Just added this little nugget to the collection. It is part of a 7-inch tooth from a megalodon, the largest creature to ever swim in the ocean. It was dug up in a Georgia river bed, and the grooves of the tooth still have bits of brown river sediment in them. Thanks to my friends at The Savannah History Shoppe for the returning customer discount. I heart fossils.

OCTOBER 24-25

NC FESTIVAL BY THE SEA

HOLDEN BEACH, NC

SATURDAY 9:00-5:00

SUNDAY 9:00-4:00

Get your signed copy of 

Shark Tooth Hunting on the Carolina Coast

$11.70 (including tax)

Cash or check only

Apple Festival!

Hooray for Catch and Release!

This seven-foot tiger shark was caught and released last night by a man named Robert on the St. Simons Pier in Georgia. Notice the beautiful spots that explain the tiger shark's name. Georgia has a great catch and release award program that incentivizes fishermen to treat the animals with care instead of killing them for trophies. The documentation associated with the program also allows the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division to monitor the shark population. The photo is courtesy of St. Simons Bait and Tackle. 

Here are my dates for central North Carolina this fall. New dates are being added all the time, so keep checking on my Amazon Author Central page (http://www.amazon.com/Ashley-Oliphant/e/B00MSBTBZE).

I should have new dates on the coast to announce soon!

Who knew that this was a bony fish operculum? That would be Dr. Richard Chandler, who is quite possibly the coolest fossil expert in the world. A dear woman named Jean came to my launch party with this nugget, which she found 30 years ago on a Florida beach. She's been wearing it as a necklace all that time and trying to find out what it is. I wouldn't know a bony fish operculum if it smacked me in the head, so I put in a call to the experts. If you should ever make it on "Jeopardy!" and find that you are competing against a North Carolina Fossil Club member, just go ahead and surrender before the cameras roll.