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Giant shark's tooth fossil

diggerjoe		Posted : Tuesday, 3 January 2012 7:50:48 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 21/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 36 Thanks: 24 times Was thanked: 23 time(s) in 15 post(s)		Found this shark's tooth when fossicking around Bushy Beach in Oamaru a while back. I believe it comes from a shark known as C. Megalodon often depicted as a giant great white. File Attachment(s): megalodon2.jpg megalodon1.jpg P1130423.JPG P1130428.JPG

nzpoohbear40		Posted : Tuesday, 3 January 2012 8:51:28 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		wow that is quit a find.i have found a few fossils down around that area but nothing like that..good going
		Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/

Lammerlaw		Posted : Tuesday, 3 January 2012 8:53:05 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Without a doubt that is the best Sharks tooth I have seen from New Zealand - an Award winner if ever there was one. Ask the opinion of Geoff Fathers in Oamary - if anyone has seen an Oamaru or any New Zealand one that size, near that size or bigger then Geoff will know - I havent. I have seen a lot bigger but not from New Zealand - A fellow came to see me and he had the best one I have ever seen and it had a world rating - I think he said that it was the sixth largest recorded and stood a good six inches tall. o Yours is a cracker and I would much rather have it than a larger foreign one...the best of finds - I would get more kick from finding that than I would get from a 1 1/2 gramme gold nugget which would be of comparable value. Carcharodon Megalodon will indeed be the fellow who owned it...they made Jaws look like whitebait! This one came from the US of A but the one the fellow brought here was an inch taller again and absolutely perfect. You can see that your one compares very competitively with ones which command around $150 on the International Market so an absolutely fantastic find...I love it. If you put it on Trademe or decide to sell then let me know! Edited by user Wednesday, 4 January 2012 3:17:08 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified Lammerlaw attached the following image(s):

crisyboy		Posted : Tuesday, 3 January 2012 6:40:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 233 Location: whangarei Thanks: 39 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 69 post(s)		WOW awesome find where in the heck?
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