The Sweet Tintinabulation of the Victory Bell

The fossil hunting plans for today were set for two weeks, though we didn't know if we were diving or digging. I got ahold of tha duDe and he was in for some time away from work, too. The river was undivable, but we had a land spot to hunt so teeth would be found. It was so hot and humid out that none of us thought we would would last longer than 3 or 4 hours. We hit the first ditch and mere moments after we arrived, I spied a complete megalodon tooth lying on the bottom of the ditch in full view. It had been there so long, that it was covered with algae. Its hard to believe that a megalodon tooth could survive in plain sight long enough to grow algae without being found by one of the hordes of our fellow fossil hunters. There were a few other teeth on the bottom of that ditch, but digging it was nearly impossible. We walked to another ditch just a few hundred meters away, and I found a nice place to dig and set about my work. tha duDe and da f0ssZ went on walking. A few minutes later, I looked up to see df giving tha duDe a mega high-5. I knew something awesome came out, and I missed it. A few minutes later, after only about an hour and a half to two hours, I was done. I could dig no longer. The 110 degree heat index sapped my will to find teeth. And, since I had already found my killer, it was easy to give up. I walked down to see tha duDe and he made me turn around while he pulled out the find - an awesome spear point over 3 and a half inches long. It put my find to shame, but he was totally deserving of a good find. The heat drained him, too, and we both walked back to his truck to wait in the shade on da f0ssZ to finish his hunt. He returned with a nice angustidens and we were all thrilled with the results of the day. Taco Bell beckoned, and we celebrated our finds over some of the finest grub around.