10 years of hunting the Edisto, and it was a real wake-up call. A reminder that there are real hazards in this hobby. Luckily the hunting spot was far from the alligator because it was loaded and I would have hated to h... |
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1-3/4" I. desori
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Isurus desori |
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One of my largest I. desori from the ACE basin.... |
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1 5/8" Copper Angy
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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This tooth has great coloration! ... |
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3" C. Angustiden
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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My first three inch tooth this year...great colors!... |
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Noname Spot…For now
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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As most of you know, we BRFC-ers like to name our collecting spots. Typically, after a collecting trip yields its finds, or an event transpires, we will name a spot. This spot was a newer one, and was located after endless hours of searching; its gravel beds appeared untouched. DW, Weezling and myself geared up and entered the tannin-stained waters in the ACE basin to free its fossils from their aquatic residence. It did not take long to find teeth sticking out of the gravel layer. The grave... |
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Scraper
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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The last hour before we left this new spot, the weezling and I worked a section of gravel close to shore that was loaded with artifacts. We both found a scraper and two broken points. This is the scraper I found. On one side of it the edge was worked to a really fine edge so its still really sharp. 6 artifacts is a really high number to find an an hour concentrated in one 10 foot by 10 foot area. There will be more artifacts in this section of the river - I'm sure of it!... |
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Pathologic Megalodon Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles megalodon |
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Normally I wouldn't post a broken tooth, but I had to make an exception with this megalodon tooth. Its so pathologic I almost didn't recognize it when I found it. The blade is compressed on both sides, the serrations are folded over, and the enamel is just all wrecked. Oh if only it had the other root lobe it would be the baddest patho in my collection. ... |
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Truck Meg
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles megalodon |
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We don't find a lot of complete megalodon teeth in the section of the Edisto where we hunt so this tooth was a nice surprise. Its definitely not the best one I've ever found, but it has an interesting job in my collection. This is now my truck meg - the tooth I keep in my truck so when people ask me what I'm doing and they don't believe me I can show this tooth. Then I have something even if I'm empty handed in my collecting efforts thus far.... |
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Mako Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Isurus hastalis |
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We don't find a lot of nice Mako teeth in the Edisto where we are hunting so anytime a nice one comes out it is a surprise.... |
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Angustiden Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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The third of three fantastic angustidens teeth I found at a new spot in the river.... |
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Angustidens Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Beautiful color on this one. You never know what's going to be under that black crust when you remove it. Sometimes its a mess, but not today!... |
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Angustidens Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Just a dagger! I love this position.... |
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Dolphin Encounter During an Edisto River Fossil Hunting Trip
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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The Weezling and I went on another fossil hunting trip to the Edisto River, this time we decided to try a little exploring. We went to a different boat landing, and as soon as we arrived we saw some dolphins. The water was pretty shallow so we could see them underwater as they swam. As soon as they were out of sight, we launched the canoe and followed them. A few minutes later we ran into them again, but I think we scared them and they swam back towards the ocean. We drove around almost 2 hours ... |
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Perfect Mako from a SC Land Site
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Isurus hastalis |
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The nicest, largest mako tooth we've found at this particular site to date. Superior quality!... |
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Return to Terra Firma
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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We have been in the river a ton this summer so we haven't really been doing much else in the way of collecting - except at the miocene-pliocene land site. We go after every few rains, and these finds are from two trips out there. Even though there aren't big teeth like in the river, this site more than makes up for it with quality. One notable thing about this trip is that we found the first chunk of modern great white out there. Unfortunately it was broken, but I imagine what could be out there... |
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Very large & 2 small Ordivician-Devonian Archeocyathid-like sponges
USA - archeocyathid |
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These sponges were found in rocks dating back from the undetermined rocks from the cambrian-ordivician-devonian periods. They were first thought that they were a thin section of rugosa coral, but more resembles a flattend Archeocyathid. They were found in the Las Vegas district, near the village of Blue Diamond Hill and Red Rock Canyon.... |
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Near pristine Bull
Green Mill Run, North Carolina, USA - Carcharhinus leucas |
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Found this very nice bull shark tooth at green mill run. One of my nicest teeth to date.... |
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Controversial Mosaur conodon tooth
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Mosasaurus conodon |
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I found this last year in big brook. Rhoughr ir was croc. Many people told me ironstone concretion, while others said mosasaur. i think mosasaur.... |
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Monster Scapanorhynchus
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Scapanorhynchus texanus |
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The story of this monsterous Scapanorhynchus from Big Brook is just as monsterously insane. The second year we went to big brook, i went to with my dad, my sister and her friend. we found a modest sample and were about to leave. my dad found this small enchodus tooth and showed it to my sister. then......she dropped it! my dad was pissed and desperatly dug in the dropped fish tooth spot and pulled out this 1.5 incher! a happy accident indeed! it is the biggest and nicest tooth to date!
