Arrowhead Hunting: MEGA Fossil? (2024)

In this video, I take you along for two hunts back-to-back. The artifacts were a little scarce but the fossils were popping out left and right! May have scored one of my best fossils so far. You be the Judge!

[@normaferro8054]

Nice finds!! Beautiful drill and shark tooth. I love it also when i find my marbles 😂

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I'm hoping to do a follow up video on that tooth sometime. I need some experts to look at it in-person though. I have a lot of questions about it

[@jarmyvicious]

Wow! Cool stuff, and definitely part of a very big shark tooth! Seems you found a little bit of everything! Good to see you buddy! Cheers!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks, J! You been listening to any good metal lately? I've got some Gorguts "Erosion of Sanity" in the truck CD player right now. Glad to hear from ya!

[@TheAdventurousRealtor]

Do you dig and sift those gravel bars?

[@TheAdventurousRealtor]

Very interesting, possibly meg.. pretty cool for Oklahoma 🤔

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Could be! Thanks for watching!

[@wmotrails1329]

Nice finds man! Definitely looks like a shark tooth to me. Thanks for sharing looking forward to the next one!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks Cayton! I just noticed you've got a couple more videos up since I last watched. Will have to check them out! Good luck and happy hunting!

[@historylooker7]

Brother Shadow, awesome show as always !!!! Buncha cool finds, and the drill piece was definitely worked nicely !!! Looked like so much fun !!! Bless ya brother Shadow 😎✌🍀🪶

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Wouldn't be as fun if I couldn't share it with all of you! Thanks so much for support, buddy!

[@historylooker7]

@@meandmyshadow6269 Same here man !! Appreciate ya ✌... Oh yeah, I raked a smoker from the patch this morning !!!!!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

@@historylooker7oh heck yeah! You got a video of it up yet?

[@historylooker7]

@@meandmyshadow6269 Not yet, I put one on Instagram though...

[@historylooker7]

@@meandmyshadow6269 I'm having issues with seeing comments...last couple of days...I put a reel on Instagram earlier, but haven't had time to get a video started...Hopefully in the next day or 2 😎👍

[@jordanlee4477]

Holy shit! You found an incredible rare shark tooth. I believe it's actually from an Edestus tooth! Extremely rare find, keep it safe

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I sure hope it is! A few other people have also said the same thing. Thank you for the feedback!

[@missourioutdooradventures]

Nice finds enjoyed watching thanks for sharing and good luck on your next outdoor adventure

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks, you too! Appreciate you always stopping by!

[@alanspring8462]

You must have a huge collection by now, my friend.❤

[@meandmyshadow6269]

It's gettin sizeable for sure! 😅

[@indianasmith8152]

Looks like a partial Megalodon tooth - nice find!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thank you! I never knew they could be found so far inland but it definitely appears to be from a very large shark.

[@littlejimmy2855]

Turtle back scraper was that last one you found. Awesome videos.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I think you're probably right. Thanks for watching!

[@beardedbassmasta]

LOST HIS MARBLES 😂😂😂😂 cool shark tooth buddy :)

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Classic dad jokes! Thanks for watching, Paul!

[@tillersartifactsappalachia1684]

Good hunt brother man what a heartbreaker that point was. I’ve found quite a bit of sharks teeth and that one you found looked like a piece of Meg tooth. Good luck

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks for the info, Tiller! I am probably going to try and find an expert to take it to and have them examine it to see what they think. I also believe it's a shark tooth. Here's hoping! Good luck and happy hunting, Tiller!

[@jakematthewsmissouriarrowh3704]

Killer stuff man, that shark tooth is pretty awesome and does have that megladon look to it. That broken Dalton 13:36 Heartbreaker would have been a dandy.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks, Jake! Yeah, that little heartbreaker dalton would have been incredible. Oh well!

[@NocturnalIntellect]

I suggest that any bones you find that are smoochy and brittle aren’t that old. The vertebrae you found was obviously older, and had some mineralization going on keeping it intact. That was absolutely a shark tooth that you found, and most likely a meg. I’m not sure if any meg teeth are found in the interior of the US. I know you can find them on either coast line. It looks like too big of a chunk to be a great white tooth. In my opinion. The last artifact you found may have been a broken drill, or perforator. If it were a scraper you should notice a facet on it. The Yuna face may look faceted, but there should be one on the top as well if it was actually used as a scraper. Great finds, and thanks for taking us along!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

A lot of good information and feedback here! I thank you for taking the time to provide me with it. And thank you for watching as well!

