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quicksilver123 In reply to Pr0teusUnbound [2012-06-08 00:32:45 +0000 UTC]

ah, this one was from a trade between a meg diver and I

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Undistilled In reply to quicksilver123 [2012-01-23 05:32:55 +0000 UTC]

As with most specimens, the closer you get to the source the less expensive they tend to be.

Many of the megs you see at shows, or especially in rock shops, are ridiculously marked up in price.

The truth is that there are hundreds of millions (perhaps billions?) of these large (and small) teeth on the bottoms of numerous rivers throughout the US. You can literally go snorkling and pick them up off of the bottom by the handful (similar to how you can find common shark teeth in Florida). But no one usually does that because at the places they're found, they're not worth hardly anything.

It's sort of like with Petoskey stones (fossil coral) here in my state of Michigan. Huge pieces of Petoskey stone often wash up on the beaches daily along with millions of smaller pieces. I know this because I've collected them myself many times. But you wouldn't know that such was the case based on how ridiculously expensive they're selling it for in places outside of the Great Lakes region.

So really, if you don't want to pay a lot for a great specimen, it's almost always better to go to where they're found if you can.

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quicksilver123 In reply to Undistilled [2012-01-23 12:50:29 +0000 UTC]

i traded for it my friend found it in charleston

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Undistilled In reply to quicksilver123 [2012-01-24 05:23:06 +0000 UTC]

Trades are fun.

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quicksilver123 In reply to Undistilled [2012-01-24 19:54:13 +0000 UTC]

yep its only not fun if you send a person something and you never get theirs... <_<

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