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What to do in Kentucky?
Kentucky, USA |
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What to do with your free time in Kentucky??? How about looking for old dead stuff? Sounds GREAT!
My favorite past time is SCUBA diving for fossils. My wife on the other hand shows Arabian horses. Whenever I join her at a horse show, I’m naturally somewhat out of my element and need to find something to do pass some of the time. I have discovered that by doing a little research and exploring on Google Earth, I can usually find some kind of location to do some fossil hunting. ... |
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Angustidens Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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A little beauty in great shape. This one hasn't been ground up by the river like so many of the other teeth we find there.... |
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Mako Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Isurus hastalis |
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Another uncommon find from the Edisto where we hunt.... |
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Serrated Megalodon Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles megalodon |
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We don't find megalodon teeth in good condition in the river where we hunt ususally, but this one was a nice surprise, especially since its serrated with the tip!... |
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Piles of Teeth and a Water Moccasin
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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Collecting hasn't been better in my recent memory. We have found some new locations in the river that are stocked with teeth like they have never been collected before. I know that's not true, but its been a while since anyone has been there. Some of the nicer teeth (like the megalodon tooth) aren't in the video because the underwater camera was with Chikweezil during her scuba certification in Costa Rica. She won't be joining us in the river - ever - for lots of reasons, but none more obvious t... |
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get in the zone
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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All these fossils were found on 3 different days this summer. They were found with shovels sifters buckets rakes. Blood sweat tears time patience. All came fresh out the zone. ... |
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february trip beautiful day
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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Good day. Found the best tooth late morning on the second beach far from the water. ... |
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2-3/8" Squaldon tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Squalodon atlanticus |
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A nice size incisor...a little root damage.... |
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2-1/4" Meg
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles megalodon |
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A decent Meg from the Edisto. Worn, but I like the color.... |
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Hey Chuck Norris, Here Comes BRFC !!
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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We had a special visit from the Phat Boyz to participate in the harvesting of as many fossil shark teeth as Norris-ly possible, if that is possible at all…stay tuned…more to come on that in the future…As for the collecting, we hit the same area of the river as last weekend and found more productive gravel beds. We didn’t really collect; the teeth just jumped into our peachy bags at of shear fear of being grasped by the mighty clutches of BRFC serrated brethren…The PB struck first with a spear po... |
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Owning the river
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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This is three different days hunting most of each day is swiming but a little on the last day I moved some sand you all see the big meg I'm just swimming along the i see a huge meg looked like it was about six inches but it turned out to be only 4 1/2. This also happened to be the week we didn't have the camera.So I say wow dude I just found a six inch meg and dw went Really pull it up. i picked up but it was only 4 1/2.I also found several keeper 3 inch angustidens. ... |
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Arrowhead from the Edisto River
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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A nice little point from the Edisto. The span of river where I found this has produced many artifacts over the years.... |
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Associated Squalodon Molars
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Squalodon atlanticus |
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Here are two of the best squalodon whale teeth I've ever found. the weezling found another molar that came from this same section of jaw. A super sweet find!... |
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Associated Squalodon Molars from the Edisto
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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This was a really great set of trips to the river where we hit two different areas. the first day was upriver and we found some great prehistoric whale teeth from the genus Squalodon. my son got one molar and I got two molars and a section of jaw. later we set the weezling's molar in the jaw and it fit like it grew there. since that piece broke off during the extraction i gave it to him and we're going to mount his tooth in it. i can't say how rare it is to find these teeth in such great preserv... |
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17 Fathom Megs
Onslow County, North Carolina, USA |
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My friend Bill came up with a great idea. Since we were going to be all the way up in North Carolina for the Aurora Fossil Festival anyway, why not dive the famous Meg Ledge off Topsail Beach? The fact that it wasn't my idea made it an easier sell to the wife and my trip was booked. Of course I had to get Nitrox certified, come up with a dive computer, and learn how to use it, not to mention convince myself that diving over 100 feet deep is worth it if there are meg teeth down there, right? Of c... |
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Diseased, Infected, Injured, Arthritic, or otherwise Pathologic Fossil Shark Vertebra
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Unidentified - Shark |
