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10/27/2026

This week is the last chance to get 20% off of any of the Giant "Mako" Shark teeth on our website! Use code "mako20" at checkout.

09/23/2026

This Megalodon tooth is going straight to the personal collection!

09/16/2026

This recently recovered Megalodon tooth has a blade as sharp as the day it was lost!

After being buried by sediment and becoming mineralized, it survived for millions of years before we discovered it eroding out of the bottom of one of Georgia's coastal rivers! Most teeth don't survive to be whole, let alone ready to cut dinner! But, this special tooth was found just in time to save it!

09/14/2026

I hope you like "Makos" as much as we do, because they are currently 20% off on our website. During checkout, use code "mako20" at https://diggingscience.com

09/13/2026

More Miocene fossils from this week including an incredibly well preserved Megalodon tooth with a nearly immaculate blade.

Will post pictures of it cleaned up and dry soon!

09/11/2026

Our 3.07" Parotodus benedenii from this week all cleaned up! NFS

09/09/2026

🦈 Bucket List Discovery Alert!

Yesterday, we found our first—and quite possibly our last—3"+ Parotodus benedenii tooth.

“Benis,” as they’re affectionately called, are among the rarest fossil shark teeth found in Miocene to Early Pleistocene-aged deposits. Parotodus benedenii was a large lamniform shark that shared the ancient oceans with Megalodon, but unlike Megalodon, it is believed to have been primarily pelagic, spending much of its time in the open ocean rather than nearshore environments.

That lifestyle likely helps explain why its teeth are so uncommon in the fossil record. In our experience, Parotodus teeth are easily 100× rarer than Megalodon teeth.

And this specimen is something special.

At a 3.07" total slant length, very few Parotodus benedenii teeth make it past the 3-inch mark. Combine that size with the exceptional preservation, which is among the top 1% of all shark teeth I've ever found.

Finding a specimen like this is one of those moments that reminds you why you keep looking.

I'll post photos of the tooth cleaned up and ready to appreciate on Friday.

🦴 Bonus points to whoever can identify the Ice Age mammal fossil in one of the photos!

08/30/2026

New products have landed on the website!

Between now and November 1st save 20% on all Mako teeth using the code: MAKO20

Link in our bio.

08/20/2026

Super crisp meg tooth from our last trip.

Did you know megalodon sharks lost and replaced up to 40,000 teeth over their life? Thats about one set (~276 teeth) every 1-2 weeks!

08/17/2026

This absolutely massive 6.21" meg tooth was found by us and expertly restored by Ancient Artworks.

For fossil restoration inquiries or to shop meg teeth, visit our website www.diggingscience.com (link in our bio)

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