Monster meg from Venice, FL

[jesspark]

Thanks, james! =) Although it's impressive even as it is, as you said, I'm thinking of getting it restored; Steve gave me the name of a guy who does great tooth restorations (I saw a tooth he'd worked on and it looked amazing), so I'm going to give him a call and see what he could do for my big broken beauty.

 

[Walter]

Don't do it. Right now, you have a magnificant real fossil. If you have it "restored" you'll have a fake. Keep diving, you'll find that beautiful tooth yet.

 

[jesspark]

Yeah... I've gone back and forth on it for that very reason. I may see if I can compromise by having a cast taken and then getting the cast restored, leaving the fossil itself alone; then, I'd have a complete copy, but I'd still have the original tooth, too. Best of both worlds!

 

[ReefGuy]

I agree with Walter. I have close to 100 megs that are 80% whole or better.

Had I found that meg, I would be proud to add it to my collection. As is.

 

[jesspark]

I am proud to add it to my collection, ReefGuy.

 

[ReefGuy]

lol then don't ruin it with restoration. It's a big rush to find a large, perfect meg, but honestly, a perfect tooth is just like any other perfect tooth. I find that the megs I keep going back to are the ones with my favorite flaws. They're the ones that keep me looking.

And finding that next monster tooth, of course.

 

[jesspark]

I'm guessing you missed the post above in which I remarked that I'm thinking of having the tooth cast and then getting the cast restored -- I don't think that counts as "ruining" it, and, even if I wanted to have the tooth itself restored, that doesn't mean I'm not proud of it. Different strokes for different folks.

Thanks for your input, though!

 

[ReefGuy]

lol I did.

 

[jesspark]

Bad vis on this thread?

 

[ReefGuy]

posted at the same time (almost), and I didn't look back above. Besides, I'm more comfortable diving in no vis.