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Here's a first on my list of finds, a diseased, infected, injured, arthritic, or otherwise pathologic fossil shark vertebra. Not sure which because all of those could cause this.... |
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Really Nice Edisto River Angustidens
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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With only a little wear to speak of, this angustidens is pretty sweet. its got all the serrations, the tip, both cusps and a complete root. its tough to get through that whole checklist on river teeth but this one has got it all. i found it stuck in the middle of a pretty compact rock bed. good thing i found it when i did - those rock beds move and this tooth could have been ground up to bits had i not rescued it!... |
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Nice mega shark tooth from the Edisto
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Another really nice angustidens mega shark tooth from the Edisto. I found it encased in some pretty compacted sand just above the chandler bridge formation off the edge of the main channel. this tooth has excellent preservation for the river which normally blasts and grinds everything to smithereens.... |
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Red Tooth from the Edisto River
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Normally I would set this tooth aside in the "what a shamer" box but this one is just beautiful. On the lingual side its got a pretty river orange / tan color. on the labial side, it is DEEP red. You can only barely see it in the photo, but in person its really pretty.... |
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A Week of Fossil Hunting Fun in the River
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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I love river season. There is nothing like getting in the cool water to escape the broiling Lowcounty South Carolina summer. Its even better when there are fossils at the bottom ripe for the plucking from their multi million year stint fossilizing for the pleasure of yours truly. The kids are off school and are always game to join me in a hunt or three as in this report.
On Day 1 the weezling, megamouth, and I hit a gravel bed only recently exposed. It was an old bed... |
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Racking my dreams
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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These few days I have gone to the river have been pretty good I mean once in one spot I started to not find anything so I moved back a little bit 5 minutes later I pull up a 2 3/8 inch Flawless deseri. After that on another day We were about to leave so I made my last charcoles breath i hit the water then BAM!!! A Really nice way pathological Megalodon is sitting there.... |
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1-1/4" G. cuvier
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Galeocerdo cuvier |
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A large specimen for this location. I have not collected many "modern" tigers as compared to "extinct" tigers.... |
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2" C. Angustiden
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Best tooth this year so far! Great shiny black color, full serrations, tip, cusps and bourlette...... |
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Dad of Year Nomination Cancelled
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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With the weather hot and dry the past few weeks, the river keeps dropping asymptotically towards a five year low. When it is low, you gotta go! It was father’s day weekend, and a BRFC family fossil adventure was set….We geared up and floated to a spot in the river favorable to carcharodon collectors of all ages. We had not collected in this spot in several years, and the layer was pouring out of the sand banks. I had two smaller Fosszs to aid in the racking and they did not disappoint. MiniFossz... |
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Father's Day Trip
Potomac River, Maryland, USA |
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I got to spend Saturday collecting with my daughter celebrating Father’s Day. What a treat! We had a great time. Our trip was cut short for several reasons, but we still were able to collect some nice specimens including my first ever Palaeocarcharodon orientalis. It’s a bit worn, but still, not bad for my first ever! I have more pics to post later that I have yet to download. The pics that I have today are from my cell phone so I apologize for the quality. I'll take better o... |
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La Brea Tar Pits
California, USA |
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Me and the Fosszboys took some vacation in California and hit the tar pit museum (Page Museum). There some incredible fossils on display!! ... |
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Nice Squalodon Whale Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Squalodon atlanticus |
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A pretty nice squalodon whale tooth from the Edisto river in South carolina. ... |
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Fossil Beaver Molar from the Edisto River in South Carolina
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Castor Canadensis |
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This fossil beaver molar was a very unexpected find. I only occasionally find pleistocene material in the Edisto but sometimes it turns up and its super nice like this little tooth. I was fanning sand and I came across a pocket on the bottom of the river that had not been eroded in recent history, meaning it has likely been since the end of the ice age. You can always tell by the way it looks completely compacted and difficult to move with fanning the water. That is contrasted by normal river gr... |
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Diving for Coins and Fossils in the Edisto River
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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We have been going to the Edisto river as much as possible lately because conditions are perfect and its not going to stay this way. It never does. You have to hit it when its low because when its at normal or high levels the current is too fast to collect. Anyway, conditions were ideal for these hunts! This video covers two days of collecting in two different spots in the river. The first day was noteworthy because I found some coins fanning the sand. I don't find a lot of well preserved old co... |
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Yeah Mon.
