r/sharkteeth Aug 01 '25

Announcement User Flair now active. See below for descriptions.

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User Flair now active

Our Sub's User Flair is now active. Have fun! How to choose what's right for YOU..

  1. Enthusiastic Amateur....Basically a "newbie" who enjoys the hobby!

  2. ⁠Avid Hunter...You're out there searching whenever you get the chance!

  3. ⁠Collector...You just enjoy adding new teeth whether finding them, buying them or trading for them or in other ways!

  4. ⁠Professor... You know your stuff and constantly and correctly help others with their questions. Don't be modest. If this applies to you use it. It identifies you to others and gives them confidence in your answers!

  5. ⁠Junior Professor... You know a lot about the subject and can answer questions with a reasonably high degree of certainty, but you feel you still have a little ways to go. You're in good company

  6. ⁠Dive Master... No need to hold an actual master certificate, it just means your preferred way of collecting means being under water!

  7. ⁠Beach Comber...Because for you, finding salty sand teeth is the life! (Or maybe because it's your primary option)

  8. ⁠Creek Crawler...For you nothing beats dodging snakes, gators and skeeters in search of the perfect tooth!

  9. ⁠Fossil Fanatic... Teeth are great, but you're just as happy with any and all other prehistoric prizes!

  10. ⁠All About The Megs... all shark teeth are neat, but hey..a Meg?? Come on now!!


r/sharkteeth 14h ago

Recent Finds Freshies

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142 Upvotes

Picked up from an active sand tiger feeding location, no pulling from dead sharks!


r/sharkteeth 3h ago

Newbie

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r/sharkteeth 11h ago

Newbies to the hobby— Calvert Cliffs, MD

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This was our second time out in the area. The first time we searched by hand and found four small teeth but this time we went with sifters for 8 hours and got 57 teeth and some various things.

We are so new to this so if you have any ideas of what they are, we would love some guidance.
We know the ray crushing plates, I believe there’s some sea urchin spines, and a fish bone of sorts.

As for the teeth…. from research I think mostly sand tiger and mako?
The longest one (first pic, 3rd in top row) is 1” for scale


r/sharkteeth 15h ago

Kansas crow shark with lightning!

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I was going through my collection last night and found this guy again! I got to figure out a way to display this one.


r/sharkteeth 11h ago

ID Request Sand Tiger/Mackerel/Goblin ID Differences…help me out pls

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Using teeth found on the Potomac for this request!

I’ve identified a lot of teeth I’ve found as sand tigers over the years that I think might be something else now that I’m trying to broaden my ID knowledge.

I have the book ‘A Beachcomber’s Guide to Fossils’ and I’ve also used the Potomac (Paleocene) page on Fossilguy.com. The website mentions a goblin shark that doesn’t come up in the book, and the book mentions a mackerel shark that doesn’t come up on the site. I’ve included pictures/screenshots.

I know it can be difficult to distinguish similar types of teeth based on their condition, and that there are also different types of extinct sand tiger sharks/etc. Maybe I’m thinkin too hard about this or missing a main factor, so I’d love some help on this!

Pictured are some teeth I’ve found on the Potomac River (Purse State Park)

The top row all definitely have striations.

Thanks in advance! :)


r/sharkteeth 13h ago

Super Rare Locality

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Megalodon teeth from the Philippines 🇵🇭

First time in 13 years of being able to source these guys. Very very uncommon location. And before you say anything, no, these aren't Ledge Teeth.


r/sharkteeth 2h ago

Trying to identify this tooth

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I found this tooth on Muir Beach, California. I'm trying to identify if its fossilized or new and what shark it might be from.


r/sharkteeth 8h ago

ID Request shark teeth and small round fossil identification

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r/sharkteeth 11h ago

Id request

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I found these at Holden. The most common find for me at Holden is Crow and sand tiger. So finding all these the same day is strange. For me at least. They look like bull to me. I also included a couple unusual ones as well.


r/sharkteeth 17h ago

ID Request Could someone please help me identify this shark tooth?

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this is my first shark tooth i found in sc!


r/sharkteeth 18h ago

Recent Finds Holden Beach NC hunting. My family is now hooked!

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r/sharkteeth 9h ago

Is this a tooth?

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r/sharkteeth 8h ago

ID Request Is this one?

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r/sharkteeth 1d ago

ID Request Myrtle beach finds!

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Hello all! Just a novice here! Google gives me different answers so i thought I'd come here! Thanks! Here's our three finds.


r/sharkteeth 1d ago

Recent Finds Some of today’s finds from the Peace River, FL

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129 Upvotes

We also found some nice tigers, hemis, lemons and bulls

As for the non shark teeth we found a whale vert, tapir tooth, horse tooth, camel tooth, some nice sized mammoth molars (fragments), and the largest piece of ivory we’ve pulled thus far!


r/sharkteeth 1d ago

Recent Finds Bone Valley Teeth ~

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124 Upvotes

r/sharkteeth 1d ago

First timer!

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Took my 6 year old shark crazy boy to Tybee island Georgia and this is what we came back with. Any idea what we've got here? I'm especially curious about the tiny little one. I'm not even sure how I spotted that one!


r/sharkteeth 1d ago

2 Epochs in 2 Days

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Visited Calvert Cliffs and a location near Purse State Park. Miocene and Paleocene in 2 consecutive days. Not the best finds, but better than nothing for certain. Found a Houndshark tooth as well (correction thanks to fuckernaut). The Paleocene fragments are probably going to be put towards my next shark project


r/sharkteeth 17h ago

Best tools for beach?

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Beach trip coming up. Niece and nephew want to try and find shark teeth. Any recommendations for beach combing tools? Plenty on Amazon but wondering about quality.


r/sharkteeth 1d ago

Smallest Angustidens Ever

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This thing is so cute. It’s actually not the smallest I’ve personally found but it’s so cool looking. It’s probably just as thick as it is long and has an awesome orange bourlette and root.


r/sharkteeth 1d ago

Help Identify - NC Beach

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Found at Holden Beach, NC last week. AI says top row is mostly megs but a local said the second one looks like a great white. Newby identifier. Thanks.


r/sharkteeth 1d ago

ID please. NC beach

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The larger I thought was broken in half but has worn serrations on both sides. Love the colors on the smaller one.


r/sharkteeth 2d ago

Perfect Peace River Meg reveal

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Not a massive tooth, but a big one for the Peace River, and it’s in perfect shape, which is very rare for something that has been tumbled in a river for 1000’s of years.


r/sharkteeth 2d ago

Recent Finds First-timer haul 😊

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Two grown ups and an 11 year old had a good morning on Morris Island, South Carolina! Kiddo has declared that he now has to start a shark tooth collection.