'The find of a lifetime': 8-year-old boy discovers giant shark tooth in South Carolina

Phys.org ^ | 8/23/2022 | Natalie Neysa Alund

[neverbluffer]

while participating in a fossil-hunting excursion near Summerville.

OK Myrtle Brach is nowhere near Summerville. So was it Myrtle Beach or Summerville?

[higgmeister]

Not to downplay the excitement, but perhaps the tooth was planted there.

My first thought when I read it was in a "Premium Gravel Layer pile", not in situ.

[LibWhacker]

Oops, I'm sorry. I see you were referring to the picture of the tooth in the original story. By now, I'm sure you've seen my posting of the drawing in post #9, above, or even found a better one yourself!

[laplata]

Good for him.

[xp38]

Boats of bigger size would surely be needed.

[Gene Eric]

fyi ping

[airborne]

Thanks for the context! That’s one huge fish!

[logitech]

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alabama/shark-teeth-creek-al/

[Wilhelm Tell]

You mean the giant shark tooth I ordered that has a label “Made in China” is a fake?

[Lazamataz]

We live in an age of lies.

[NorthMountain]

and they’re just lying around on rocky beaches?

Rocky?

Ever been to Myrtle Beach, SC? Ever been to the beach ANYWHERE on the east coast of North America?

[the OlLine Rebel]

These things are often pretty exposed.

Calvert Cliffs is famous for all these shark teeth including Megalodon.

And the rocks are almost all on New England beaches only.

[Kartographer]

Not to downplay the excitement, but perhaps the tooth was planted there. One can get them for under $20 on ebay even bigger than 5 inches.

I doubt it they been found before by beachcombs in that area, but if the FBI raids the kids house all bets are off!!

[dainbramaged]

Quite a few Megalodon teeth have been found in Carolina swamps. A friend of mine had half a dozen or so that he picked up scuba diving in that area.

[the OlLine Rebel]

We have a pretty good idea that no sharks bigger than Great Whites exist in this day.

[NorthMountain]

Calvert Cliffs is famous

I spent an afternoon at Calvert Cliffs, once, and came away with a half dozen small shark teeth.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

I spent an afternoon at Calvert Cliffs, once, and came away with a half dozen small shark teeth.
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In the early ‘60s I spent a summer night there with a bottle of Wild Turkey and a wild chick. We didn’t see any shark’s teeth though!

[GMThrust]

What if it was a hoax. What kind of accomplishment is that?! Let me guess, you are from the point of view that everyone gets a trophy...Was the kid actually looking for fossils, shells??? or was he just wandering around looking on the beach? That takes a lot of effort. This is the problem with parents and their children. What a great accomplishment, you were wandering around and looked down and found a tooth (real or not). What an achievement!!!/s
I actually could care less about this story, it is just your reaction to the comment that angers me.

[JerseyDvl]

I’m in Myrtle Beach now and was shark tooth hunting this morning. I got some nice ones including a One inch Great White tooth. Nothing millions of years old...yet.