Surry County, Virginia, USA |
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Hey guys !
Sorry it's been so long since my last post but I've been super busy!! Here is a fossil palm leaf imprint found in Jamaica on my honeymoon... yeah i got hitched. Also I went to gmr and aoura on my bachelor party but I'm not sure what happened to those teeth.. o'well hears the pic.
I'll be getting back out soon so, catch you later.
DBTB.
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Oligocene Parotodus
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Parotodus benedeni |
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A nice oligocene Parotodus tooth. It took me a while to find my first one in the river, but I've been doing quite well the past few years?... |
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Button Angustidens Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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A cool little button posterior angustidens tooth with a nice twist to the blade.... |
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First Edisto Trip of 2011
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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Nothing makes me want to go to the river to collect more than the sweltering South Carolina summer. It doesn't take too many days sifting while its 95 degrees and 100% humidity to realize that the water is more comfortable. Luckily, river conditions were ideal right as land collecting reached the sizzling point. Da fossz, my two boys megamouth and the weezling, makocauliffe, and I piled into the truck eager for some relief from boredom and heat. On the way, we saw a road cut and da foss... |
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2-1/2" Spear Tip
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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Nice spear tip made from Low Country chert. Broken base, but the tip is still sharp. Found is very shallow part of river...... |
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Gompothere Tooth Section
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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Not a whole tooth, but my first for this species...this is the thrid elephant species we have found in this part of the river..... |
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Diver Up!!
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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The advent of hand-held recording devices, and Al Gore’s invention (the internet, of course), have certainly had an impact on fossil collecting. Shared knowledge and shared experiences are a just a couple of impacts that come to mind ---- so DW, crew, and myself decided to try our luck at the Edisto. I was informed of a cleared area near the river, and thought maybe some Native Indian artifacts may have been uncovered. DW showed me fosspitality and agreed to a quick land hunt. I geared up to hun... |
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Proper Fossil Hunting
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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Summer has once again come around. This mean its time to hit the river again. After a not so plentiful first dive, I had a very copious second one. With a haul containing close to forty angustidens, 2 megalodons, multiple hemis and tiger shark teeth, and a small whale tooth, I left the river feeling pleasured and satisfied. I hope to provide the viewers of this site many many plentiful river posts this year.
