DIVING FOR FOSSIL MEGALODON TEETH
North Carolina is known for it's shear quantity of teeth and for having the deepest megalodon diving locations in the US.
My name is Jordan and I find, package, sell, run the website, and everything else related to Carolina Megs. I alternate between working as a first mate on a megalodon diving boat (check them out, they're an awesome crew and can put you on some great teeth - www.carolinabeachscuba.com ), or going out with friends or on paid charters just to find teeth. I am a collector first and foremost but I also love helping other people to be able to own and enjoy teeth, and teaching people about sharks and fossils.
DIVING THE MEG LEDGE:
We travel between 25-45 miles off the coast of Carolina Beach, North Carolina to a series of ledges which help to congregate the teeth. A combination of the teeth washing out of the ancient shoreline, and the ocean currents moving sand as they work their way around the ledge has created the perfect conditions for finding megalodon teeth.
The meg ledge was originally found by spear fisherman targeting the abundant fish along the rocky reefs we call "the meg ledge". As they swam by seeking hogfish and grouper they started noticing giant 5-6 inch teeth literally lying everywhere. Those early days were the Wild West, where you could go out for a day and fill a 5 gallon bucket full of shark teeth with little experience or extra equipment.
After a 2-3 hour boat ride, we pull up to one of the many sites we have marked on our GPS. The anchor is carefully dropped and once on the bottom and creates a lifeline for divers to find the ledge and safely return to the boat.
Once I'm at the bottom I clip into the anchor line with my wreck reel and begin the hunt. I'm looking for a fossil bed - a stretch of debris and rubble that most of the sand has been washed away from. What remains is a pit of whale bones, megalodon and other shark teeth, dugong ribs, and normal rocks.
Bingo! I spot what looks like the perfect spot to me. I take my scooter, which is turned backwards from its normal orientation and blow into the fossil bed like an underwater leaf blower. Smaller rocks and sand blow away until I spot a flash of silver. I raise the scooter a bit and with my other hand pull some rocks away from the enamel I spotted. More tooth is revealed until I can slide the classic 5 inch Carolina megalodon tooth from its 10 million year old resting place.
Please let me know if you have any questions about my shark teeth, your shark teeth, or how you can come dive the ledge
My name is Jordan and I find, package, sell, run the website, and everything else related to Carolina Megs. I alternate between working as a first mate on a megalodon diving boat (check them out, they're an awesome crew and can put you on some great teeth - www.carolinabeachscuba.com ), or going out with friends or on paid charters just to find teeth. I am a collector first and foremost but I also love helping other people to be able to own and enjoy teeth, and teaching people about sharks and fossils.
DIVING THE MEG LEDGE:
We travel between 25-45 miles off the coast of Carolina Beach, North Carolina to a series of ledges which help to congregate the teeth. A combination of the teeth washing out of the ancient shoreline, and the ocean currents moving sand as they work their way around the ledge has created the perfect conditions for finding megalodon teeth.
The meg ledge was originally found by spear fisherman targeting the abundant fish along the rocky reefs we call "the meg ledge". As they swam by seeking hogfish and grouper they started noticing giant 5-6 inch teeth literally lying everywhere. Those early days were the Wild West, where you could go out for a day and fill a 5 gallon bucket full of shark teeth with little experience or extra equipment.
After a 2-3 hour boat ride, we pull up to one of the many sites we have marked on our GPS. The anchor is carefully dropped and once on the bottom and creates a lifeline for divers to find the ledge and safely return to the boat.
Once I'm at the bottom I clip into the anchor line with my wreck reel and begin the hunt. I'm looking for a fossil bed - a stretch of debris and rubble that most of the sand has been washed away from. What remains is a pit of whale bones, megalodon and other shark teeth, dugong ribs, and normal rocks.
Bingo! I spot what looks like the perfect spot to me. I take my scooter, which is turned backwards from its normal orientation and blow into the fossil bed like an underwater leaf blower. Smaller rocks and sand blow away until I spot a flash of silver. I raise the scooter a bit and with my other hand pull some rocks away from the enamel I spotted. More tooth is revealed until I can slide the classic 5 inch Carolina megalodon tooth from its 10 million year old resting place.
Please let me know if you have any questions about my shark teeth, your shark teeth, or how you can come dive the ledge