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AZSkiffyGeek

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1. When I was a kid growing up in DC I remember hunting fossilized shark teeth

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:38 PM

Jan 2023

I don’t know where the beach was but I had a big bag full of em. Most were the size of a quarter or so, but I had one big fossil my parents said was a whale bone - looking at the pix of that kid’s find, I think it was a megalodon tooth as well.

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9-year-old girl finds Megalodon tooth over the holidays. [View all] elleng Jan 2023 OP

When I was a kid growing up in DC I remember hunting fossilized shark teeth AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2023 #1

We did too! I think it was in the clay cliffs on the western shore of the Chesapeake in Virginia Walleye Jan 2023 #5

I think mine eventually ended up in my mom's classroom AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2023 #6

WOW........... Lovie777 Jan 2023 #2

Thanks, elleng! PJMcK Jan 2023 #3

Wonderful! Love it when youngsters find neat things! paleotn Jan 2023 #4

So,... did the Megalodon brush its teeth regularly,... magicarpet Jan 2023 #7

Neither mega-rare nor mega-valuable, but very cool and worth keeping! nt Shermann Jan 2023 #8

VERY cool, so glad that stuff's here (near me) tho I've never hunted. elleng Jan 2023 #9

Megalodon Teeth are large IbogaProject Jan 2023 #10

Pic: sl8 Jan 2023 #11

Outstanding CrabbyAppleton Jan 2023 #13

While walking around my property the other day I happened across a rock that took my in2herbs Jan 2023 #12

Picture? CrabbyAppleton Jan 2023 #14

I will try but haven't been successful on other attempts. If/when successful I will notify in2herbs Jan 2023 #15

Your info suggests you should take care of the specimen you have. CrabbyAppleton Jan 2023 #16