Live long and prosper,
Megamouth
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More Yackin’ than Rackin’
Sarasota County, Florida, USA |
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The warming weather gave myself and DW the dive itch; so we thought Venice Beach for the 2011 first dive. Toofless and Sir-Jeff Meg Master were kind enough to host the SC fellas. We had eyed the weather…it was iffy…but we were jonesin’ to blow some bubbles and collect. Day 1 was bright and sunny, with a bit of a breeze. We anchored and soon the motion of the ocean had me woozy. I jumped in and went negative quickly to dive sans nausea…got a few teeth, a few worn megs, an almost complete meg,... |
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Mammoth Tusk
Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Mammuthus columbi |
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Its not whole, but this mammoth tusk is the biggest I've ever found. At first glance it looks just like a bone, but when I turn it there are growth rings like a tree. Toofless said this is the first tusk that he has seen from the site that produced all the mammoth teeth (we went there in our 2010 Venice FL dive)... |
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Scuba Diving in Venice Florida - 2011
Sarasota County, Florida, USA |
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Venice is the called the shark tooth capital of the world, so naturally its a place I like to visit every once in a while. Mi hermano fósil, da fossz, joined me. We trekked the 9 hours south to sunny Florida and met up with toofless from meghunter.net. His fossil shirt designs are world famous and he happened to be taking a break from the biz ... |
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More Yack than Rack
Sarasota County, Florida, USA |
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The warming weather gave myself and DW the dive itch; so we thought Venice Beach for the 2011 first dive. Toofless and Sir-Jeff Meg Master were kind enough to host the SC fellas. We had eyed the weather…it was iffy…but we were jonesin’ to blow some bubbles and collect. Day 1 was bright and sunny, with a bit of a breeze. We anchored and soon the motion of the ocean had me woozy. I jumped in and went negative quickly to dive sans nausea…got a few teeth, a few worn megs, an almost complete meg,... |
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SC Pliocene Hemipristis Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Hemipristis serra |
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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!... |
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Fossil Hunting the South Carolina Pliocene
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA |
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This post covers the past month or so of hunting out at the new lowcountry pliocene spot. We've done a little bit of sifting, but mostly we have been surface collecting after heavy rainfall. The last trip just a couple days ago was the best - I got the biggest hemi yet recovered out there and the weezling got the biggest pristine mako so far. Good stuff! &... |
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Beaver trip.
Potomac River, Virginia, USA |
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Took my son out today and we managed seven crock teeth and a real nice ray plate. As we picked our way through downed trees we were startled by a rather large beaver at about 10 feet. I think we scared it more than he scared us because he tried to run into the river but kept bouncing off of one of the blow downs. He must have run into the same tree about four times before he finally made it to the river. ... |
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March Monster
Potomac River, Virginia, USA |
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Found a bunch of teeth today one larger otodus and a moster crock tooth, 2.27 inches long and in great shape. I carried my camera along today and got it out to take a ground shot of the crock but of course the batteries were dead. Also found a duck decoy and an Easton baseball bat.... |
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Start of April
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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Earlier this month my buddy DCC and I got the chance to hit the beach
and had some really great luck. I'm posting a few pictures of my finds
but I had to include one of his too. I had some real good luck
including a nice thresher, nice hemi, and a number of megs! Not all
the 'as found' shots came out that day, so I just included the ones
that did. For size reference, the largest meg is about 2 1/4".
Th... |
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Large Angustidens Shark Tooth in Matrix
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles megalodon |
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It is very rare to find a tooth of this quality still stuck in matrix. But this stuff isn't the original matrix. The ocean eroded this spot out and redeposited this tooth. Whatever the minerals are in this area the layer is hard.... |
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The Winning Streak Continues
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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My son and I went hunting a couple weeks ago after a really good rain. We hunted this spot 3 days for this video.We walked one day and sifted the next 2 with good success both days. His best find came on the first day - a massive Isurus desori mako tooth in flawless condition nearly completely exposed on the bottom. On the first day sifting, I found a worn, small megalodon tooth but on the second after the water stopped flowing I got a huge, beautiful angustidens tooth stuck in matrix. I love th... |
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Angustidens Shark Tooth
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharocles angustidens |
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Its been a while since I sifted out a nice angustidens from this creek. This tooth came out on top of a shovel full of chandler bridge. I saw it the second it broken the water level, and I worried it would fall into the marky water as I slowly lifted it to my strainer. I pulled out the camera, shot it, and extracted it right away. No sense risking damage!... |
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Serrated Reef Shark Tooth
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Carcharoides totuserratus |
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A super-rare serrated reef shark tooth. the serrations are tiny - very tough to see without magnification. one way to see them, however, it to look for the light reflecting off the edge of the blade. Sunlight works best. But if you do it just right, you can see each miniscule serration.... |
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Oligocene Paratodus Shark Tooth
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Parotodus benedeni |
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This is the best Parotodus tooth I have found from this particular site so far.... |
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Modern Tiger Shark Tooth
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Galeocerdo cuvier |
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Gorgeous color on this fossil modern tiger shark tooth.... |
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Horse Tooth
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Equus sp. |
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A very nice specimen. I've never found this position before. I believe it is an incisor.... |
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How to Find Nice Shark Teeth in Summerville
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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Today Weezil & Son welcomed Govinn for an afternoon of fossil hunting in Summerville. We decided to sift the Yellow creek for a shot at some nice Oligocene stuff. This creek also sports Miocene, Pliocene, & Pleistocene fossils so you never know what you're going to find. Govinn forgot to lock his car and had to go back, but the weezling and I started sifting without him. When he got back, Govinn had recovered a really nice great white tooth. A really nice one for this spot! My boy starte... |
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Tooth time! finally!
