Did you try Englewood beach? that was a great spot even after they
replenished venice beach . BTW, Fossil shart tooth collecting is indeed
"shell related". thanks for the update Scott.
Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
Hollywood, Florida
33019-2804
U.S.A.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Schubbe <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, April 11, 1999 4:06 AM
Subject: Casperson Beach
 
 
>Not long ago, there was a short thread on collecting fossil sharks teeth on
>Casperson Beach, Venice, Florida. I can't remember who requested the info,
>but I was there today, and here's what I found it to be like:
>
>There were at least 20 other people fossiling there, many had the sifting
>scoops that work the best for sifting the teeth from the surf. Three years
>ago, I easily found a hundred teeth in an hour. Today, after 2 1/2 hours of
>constant screening and sifting, I found maybe twenty.
>
>Talking with the locals there who were fossiling, they told me a couple
years
>ago they "renourished" the beach further north off of Venice. A lot of the
>new beach sand pumped in worked it's way south with the storms and winds,
and
>made the fossiling there miserable.
>
>I noticed the sand was a lot lighter in color than it had been a few years
>ago, it was almost black then. This area is almost devoid of shells on the
>beach, in comparison to other places so very close to it on the gulf coast.
>
>A lot of fossil bone pieces were present, along with the fossil mouth
plates
>of rays. One person I talked to showed me a 1 1/2 inch serrated tooth he
had
>found, it was a beauty. Sorry for this being mostly non-shell related, but
I
>thought a few might be interested.
>
>Scott
>Florida
>