jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2014 17:55:11 GMT -5
From a 20 foot wide 4 foot deep creek in central Florida. I find a bunch of not fossil gator teeth. This creek flows so fast i tie myself to the bank so the current will not wear me out. It is a particularly bad alligator hang out and you have to snorkel so you are quite intimate with gators traveling down/up in the deep water. Two years later a 17 year old girl was found in the possession of a 12 foot gator not 300 yards from where i collected these. She had wondered off into the low lying bank of the creek where the nests are. Travel routes are much safer. These teeth have great color. I found over 200 teeth in two hours when i discovered this location. I think i was the first to find it. And it was a short 50 foot length of the creek. Blues are stains from organic muck. Reds from dark clay. Light colors from bright white clay. About 4 types of sharks. I will post more close-ups. Got so many. Some were only 1/8 inch long.   |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 21, 2014 18:34:29 GMT -5
Awesome James.....Most of mine are from the Carolinas.....
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2014 18:38:58 GMT -5
Awesome James.....Most of mine are from the Carolinas..... Not as many megladon teeth in Florida as in the Carolinas Fossilman. Lots of different type teeth though. Look up Venice Beach Fl. sometime. Shark tooth capital of the world so they say. So many black shark teeth that the beaches have black sand. They have snorkling trips to get them off the bottom out on sand bars several 100 yards out in the ocean. Deep water dive trips too. |
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Post by droseraguy on Jan 21, 2014 19:24:57 GMT -5
Cool, I'm watching the treasure hunter, Kirsten Gum, diving in the gulf for shark teeth right now. I don't know which would be better, gators or sharks to get eaten by. That would be fun to do all that fun stuff James. Kinda cool in Illinos now.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2014 19:49:30 GMT -5
Cool, I'm watching the treasure hunter, Kirsten Gum, diving in the gulf for shark teeth right now. I don't know which would be better, gators or sharks to get eaten by. That would be fun to do all that fun stuff James. Kinda cool in Illinos now. You would be surprised how many people say that droseraguy. I feel for those living up north. In a way i am jealous of the forced hibernation though. We have no excuses and can stay going too much. Trust me, sharks are the ones to fear. They do in way more people than gators. But that could be due to so many swimmers. Only morons and brain deads go in some of these waters. And a shark does ya quick. A gator waits till you rot-bad day. |
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Post by jollyrockhound on Jan 21, 2014 20:33:52 GMT -5
Those are very nice
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Post by pghram on Jan 21, 2014 22:56:52 GMT -5
Neat teeth, sad story. Be safe out there.
Rich
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Post by vegasjames on Jan 23, 2014 2:05:04 GMT -5
Very nice. Especially like the tiger shark teeth in the first photo.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2014 12:14:33 GMT -5
Very nice. Especially like the tiger shark teeth in the first photo. I thought they were Tigers too James. |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 23, 2014 17:16:36 GMT -5
Awesome James.....Most of mine are from the Carolinas..... Not as many megladon teeth in Florida as in the Carolinas Fossilman. Lots of different type teeth though. Look up Venice Beach Fl. sometime. Shark tooth capital of the world so they say. So many black shark teeth that the beaches have black sand. They have snorkling trips to get them off the bottom out on sand bars several 100 yards out in the ocean. Deep water dive trips too. Most of my shark teeth are " Megalodon",plus a few others I have in the collection too... Have seen the stories and read about Venice Beach, Fl...Interesting read and would like to hunt that area...I like the ways they collect the teeth in the beach areas in the water....Really have to watch out for severe sunburns on the back,neck and arm areas too......... |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 23, 2014 17:22:52 GMT -5
Don't mean to rob your post James,but here are some of my shark teeth...  My favorite of the bunch...  |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 23, 2014 19:09:28 GMT -5
