| Megalodon Tooth | | | | back, and over 18 centimeters or 7 inches when |
| Have you ever seen someone with a really cool | | | | measured on the diagonal. That's about as |
| shark's tooth necklace and wondered how they got | | | | long as an average man's hand span, and this is just a |
| it? Chances are they didn't really wrestle | | | | single shark's tooth! |
| that big shark and yank out the tooth as a trophy or | | | | A company in Florida called Megalodon Expeditions |
| prize, but they found a place where you can get | | | | has set up expeditions for the treasure hunters and |
| some shark teeth and bought it themselves. | | | | for around $75.00 per day they will take you to a |
| If you're interested in fossils you may already have | | | | secret location on the Peace River near Arcadia |
| knowledge of megalodon teeth and realize that these | | | | where many treasure hunters have found Megalodon |
| are not collectibles that you can wear around your | | | | teeth in the past. Tools you will need are a |
| neck, but are truly a prized find for any treasure | | | | shovel, some type of screening device, goggles and |
| hunter. What do we mean by megalodon | | | | snorkel. Sedement from the bottom of the |
| teeth and why would anyone want to see one? | | | | river is shoveled into the screen and then the screen |
| The megalodon was a type of giant shark that | | | | is shaken under the water to remove all of the loose |
| existed some ten million years ago or so. It | | | | mud and debris. You can find many other |
| was the ultimate predator of the time, feeding on | | | | type of fossils in the river including other species of |
| other animals as large as whales. Today it | | | | sharks teeth, turtle shells, deer antlers, camels teeth |
| exists only in fossil record, and owning megalodon | | | | and armadillo shells. |
| teeth can be quite the status symbol especially for | | | | Megalodon Tooth |
| those that appreciate the history surrounding them. | | | | A single tooth can sell for up to $20,000. |
| Megalodon Tooth | | | | The mineral content of the water that the |
| For example, while it's believed that the megalodon | | | | megalodon tooth laid in will determine the color of the |
| may be a relative of the great white shark, many | | | | final fossil which can range from red to black. |
| mainstream scientists disagree with this and believe | | | | Findings of megalodon teeth are very significant |
| that it should have its own classification. | | | | when it comes to oceanography and history |
| Also, with an animal that large and that dangerous it's | | | | itself. Scientists have yet to come up with a |
| amazing that it would have died out all those millions | | | | logical theory about how such a large and fierce |
| of years ago as it most certainly should have been | | | | creature could become extinct, and some wonder if |
| the true champion of the thinking, "survival of the | | | | perhaps they may still even exist but in deeper parts |
| fittest." From the size of megalodon teeth | | | | of the ocean that are not accessible to man. |
| it's believed that such an animal would have grown to | | | | It's also significant that megalodon teeth that are |
| 13 meters or 43 feet in length - that's over four | | | | found must be at least 15,000 years old, while many |
| stories tall! Some other scientists have | | | | assume that they are even older than that. |
| estimated that the shark would have grown even | | | | True fossil hunters and those that appreciate history |
| longer than that. The reason that they make | | | | are very interested in megalodon teeth as they are |
| these estimates is because most megalodon teeth | | | | part of an unsolved mystery and truly a valuable find |
| that have been found are over 13 centimeters or 5 | | | | for anyone. |
| inches long when measured straight from front to | | | | |