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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2975 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Shark tooth I found at Wrightsville Beach. May 18^th, 2016 at 10:12pm	Print Post
	How big do you think this is?
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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Shark tooth I found at Wilmington Beach. Reply #1 - May 19^th, 2016 at 5:34pm	Print Post
	let me get a guess in before Gerald, the shark tooth expert. weird shaped tooth with a lot of serrations, i'm going to guess Great White and between an inch and an inch and a quarter long.


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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Shark tooth I found at Wilmington Beach. Reply #2 - May 20^th, 2016 at 8:35am	Print Post
	My guess is 1/2"


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greel Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 110 Joined: Mar 28^th, 2013	Re: Shark tooth I found at Wilmington Beach. Reply #3 - May 20^th, 2016 at 11:26am	Print Post
	The shape suggests the shark genus Carcharhinus or requiem sharks. They are difficult to nail down to species which include the bull shark, sandbar shark, oceanic white tip shark, silky shark, black tip shark, blue shark, copper shark, and the dusky shark to name a few of the more common ones. It is definitely an upper tooth. They tend to max out at about an inch or so. Here is a sandbar shark for comparison -

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greel Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 110 Joined: Mar 28^th, 2013	Re: Shark tooth I found at Wilmington Beach. Reply #4 - May 20^th, 2016 at 11:28am	Print Post
	Another sandbar shark tooth. Probably not the same species, but in the genus or family.

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Collin Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 253 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Shark tooth I found at Wilmington Beach. Reply #5 - May 20^th, 2016 at 12:46pm	Print Post
	Scott, I think you meant to say Wrightsville Beach. Nice find! We found a ton of stuff at Folly Beach a few weeks ago, they did some dredging and turned up all sorts of neat stuff!


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2975 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Shark tooth I found at Wilmington Beach. Reply #6 - May 23^rd, 2016 at 11:24pm	Print Post
	Collin wrote on May 20^th, 2016 at 12:46pm: Scott, I think you meant to say Wrightsville Beach. Nice find! We found a ton of stuff at Folly Beach a few weeks ago, they did some dredging and turned up all sorts of neat stuff! Indeed you're correct, it was Wrightsville Beach! I corrected the post. Thanks Collin.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2975 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Shark tooth I found at Wrightsville Beach. Reply #7 - May 23^rd, 2016 at 11:27pm	Print Post
	Obviously, the winner is greel! Well done! I'll bring your prize to the Burgin mine on June 4th.

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