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Florida members - where to find sharks teeth?
December 21, 2017, 12:27 AM
4x5Florida members - where to find sharks teeth?
I'm currently in Orlando with my family, and one of my girls would love to find a shark tooth at the beach. Is there any place around Cocoa Beach / Daytona Beach where we could go to look for some?
Thanks
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ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ December 21, 2017, 01:03 AM
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Real men don't find sharks teeth. Real men cut their leg, wade out into the ocean with a pair of dental extraction pliers, put a shark in a headlock with one arm, and use the other arm to yank out teeth until the wife and kids are content
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stkfoxSorry guy, no where around Cocoa. The place to go is Venice, on the west coast. Maybe next trip for ya?
December 21, 2017, 04:58 AM
braillediverCocoa Beach and Jetty Park- It's been a longtime since I was there.
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December 21, 2017, 04:59 AM
GascanOn that note, I've gone to Venice 3 separate times looking for shark teeth, all without success; it's not a sure thing. I hear there are places off the Florida coast where you can scuba dive and stand a good chance of finding teeth but I've no idea where those are. Good luck!
December 21, 2017, 05:09 AM
MooneyP226Huh. That's good info.
I do know some sharks digest their old teeth for the calcium.
Thinking outside the box, one could find shark teeth at a souvenir place and possibly salt the beach while their daughter is searching the same general area...you just need to escape alone for a bit to source them.
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BSA Dad, Cheer Dad December 21, 2017, 05:25 AM
trapper189Caspersen Beach which is south of Venice on the Gulf Coast or the Peace River where it goes through Bone Valley. It's easy to find small teeth at Caspersen Beach you just need a Florida snow shovel. I've never not found at least a dozen teeth there. You'll find sting ray teeth and barbs as well. For the Peace River, I'd pay for a guided fossil tour. It's more work than Caspersen Beach, but you can find bigger teeth as well as mammal fossils.
December 21, 2017, 05:31 AM
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December 21, 2017, 05:48 AM
Minnowquote:
Originally posted by MooneyP226:
Thinking outside the box, one could find shark teeth at a souvenir place and possibly salt the beach while their daughter is searching the same general area...you just need to escape alone for a bit to source them.
^^^^This is the trick^^^^
"Prepared in mind and resources" December 21, 2017, 06:47 AM
V-TailIn a shark's mouth.
I have also found them at beaches all over the Florida coast, both Atlantic and Gulf sides, as well as the Keys.
Any of the touristy shops at the beaches will have loads of them.
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December 21, 2017, 07:06 AM
FlyingScotVenice FL. Go in April for Shark Tooth festival. Around the pier is ok if you wade out. Use a scoop and screen. Go south and take ferry avross intercostal (state park, free) and beach there can produce. Kids have found partial Meg teeth, fossil sand tiger, tiger, bull, lemon, etc.
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December 21, 2017, 07:52 AM
rsboloquote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
Caspersen Beach which is south of Venice on the Gulf Coast or the Peace River where it goes through Bone Valley. It's easy to find small teeth at Caspersen Beach you just need a Florida snow shovel. I've never not found at least a dozen teeth there. You'll find sting ray teeth and barbs as well. For the Peace River, I'd pay for a guided fossil tour. It's more work than Caspersen Beach, but you can find bigger teeth as well as mammal fossils.
Short of buying teeth and placing them to be found the above are the only places I would tell you that you could be guaranteed to find teeth.
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December 21, 2017, 07:54 AM
4x5Well, thanks everybody. Looks like we'll be hitting the souvenir shops
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ December 21, 2017, 08:02 AM
rscalzoActually, one of the best places is in S. carolina. The shop I worked out of held trips there twice a year. But you have to hunt in black water for them.
http://www.fossilguy.com/trips...diving-trip-2013.htmDecember 21, 2017, 02:08 PM
FishOnI found many on the beach when visiting my grandparents in Naples, back in the 70s. Great memories beach-combing with my mom and grandma (both gone now). But buying a few at a souvenir shop makes a lot of sense. If the kids are young, you can put them in the sand, and they can "find them". They are not expensive.
December 21, 2017, 02:26 PM
46and2Even in the 70s and 80s I always found more in S.C. than Florida.
December 21, 2017, 02:40 PM
enidpd804This won't help, but we found dozens in Destin and Navarre. We didn't see any in Daytona.
December 21, 2017, 07:33 PM
jimmy123xPeace river has lots of them but you have to sift for them.