NC shark teeth diving tips

[LukeWarm13]

Thanks for all the info, Lee. The river dive sounds fun. We have a lot of deep black water rivers in NC too. Have you heard of anyone diving those for teeth? Have you ever heard of why they find them in the cooper river? Generally how deep are those river dives?
thanks, again.

 

[Lee Taylor]

The dives are generally 30 feet deep. The fossilized teeth in Charleston SC are found in the Hawthorn and Chandler Bridge layers of the earths crust. These are the layers that were on the surface when the pre-historic animals were alive. These layers are now mostly buried. The rivers are constantly wearing away the side walls of the river. The teeth are exposed and then fall to the bottom.

Fossil collecting is an addictive hobby

 

[robdiverdown]

I dive in Venice Fla. loocking for Sharks teeth and the dive shop there suggests using apple cider vinager to soak your teeth in.

 

[The Chairman]

Apple Cider Vinegar leaves a smell that many find weird. I use White Vinegar and it works well.

I look forward to diving the Cooper some day. I need to hook up with some locals to do it right.

My "best" day out of Venice Beach was 708 teeth on a single dive (two small megs). My best Meg haul was 8 off of the Aristakat and I also found a mammoth spit tooth.

 

[Lee Taylor]

If you are interested in purchasing museum quality teeth, an acquaintance of mine finds and sells Megalodon teeth. He has some of the best I have ever seen. His website can be used to estimate value of your finds.

Megateeth.com Museum quality Megalodon teeth and fossil shark teeth