Ancient shark teeth unearthed in Maryland after heavy rainfall: They're 'jaws-dropping treasures'

FoxNews.com/Science ^ | July 25, 2018 | Madeline Farber

[ETL]

Heavy rainfall in Calvert County, Maryland over the weekend led to a toothy discovery, the state’s department of natural resources announced Monday: prehistoric shark teeth.

The shark teeth were unearthed in a creek in Huntingtown, the department said, which called the teeth a “cool find” and “jaws-dropping treasures.”

Huntingtown received roughly 8 inches of rain since Saturday, FOX5 reported.

“They’re huge!” one Facebook user said of the find.

“Awesome,” another wrote.

[ETL]

“They’re huge!” one Facebook user said of the find.

“Awesome,” another wrote.

[bert]

The road on Cumberland Island National Sea Shore is literally paved with shark’s teeth. The teeth are also common around Charleston SC in dredge fill.

I have a friend really into collecting them and a real collector has them classified by species. There are books on the subject for avid collectors.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[Artemis Webb]

I love FR.

[semaj]

A walk on Camp Lejuene’s Onslow Beach or a little further south on Atlantic Beach we would find them strewn all over the place.

[semaj]

Very nice teeth.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ETL.

[Mastador1]

Nice teeth!

I think you spelled that wrong

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj! Mack the Knife ping.

[arthurus]

If you poke around in the little creeks in central Florida you can find some Megalodon teeth, that’s the really big ones. Smaller ancient sharks’ teeth are pretty easy to find, too.

[Mr. K]

Would Laz hit it and risk a shark tooth injury?

Let’s ask...

[arthurus]

Next vacation go down to Gainesville, Fl and look in Hogtown Creek.

[Uversabound]

Real and exceptional

Well not sure about hers but speaking personally.

have we moved away from shark teeth.....

[GOYAKLA]

Great texture and fine symmetry! Perfectly designed for the task, at hand. The teeth man, the teeth!
The backdrop is enough to make a baby cry.

[wally_bert]

Thank you for the tip.

Maybe one day, I will see some sort of vacation.

I will wind up going by myself if it ever happens.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I really should have become a dentist.

[piasa]

Better be careful, you could get hurt on those.

Yeah, you could put your eyes out with those.

[Fido969]

It’s raining sharks....

[outofsalt]

[Pelham]

more pics!