Don't mean to rob your post James,but here are some of my shark teeth... Read more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/63912/close-photos-detailed-sharks-teeth?page=1&scrollTo=722094#ixzz2rGlxHqfdBring it on Fossilman. The big tooth is a trophy. Bet that shark does not play. That salt and organic muck turns them black. The clay pits are a layer of blue pink orange white and many other pastel colors making the teeth turn the color of the clay. The clay is mined off the top of limestone bedrock. It is the greasiest stickiest sh/t known to mankind. It will not dump out of a dump truck unless you put sand in the dump before loading the clay. This Florida 'gumbo' as it is called is the ultimate kitty litter source after being fired. |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 24, 2014 10:36:40 GMT -5
I was buying these teeth before the market went up...Its through the roof now....About doubled in prices!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 24, 2014 10:42:30 GMT -5
I was buying these teeth before the market went up...Its through the roof now....About doubled in prices! The beaches along the east coast of Florida are loaded with shark teeth too. Wherever shells wash up. No telling how many sharks there were. |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 24, 2014 16:55:38 GMT -5
James,have you seen the interior of a shark jaw? They have layers upon layers of teeth,behind the teeth they are using,because they loose teeth a lot! Loose one or two,two more pop up to replace the lost ones...Weird huh....Kind of cool too! I have two shark jaws in my collection....   The inner teeth....    |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 24, 2014 17:32:42 GMT -5
James,have you seen the interior of a shark jaw? They have layers upon layers of teeth,behind the teeth they are using,because they loose teeth a lot! Loose one or two,two more pop up to replace the lost ones...Weird huh....Kind of cool too! I have two shark jaws in my collection.... Read more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/63912/close-photos-detailed-sharks-teeth#ixzz2rMDL5g7fThose are fine jaws Fossilman. Been around shark fishing a long time. In many ways. Look at my left knee in the photo and you can see damage from a 5 foot tiger shark that bit me. I pulled it into the boat and it slapped against the gunnel and bit me there about 2 months before the photo was taken. We eat them. Only allowed one a day. I usually pop Them w/a 357 but my buddies were in the boat and i wanted them to see what a healthy one can do. I made an error and could not jump out of his way in time. Talk about bleeding and slow to heal.  |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 24, 2014 17:34:47 GMT -5
Oh man,nature can kick some butt!!!! Never ate shark yet!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 24, 2014 18:16:43 GMT -5
Oh man,nature can kick some butt!!!! Never ate shark yet! When i was a teenager staying at my Mema's house on the beach of Amelia Island folks would party on the beach and the boys made bamboo pole shark fishing poles. Big Penn reels the size of a one gallon paint can. They would party all night and set their poles up on free bail click. Jack or stingray was bait of choice paddled out about 1/4 mile on a surf board. Man, that clicker would go off and the whole party dropped everything to see if a shark was on. I have seen them fight 10-13 foot hammerheads for 8-10 hours. Sharks that size were about caught or killed off till they became protected. A 12 foot hammerhead was very wide and stocky. It was frightening animal. |
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Post by 1dave on Jan 24, 2014 20:45:38 GMT -5
You talk that talk because you've walked that walk!
Proud to know you!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 24, 2014 21:46:03 GMT -5
You talk that talk because you've walked that walk! Proud to know you! My Grandfather and his brother ran a menhaden fishery all their lives. It consisted of a 200 foot 'steamer' boat and it carried two 30 foot aluminum 'purse' boats. Fish (the blue patches) were spotted from airplanes. Strategy was used to chase the fish with the steamer into the 2500 foot purse nets. The fish were surrounded by the net and the steamer pulled up and attached cables to the net and it was wound in to a little 50 foot circle full of fish and the sharks that eat them. 12 inch vacuum pumps sucked the fish up and into the bow of the steamer. The sharks were a serious threat to the net. Managing the sharks was most interesting. I got some of that action as a kid. Here is an aerial view of the whole operation. The water is muddy brown and the fish are blue.The white flashes in the blue areas are pelagic fish and sharks working them over |
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