Biggest shark tooth yet and a gray one too

[bergie]

For the ones I find here in Florida, this is the biggest yet. Are the black ones recent or fossil? They look very old up close. What about gray one? Thanks.

 

[against the wind]

I'm staying out of the water !
Congrats

 

[AU Seeker]

Nice tooth, I have found 1000s of shark's teeth, both are fossilized, you will see them black, gray, brown, and even an off white color, the color comes from the sediments and minerals the tooth has been exposed too during the time it took it to become fossilized.

Unfossilzed teeth will almost always be a pearly white color, just like our teeth.

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[Gaspipe]

Both fossilized

 

[Greastart]

I'm staying out of the water !
Congrats

Enter the ocean, enter the food chain!

 

[bergie]

Thanks for info - how long does it take to get fossilized?

 

[AU Seeker]

Thanks for info - how long does it take to get fossilized?

The general consensus with scientists is 10,000 years minimum.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Thats a nice tooth.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[beerguy]

Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water...

 

[detectahead]

Great looking teeth there! When I was attending Venice elementary school I would walk home down a shell rock road from the bus stop and find teeth like that on a regular basis.