[@NocturnalIntellect]

@@meandmyshadow6269 my pleasure. I enjoy your vids. I like that you hunt whatever you find! I might of kept the bottle. 😂. I found several hard-stone tools in one of the farm fields I hunt in N Illinos. Only five points this spring, but the scrapers and hard stone tools came my way. Looking forward to your next vlog!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

@@NocturnalIntellect thank you! Yes, I like all kinds of stuff. Bottles, coins, artifacts, marbles, fossils, cool rocks, etc. I love all things "treasure". Including the treasure of nature and being outside. Becaude all of that interests me, I try to film everything that amazes me. Congrats on your hardstone finds! I don't find much of that.

[@kevinkline6835]

Had fun watchin ya have fun Aaron. Cool finds for sure. The bone artifact is hard to tell. Is there a museum nearby? They are getting better at helping us common people. LOL. That heart breaker is a heart killer for sure. Thanks again for sharing the adventures and the treasures brother. Sorry I was late. Many blessings my friend.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thank you for coming along, Kevin! That was def a hard pill to swallow when I saw that broken point but that's just the way it goes. You know how it is. I would very much like to take my little mystery object down to one of the colleges or museums and see what they think. I might try and do a video where I trace out what I think the missing sections are. I'm convinced it's a shark tooth but a couple of things don't add up still. Leaves me scratching my head, lol.

[@kevinkline6835]

@@meandmyshadow6269 Have fun finding out. I've had some good interactions with some museum folk and some bad but it's always fun. Sharks were in Oklahoma so this could be an amazing find brother. If you do go I hope you can film.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I'll keep u posted

[@kevinkline6835]

@@meandmyshadow6269 Cool Aaron, Thanks !!

[@patrickmurphy173]

Very Nice Finds!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks for the visit, Patrick!

[@coyotearrowheadhunting3083]

.Whenever you go out to explore and be in contact with nature you find interesting things. Greetings and have a nice weekend.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Yes. Sometimes the best treasure is simply getting to be alive and in God's creation. Thank you, Coyote!

[@rockingontheridge1734]

Heartbreakers happen, but that hurts a little bit more.. good luck on your next outing and take care

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Yeah that was one of those that you know was probably so good when it was whole that you almost wish you hadn't found what was left of it, hahaha. It has some Dalton characteristics but there's so little of it left, I'm not sure even about that.

[@eastcoastlithics]

Im tellin ya thats a meg! Nice drillish looking artifact too. I wonder if that was an unresharpened one that broke prematurely. I would seriously love to hear what a professional archeologist with a microscope camera has to say about those cronoid beads. Are there any historical instances of them being dug in the area? Fun video bro 🫡

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks ECL! The drill looks a bit dalton-ish to me but it's hard to say with so much of it being broken away. It does have a very slight twist to it so maybe some re-sharpening has been done? I'm not sure. As far as the crinoid "beads" as I call them - I have no idea if any have ever been dug insitu on static sites or not. I have a couple that appear to have horizontal striations on the face that looks like tool or grinding marks. Would also love to see those ones under a microscope. Mostly, my speculation is born out of the fact that A. people still make beads out of them B. they are naturally collectible/desireable and C. they are in abundance. It all goes back to that human instinct to gather and display "shiny" things. Nevertheless, it's still speculation on my part. Thanks for watching, ECL!

[@mackie_p]

Awesome finds!!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thank you! More to come I hope!

[@tammykifer5176]

I like finding old bottles and marble have to wait until the water goes down and I'm going to go try to find some arrows head 😺

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I love me some marbles and bottles as well. Good luck out there, Tammy!

[@tammykifer5176]

Thanks you too looking forward to your next video

[@rexwells4552]

That heartbreaker might be a worked down Dalton do you think?

[@meandmyshadow6269]

That's precisely what I think. I suppose with so much of it missing, it's very much in the realm of speculation but that was my gut instinct the second I saw it. The area I was hunting is pretty well known for Dalton and Dalton related finds.

[@TheAdventurousRealtor]

Please add what state you're in at least in your description 🙏

[@ReturnoftheCollector]

That definitely could be a sharks tooth. Looks like the enamel of a tooth.have several thousands of them

[@meandmyshadow6269]

That's what I'm hoping. I have seen videos and pictures of sharks teeth but I have never (until maybe now) found one before since they aren't common in my area and I was thinking that enamel looked very similar.

[@randyscj429]

Hello, JFYI: There hasn't been any buffalo (a different species) indigenous in the US as far as I'm aware of, they're actually called "Bison"... Be safe and take care, "God Bless", sincerely, Randy. 😇🙏👊

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Correct. "Buffalo", however, is an American colloquialism often used in place of Bison. Just like "arrowhead" is a colloquialism for stone points/tools. I frequently use both of those misnomers. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@2500hdx]

Who else saw the grey arrowhead when he was picking up the marble

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Fragment of sand stone. River is paved with it. Thanks for watching!

