tokashikibob Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Whaaaaaaap! Clunk! Swoosh….. Swooosh. Soon a man is seen scuffling thru the muddy flats towards us. He’s holding his hand gingerly as he maneuvers thru the debris scattered along his path. Perhaps your thinking this must be a description of WWI Verdun France and a doughboy is making his way to an aid station. Naw, it’s just Gerald “Reel Tooth” making his way along the creek bed of GMR to show off another one of his great finds during his amazing dig. Yessir, quite a crowd showed up for a early morning dig along the chilly banks of Greens Mill Run. It seems that after posting a few of my finds recently on the web, a all-star lineup of diggers showed up primed to find fossils due to the Aurora fossil hunt cancellation. A professional Gold mining crew led by RobJon from up country North Carolina showed up for the first time. I was sure they were going to start suction dredging the mighty GMR but they were unsure of the city ordinances. I soon found the Professor in the stream working Will and Lois’s claim. He had a professional GMR local hunter and ole Goosebumps busting gravel from 10 feet below the river bed. “Hey Professor, don’tcha know that’s Will’s claim? He’s got that on file at East Coast HQ! You’ll get fined if you get reported.” I stated to him. “I’m claiming this area in the name of ECU educational research!” He exclaimed, as he showed me a possible 3 inch Great White that had the top broken off. I knew where I was not wanted so I kept moving upstream. Soon, I spotted the “King of Fossils” himself waiting on his folding chair for his hireling to produce a fossil worthy of his highness’s collection. It was good to see Brian in good health and back in the game; I just wonder how he gets these guys to do all the digging? The V.P. of E.C.F.C came up to me about then and demanded to be taken to the area that I worked a few weeks prior where I found that G.W. Anyway, this is the part of the story were chance took a turn for the benefit of Gerald. Me and the V.P. met Gerald as he was returning back downstream, (maybe he was lonely) Anyways, he had a simply beautiful Great White in perfect shape I’m guessing over 2.5 inches. He decided to turn around and go back to the area he was working before instead of downstream and that my friends turned out to be the play of the day. Within 30 minutes, Gerald scuffled over to where we were, and I could tell by the sh*t eating grin (see picture) he had something good. A rare perfect Megalodon! No dings, all serrations, beautiful color, 4 + inches. It was a great find! Over the next hour I still did not have even a piece of bone from where I was digging! However Gerald kept pulling fossil after fossil from the same dang hole. Fossils such as, a turtle shell, another perfect front GW, the second 4inch Meg, and possibly the largest Mako from GMR in recent history. It was nuts, but a fine day it was for Gerald! For the rest of us, the report was that everyone got something very nice, except for the V.P.of E.C.F.C who has bad luck at GMR. I’m not sure about the Gold mining team, but they were working hard to claim their first GMR mantelpieces. But as we all know the lady of the river doesn’t give her treasures to newcomers easily. Semper Fi, Mako Boy WW2 Relic hunting Web site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 WOW those are great finds, very nice!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screweduptexan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Wow...what a day! I can't come up with anything clever enough for my signature...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Isn't GMR great! I go down the day before I go into the mine but haven't been down this year because the mine has been closed for the season. Great job guys! What was the size of the mako? I've found some nice ones in there. If I'm ever down there again let me know when you're going to dig! Is there a layer of gravel underneath of the clay bottom? I normally dig till I hit that in the gravel. The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 A great tale well told! (You must read a lot of first-person military history). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greel Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 OMG who is that big ugly goon in the middle holding the nice meg? -greel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 yeah, that's pretty good. mr. meg man - the look on your face is priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Looks like a fun outing! Great finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 wow what a tooth! nice job guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terphunter Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Good job...GMR is good to you! LIFE IS SHORT...HUNT HARD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Sounds like a great day thanks for sharing and great finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) Wow great to see Brians pic on the forum and Gerald also. Best reguards to both from the Wootens. Edited November 12, 2008 by lawooten The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greel Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Wow great to see Brians pic on the forum and Gerald also. Best reguards to both from the Wootens. Hi Linda, Are you and Ernie heading down to Diamond Hill this weekend to pull some nice purple plums out of the red dirt? If so, I'll see you there. -greel "aka" gerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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