Barnaby’sdad
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I see you’re from TN. Call Smokey Mountain Knife Works. The last few times I was in Pigeon Forge, they had a bin of Meg teeth in the 3-4” range In their random knick knack section. They weren’t bad, price wise, from what I remember (maybe $30).That's so awesome. I've been looking for a real tooth that's large for my daughter, she's obsessed with dinosaurs and sharks.
Crazy that you found all those.
How do you know if it's a megalodon tooth?
It’s funny you should say that…back in the day before a bunch of people were picking the “ledges” off NC, guys used to haul them up by the bucket load. There’s still plenty of them down there, you just have to look a little harder for them. I.e. The ones on the gray container lid were found over the course of three dives (~25 min of bottom time per dive at 105’).
The shape of the root and tooth is the giveaway, though the shape of the tooth varies a bit depending on where it was located (similar to the teeeth in any other critters mouth). The ‘Easy’ button way of judging it though Is that anything over ~3“ in length is going to be a Meg, as it was pretty much the only species that got large enough to produce teeth that size (if I remember correctly, there are 1-2 related species that lived 1+ million years ago that also produced teeth in the 3”+ range).
They’re fairly common up to 5” or so. Much over 5.5” are less common. The largest that I found was 5.91”. They’re found at 6”+, but those are far less common.
Value wise…they’re all over the board. None that I found would be classified as collector or museum grade, with the exception of one 2” tooth that had intact serrations. I don’t have a picture of that one handy.
If you decide to buy one, this place is legit. They do sell some items that are clearly labeled as replica, so keep an eye out for that. I.e. If you want a huge tooth, but don’t care if it‘s “real.”
https://www.fossilera.com/fossils-for-sale/fossil-shark-teeth
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