[@Dustink-artifact]

Mystery object , is what they call an edestus shark tooth. I found what many thought was an edestus tooth but isnt. yours is a true edestus species tooth. Rare find usually deep in the coal mines. Way older than the megladon if it is in fact what i think it is.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thank you very much for the information! You and one other person has suggested an edestus shark. That might explain the curious shape of the root section of the tooth. It could be the tip or frontal tooth portion of that shark.

[@Dustink-artifact]

Your welcome , there's alot of interesting information about the edestus , well worth looking into as theres several different species , I've been researching them for a couple years now due to the mystery tooth I found. Very cool find though congrats.

[@kimharrison888]

There was an arrowhead there by your marble..it was gray😊👍

[@meandmyshadow6269]

It was a fragment of sandstone. River is paved with it. Good eye nevertheless, definitely one of those things that'll fool ya! Thanks for watching!

[@lelandshanks3590]

I don't think shark tooth, the black polished area is part of a joint socket, the surrounding bone is poursous, so no shark me thinks. The Heartbreaker looks like Dalton, Plainview.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Ok, very interesting. I need to try and find some pictures or examples of the sockets you're talking about. I guess I've never seen something like that before. Thanks for the feedback, Leland!

[@seanarmstrong7767]

Maybe a broken horse, cow, bison tooth?? I have something super similar except mine is more grey/tan but my limited expertise has led me to that possibility.

[@michaelwhiteside1011]

Good finds. That was a heart breaker, drill?

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Thanks, Michael! Yeah, I think it was probably a drill. Had some Dalton hints to it. Hard to say with that much of it missing. Hey, I made a community post last night that I tagged you in. Check it out if you get bored!

[@michaelwhiteside1011]

@@meandmyshadow6269 will do. Did you ever post some pics of your flintknapping? I just posted some orders I filled for customers of mine.

[@Stephen.smith-3]

It looks like a sharks tooth to me.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

That's what I'm seeing too. I just think it has a lot of it's original tell-tale shape broken and worn away from it almost all the way around. Might try and do a tracing and fill in the areas that I think could be missing. Thanks for watching!

[@johnnyringo1334]

It's def a shark tooth. Black is the root.. you can see the enamal is grey.. I've found 100s of then

[@mirkatu3249]

Looks like a sharkifact to me!

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I think you've coined a new term here...sharkifact... I like that!

[@kevinmokracek5078]

That wasn’t a point just to the left of the marble?

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Unfortunately, it was just a piece of flat, gray sandstone. River is practically paved with it. Sure had an arrowheady shape to it though!

[@zzzzzzzzzzaper]

Oh yea your scraper,,,, It was a sucessful removed stack...... as is most of these scrapers they had to work the area to pop it loose and why it is unifaced.

[@douglash3390]

Look up Edestus shark tooth 😜

[@meandmyshadow6269]

I had never heard of one of these sharks before you suggested it. Thank you! What a hilarious looking creature, by the way, haha. But if it's from an edestus, that might explain the strange shape of the root/bone portion on my fragment. Could be that it's from the tip or frontal portion of the mouth.

[@douglash3390]

@@meandmyshadow6269 that’s what I was thinking also

[@Trudave-Moka-os3uk]

In the United States?

[@meandmyshadow6269]

Yes. Thanks for watching!

[@Trudave-Moka-os3uk]

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[@zzzzzzzzzzaper]

Brother. Concerning bones You do realize that every farmer with cattle leaves the dead in ditches that were sick that died. WITH all the transmitable crap that is coming out do you really want to handle that stuff Ghoul? lol! With it being modern death to boot? I will go along with the CRINOIDS but... Here is why you aren't finding.... To find on big bars with same type rock is almost a imposibility to start needle in haystack comes to mind. It takes all concentration to make a find. Looking at bones starts your eyes looking for that crap. Breaks your mind set. Takes a wile to get back. mean while you stepped over 2 or 3 perfect ones...... You have to stay focused. You been asking what you are doing wrong.... I had to break myself long ago about this in fact I love fossils probably more than you hard deal. What I look for is strait sides, notches. pointed

[@zzzzzzzzzzaper]

Ps. I absolutely hate it when I get a phone call Takes me 20 min to get back into it after the call.

[@meandmyshadow6269]

😂

[@douglash3390]

Bison not buffalo!!!😅

[@meandmyshadow6269]

"Buffalo", is a colloquialism for bison. Just like people(myself included) use "arrowhead" as a colloquialism for stone points and tools. "I'm just a common man, drive a common van - my dog ain't got a pedigree." 😎