Beachcombers only ever find common seashells, sea glass, driftwood, and the unusual message in a bottle.

However, it might be entertaining to search the sand for something other than a dropped candy wrapper.

When fossils wash up on the shore, they excite beachgoers looking through the sand for more hidden treasures. Fossil collecting is a fascinating activity that combines time outdoors with prehistoric history.

Walk into the water with a sieve and shovel, or even just your bare hands, to hunt for these ancient relics rather than looking for a raptor in Montana’s arid dirt. According to the author, collecting fossils can be easy and inexpensive if you start with preserved shark teeth. They are frequently in abundance on public beaches.

Fossil hunters occasionally find evidence of the massive monsters that formerly swam in the deep waters, yet finger-sized teeth are the most prevalent. The Megalodon was a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.
The name of this extinct mackerel shark, which means “great teeth,” dates back between 23 and 3.6 million years. from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene eras.

That time 9 year old Maryland Molly Sampson found a 15 million year old megalodon tooth in the Chesapeake Bay

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