Sarasota County, Florida, USA |
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It is that time of year again! The water is starting to warm up over in the Gulf and the constant wondering what the winter storms may have uncovered drives us to go see. This is a combination of two trips, neither of which went without the technical difficulties often associated with dragging a big heavy boat all the way across the state. Had a blow out on the trailer. Had a fuel line issue on the boat...damn ethanol. But its all fixed and we did find some nice stuff. See for yourself.... |
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Pearl Harbor artifacts
Oahu, Hawaii, USA |
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I recently stumbled across an area where the military disposed of debris from the 1940s, including the debris from the Pearl Harbor attack. Most of it is rusted & unrecognizable, but every once in a while, something of interest crops up. At present, I am slowly exposing what I think is a parachute, 1940s-vintage!
Shown here are some fragments of Navy servicewear (note the 1941 date!), some 50-cal bullets from a 40s-50s machine gun range, two brass buckles, and a thingamabob that I haven'... |
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low expectations on the bay
Calvert County, Maryland, USA |
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First, a shout out to Saint Marys College! I was in the area this past weekend so I was able to do a little Calvert collecting on Sunday. In the morning I was at a spot that could have been great but the winds were just not behaving until just before I had to leave. On my way home in the mid afternoon I decided that I might as well stop at a very popular collecting beach. I knew that probably hordes of collectors had already been there in the morning to celebrate the start of spring, so I had on... |
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Blue Point
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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Found this point last week. It is an interesting blueish gray color. The length and width reported below are approximate since I don't have the point in hand at the time of this posting.
An exact identity is hard to come by, but I believe it could be an Adena (3000-1100BP), Little Bear (4000-1500BP), or Pickwick (6000-3500BP). Here are a few links I used for the research.&nbs... |
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Micro Collection
Andalusia, Alabama, USA |
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Here are some pictures of my micro collection. Not all are “micros” but I put them in this post because I wanted all the pictures to look alike. :) I’m going to use common names to keep it simple. This represents countless hours of sifting thru about 10 gallons of rinsed and dried material from my favorite local creek with a LED light and dental pick.
DW created this awesome section in the forum called "Micro Fossils." You should check it out if you are interested in trading materia... |
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A promise finally made good...
Andalusia, Alabama, USA |
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I’ve been promising this trip report for about a year now… so, enjoy!
These are some of the teeth/fossils I’ve found during many trips to my favorite local creek. I’ve learned that Andalusia is not the only place to find fossils around here… :) This is just a portion of some of the things I’ve found. Notice how well preserved these teeth are!! I’m still learning the identity of some of these fossils, so if you can help out with an ID or notice that I mislabeled some then please let me know an... |
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Native American Point from Summerville
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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A cool point from one of our favorite Summerville fossil hunting streams. Its my first arrowhead from this area of the creek.... |
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Thrill of Victory, Agony of Defeat
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA |
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I hope the phrase Thrill of Victory, Agony of Defeat is not trademarked because its the only way to describe this day. The weezling and I got to the creek and minutes after we arrived I spotted an arrowhead in the bottom of the creek through my clear bottom bucket. SCORE! Then I let the weezling have a turn and he scored some nice teeth in the middle of the creek. We picked up teeth the whole way to our favorite spot where we noticed a HUGE washout created by the last heavy rain. The creek blast... |
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