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Close Call!

Been hunting and have had some luck lately. Yesterday I was went up to the Summerville area to meet with fellow toothers at a spot which was considered "promising". Well I went out to meet up with them and couldn't find them. I searched for them for about 30 minutes and then decided to find my own spot and dig it myself. I found a small creek and just started digging. After digging roots and sand I hit some layer. Not great layer, but it was there. I proceded to dig the layer and started to find several small bones in the clay layer when the topsoil crashed down. A Cottonmouth fell with it inches from my boot. The snake paused for a minute with an open mouth then closed it and proceded to slither off. Whew! Well after gathering myself from the close call. I cleared the topsoil from my hole and started to dig when I heard a clink. I then grabbed a hold of what I thought was a bone, but alas it was a monster of a tooth. An Awesome lightning bolt Megalodon. This Meg is a hair over 5 and 1/2 inches long and just under 5 inches wide! I later found the other toothers(which hadn't found anything remotely close) and showed them my find.
Location Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA

ID2058
MemberGreg
Date Added5/2/2007

  

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