Thread: Non-Fishing Question-Shark Teeth

I've lived here over forty years and only found one small one---it was right at the pier.

I've found and collected several, but all on the beach at Wilmington NC. Never in the gulf.

Using a flea rake in the surf, I have not seen any sharks teeth. But kids seemed to be fascinated with everything they find.

I've searched ever since I was a kid and never found a single one. This past vacation to Navarre was the first time I ever found one. Good size too, probably fell out of a 5 footer.

My memory of an uncle who used to winter near Sanibel island was that the shark's teeth he found were fossils, not current-issue. They are also larger and easier to find.

http://www.wikihow.com/Find-Shark-Te...th-Step-11.jpg

Most important, fossil teeth are high-contrast black but fresh teeth are much more camouflaged as white/grey/brown.

The ones they usually find in the Carolina's are fossilized teeth.
Not sure of the exact formation or way they get transported down the beaches but I've heard of people collecting 50-100 on the right day after a storm.