2+ Million Yr Old Sharks Teeth

Very nice collection.

 

Finding them on the beach can vary drastically. Years ago, my wife and I had sharks teeth coming out of our ears just sitting on the beach in one spot. Never saw that again, usually have to walk around and do some raking.

 

Great days find! The trick to finding that many is to be lucky and put your time in!! I have a half way decent collection of teeth I have found over the years. The trick in all honesty is to know what you are looking for. Most people are looking for white large teeth. They think every tooth should be out of the Jaws movies. When in reality, they are much smaller and usually black or brown or even some are reddish. Some of the people who are really into it will get a floating strainer and use a shovel and dump material onto the strainer and let the water wash away all the sand until it down to shells, rocks and hopefully a tooth or two. Those work great on the west coast. I went to the dollar store and bought a pasta strainer and just used that as my own shark tooth finder. Some people will actually use sand flea rakes and look that way. Other people just walk the beach looking. The really serious tooth collectors will use scuba gear and look for the megalodon teeth. Those are the huge ones you see and hear about all the time.
On the east coast, there are usually teeth here too, but you have to look a little harder for them. St Augustine up to Jacksonville is a great location where many have found teeth. Just not as many as west coast in particular Venice Beach area. Heck, Casperson State Park has more teeth than they know what to do with. They actually have teeth emended in their sidewalks and concrete there just to show people how many teeth are around.
Mostly, I look at it as a great way to waste a few hours wondering the beach or giving me something to do as my bait is soaking away since I can't sit still very long.

 

This guy has tons of cool videos on YouTube. He finds more fossils on dirt roads than at the beach.

 

If you ever get down to the U.S. Virgin Islands, you can find plenty of them there.

 

When your family is here, take them to Washington Oaks State Park on the beach side. Lots of teeth there supposedly.

 

All very cool stuff. Thanks guys

 

We have walked the beach and found quite a bit just at the edge of the water in Amelia Island. Mostly small black ones. Once you finally eye your first one rolling in the surf, they become easier to spot. It was funny when we first started cause we were picking up anything we thought closely resembled a tooth shape. It wasn't until we seeked the advice of what looked like an expert tooth hunter on our catch that we found out we didn't have a single one yet. She took the time to show us and actually found one with us standing there. It was on from that point. Very nice local Floridian!

 

That’s pretty wild to find. Never really thought to look for them while walking along the beach.