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Searching for fossil shark teeth in the Lowcountry of South Carolina - August 2006

This summer we took a trip to the Lowcountry to play in Charleston, Hilton Head, and of course... to fossil hunt!

One of the more interesting parts of our trip was stumbling across shrimp boats near Savannah on our fossilski. Dozens of Dolphins would line up behind the boats to eat a free buffet caused by the shrimp nets.
Anyhow, onto the fossil trip report...

efore going down south, I made arrangements to hook up with Ditchweezil. The plans were to meet up with him at a dive/snorkel spot and find tons of fossil shark teeth! As the fossil day neared, the day that I would find 7" megalodon teeth and an articulated Squalodon, I lost my patience, and went to the river a day early to scope it out. Amy and I geared up and headed in. A few minutes later we were sifting through sand trying to find the buried formation below. About an hour later we were still sifting through the sand trying to find the formation. We found a few small spots where the formation wasn't buried too deep, and found a few small teeth. After a disappointing few hours, we decided to head out and wait for tomorrow, when we would meet with Ditchweezil, to see if he had any secret wisdom to share about finding the formation in the river.

The next morning large thunder clouds rolled in and torrential downpours started. I soon received a call from Ditchweezil saying flooding will make the river current too strong and the water too muddy. Instead, he offered to take us to a local ditch near his house that contained fossil shark teeth. The torrential downpours soon turned the ditch into a raging river, making it impossible to see the gravel at the bottom. Instead, we all searched the formation along the banks of the ditch. This place was pretty neat; great whites were the most common fossils found. Usually they are one of the more difficult sharks to find. Anyhow, we ended up with a nice little Angustidens that has a chip on the crown, and a big broken Great White. Ditchweezil found two complete great whites, and an awesome mako that had just been eroded out by the rain.

Visit The Megalodon Page for more information on Blackwater Diving in South Carolina and Megalodon teeth.

The Fossils Found

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Recommended Books and Fossils:

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Fossil Diving Identification Guide
By: Daniel Berg, 2009

This is the Blackwater Fossil Diving Identification Guide. It is packed with images and information. If you are interested in blackwater diving, this is a must read.

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Shark Tooth Hunting on the Carolina Coast
By: Ashley Oliphant, 2015
A guide on how to find and identify fossil shark teeth on the North and South Carolina beaches. It also has an easy to use section for shark teeth identification. If you want to find shark teeth in the Carolinas, read this book first!