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A family on vacation in South Carolina uncovered a 6.5-inch megalodon shark tooth during a fossil-hunting excursion near Charleston.
The Columbia family, visiting for their son’s baseball tournament, joined Palmetto Fossil Excursions for a guided fossil hunt at “The Lightning Site,” where they discovered the ancient tooth among mako shark teeth.
“The Lightning Site offers an array of different formations ranging from the Pleistocene to the Oligocene with an abundance of Mega-toothed shark species,” the fossil-hunting team wrote online.
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Initially mistaking it for a smaller tooth, they were amazed by the find and described it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience, turning their trip into a memorable adventure.
Palmetto Fossil Excursions shared the discovery on social media, highlighting the unique and impressive nature of the megalodon tooth.
“Alright, pray to the meg gods that we hit the sought-after 7-inch meg,'” father Paul Columbia was quoted saying.
“We originally thought it to be a 3-inch, then a 4-inch,” Columbia said.
“We could not believe the size, the color or our luck,” he said. “What started as a baseball tournament trip became an experience of a lifetime.”
